Food & Drink,Summer skills

The ultimate barbecue guide #4 – choose your meat

The ultimate barbecue guide #4 – choose your meat

So far we’ve covered kit, marinades and strategy – now for the main event. If you’re planning a summer cook-out to remember, don’t leave your meat shopping to a saturday morning mad-dash to an empty supermarket. Here’s how to get prime protein delivered to your door: [Read more...]

Best-dressed man,Style

Style clinic – it’s all about the shoes

Click to playStyle clinic – it’s all about the shoes

In the first of our Best-dressed Real Man style advice videos with mywardrobe.com, Esquire’s Senior Fashion Editor Gareth Scourfield suggests some ways to get more from your footwear.

Competitions,Design & Technology

Win a Pentax Optio S1

Win a Pentax Optio S1

We’ve teamed up with Pentax to offer two of you this handily compact yet unexpectedly powerful Optio S1 camera – perfect for slipping in your pocket this summer. [Read more...]

Food & Drink

Five of the best – real ciders

Five of the best – real ciders

There’s the over-ice Magners type of cider-drinker, and then there’s the other kind. No, not White Lightning-swilling, park-bench dwellers, but those who appreciate real cider: the type made from pressed apple juice and absolutely nothing else. It’s the most eccentric and underrated of British beverages, it’s great with food, and it’s about to get bigger than ever (Stella Artois’ new over-ice Cidre is the latest trying to tap the market). So arm yourselves with our guide to the best artisan bottles: it’s all the (ahem) in-cider knowledge you’ll need. [Read more...]

Best-dressed man,Style

Best-dressed trendwatch – Bags

Best-dressed trendwatch – Bags

Bags. Do they act merely as wallet overspill, or can they serve us in other ways? With so many of our best-dressed entries insisting on clutching satchels, messengers and backpacks in their photos, it’s obvious that the bag is both a part of the overall look as it is for merely carrying stuff around. We’ve picked out some of the best style-statement bags for you, courtesy of my-wardobe.com. [Read more...]

Advice

AA Gill is Esquire’s Uncle Dysfunctional

AA Gill is Esquire’s Uncle Dysfunctional

Esquire’s resident agony uncle is ready and waiting to tackle your conundrums and concerns sensibly and sensitively. Almost. [Read more...]

Style

Lou Dalton hits Liberty

Lou Dalton hits Liberty

British menswear designer Lou Dalton is industry acclaimed for her pared-down approach to tailoring and knitwear, but until know, it’s been relatively difficult to get your hands on Dalton’s highly covetable garb. [Read more...]

Smart Buys,Style

Smart Buy – APC and K-Way windbreaker

Smart Buy – APC and K-Way windbreaker

The cold reality of British summer is that unless you’re going abroad, you’d be better off buying at least one summer jacket. We’re not saying you should totally forget the notion of warm weather but it’s definitely a hope for the best, prepare for the worst mentality. The ongoing affair between APC and K-Way (End, £205) is one of the best ways to prepare for the transition from summer to autumn. Not that it’s always easy to tell the difference.