The Rake (UK)

TIPPLE

Ah, the holidays! The sweetest time of the year. Two weeks off work ( hopefully), and time with family, friends, food and drink. It’s a time to navigate your best and worst desires — the desire for love, happiness, celebration and relaxation (the best...

WHO IS THE RAKE

Of all those indelible menswear moments in movies — Cary Grant’s grey flannel remaining resolutely unruffled amid the mayhem of North by Northwest; Steve McQueen’s three-piece Prince of Wales check encapsulating the brio of his gentleman-thief in The...

The Los Angeles issue

HOUND

The Giant Schnauzer’s contribution to human life has evolved with our habits. Now comes a role in law enforcement.

RAKE COMMENDS

We went in search of some vintage finery and came back with a haul inspired by the legacy of the second world war.

HOUND

The Barbet, a medium-sized French water dog, is a rare breed indeed — and not just because it is in short supply.

WHO IS THE RAKE

There’s a diverting clip on YouTube from Judy Garland’s T.V. show, sometime in the early 1960s. A somewhat abstracted-looking Garland introduces “one of my most talented friends”, to reveal Mel Tormé in a snappy tux and frilly dress shirt, shimmying...

FOLLOW SUIT

Acommon refrain among creatives has it that, if your work pleases all who consume it — or even most — you’ve failed. Unequivocal applause from a majority of subjective individuals, the reasoning goes, can be inspired only by banality. It makes sense....

The American writer Gay Talese, a pioneer of what became known as New Journalism, reflects on his storied life.