Despite my circuitously obtained name I am an Englishman by birth and thus used to be thoroughly biased when it came to
sdsdsdsdsdMonth: December 2015
WEDDING TAILS: Ushers to Ushers
Anyone who tries to convince you there is no realpolitik to choosing your groomsmen is not to be trusted. Having spent six weekends
Saladin
The medieval era, more so than perhaps any other, is an age of villains; of men using and abusing positions of extraordinary
Distinguished Gentlemen’s Ride London
The Rake & our sister magazine, Revolution took part in this years Distinguished Gentlemen’s Ride London – BMW scrambler paired with a bowtie, anyone?
Paulus Bolten for The Rake: The Patinaed Sneaker
There is a dilemma in men’s footwear today. The reality of constant travel, rapid movement across the urban landscape, the need for
EXCESS YOURSELF
As anyone who doesn’t live in an oilskin tent in the Arctic tundra will be aware that, in September earlier this year,
Monarch of the Glen: The Glenfiddich Distillery
About an hour and a half’s drive north west of Aberdeen, nestled in amongst the granite-stone, pine-covered peaks of the Cairngorms, those
Martin Freeman | ‘It’s the closest I’ll ever get to Beatlemania’
In a video doing the rounds on the web at the time of writing, an enraged Martin Freeman pulverises a cake and
Justin De Villeneuve
There’s little as rakish as self-invention, and in that particular field, Justin de Villeneuve might well be regarded as a master. Born in London’s
Gary Cooper
In 1946, when Irving Berlin revised the lyrics to his 1929 song ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’ to include these memorable lines, Gary

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