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A mod for all seasons

A few weeks ago, Paul Weller appeared on The Jonathan Ross Show, the kind of thing he would normally run a country mile from. He sat in a big comfy chair and playfully sparred with Ross, who at one point accused him of not being an especially happy person. “I’m a very happy person,” Weller said, by return. “I’m very settled with what I’ve got. I’ve just got a miserable face. I can’t help that.” And he smiled. Weller joked about Noel Gallagher, was charming to Ross’ other guests (including Line Of Duty stars Vicky McClure and Martin Compston) and generally mucked in. Having just arranged the Mary McCartney piece with him in this issue, I knew he was going to do the show, but for others, maybe casually turning on the…

A mod for all seasons

Sam Leith James Patterson isn’t so much a novelist as a literary phenomenon: it’s reported that one in 17 of all hardbacks sold in the US have his name on the cover. In this month’s issue, writer Sam Leith asks if it’s time to stop sneering. “I’m interested in how, with his cowriters, Patterson is as much a brand as an author,” says Leith. “That goes against the tide – and it works.” Alex Hannaford In 1997, Allen Pace masterminded the largest cash heist in US history and, for this issue, GQ contributor Alex Hannaford heard the inside story from the man himself. “I was playing the long game with Pace,” says Hannaford. “We exchanged emails until he was released from prison and later he agreed to a phone interview. Allen had never…

HAVE YOU TRIED TIKTOK’S IRL CHEAT CODE?

Like many of us in the pandemic, Matt, a 39-year-old screenwriter, rises late, partly due to a worklife balance that is entirely his own and partly because even his previous commute to the coffee shop has now become a few short strides to a folding desk. The first order of business is always the same: exchanging morning affirmations over texts with two friends (“one always texts back quicker”), a mixture of the things they should feel grateful for and the things they’ve simply decided to be grateful for. That one can become the other is part of the point. These will be Matt’s first-of-the-day’s “manifestations”, the genuine idea that one’s thoughts can cause positive events just by thinking them. But these texts are mere breakfast snacks – all-purpose get-up-and-go mood-lifters that are…

HAVE YOU TRIED TIKTOK’S IRL CHEAT CODE?

Time to slip into something less comfortable

We get it: your slippers, slides and shearling-lined clogs are comfortable. More than that, they make you feel like you’re getting a hug on your feet every time you wear them – given hugs have been banned this past year, it’s a quality that has been pretty important. But let’s be real: those slippers aren’t going to cut it in the big bad world. It’s time to re-enter the arena wearing footwear designed with “out there” firmly in mind. From leopard-print loafers that will look the business with your new black office suit to smart patent monk straps with edges so sharp they’d make the Child Catcher’s footwear look cosy, we’ve selected the best of the new breed of back-to-life shoes to make your return to reality that little bit…

Time to slip into something less comfortable

Do you smell like a sex panther?

Perhaps it’s due to the fact we’ve all been cooped up for so long or maybe it’s because perfumers are feeling extra libidinous after months of lockdown, but right now all the big men’s fragrance releases are as sexed up as they are ultra-macho. From Versace’s new Eros EDP, which, says Donatella, was inspired by a “Greek god”, to Penhaligon’s vetiver-drenched The Inimitable William Penhaligon (the bottle for which comes with a ram’s head-shaped stopper, for Pete’s sake), summer 2021 is all about going full throttle with testosterone-laced fragrances. Explorer Ultra Blue by Montblanc £72 for 100ml. montblanc.com Created for modern explorers, Montblanc’s new scent brings to mind high jinks on the high seas, imbued as it is with a metallic marine accord that rubs against the rich amber base with a rough…

Do you smell like a sex panther?

The SECRETS of MY SUCCESS

At 31, she’s the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire and the founder offeminist dating app Bumble. With 42 million monthly users and an IPO in February that valued her company at £9 billion, here’s what one-time Tinder alum Whitney Wolfe Herd has learned… Don’t try to ‘change the world’, try to solve a specific problem When you think about these big male-led tech businesses, the founders always say, “We’re going to change the world. This is going to revolutionise X and Y.” There’s no promise we’re making at Bumble to solve the world’s problems. The promise we’re making is [about something] I identified that felt broken: the way men and women have been trained to treat each other. In my opinion, this is broken on a global level and has been for…

