Style, culture and the good life. The latest stories from Gentleman’s Journal.
Page 597
We personally don’t see the problem with looking your age or indeed the problem with looking old at all. Instead we believe in embracing our changing faces, deepening laugh lines and ever appearing wrinkles, all of which tell a story – our story. But, understandably every now and again we’re all guilty of looking in
It seems that there’s an obsession with heat when it comes to food – you can’t check your emails on Yahoo! without reading some story about how someone died eating ‘the hottest pizza ever made’ or something similar. Not so long ago I was walking through Hoxton Square with a friend when his eyes lit
So, the phenomenon of inappropriate and excessive hashtagging is still going strong. By many, it might be said in a more ironic way and it can sometimes still bring in at least a mild chuckle, but for the most part, we all sound like idiots. This is made even more obvious when said out loud in
Fate can be a funny thing – if carpenter Harrison Ford hadn’t been employed by George Lucas to put up some shelves in Lucas’ kitchen, we would never have enjoyed the acting of one of Hollywood’s finest. If old school friends Mick Jagger and Keith Richards hadn’t recognised each other at Dartford station we would
To fashionable, metropolitan types England only really has a few places that people live in. Obviously everybody lives in London and, on occasion, you might visit that fusty old uncle who lives in some place called ‘the Cotswolds’. Oh yeah, and Glastonbury’s outside London too, so I guess that counts… We jest, of course. Believe
Considering it is 101 years old, it is truly incredible to see how globally renowned sports car marque Aston Martin continue to reinvent themselves and stay current in todays market. They will succeed to do that again at the 84th Geneva International Motor Show this March as, much to our delirium, they have announced they
You have got to see this apartment. In a world where our major cities are getting more cramped and more expensive, space efficiently and smart architecture to more important than ever. Enter New York entrepreneur Graham Hill. As you will see from the video, Hill has quite ingeniously managed to fit eight rooms into one
Although many of the essential nutrients we need in our lives occur naturally in food and it is just about making sure we select the right ones, it is sometimes necessary give our bodies a little extra help. Here are our three best supplements for men. Fish Oil Everybody has heard of this one, and
Looking to make the ultimate statement but don’t want the break the bank? There is no need to fear because the suits are out there, you just need to know where to look. From suits for business hours to when you are taking your annual vacation, we have selected the very best suits for under
An often quoted Golden Rule of poker is to ‘play the man, not the odds’: to engineer victory not by the luck of better cards but by a detached and calculated imposition of your own character and will over that of the other players. Vital to this, before beginning to try and ‘read’ the emotions
… well, what does it say about you? Easy. It shows how much cash you’re willing to stump up for a showy accessory. But, in the interests of producing this thoroughly important bit of writing, let’s imagine there’s something else – that your watch might be inadvertently revealing a hidden talent for gardening, or be
Last week, Thom Whiddett and Luke Sweeney of the amazing Savile Row bespoke tailors, Thom Sweeney, launched their first ever exclusive ready-to-wear collection with Mr Porter for SS14 and we couldn’t be more excited. After working together for Timothy Everest in the east End, the duo started their own label in January 2007. Among the many things that
The road trip movie forms an essential part of the lexicon of American cinema – though since their inception other counties have produced similar films. There’s something about traveling on the open road that evokes excitement amongst moviegoers; the metaphor for change and self-discovery is always latent, whether the protagonists will realise their ambitions is
Forget after dinner mints, this is the kind of post-dinner treat that we want at the next dinner party we host. Made with the exceptional Russian Stolichnaya vodka (AKA Stoli), which starts with wheat and rye grains and artesian water from the Russian city of Samara and the Kaliningrad region, this is the kind of shot that everyone will be reaching
If there was event to be at over the BAFTA weekend – this was surely it. Guests, including Philomena Lee, arrived in high spirits to celebrate The Weinstein Company’s BAFTA win for Philomena for Best Adapted Screenplay. Not content with just a few delicious cocktails, stars Rita Ora and Karen Nelson joined performers on stage for an impromptu rendition of ‘piece of
The beauty that is Kate Upton has done it again. This time we will be seeing her like never before, in the new 2014 Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated. Taking photoshoots to the next level, here Upton is defying gravity in a zero gravity chamber. Lucky for us, we are able to see it all
Saturday night saw Charles Finch and Chanel host the Pre-BAFTA dinner, glittering night uniting Hollywood’s elite with the fashionable movers and shakers of London. The star-studded soiree celebrated the year in film and music and brought together the famous faces of the screen, including Amy Adams, Alfonso Cuaron, Bradley Cooper, Lupita Nyong’o, Pierce Brosnan with
BABY I’M A STAR – PRINCE AT KOKO, NW1 ‘Y’all like my hat?’ Prince asked as he left the stage of Camden’s KOKO for the second time. To be honest, I didn’t like his hat. It was a floppy, black, fedora-type thing, that atop the diminutive musician’s new-look afro and florid ‘60s threads sent
Style, culture and the good life. The latest stories from Gentleman’s Journal.
