I popped into The Royal Berkshire Hotel on the outskirts of Ascot recently. I was only there for a meeting, so I didn’t get a chance to check out the rooms, however from what I saw, the place looked immaculate and utterly luxurious. There was no standard reception desk. I reckon that’s the mark of [...]
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Moss Bros Hire: Shocked and then delighted by terrific service!
[Note, I start off negative, but that soon changes...] There is perhaps nothing more embarrassing on a Monday morning commute than being seen carrying a Moss Bros Hire suit carrier. I can’t stand it. It’s so… Well I just don’t like it. I think it goes against my exclusive, quality viewpoint. Perhaps I’ve witnessed too [...]
It’s been too long: I’m back!
Thanks for your patience, dear reader. It’s been too long, I know. Way too long. Eagle-eyed readers might have guessed at the cause — we’ve had a baby. Not just any baby, no. This is Baby Number Two (“BNT” as it’s apparently referred to by knowing mothers). It was a good birth — more on [...]
The continuing saga: I found my shirts & suit…
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 [...]
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 [...]
Your pad definitely needs a bespoke Rousseau DJ Booth
I know quite a lot of readers are into music — and large subset are serious enough that they’ve got a few turntables, some excellent speakers and a host of super-DJ-class equipment to make the experience (for them) and their audiences phenomenal. There is, however, nothing worse than going round to someone’s pad and finding [...]
Hello from Barcelona
Thank you all for your patience this week. I was in Barcelona, Spain, for the week. I was visiting one of the world’s most influential incentive/business meetings events (EIBTM). I spoke at the EIBTM CEO Summit on the topic of mobile and innovation and then spent the rest of the day networking with the attendees, [...]
