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Yes, life is short so we say don’t spend it in ignorance of all the great beers, wines, cocktails and spirits out there. Our drinks writers are (very) happy to pass on their suggestions.
  • Food-drink | News & Advice The Knowledge | The Best Place to Drink Champagne in London
    The award for under the radar champagne drinking in London
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  • Food-drink | Want List The Drinks Cabinet | London Dry Gins
    Hungover, burnt out and at death’s door? There’s a gin-based cocktail for that. No, really.
    02
  • Food-drink | News & Advice The Drinks Cabinet | Great Wine (For Less Than £15)
    Investing in some proper plonk needn’t break the bank. Try these steals.
    03
  • Food & Drink | News & Advice Anyone For (Beer) Cocktails?
    Like beer? Then there's a chance you might want to try this new drinks trend for yourself
  • Food & Drink | Want List Round-up | The World's Best Bottled Beers
    There's a whole world of beer out there just waiting to be discovered/drained. Here's what to fill your fridge with
  • Food & Drink | News & Advice Esquire and Woodford Reserve | Reader Events
    Join us for an exclusive evening of American cocktails Esquire has travelled…
  • Food & Drink | News & Advice Apres-Cocktail Karaoke
    Tini Bigs, one of the longest-serving cocktail bars in Seattle (it’s been…
  • Food & Drink | News & Advice Shane Sahr’s Cut-throat Razor
    Serious bartenders are notoriously picky about their instruments – spoon, strainers, muddlers,…
  • Food & Drink | News & Advice Shrub: Cocktail’s Next Big Thing
    The practice of making “shrub” is being revived at places like the…
  • Food & Drink | News & Advice The Rules at Knee High Stocking Company
    It’s reassuring to know that the management of drinking establishments have your…
  • Food & Drink | News & Advice Analogue Tuesdays
    If you’re stuck for something to do on the second evening of…
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Roundups

  1. 01/05
    Five Great Wines From Unusual Places
    Esquire's pick of the best wine from places you really wouldn't expect (like West Sussex)
  2. 02/05
    The Best Traditional Chippies in Britain
    We've scoured the land to find 8 of the best classic British fish and chip shops
  3. 03/05
    Get Grilling – Our Pick of the Coolest BBQs Around
    It's summer (kind of), it's the weekend, it's time to grill meat at ferocious temperatures
  4. 04/05
    5 of the Best Wayfarers
    JFK had it right you can't go wrong with a classic pair of Wayfarers (although he also wore a similar pair by American Optical)
  5. 05/05
    Five Of The Best Spring Jackets
    Our pick of the best lightweight jacket options to take you into summer

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  • Welcome To Mousetrap City

    Welcome To Mousetrap City

    They’re doing nothing. But theirs is a tense nothing, a studied nothing, a nothing filled with something. Hands in pockets, leaning on a parked truck, eyes left and eyes right, nobody talking, just standing there, on a corner, three men, white vests, sinewy arms, little rat-tail haircuts.

    Boys, really. Our car stops. Shadows from the crude barrio buildings fall across the rain-wet road, their edges softene…

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  • James Salter - The Greatest Writer You've Never Read

    James Salter - The Greatest Writer You've Never Read

    "The world's only 87-year-old sex symbol," is how a guest described the writer James Salter to me last night. She wasn't joking. There he was, in the middle of the room, straight backed, elegant in blazer and tie, a glass of red wine in his hand, surrounded by adoring men and women, smiling graciously, signing books, gently playing everything down.

    The party, thrown by Picador, the publishing house, in a swan…

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  • The David Bowie Documentary That Took 10 Years To Make

    The David Bowie Documentary That Took 10 Years To Make

    Set your Sky+, or whatever it is you use, for 9.20pm this Saturday because BBC2 is screening new David Bowie documentary 'Five Years', which features unseen footage and performances, plus interviews with all his key collaborators, as it takes a close look at five key years in Bowie's life - 1971, 1975, 1977, 1980, and 1983. Directed by Francis Whateley, it took 10 years to put together so is well wo…

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  • Why Daft Punk's New Album Has Changed The Game

    Why Daft Punk's New Album Has Changed The Game

    Dance music pioneers Daft Punk’s explosive — and expensive — new album could have blown up in their faces. Instead, it’s pumped new life into the music industry.

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  • Why Is Belgium The Hottest Country In Football?

    Why Is Belgium The Hottest Country In Football?

    Belgian footballers have been the stars of this Premier League season. So how did a tiny nation manage to produce the most vibrant young players in the world?

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  • Chris Pine's Moment Is Right Now

    Chris Pine's Moment Is Right Now

    Esquire spends a day in LA with Chris Pine - Captain Kirk, CIA hotshot Jack Ryan and Hollywood's new breed of leading man.

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  • How To Make Money Out Of Music

    How To Make Money Out Of Music

    News just in: the music business is in trouble. But wait. All is not lost. Today, savvy musicians are working out that there are still ways to make serious money in pop.

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  • Giles Coren Gives Up Booze

    Giles Coren Gives Up Booze

    Esquire's Editor-At-Large Giles Coren explains why he decided to give up the drink (and how he's never felt better). Plus his 12 rules of boozelessness.

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  • Afghanistan: The Soldiers' Story

    Afghanistan: The Soldiers' Story

    War reporter Ben Anderson talks to British and US serviceman in Afghanistan on the real story the politicians don't want you to hear.

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  • The Tour De France's African Cycling Revolution

    The Tour De France's African Cycling Revolution

    As the dust from the Lance Armstrong case settles, Tim Lewis goes to Rwanda to investigate how the future of pro cycling lies in sub-saharan Africa.

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Welcome To Mousetrap City

They’re doing nothing. But theirs is a tense nothing, a studied nothing, a nothing filled with something. Hands in pockets, leaning on a parked truck, eyes left and eyes right, nobody talking, just standing there, on a corner, three men, white vests, sinewy arms, little rat-tail haircuts.
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