The SECRETS of MY SUCCESS

Soho’s historic Windmill + modern overhaul = major vibes

A bit like rock’n’roll, you can’t kill Soho, though many have tried. London’s most charmingly seedy neighbourhood has survived cholera outbreaks, the Blitz and countless attempts to tame it through gentrification. But bons vivants continue to rattle happily down its narrow streets. Since the 1910s, one of their favourite haunts has been The Windmill, the theatre-turned-cabaret-turned-strip club, which is reopening in the form of a new high-concept dinner destination this month, following a £10 million revamp. Once a 320-seater theatre that hosted nude tableaux vivants and the likes of Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles, The Windmill was famously kept open throughout the Second World War by original proprietor Laura Henderson. The venue closed temporarily in 2018 and will be reborn as The Windmill Soho, a 350-capacity venue featuring a main stage…

Soho’s historic Windmill + modern overhaul = major vibes

Step away from the short shorts!

It was the omniscient style sage himself, one Mr Tom Ford, who famously said, “A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.” It’s a point with which we’ve long been inclined to agree. But before you hit that beach, you face a conundrum. The tweens of TikTok are currently telling anyone who’ll listen that any shorts longer than five inches (effectively hot pants) should never be worn by anyone with a modicum of style. But… is that your vibe? Our opinion is take the via media: tap into the ultra-short shorts trend at the pool or beach. Because if beer-bellied plutocrats can justify wearing Speedos on their…

Step away from the short shorts!

Is the world ready for the NEXT Donald Trump?

To the untrained eye, Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, resembles a Republican robot doing a bad Donald Trump impression. He seems to have copied Trump’s body language, down to the megalomaniacal hand flourishes. He’s big and perma-tanned. He picks fights with reporters he doesn’t like. He did a cringe-inducing campaign video in which he encouraged his daughter to “build a wall” out of toy bricks, before reading The Art Of The Deal aloud to his son. It’s all a bit much. Nobody, not even Alec Baldwin, can capture The Donald’s mad essence. DeSantis may parrot Trumpian talking points, but his delivery is often plonking. A former Navy man, a Yale alumnus who went to Harvard Law, he lacks Trump’s sassy impishness, especially when he’s trying to show his lighter…

Is the world ready for the NEXT Donald Trump?

Have you got a ‘status’ kitchen?

Mr One Per Cent was pacing out his wraparound terrace at his bijou homestead in Hertfordshire. He was temporarily blind to the teak steamer chairs arrayed around the vast fire pit. Blind even to the Big Green Egg, the cult grilling gizmo that you “burped” by lifting the lid and letting the aromatic, meaty smoke belch out. Soon all of that would be gone. Yes. Soon his latest sixfigure grand projet – Miranda’s outdoor kitchen – would be pride of place. Miranda, bless her, loved cooking. She wasn’t like one of his former girlfriends in New York, the skinny, wriggly redhead banker who kept her collection of Manolos in a glass-fronted oven that she claimed never to have used. And Miranda had been cooking a lot the past year, even though Mrs…

Have you got a ‘status’ kitchen?

Molton Brown’s iconic black pepper scent will recharge your senses

Britain’s luxury sector is shaped by Burberry, Vivienne Westwood and, of course, the country’s elite grooming business Molton Brown. The label began life 50 years ago and is undeniably one of our mostloved fragrance, body cream and hand wash providers. A stalwart of innovation and luxury grooming, Molton Brown has a storied history that’s well worth celebrating. In 1971 hair stylist Michael Collis and Caroline Burstein launched their new venture on South Molton Street (hence the name), the exclusive shopping hub in London’s Mayfair that also gave us such high-end retailers as Browns Fashion. The pair blazed a trail with their use of hand-mixed natural hair products and, making use of the benefits of botanicals and herbs, experimented with unique formulations that delivered distinctive and intriguing scents. Bergamot gives the fragrance a…

Molton Brown’s iconic black pepper scent will recharge your senses

Suited and (football) booted: the Harry Kane style playbook

On the pitch, Harry Kane’s record speaks for itself. He’s on track to become the Premier League’s top goal scorer of all time with 164 goals in 240 appearances (move over, Alan Shearer) and the 27-year-old England captain and Spurs striker is a true flag-bearer for the beautiful game. Also, men’s fashion. Because since 2018, Kane has been a global ambassador for Boss, a role that’s helped his style do the talking off the pitch. With a penchant for a well-fitted single-breasted suit – as anyone who has kept an eye on the footballer’s black-tie appearances at GQ’s Men Of The Year Awards will attest – plus a savvy, neutral-toned downtime wardrobe, the two-time Premier League Golden Boot winner knows what works for him. Over Zoom, Kane spoke to GQ…

