Style,Travel

The moment expats have been waiting for

The moment expats have been waiting for

Admittedly, if there’s one thing Hong Kong is not short of, it’s tailors. But there are good suit-makers and then there’s Dunhill, whose latest international “Home” will open its front door this month to reveal some 6,300 square feet of mentertainment. [Read more...]

TV

Marc Wootton in La La Land

Click to playMarc Wootton in La La Land

You may or may not remember Marc Wootton from his genius Channel 4 series My New Best Friend (which you can now watch on You Tube and 4oD). Well, he’s now taken the same brand of Baron Cohen-esque comedy – which basically involves unleashing his nightmarish creations onto an unsuspecting public –  to America in new series La La Land which follows three British wannabes in search of fame and fortune in Los Angeles. It’s a documentary, but with him as the only actor. The results are, by turns, funny and excruciating. It’s coming to BBC3 in May.

Style,The style bloggers: Jason Dike

Doing up the duffle

Doing up the duffle

While duffle’s are nothing new (as Royal Navy servicemen would attest) it’s only recently that we’ve seen designers take to doing them up for spring. There have been a few attempts at summer duffles before but, like everything, it’s taken designers a couple of tries before they got it right. [Read more...]

Books,Top Fives,Where to buy

Top five comic stores

Top five comic stores

You might have grown out of Roy of the Rovers and The Beano, but there are thousands of sophisticated, brilliantly executed adult comic strips and graphic novels to be enjoyed – just ask the Fanboys! Here, we present five stores providing comic relief… [Read more...]

Style,The bespokesman

Where to buy a hat

Where to buy a hat

London has two notable hat shops, the famous one near Berry Bros. on St James Street, and Bates on Jermyn Street. Bates is the kind of shop that divides people; it’s either everything that was once great about England, or everything that was bad about it, depending on your view. [Read more...]

The style bloggers: Jason Dike

Get your style tips from Cabaret. Yes, that Cabaret

Get your style tips from Cabaret. Yes, that Cabaret

We wouldn’t blame you if ‘Cabaret’ wasn’t the first, second, third or fourth film on your mind when it came to great film style. But, having given it a fair look, we feel a reappraisal is long overdue. [Read more...]

Sport,Style

Some positive news from Chelsea

Some positive news from Chelsea

It’s nice, if uncommon, to hear about footballers giving something back. So hats off to Chelsea, which has teamed up with Emporio Armani to produce these charity T-shirts. [Read more...]

Drink,Esquirewatch

British vodka strikes gold

British vodka strikes gold

The London Olympics might still be two years off but British gold medals, whatever they’re for and wherever they’re presented, are worth celebrating. So, hats off to one of our favourite vodka brands, Herefordshire-based Chase Vodka, for winning a Double Gold Medal at the prestigious San Francisco Spirits Competition. [Read more...]