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Frankie Dunn
Lungs and liver now get a combined beating at London’s best cigar bar. Surprisingly for an old hospital, the Lanesborough Hotel’s Garden Room is currently bringing back the fine art of creatively mixing booze and tobacco. Far from a sneaky tab and a swig from a 5cl Bells miniature in the outpatients’ ward, out of…
When you dare to mix art and chess, you get ‘Art Chess’. As the late Danish chess champion, author and all round gentlemen, Bent Larsen once said, “Chess is a beautiful mistress”. He hadn’t even seen these beauties. Purling London have taken the classic Staunton design to arty new levels with two themes: ‘Art Chess’…
Play arctic explorer while being amused by your stag’s own frozen Pole. It’s safe to say that the majority of stag nights are no longer just ‘nights’. The occasion has become as mired in protocol and expectation as the wedding itself. Except here, there’s no excuse that the main driver of the ‘need for perfection’…
What happens when you take a cuppa and a slice of cake and pimp that shiz up? ‘We never do anything fun anymore…’ The words any hard-working, stressed yet romantically inclined man dreads hearing from the neighbouring pillow. Dinner has become routine. The ballet sends you (literally) to sleep. Nightclubs remind you that you might…
When flogging wine, don’t sell the sausage, sell the sozzle. The name of London’s newest wine and spirits boutique couldn’t possibly be more apt. Having opened just before Christmas, it seems that everybody and his wine-guzzling dog is talking about the Mayfair venture… and quite rightly so. Unlike your standard wine shop, Hedonism have created…
Sometimes there’s no pun to do the subject justice. ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’, goes the cliché. These guys think otherwise. The Land Rover Discovery is a familiar classic. You know what you’re getting when you climb into one. Or do you? Yorkshire-based transformation specialists, Twisted, think otherwise. Creating improbably luxurious versions of…
Nothing says ‘Please, please, please wear this underwear I bought for you’ like a non-verbal box of lady joy. More often than not, chocolate really is the way to a woman’s heart, especially when they look this gorgeous. Whilst we’re sure you’ve had your lavish Valentine’s Day plans secured for months now, here’s a little extra…
If the Audi R8 didn’t quite do it for you, perhaps the 2013 Audi China Limited Edition version will. The latest edition of the V10 powered R8 model features a very unique paint job (Nordic Gold, we’ll have you know!) as well as a whole host of upgrades. Audi are understandably keen to point out…
Simply can’t make it to a spa? Why not treat yourself and your home to its very own Aequum luxury massage chair? The perfect addition to any fine home (or office, or yacht), these handcrafted bad boys are of a seriously high quality. Whether you’ll be summoning your very favourite masseuse or attempting a spot…
It’s safe to say that Christmas dinner is the best meal of the year – if not for the food then for your darling family and the cosy, festive atmosphere. But your standard Christmas dinner pales in comparison to Ben Spalding’s Ultimate Christmas Dinner. Ben (pictured) is head chef at John Salt and one to…