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Essays, anecdotes, confessions, recommendations, pictures, recipes and advice from the Gentleman’s Journal Clubhouse

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Yes, we Cannes!

At the world’s smartest film festival, no one’s watching the films

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What’s going on at Nike?

Long venerated for championing the world’s greatest athletes, sporting dynasties and products, the Swoosh is now taking a bit of a tumble as the pack catches up…

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Fortune favours the brave — Tim Warrillow

Tim Warrillow - co-founder and CEO of Fever-Tree

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"In few sports is your day’s play brought to such a crushing conclusion with a moment’s lapse in concentration."

Seen in: How is acting like cricket?

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The curious tale of a Rolex “Single Red” Sea Dweller

Tom Bolt staked his rare Ferrari on this watch — but was the 1968 Rolex the remarkable timepiece he thought it was?

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Atlantic crossing: Why can't New York do private members' clubs?

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Inside the Guinness-hype industrial complex

Black and white and drunk all over

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What’s going on at Nike?

Long venerated for championing the world’s greatest athletes, sporting dynasties and products, the Swoosh is now taking a bit of a tumble as the pack catches up…

headline

Atlantic crossing: Why can't New York do private members' clubs?

Will Martyr piece "Back to where we started" depicting a woman in a pool wearing a large red and white stripe hat
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A World Elsewhere: the meanings behind Will Martyr’s paintings

Here, the artist explores a selection of works exhibited in his recent show at Maddox Gallery

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Inside the Guinness-hype industrial complex

Black and white and drunk all over

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The death of the Volvo estate

The iconic model has been discontinued. Haven’t we lost more than just a bigger boot?

Carlton Banks, from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, wearing a jumper over shoulders
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Armless fun: The rise, fall and rise of the ‘jumper over shoulders’ look

Shouldering the load

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Feeling Bullish

How did a small pub in Oxfordshire become arguably the finest (and starriest) in the country?

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A photographer's notebook by Robert Spangle

A photo diary from an intrepid traveller

A Slim Aarons photo of two people jet-skiing outside the Carlton Cannes hotel front and beach club
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Inside the Carlton Cannes, the jewel of the Côte d’Azur

Revered by film stars and presidents for over a century, the recently renovated hotel blends Belle Époque joie de vivre with impeccable craftsmanship and contemporary grandeur

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Yes, we Cannes!

At the world’s smartest film festival, no one’s watching the films

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Bread rolls and billionaires: New York's power lunch hot-spots

Seven men-about-town(s) pick New York's most powerful tables

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New York's Real Estate Royalty

Explore the families who shaped, and continue to shape, the Big Apple, from their influence to philanthropy and successors