Suited and (football) booted: the Harry Kane style playbook

Cities have been burned, blitzed and now… abandoned? Not so fast. After all, there’s still no better place to be young…

The city is hard to kill. History abounds with tales of great cities crawling from the ruins of unimaginable trauma. From 1665-66 an outbreak of bubonic plague killed an estimated 100,000 Londoners, a quarter of the city’s population. The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 started fires that raged for several days, leaving almost half the population homeless. In the summer of 1945, the first nuclear weapon ever used in warfare evaporated Hiroshima in one apocalyptic flash. Yet bombed, infected and burned to the ground, the city always bounces back. But perhaps not this time. The conventional post-Covid wisdom is that the city will never recover from the worst global pandemic for 100 years. Everything conspires against urban living now: the decline of the office and the rise of Zooming from home; the…

Cities have been burned, blitzed and now… abandoned? Not so fast. After all, there’s still no better place to be young…

SCENTS OF ADVENTURE

In 1976, the 23-year-old Olivier Baussan founded L’Occitane En Provence with a dream of preserving and celebrating the traditional grooming products of his home. He started small, using a steam distiller to create rosemary essential oil, but his wares proved such a hit at local markets that he was soon able to branch out into soaps, creams and fragrances. Forty-five years on, L’Occitane has a reputation not just for keeping alive traditions, but also for going further and consistently finding new and exciting ways to innovate. Take, for example, its three new L’Occitane Homme fragrances. Using a patented extraction technology, the perfumers incorporated in each bottle a unique scent that was previously impossible to capture: in Olivier Ondé, it’s centenary olive fields after the rain; for Bois Flotté, driftwood rocked by…

SCENTS OF ADVENTURE

Meet your new thirst trap

There’s been a shift in fashion land. When prepandemic we would buy luxurious clothes to face the world in, we’ve now entered an age when function is valued far more than form. Take the recent thing for soupe-dup bottle holders. Sloshing neatly into the wider reusable bottle trend, this new breed of high-fashion hydrator also plays into the expanding consumer appetite for merch. However, far from being as useless as that Muse band tee you bought in 2004, this new swath of ultra-luxe merchandise is easily as valid as the cross-body bags and nifty phone holders you purchased in the time before Covid. Not least, the branded water bottles pictured below. They’re designed to hold your favourite imbibable liquids, after all, which will come in very useful as we re-enter…

Meet your new thirst trap

How the adult animation boom saved television

The on-again, off-again, on-off-on-off-again production of the latest Jurassic World film, Jurassic World: Dominion, wasn’t merely the highest-profile blockbuster that was caught by the pandemic. It was, by some distance, the most darkly funny example too, as actors were forced to bubble in a hotel together for months on end, all of them having to adhere to a 109-page safety document and some 1,800 safety signs. (Judd Apatow is currently finishing his own parody film of their exact scenario, called The Bubble, for Netflix.) Of course, barring scrapping production with the project half-shot, they had little choice, but it showed how difficult filming has become in a Covid-ridden world. The various precautions have caused costs to spiral – even EastEnders has been forced to use basic CGI to make actors look…

How the adult animation boom saved television

TAG Heuer’s racing chronographs, especially the Carrera and Monaco, are some of the watch world’s most enduring icons. But the brand says its dive watch, the Aquaracer, deserves to enjoy similar status – and it has announced a fully refreshed Aquaracer line-up to prove it. “We are conscious of the fact that, today, Carrera and Monaco are probably having more attention – collectors and watch specialists get more excited with these watches,” says CEO Frédéric Arnault. “It’s one of the reasons for this launch. I believe there are great stories to tell with the Aquaracer and its whole history. We have a strong legitimacy in that segment and we are also looking at repositioning it so it’s more high-end than in the past.” The new watch is called the Aquaracer Professional…

UFOs are no joke

UFOs are real – and we have videos to prove it. It’s an extraordinary claim, but that’s precisely what the Pentagon told the world last year. On 27 April 2020, the US Department Of Defense (DoD) released three videos, one from 2004, two from 2015, shot from the targeting cameras of US Navy Super Hornet fighter jets. They show close encounters with fast-moving, strange-looking objects in protected military airspace and include audio of the pilots’ astonishment (“Wow! What is that, man?”). The footage had previously leaked to media organisations, but now the government was putting it on the record. “DoD is releasing the videos in order to clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real,” it said in an…

UFOs are no joke

Roblox is a freewheeling, backroom-dealing big-business enterprise disguised as a child’s game

