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On His Majesty’s Secret Service: The Brief
Charlie Higson’s On His Majesty’s Secret Service in 100 words: a Roger Moore era Bond novel with a political bite.
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Hurricane Room Review: The Payoff Is Real
A quick take on Kim Sherwood’s Hurricane Room, the standout finale to her female-forward 007 trilogy.
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Long Term: The Tudor “Big Rose” Oyster Prince
The Tudor Oyster Prince 7965 is a 34mm, Rolex-cased automatic from the late 1950s to late 1960s — commonly called the “Big Rose” for its oversized old-script logo. Clean examples trade for £900–£1,600. I’ve owned mine for two years. Here’s the full breakdown. The specs Reference 7965 (“Big Rose”) Produced c. late 1950s – late…
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A Meal Before the Battle
Birdsong, a white guest room and far too much Pinot Noir. On rest as preparation, and why the mindfulness gets missed in the rugged luxury conversation.
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The Kitchen, Properly Equipped
A man’s kitchen tells you everything you need to know about how he approaches life. Not what he cooks. How he thinks. Whether he’s the kind of person who buys the right thing once or replaces the wrong thing repeatedly. Whether he understands that the tools around him are a reflection of his standards, not…
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One Year with the Tudor Black Bay Dark
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Beige Flexing
A deliberately empty shelf with an ornate purple candlestick holder set atop a vintage Book of The Country Side by The Times. Drinking a Belgian beer, Saturday evening, in a smoky crushed velour chair that matches my head-to-toe towelling loungewear. Complete silence, only the sound of my keyboard, and the whish-wash of cars driving by…
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The Suits
I was never meant to be a suit. I don’t use that word in a literal sense, more in the way Billy Walsh from Entourage did. I never set out to be the guy in a shiny red polo. Though in my late teens and early twenties I was in a “black polo club,” which sounds very…
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Sunday Brief: On Rugged Luxury, Nigel Cabourn, and Making Your Own Tweaks
On modern gentlemen, ergonomics over excess, remembering Nigel Cabourn, and why rugged luxury beats Bond as the style blueprint for grown men.
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Amazon Just Made the Case for a Brown James Bond
Amazon’s Bait starring Riz Ahmed is a sharp, layered argument for a multicultural Bond. Here’s why it’s almost perfect.
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