A few years ago I met a fellow watch enthusiast, who was wearing an interesting shirt. It was a business type, but on his left cuff there was a slight recess cut out in order to show off his watch better. I commented on this and it transpired that he …
A year or so ago I had read a small article somewhere about an astonishing tale of sunken treasure. No, not gold doubloons and silver salvers from a Spanish galleon, but old leather in a shipwreck off Cornwall. Briefly, the 53 ton Brigantine, Frau Metta Catherina, from Flensburg (then in …
I had known about George Cleverley & Co Ltd, the London bespoke shoemaker, for some time. However I had thought that their wares would really be beyond my fiscal means. Last year though I had read some articles about them in a couple of “lifestyle” magazines, piquing my interest. This …
Cigars, and in particular those of Cuban origin, can be expensive. This pearl of information is not of course seismic news to those who indulge, however, just how expensive may not be widely known. In this regard one needs to look no further than last October when Phillips auctioned a …
