Culture,Sport,Top Fives

Top five ‘Special One’ quotes

Top five ‘Special One’ quotes

The former Chelsea coach is back in the news today after hitting out at Italian football and claiming the Premier League misses him almost as much as he misses it. Here’s our pick of the Portgu-geezer’s best bon mots… [Read more...]

Music,Top Fives

Top five unlikely duets

Top five unlikely duets

Just when we all thought we were shot of Susan Boyle, she’s back – and this time she is Raging…Against the Machine. The Scottish spinster is planning a one-off gig with the American rockers at London’s Finsbury Park in June. In tribute, we bring you five unusual song collaborations. [Read more...]

Film

Bill Hicks still going strong

Click to playBill Hicks still going strong

It’s not out for a couple of months, but having seen an advance screening of American: The Bill Hicks Story, it’s one to set a calendar alert for. Put together by Brits Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas, it’s the Hicks story told by the people who knew him best, pieced together from exhaustive research and using archive photos and videos to great visual affect. It’s been three years in the making and the attention to detail shows. Out on 14 May

Style

Where trainers meet dress shoes

Where trainers meet dress shoes

“I wanted to bring together the history of Florence and Converse’s legacy,” says Ryusaku Hiruma, designer and founder of sak, on his hand-stitched interpretation of the classic Chuck Taylor All-star, which features leather soles and ink-printed logos. Available in a limited-run from doverstreetmarket.com [Read more...]

Best-dressed man

Could you be Britain’s best-dressed man?

Could you be Britain’s best-dressed man?

In the months ahead, our style teams will be trawling the streets of the UK’s major cities, haunting the corridors of Harrods department store and poring over photographs sent in by you or your girlfriend in our search for Britain’s best-dressed man. The ultimate winner will be chosen by a panel of the country’s leading style experts and given a prize worth £30,000. [Read more...]

Behind the scenes,Sport

Who needs the World Cup?

Who needs the World Cup?

It’s pretty impossible to get away from the fact the World Cup is just round the corner. And if you’re not a football fan, the barrage of World Cup-related advertising makes you feel like tournament started some time last November.   [Read more...]

Style & Grooming

Why pay a fortune for sun cream?

Why pay a fortune for sun cream?

Like so many of life’s extravagances expensive sun cream seems quite unnecessary, until you try it. [Read more...]

Culture,Music

Q&A with The Avett Brothers

Q&A with The Avett Brothers

The Avett Brothers may just be the nicest men in bluegrass-infused rock music. Or just in music generally. Hell, they might be the nicest men, full stop. With their new Rick Rubin-produced album imminent (listen to a couple of the new tracks here), we caught up with Scott Avett before a rare London appearance by the brothers earlier this month. [Read more...]