Technology
Banish tinny PC music from built-in speakers that barely deserve the name. Amphion and NuForce have teamed up to offer one of the best-looking (and sounding) desktop audio solutions around. Simply plug the small, sophisticated NuForce Icon2 Micro DAC amplifier into your home computer and then connect up the Amphion’s two Helium 410 speakers for some serious aural pleasure. What’s more, those speakers come in a variety of colours – so no need for black or silver options. (£970, www.iglooaudio.co.uk)
January 31st, 2012
Style
So long as you take care of them and have them re-soled as regularly as is necessary, a comfortingly expensive, properly made pair of shoes will last you forever (or near enough). [Read more...]
January 31st, 2012
Style
He’s 22. He’s worth close to £50m. He’s among the most recognisable film stars in the world. And this month, with The Woman in Black, he makes his most dramatic bid yet to bury the ghost of Harry Potter. For our March issue, we join him on a stroll through Manhattan’s West Village, where Britain’s most unassuming household name reflects on quitting drink, finally finding a woman of his own age, coming to terms with great wealth and why he still rolls his own. Read the full interview, out Thursday February 2nd. [Read more...]
January 31st, 2012
Competitions
We’ve teamed up with Orange to offer you the chance to don your dinner jacket and hit the red carpet for the 2012 Orange British Academy Film Awards. [Read more...]
January 30th, 2012
Style
There’s been no shortage of well made and wearable US menswear labels but they’ve been hard to get our hands on without paying a handsome customs fee. One such label is The Brooklyn Circus, which has recently found its way to our shores. [Read more...]
January 30th, 2012
Culture
As dog actors go, Rin Tin Tin – aka “America’s greatest movie dog”, “the king of pets” and, our favourite, “the wonder dog of all creation” – takes some beating. Don’t believe us? You be the judge.
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January 30th, 2012
Style
Big news this season is quilting, found on everything from shirts to winter coats. Opt for luxe fabrics and keep it matte — wet-look nylon is best left to the Italians. Jil Sander has made a brilliant woollen quilted jacket for Uniqlo, while Louis Vuitton’s lightly quilted bomber is a good halfway house. [Read more...]
January 30th, 2012
Competitions
What better way to kickstart your new 2012 wardrobe than by winning a a suit worth up to £1,000 plus the new Man Iron courtesy of Philips.
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January 28th, 2012
