I feel like I’m still waiting for winter to grip me in an icy embrace. Despite never achieving boy scout status, I’ve always followed their motto of ‘Be prepared’, saving your favourite protagonist from a multitude of both sticky and non-sticky situations. For this reason, despite the relatively warm weather, I’ve been venturing out clad […]
So far, we’ve looked at two eccentric military heroes as part of the Mad Dogs and Servicemen series. First of all, there was “Mad Jack” Churchill who went World War Two armed with a sword and a bow and arrow. Then there’s the splendidly named Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart. Known as ‘the unkillable soldier’, […]
It seems I can’t help giving things away at the moment. It was only a week ago that I ran a competition to win a cravat, courtesy of my chums at Cravat Club. Now, I’m offering you lucky readers the chance to take ownership of your very own pocket watch. It’s not just any pocket watch, […]
I love dandies and I simply adore finding a wonderful new blog to read so you can imagine my joy when I discovered The Danish Chap’s Attire Chronicles. A certain phrase springs to mind involving stones and birds. The gentleman behind this chapspirational new corner of the world wide webular is one Lasse Hedensted. As […]
It seems I can’t help giving things away at the moment. It was only a week ago that I ran a competition to win a cravat, courtesy of my chums at Cravat Club. Now, I’m offering you lucky readers the chance to take ownership of your very own pocket watch. It’s not just any pocket watch, […]
At this time of year, I often see ladies resplendent in fur and can’t help thinking how wonderfully stylish they look. During the 1920s and ’30s, flamboyant men like New York City Mayor, Jimmy Walker were often seen flouncing around in fur too. This is exactly what I was reminded of when I spied a […]
It seems I can’t help giving things away at the moment. It was only a week ago that I ran a competition to win a cravat, courtesy of my chums at Cravat Club. Now, I’m offering you lucky readers the chance to take ownership of your very own pocket watch. It’s not just any pocket watch, […]
As the 11th incarnation of Dr Who quite rightly observed, bow ties are cool. But according to mid-century British films, bow ties were crooked too. Or at least, the wearer of the bow tie was crooked. Yes, I realise that Sir Winston Churchill favoured this entanglement of silk under his jowls but the evidence certainly […]
It seems I can’t help giving things away at the moment. It was only a week ago that I ran a competition to win a cravat, courtesy of my chums at Cravat Club. Now, I’m offering you lucky readers the chance to take ownership of your very own pocket watch. It’s not just any pocket watch, […]
It seems I can’t help giving things away at the moment. It was only a week ago that I ran a competition to win a cravat, courtesy of my chums at Cravat Club. Now, I’m offering you lucky readers the chance to take ownership of your very own pocket watch. It’s not just any pocket watch, […]
It seems I can’t help giving things away at the moment. It was only a week ago that I ran a competition to win a cravat, courtesy of my chums at Cravat Club. Now, I’m offering you lucky readers the chance to take ownership of your very own pocket watch. It’s not just any pocket watch, […]
It seems I can’t help giving things away at the moment. It was only a week ago that I ran a competition to win a cravat, courtesy of my chums at Cravat Club. Now, I’m offering you lucky readers the chance to take ownership of your very own pocket watch. It’s not just any pocket watch, […]
After a busy day, I love nothing more than to curl up with a P.G. Wodehouse novel and enjoy the misadventures of Bertie Wooster and his indispensable valet, Jeeves. My first experience of the Wodehouse stories came in the early ’90s with the television adaptation, Jeeves and Wooster starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie respectively. […]