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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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Francis Bourgeois on why he spots trains

“The main stimuli from the railway for me are the sounds: screeching rails, vibrating metal, groaning traction motors...”

Words: Francis

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In praise of the humble half-bottle

Words: Jonathan Wells

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Raising a glass to shandy

Celebrating the centenary of the fizzy drink

Words: Jonathan Wells

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The king is dead, long live the king: Roger Federer’s eternal final minutes

“Every shot Roger played, every move he made, was elegant, gorgeous and exciting. He was never boring, not for a moment”

Words: Geoff

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The rise and rise of Financial Crisis Chic

Or how deceased, disgraced institutions have become, somehow, stylish

Words: Harry Shukman

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How to buy friends and influence people

Lessons in social climbing from Anna Delvey

Words: Nimrod

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The desktop detritus of Nick Sullivan

Esquire USA’s Creative Director talks us through the mess on his desk

Words: Nick Sullivan

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An ode to the playing card

Celebrating one of the world's great constants

Words: Jonathan Wells

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The Maison François White Port Negroni

Less colourful; more fashionable

Words: Joseph Bullmore

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Guillaume Bonn captures the cameras of his heroes

In the iconic documentary photographer’s latest series, Shooters & Explorers, Guillaume Bonn laments a lost world…

Words: Guillaume Bonn

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Scenes of New York City

Isaac Marley Morgan shares his top shots

Words: Isaac Marley-Morgan

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Josh Glancy comes home

He’s back from the USA, and nothing is quite the same

Words: Josh Glancy

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