The General by Jonathan Fenby
This biography of Charles de Gaulle is enough to put some lead in to the pencil of the most retiring man. Start planning your domination of 2011 now. [Read more...]
December 17th, 2010
Jay-Z Decoded by Jay-Z
An artist as pioneering as Jay-Z was never going to produce a run-of-the-mill autobiography. Instead, his inventively designed new book takes you on an eclectic journey through his musical influences, experiences and thoughts. [Read more...]
December 16th, 2010
Zenith Captain Central Second
If elegant discretion is the name of the game this rose-gold model from Zenith’s collection (new and much-improved this year) is simple but stylish with its design cues taken from the Fifties. [Read more...]
December 15th, 2010
Taxi Driver by Steve Schapiro
A beautiful book from Taschen (do they make any other kind?) that celebrates behind-the-scenes photographs taken during the filming of Scorsese’s legendary film and a foreward by the great director himself. [Read more...]
December 14th, 2010
The Wolseley Rummer Champagne Flute
Bring some of the elegance of London’s Wolseley restaurant and bar into your home with these simple champagne glasses, which are inspired by Georgian glass designs. [Read more...]
December 13th, 2010
Tickets for Secret Cinema
Who needs a seat at the multiplex and a bag of overpriced pic’n’mix when you can watch a film in an alien spaceship or a bohemian nightclub or even an insane asylum (for Alien, Wings Of Desire and One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, respectively), courtesy of the country’s coolest clandestine film club? [Read more...]
December 12th, 2010
Oliver Peoples O’Malley sunglasses
Over twenty years since their late Eighties heyday the O’Malley model by Oliver People’s has been re-issued, and it looks very right, now.
December 11th, 2010
Genesis Flyer single-speed bike
How better to start January’s health kick than on an elegant single-speed bike? [Read more...]
December 10th, 2010