sdsdsdsdsdMonth: April 2016

The Style of the Olivier Awards

David Gandy Chester Barrie

I much prefer the style of the Oliviers to the Baftas and the Oscars. Though the ceremony is more understated than it’s

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The Art of Sex

Lot 53 Cabanel, The Birth of Venus

For those whose prism is resolutely contemporary, the era before the 20th century seems – in the arts, at least – to

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SMOOTH MANOEUVERER

The Ricky Gervais movie, The Invention Of Lying, is set in a parallel universe that is utterly devoid of deceit. Banks accept

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Slim Keith: Socialite Siren

Slim Keith - The Rake

Reflecting on her death aged 72 in 1990, many casual observers hinted that the society-climbing prowess of Slim Keith was based largely on tactical

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Rake Commends: The Penny Loafer

During 1950s college life in East Coast America, there was only one shoe you wanted to be seen wearing. Whilst Clarks Desert

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