Mae West always said, “A hard man is good to find.” What a tart. I prefer the adage that good men’s shoes are to hard to find, particularly when anything decent costs as much as a month’s rent in a one-bedroom apartment. Bespoke is probably the best form of footwear available, and while considered an investment, [...]

Short and sweet, here are the pressing issues (well, some of them) for your Agony Uncle this week.  Oh, and if you like these Ralph Lauren shorts, you can buy them here from ASOS. Do you pick your nose and eat it, even as and adult? Josh, Twitter If I never did it as a child, why [...]

How many times have you been up to your armpits in snow and your mobile phone has called from a private number, most likely from royalty, naturally? You frantically stick your bag beneath your armpit and shuffle between passers-by as you attempt to remove one glove with another clumsy gloved to answer your touchscreen-equipped smartphone, [...]

Some men, namely heavy drinkers, choose to wear their signature scent, Eau de L’Hobo, most mornings after a hard session on the brown spirits. It’s not easily disguised, much less masked by a heavy dousing of Aramis or similar relics of the 1980s, yet some attempt albeit unsuccessfully. Alcohol and fragrance are not usually regarded [...]

Burberry has done a lot to rid its tarnished image of knock-offs and “chavaliers” of late. With three-dimensional advertising campaigns shot by Mario Testino, celebrity endorsements from quintessentially British actors, actresses and up-and-coming rockstars, Burberry Acoustic renditions (shot by Watch Listen Tell) by musicians of note furnished completely in Burberry, of course; they’ve fast become one [...]

Short and sweet, here are the pressing issues (well, some of them) for your Agony Uncle this week.  Oh, and if you like these shorts, you can buy them here from ASOS. Is it polite or not to leave food on plate? Tanner, Twitter You should always eat what is elegantly sufficient. If you can’t fit in [...]

Soon enough I know that I’ll have a spotty teenager in the midst of my family unit whose temperament will be contaminated with puberty-ridden acerbity. How much fun. Although, I find that these situations are best tackled head on with full assault, so when the time comes, I’ll be ready for the onslaught of slammed doors and [...]

We’re very pleased to announce our involvement in Freelancers’ Xmas, a networking event for the forgotten professionals who would otherwise spend their Christmas at home drinking gin alone. Taking place at Hoo haa in Melbourne on Thursday, 1 December, it’s aimed at those who have to spend all year facing irregular work, chasing clients’ invoices and [...]

In this day and age you could be forgiven for thinking that MC Escher is a rap artist of some description, in production cahoots with Timbaland, possibly billed in the media as the next Kanye West. Although it would be mildly amusing you’d be very wrong. Swedish menswear designer, now based in Florence, Erïk Bjerkesjö, takes [...]

Unlike most, air travel is something that I relish, provided it’s in short manageable spurts and not long-haul epic journeys. Much like dinners with my family. At the weekend I made one such voyage, alas not across international waters to meet my French lover, but an interstate visit to meet the Fockers, so to speak. I flew Virgin, [...]