When Quinn Wilton stumbled across Roblox, the user-generated cross between Minecraft and a social network, in 2006 at the age of 12 or 13, she was seeking a way to create games she couldn’t find elsewhere. Roblox, which describes itself as a platform for people to produce immersive experiences, was then in its infancy. Today, it – and Wilton – have changed somewhat: Roblox is now a £27 billion phenomenon, recently listed on the stock market, that you likely haven’t even heard of; Wilton, now 28, is a cybersecurity technician, putting the programming skills she learned in her teenage years into practice. She’s one of many in the Roblox generation who have learned important life skills from their time in the Roblox world and is an indication of where today’s…

Roblox is a freewheeling, backroom-dealing big-business enterprise disguised as a child’s game

Dress like Bond!

James Bond inspires emulation like no other fictional character. A thriving online community pores over every detail of what the spy wears, drinks, drives – all the elements of his lifestyle as depicted on screen or in print – and seeks to own those items for themselves. But this isn’t a niche interest, as evidenced by the popularity of, say, any watch models worn by 007. “It’s always been said that ‘men want to be him; women want to be with him,” notes tailor David Mason. “It’s like every piece of clothing and every Aston Martin brings you a little bit closer to him.” It’s an impulse with which Mason is well acquainted. In 2012, he revived the Anthony Sinclair brand, which supplied Sean Connery with suits for all his outings…

Dress like Bond!

Elevate your G&T with this masterly crafted Japanese gin

Gin and tonics have been a staple of British life since they were first mixed by East India Company officers hoping to stave off malaria in the early 19th century, yet sometimes even a classic can use a fresh twist. If you’re seeking to elevate your next G&T with a spirit that’s both exquisitely made and truly singular in taste then look no further than Ki No Bi, crafted at Japan’s first dedicated gin distillery. To understand what makes tasting Ki No Bi so special, it’s important to understand the Japanese concept of kaizen. A philosophy of continuous, gradual and methodical improvement, kaizen is at the heart of everything that goes into Ki No Bi, a name that translates as “the beauty of the seasons”. Launched in 2016, The Kyoto Distillery…

Elevate your G&T with this masterly crafted Japanese gin

Dear Style Shrink, There’s a lot of noise around the short shorts debate right now and I was wondering if you had a position on the subject? I’m a tall man, slim but not muscular, and I usually wear Bermuda shorts, if I wear shorts at all, but given that we’ve been locked up for so long I feel compelled to try something new. Can I get away with it? And if so, how? J Dodds, Herts So the big news is that last year the omniscient TikTok tweens decreed that any shorts more than five inches in the leg were too long to be considered sartorially acceptable. To put that in context, a five-inch short finishes just below the crotch – a modest hot pant, if you will. The truth is…

Meet your new black-tie watch

Anyone with half an eye on the watch world right now will know that green is the colour of the moment. From Rolex to AP, Patek to TAG Heuer, every major brand seems to be releasing timepieces in the hue – and finding their own twist on it. Hugo Boss is no exception. Take, for instance, the watch the brand has created to mark this year’s upcoming GQ Men Of The Year Awards. Called the Boss Santiago Gents Watch, its dual-time sub-dials make it inherently sporty and the green dial dovetails with that informal vibe. Yet the yellow-gold details serve to simultaneously bring out the green’s regal quality. In a similar manner, the finishing on the two silver registers adds gleam and thus an elevated sense of occasion. This mash-up of…

Meet your new black-tie watch

Sure, you can sneer at the new megabucks thriller by Bill Clinton and James Patterson

Is the world’s bestselling author the world’s bestselling author? It’s a question you might not expect to hear asked, but it’s almost the only question that tends to arise about James Patterson. When, in 2018, the writer coauthored The President Is Missing with Bill Clinton, the game was to work out which bits were Clinton and which were Patterson. The release of their second offering, The President’s Daughter (out 7 June), will spark round two of that guessing game. Even before that, when Patterson has been covered in the literary pages it has been to wonder how many of his 200-plus books he actually writes. Patterson is as much a brand management system as he is an author. And well he might be: he got into the writing game after years…

Sure, you can sneer at the new megabucks thriller by Bill Clinton and James Patterson

