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Essays, anecdotes, confessions, recommendations, pictures, recipes and advice from the Gentleman’s Journal Clubhouse

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You can’t sit with us!

The fall and rise of the London ‘Canteen’

Words: William Wolfe

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Dafydd Jones’s empire state of mind

In his book, New York: High Life/Low Life, party photographer Dafydd Jones remembers the bright and dark days of the city in the late 20th century

Words: Joseph Bullmore

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Fortune favours the brave — Tim Warrillow

Tim Warrillow - co-founder and CEO of Fever-Tree

Words: Joseph Bullmore

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"In few sports is your day’s play brought to such a crushing conclusion with a moment’s lapse in concentration."

Seen in: How is acting like cricket?

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The curious tale of a Rolex “Single Red” Sea Dweller

Tom Bolt staked his rare Ferrari on this watch — but was the 1968 Rolex the remarkable timepiece he thought it was?

Words: Josh Sims

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Photographer's Notebook: Visions of Italy

Snapshots of a Mediterranean summer

Words: Pietro Favaron

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Life’s a beach: on the Méhari safari

Is the simple French beach buggy the ultimate status-symbol car?

Words: Joseph Bullmore

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Pickleball is the game of the summer

Introducing the obscure American racket sport

Words: Jack Napier

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A eulogy for the hotel buffet

Farewell sweet breakfast prince. We will miss you.

Words: Sam Muston

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How your city killed cool

The founder and editor of Where Is The Cool? magazine on the unearthing the gems among gentrification

Words: Laurent Laporte

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Lavinia Cernau’s endless summer

Summer snaps from the travel photographer

Words: Lavinia Cernau

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The curious tale of a Rolex “Single Red” Sea Dweller

Tom Bolt staked his rare Ferrari on this watch — but was the 1968 Rolex the remarkable timepiece he thought it was?

Words: Josh Sims

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Memories of the Mille Miglia

Words: Simon Kidston

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A brief history of gossip

How the whispered word became the mightiest tool

Words: Sam Leith

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An ode to La Colombe d’Or

Words: Laurent Laporte

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The history of the wall game

Words: Sam Leith

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Hugh Jackman’s Creme Caramel

The Australian actor reveals his favourite recipe...

Words: Grace McNeil

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In defence of stolen ashtrays

"Collectors are happy people" — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Words: Fred Castleberry

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The best ever Penne all’ Amatriciana

Words: Tom Paker-Bowles

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