Remember I lost a large amount of suits and a suit on the train the other week? They’ve turned up. Very strange. But utterly good news. Here’s the podcast on that topic:
I’ve now lost two suits on the train, in two weeks!
I really don’t know what I was doing. Perhaps it was a subconscious desire to buy a lot more suits that caused me to leave two perfectly good bespoke suits on the train. You can hear all about this in the inaugural Pursuit of Quality podcast: Yes, that’s me speaking. I tried to keep it [...]
Where are my shirts? I ordered them on Saturday!
I ordered 10 shirts from Hawes & Curtis, the shirtmakers, on Saturday afternoon. They were off-the-peg ones — and what’s more, they were in stock. I know this, because the stupid Hawes & Curtis website made me click through reams of pages like a performing dog, searching for 16.5″ x 36″ shirts that were actually [...]
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Your child’s handprint impression on your cufflinks
I’ve been having a browse around for some really good cufflinks in our continuing Cufflinks series. I came across this ones recently and was thoroughly surprised and delighted. At first, I thought they were simply featuring standard handprints meant to remind you of your children. However when I visited the Gift Wrapped & Gorgeous [...]
Bring on CES: LG’s largest OLED TV is just 4mm thick
Next week is CES week — and that means that almost every single consumer technology giant you can think of will be showing off their latest devices and services. I can’t wait to see what they’ve got for us. Meantime, if you’ve been in the market for a TV, you might give some thought to [...]
Do you buy a First Class rail ticket? Or just standard?
Now and again I am required to commute back and forth into the city for extended periods of time. For instance the projects I’m working on need me to be in Richmond-Upon-Thames daily. Our recent house move made the commute rather simple: 30-odd minutes on a train that typically 90% full. On the way back [...]
Montezuma’s Grand Collection: An ideal gift
Until my good friend presented us with some Montezuma chocolates when he and his girlfriend popped over a few weeks ago, I’d never heard of the brand before. My wife knows it well though — and, after consulting the website, it seems it’s me who’s rather out of date: They’ve got quite a few stores [...]
Pointy work shoes: The abomination fit only for the junior account executive
I’ve long held the view that proper work shoes — those that go nicely with a smart suit — do not turn up off the floor at the front, nor should they be pointy. If they’re pointy then your feet will only fit into the main forward section, leaving the rest of the front to [...]
Exams: What are you telling your children given the recent scandal?
I was struck by this opinion post on The Telegraph this evening. The author, Martin Stephen, was High Master of St Pauls (School) from 2004 to 2011 and knows a thing or two about education. His main contention is that the scandal which alleges that teachers have been able to — in effect — buy [...]