Beach wardrobes are officially a thing. Just ask Dior

Right now, we need no encouragement to hit the beach. After a year dreaming of sea dipping, sandy toes and sun-drenched lounging, we’ve never been more ready and neither has Dior. An ode to holidays missed, Dior’s 2021 capsule beachwear collection is infused with free and joyful energy. Designed by Kim Jones, it was inspired by a dialogue with Kenny Scharf and Jones’ passion for the American artist is weaved throughout. There’s a printed silk shirt and matching bandana that brings to life the iconic painting “Viva Mare Viva Mar”, with it’s aquatic creatures in vibrant pop colours, and the rest echoes a vintage sportswear aesthetic, featuring retro tracksuits, polo shirts and swimming shorts. The accessories, too, are an invitation to up your game. With bathrobes and towels in terry cotton, a…

Beach wardrobes are officially a thing. Just ask Dior

Bob Carlos Clarke, reframed

Photographer Dies In Accident” read the headline on 27 March 2006. It’s still online, half correct, 15 years after Bob Carlos Clarke checked himself out of the Priory and threw himself under a London train. In that time, Clarke’s reputation as a photographer – of fetishists, of celebrities, of erotica – has only grown. Clarke would have turned 71 this year and a new book, Dark Deluxe: The Bob Carlos Clarke Opus, charts the Anglo-Irish portraitist’s life and career through his own images. From his childhood in Cork and an unhappy period at boarding school, through education at the London College Of Printing and Royal College Of Art to his breakthrough in the 1980s, Clarke “narrates” his story through quotes from his photo book Shooting Sex: The Definitive Guide To Undressing…

Bob Carlos Clarke, reframed

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The new face of modern Conservatism… ALAN B’STARD

For the Tory haters out there, the idea of a battle for the soul of the Conservative Party mistakenly presupposes that it has one. The spectrum of British conservatism ranges from dedicated public service to megalomania and Boris Johnson represents an extreme rather than something unique. Everything troubling that happens under Johnson’s leadership is a riff on the same theme. Whether it’s dodgy decorating, unpleasant rhetoric about corpses in the streets or nurses’ pay deals, it’s not so much “Nothing to see here” as “Nothing you didn’t expect to see here”. All this on top of David Cameron’s less than charming attempt to lobby his former colleagues in the cause of mammon. However, the danger for the Tories lies not so much in the sleaze itself, but the perception among voters…

The new face of modern Conservatism… ALAN B’STARD

HAS LOCKDOWN REWIRED OUR BRAINS?

After two months trapped in a California ghost town by five feet of snow, Brent Underwood saw headlights in the distance. In March 2020, then aged 32, Underwood moved to Cerro Gordo – a once murderous Wild West silver mining town – to look after the abandoned property, which he hoped to shape up for tourists. Thanks to two straight weeks of snowfall and a then-mysterious virus ravaging the country, he became stuck, living off boiled snow, rice and canned food. And then he saw a Jeep; a fresh pizza; a (sort-of) neighbour, who had read about Underwood’s predicament in the news and had driven an hour to bring him food. What’s it like to see another person after months alone with nothing but the whistling wind for company? “As far…

HAS LOCKDOWN REWIRED OUR BRAINS?

What’s behind Hollywood’s podcast pivot?

If you’ve found yourself on a certain type of podcast feed in recent weeks you might have come across an ad for one hosted by Bill Clinton, appropriately titled Why Am I Telling You This?. Over an upbeat jingle, in his familiar, southern croak, the former US president – whose reign in office is best remembered for a sex scandal and his subsequent impeachment – attempts to lure listeners in with promises of conversations about life and jazz music. It sounds like sketch comedy but it isn’t. Clinton really does have a podcast (which launched in February) and so does his wife, Hillary. Barack Obama launched one with Bruce Springsteen the same month as Bill, somewhat stealing the thunder of one Paris Hilton, whose own podcast debut arrived the same…

What’s behind Hollywood’s podcast pivot?

Since 1929, Tudor has reigned supreme as the go-to horography house for aesthetically pleasing, multifunctional, affordable watches – and the Black Bay line is no exception. Crafted from one of the most robust stainless steels (316L), the Black Bay uses a T600 movement, has a 38-hour power reserve and is waterproof up to 150 metres. Every aspect of the model embraces the Tudor philosophy of quality and dependability at a more wallet-friendly price point. Always striving to do better, Tudor introduces a new edition to the Black Bay family this season, with an eminently sophisticated satin sun-brushed silver dial. Protected by a sapphire crystal, the dial has applique hour markers and hands coated in phosphorescent Super-LumiNova. This timepiece is where true craftsmanship meets contemporary watchmaking, with the modern finishing touches including Tudor’s…

