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A note from the Editor ‘I've never lost a game, I just ran out of time.' – Michael Jordan I know a thing or two about a thing or two, but neither of those things happens to be sports. I boxed,

A concise opening but an honest one: I love people who love things. I do. I love the almost inexplicable, entirely unrelatable, and downright unapologetic geekery of those who are truly passionate about, well, just about anything. I love the

‘If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. – J.R.R. Tolkien Despite the inherent universality of the stuff, food sure can be a divisive little thing. Food, as a concept, is

“Luxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress.”― Karl Lagerfeld Luxury’s a funny one, isn’t it? It’s a nebulous little word, as unapologetic in its uniqueness as it is indefinable in its scale. Contrary to popular belief,

A note from the Editor “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou There’s something to be said for the brick and mortar

A note from the Editor “I’ve seen a look in dogs’ eyes, a quick and vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.” - John Steinbeck I’ve no doubt mentioned this a time or two

A Note from the Editor ‘Count your bruises one by one and laugh it off’ - The Flatliners  To say we live in uncertain times is an understatement. The past few weeks have made a distant and abstract fear a present

A Note from the Editor So I recently spent the entire month without a phone. It’s a long story. You know the kind. The thirty days long, this-repair-will-only-take-five-days-but-we’ll-then-proceed-to-lose-it kind of  long story.  With my smartphone offering me an odd collation of over

A Note from the Editor When you really get down to it, fashion - and with fashion, style - are vanities of sorts. In truth, I’m never really sure if either phenomenon (and they are indeed two entirely separate phenomena) is

'Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and

‘So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.’ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby There’s a celebration afoot. This issue not only marks our fiftieth print edition, but also represents our fifth year in publication. No

‘Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.’ - Bill Cunningham Sure, fashion is as much a statement of intent as it is a suit of armour, but I’ve always been of the opinion that it is, above

‘Men are physically stronger [than women] and they can absorb the pressure of the kitchen better.’  Marco Pierre White I’ll admit it, one should typically reserve the epigraph for figures long-known for their enduring wisdom and unquestionable sagacity. But sometimes, just

‘Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.’ - Gustave Flaubert Travel, it seems to me, is many things to many people. For some, it’s a necessity as grave and serious as the air

‘The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for’ - Ernest Hemingway It was in Glen Adamson’s Fewer, Better Things, where I first came across the idea of ‘material intelligence’ and its relevance to the current debates around sustainability.

‘Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting.’ - Steve McQueen Let me preface this with a small confession: I can’t drive a car, and the closest I’ve ever come to a motorcycle is the leather jacket (in my

‘Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.’ ― Gore Vidal When it comes to questions of style, confusion abounds. Style is, after all, complex in its simplicity. One thing is for certain: