It is well over a year since I have reviewed a fine dining establishment in my general location. This is not due to the fact that there aren’t any suitable candidates, but more because I have been content to continue with my first reviewee – The Fox & Hounds in …
Aside from collecting watches, I do collect antiques. This covers a fair range of items, but one genre I do like is old silver. I try to concentrate on the Georgian era, but just occasionally something newer catches my eye. In this instance I had gone to an auction to …
As a keen crossword doer – general knowledge, not cryptic (I do not have the brain for the latter), I utilise a pencil. Hitherto, my particular weapon of choice has been a cheap and cheerful plastic Paper Mate propelling job, with a useful eraser on the end. It does the …
Having owned a number of classic cars in the past, I retain a keen interest in such things. As such, when news reached me that there was to be a classic car show at Castle Howard on Father’s Day, I duly earmarked in the diary. Also, at the back of …
About a month ago I was pondering what I could add to the “luxury” section of the site – bearing in mind that the last item revealed had been my Mother’s vintage Conway Stewart pen. To be frank, when I first set up the section I was only envisioning really …
I collect quite a few things but pens is not one of them. Sure, I had to write with a fountain pen at school but to be honest it was a real pain in the behind. My pen – a Parker of some sort (I still have somewhere) was scratchy …
There is nothing quite like a nice foulard – pocket square/hank, to compliment one’s jacket. Peeking out of the breast pocket, it is so much nicer than a selection of pens, a spectacle case or worse, nothing! I do recall first witnessing such a sartorial display. In the late Sixties …
I think my first tobacco experience was at age 14 or so, behind the tennis courts of my school boarding house. This had once been a lovely Victorian gentlemen’s residence, and over the years the school had gradually subsumed a variety of such properties bordering their land as and when …
I think if am asked what is my favourite spirit drink it would probably be gin. No, not due the present mania, whereby everybody is making the stuff – in kitchens, potting sheds and even a redundant camper van, but, due to a long-serving apprenticeship. The genesis of my gin-liking …
I recently attended a watch award event in London, and, as it was a bit posh and in the evening, attire was to be black tie. This presented no major issue as I knew that my suit fitted, my shoes were replaced the previous year (after discovering that the patent …
