Admiral Cod

Following our recent two-event marriage ceremony, the first at a local religious establishment and the other at a beach resort, my new bride...

View To A Thrill: In the Seychelles with James Bond Sunday, 9 July 2006 It was the spring of 1958 when Ian Fleming first set foot on Mah...

It is with a modicum of penitence that I announce the number of posts here will start to diminish over the next several weeks. The summer se...

How often do you polish your brogues? I break out the shoe maintenance kit probably every 6 weeks or so. And this is only for the shoes I we...

A close-up of my favourite suit, a single-breasted, two-button navy chalk stripe number by Southwick. As you know, I have a thing for South...

Congratulations to the Spanish team for the Euro 2008 Championship.

Is wine-drinking an art or a calling? In my case, the latter, decidedly so. After all I have spent more than twenty-two years pursuing it....

On these gloomy mornings, when a spot of colour is required, I turn to madras. Pride of place in my portfolio belongs to a pair of Berle fla...

A photo of a black and white houndstooth Southwick sport jacket from Culwell & Son. I acquired it during a visit to Dallas in 1996 to se...

If I set myself to write Of the love that holds my heart A wondrous great kitab Could not contain it all. I long for thee as one Whos...

In the course of my wanderings around Southern Africa in the late '90s, I met a young man who lived with his family at the foot of the S...

"The average age for a man in the Bronze Age was eighteen. In the Roman era, twenty-two. Heaven must have been beautiful then. Today it...

A snaphot of Gerolf Annemans, an officer of the Vlaams Belang party in Belgium, wearing a bow tie, checked shirt, and navy blazer. Unlike Mr...

Whenever I hear the phrase light in the loafers , I can only assume the speaker is referring to my Gucci snaffle-bit loafers. These shoes ar...

The English writer Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989) was a devotee of OCBD shirts, which numerous photos can verify. I include just two here, includ...

Pink is my signature colour. If you consult my family and associates, you will discover I am known for my pink shirts. Brooks Brothers OCBDs...

As you know, when the summer season finally arrives, I greet it like a happy puppy. And that means going sockless. Warm weather is a perfec...

"You all know the wild grief that besets us when we remember times of happiness. How far beyond recall they are, and we are severed fro...

A brief tribute to Ian Fleming, in his centenary year. As a schoolboy I developed an imperishable curiosity about him. I spent hours perusin...