“Listen, you’re never going to be a looker. You’re never going to be somebody like a Sharapova, you’re never going to be somebody with long legs, so you have to compensate for that.” As innocently as ...

At the time of writing in early May, the new premises for Annabel’s, the world’s most famous private club, is a building site; a hive of hard hats and high vis. There’s a lot to be done prior to the ...

“The Gentlemen is fun and bombastic,” says the actor of his leading role in Guy Ritchie’s new series. “But the heart of it – the idea of indentured wealth ...

Does a moustache make you more of a man? It’s a hairy question — quite literally. And one that’ll no doubt be on the clean-shaven top lips of men around the country this fine November. That’s right, ...

We’ve all been there. Plucked up the courage, made a move, and been brutally rebuffed. It’s a sting that doesn’t numb quickly, knocks our confidence and often has us wishing we could go back in time ...

When he’s at his most menacing, there’s a certain look Javier Bardem throws to the camera. Chin lowered towards his chest and a slight shadow of a crease across his brow, it draws his mouth into a ...

Taking over his master’s workshop, Louis-François Cartier founded Cartier in 1847, amidst the subversive times of the ongoing French revolution. With the rise of the Second Empire, Cartier’s business ...

What’s in a name? If you’re one of the ten men below, then a hell of a lot. Box-office success, platinum records, worldwide superstardom — you name it. And all because they shifted some vowels, ...

From choosing a site with “heart and soul” to the simple power of a smile, London restaurateur Jeremy King shares ten rules for opening a restaurant.

Inspired either by the golden ratio or an American highway junction, Patek Philippe’s Golden Ellipse became one of the ...

Some of history’s greatest works of fiction began life in incredibly unassuming ways. Novelist Truman Capote would write his novels on yellow legal pads. Lolita author Vladimir Nabokov composed almost ...

Francis Bourgeois is walking down the street towards us, a long arm waving slowly above his head, a grin fixed solidly on his face. It is raining horribly — real February rain — with the vague ...