Page 597
We personally don’t see the problem with looking your age or indeed the problem with looking old at all. Instead we believe in embracing our changing faces, deepening laugh lines and ever appearing wrinkles, all of which tell a story – our story. But, understandably every now and again we’re all guilty of looking in
It seems that there’s an obsession with heat when it comes to food – you can’t check your emails on Yahoo! without reading some story about how someone died eating ‘the hottest pizza ever made’ or something similar. Not so long ago I was walking through Hoxton Square with a friend when his eyes lit
So, the phenomenon of inappropriate and excessive hashtagging is still going strong. By many, it might be said in a more ironic way and it can sometimes still bring in at least a mild chuckle, but for the most part, we all sound like idiots. This is made even more obvious when said out loud in
Fate can be a funny thing – if carpenter Harrison Ford hadn’t been employed by George Lucas to put up some shelves in Lucas’ kitchen, we would never have enjoyed the acting of one of Hollywood’s finest. If old school friends Mick Jagger and Keith Richards hadn’t recognised each other at Dartford station we would
To fashionable, metropolitan types England only really has a few places that people live in. Obviously everybody lives in London and, on occasion, you might visit that fusty old uncle who lives in some place called ‘the Cotswolds’. Oh yeah, and Glastonbury’s outside London too, so I guess that counts… We jest, of course. Believe
Considering it is 101 years old, it is truly incredible to see how globally renowned sports car marque Aston Martin continue to reinvent themselves and stay current in todays market. They will succeed to do that again at the 84th Geneva International Motor Show this March as, much to our delirium, they have announced they
You have got to see this apartment. In a world where our major cities are getting more cramped and more expensive, space efficiently and smart architecture to more important than ever. Enter New York entrepreneur Graham Hill. As you will see from the video, Hill has quite ingeniously managed to fit eight rooms into one
Although many of the essential nutrients we need in our lives occur naturally in food and it is just about making sure we select the right ones, it is sometimes necessary give our bodies a little extra help. Here are our three best supplements for men. Fish Oil Everybody has heard of this one, and
Looking to make the ultimate statement but don’t want the break the bank? There is no need to fear because the suits are out there, you just need to know where to look. From suits for business hours to when you are taking your annual vacation, we have selected the very best suits for under
An often quoted Golden Rule of poker is to ‘play the man, not the odds’: to engineer victory not by the luck of better cards but by a detached and calculated imposition of your own character and will over that of the other players. Vital to this, before beginning to try and ‘read’ the emotions
… well, what does it say about you? Easy. It shows how much cash you’re willing to stump up for a showy accessory. But, in the interests of producing this thoroughly important bit of writing, let’s imagine there’s something else – that your watch might be inadvertently revealing a hidden talent for gardening, or be
Last week, Thom Whiddett and Luke Sweeney of the amazing Savile Row bespoke tailors, Thom Sweeney, launched their first ever exclusive ready-to-wear collection with Mr Porter for SS14 and we couldn’t be more excited. After working together for Timothy Everest in the east End, the duo started their own label in January 2007. Among the many things that
The road trip movie forms an essential part of the lexicon of American cinema – though since their inception other counties have produced similar films. There’s something about traveling on the open road that evokes excitement amongst moviegoers; the metaphor for change and self-discovery is always latent, whether the protagonists will realise their ambitions is
Forget after dinner mints, this is the kind of post-dinner treat that we want at the next dinner party we host. Made with the exceptional Russian Stolichnaya vodka (AKA Stoli), which starts with wheat and rye grains and artesian water from the Russian city of Samara and the Kaliningrad region, this is the kind of shot that everyone will be reaching
If there was event to be at over the BAFTA weekend – this was surely it. Guests, including Philomena Lee, arrived in high spirits to celebrate The Weinstein Company’s BAFTA win for Philomena for Best Adapted Screenplay. Not content with just a few delicious cocktails, stars Rita Ora and Karen Nelson joined performers on stage for an impromptu rendition of ‘piece of
The beauty that is Kate Upton has done it again. This time we will be seeing her like never before, in the new 2014 Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated. Taking photoshoots to the next level, here Upton is defying gravity in a zero gravity chamber. Lucky for us, we are able to see it all
Saturday night saw Charles Finch and Chanel host the Pre-BAFTA dinner, glittering night uniting Hollywood’s elite with the fashionable movers and shakers of London. The star-studded soiree celebrated the year in film and music and brought together the famous faces of the screen, including Amy Adams, Alfonso Cuaron, Bradley Cooper, Lupita Nyong’o, Pierce Brosnan with
BABY I’M A STAR – PRINCE AT KOKO, NW1 ‘Y’all like my hat?’ Prince asked as he left the stage of Camden’s KOKO for the second time. To be honest, I didn’t like his hat. It was a floppy, black, fedora-type thing, that atop the diminutive musician’s new-look afro and florid ‘60s threads sent