The girl behind the song: a pop vivisection by Gary Kemp

The Marquee Club in London’s Soho had been the W1 hub of rock since the mid-1960s. Here, in its small, dark interior, The Yardbirds, the Stones and The Who had played and won, leaving smashed Rickenbackers and broken hearts in their wake. Now, in October 1973, Bowie’s manager, the cigar-chomping Tony Defries, had decided to lever his artist’s talent into US fame by filming a show there for the NBC television network. Ziggy was about to roll away the stone and perform one final time in what was to be called “The 1980 Floor Show”. As Bowie tucked himself into one of the day’s outrageous Kansai Yamamoto outfits, and Marianne Faithfull and Mick Ronson smoked and flirted backstage, I stood outside in the street, pushed against the wall by the…

The girl behind the song: a pop vivisection by Gary Kemp

Your childhood is now eye-popping street art

Jerkface has garnered international recognition for his artistic reimaginings of our favourite cartoons. Riffing on some of the best-known characters – from the likes of the Simpsons to SpongeBob SquarePants – he has created a wide array of street murals, prints and sculptures. Having cut his teeth painting walls around his own neighbourhood in New York, he now has more than 200,000 followers on Instagram and held shows all over the world. His next, solo exhibition with Maddox Gallery in London’s Mayfair, called Villainy, opens this month. Why do you use a moniker? I’ve always preferred to operate in the shadows. Most of your work is based in New York, where you grew up. How does your art translate to other cities – London, for example? My work is universal in many regards and…

Your childhood is now eye-popping street art

Whisky with an island twist

Considering it lies 60 miles off the west coast of Scotland and has a population of just 212 people, the tiny island of Jura has had an outsized impact on global culture. Not only was the secluded patchwork of mountains, lochs and roughly 6,000 red deer chosen by George Orwell as the ideal “extremely unget-atable place” where he could finish writing his classic novel 1984 in peace, but it’s also home to one of the world’s finest whisky distilleries. First established in 1810, the Jura distillery was reopened in 1963 in a bid to revive the small island’s ailing fortunes. Suffice to say the plan worked a charm, as these days the community is as prosperous as it’s ever been. Almost every family on the island includes a member who works…

Whisky with an island twist

Getting your grill on this summer? Your new barbecue bible is here…

Tom Kerridge missed his vocation. At the age of 15, he bunked off school to build a barbecue after he and his friend found themselves with a surplus of bricks, having accidentally knocked down part of the wall at the back of his mother’s house in Gloucestershire. Having nipped back into Saintbridge Comprehensive to “borrow” some sand from the longjump pit, they returned home to mix cement and assemble a rudimentary outdoor grill. Thirty years later, when his mother moved house, the barbecue was still standing. “So, you see,” he says with that familiar chuckle, “I should have been a brickie.” The building trade’s loss, however, was the culinary world’s gain and Kerridge remains one of the UK’s most popular and successful Michelin-starred chefs and restaurateurs. As well as overseeing pubs…

Getting your grill on this summer? Your new barbecue bible is here…

Tom Kerridge’s top ten tips, tricks and hacks for alfresco cooks

1. “For a super-simple sauce, use a couple of tablespoons of plain yogurt with a pinch of three ground spices – turmeric, cumin and coriander – plus a cheeky teaspoon of tahini paste and a splash of sesame oil.” 2. “If you are going to barbecue properly, keep it real and use a proper charcoal grill with smoky wood chips. Gas is great, but you might as well use an oven.” 3. “Use a meat thermometer to avoid undercooking anything. But remember: your meat will keep cooking when you take it off the barbecue, so factor that in, otherwise you will overcook it.” 4. “Tuna and monkfish are great for the barbecue because they are so meaty, but a whole sea bass or sea bream is brilliant. Just make sure you invest in…

Tom Kerridge’s top ten tips, tricks and hacks for alfresco cooks

Weber Summit Kamado E6

Forget your Big Green grilling machine; this summer belongs to Weber’s new dual-walled Summit Kamado grill. Offering all the benefits of ceramic barbecuing (versatility, fast heating) with none of the bad stuff (the price), it comes with a cooking area that’s 61cm in diameter, a heavy-duty design, an adjustable grate and built-in thermometer, making cooking at home both a pleasure and easy to master. Whether you are searing or smoking, roasting or baking, direct or indirect cooking, summer starts here. £1,049. weber.com PH…

Weber Summit Kamado E6

There’s nothing spooky about these cabins in the woods

For staycationers looking not just for the great, but the absolutely bloody brilliant outdoors, Fritton Lake could be the solution to your UK summer holiday dilemma. Billed as a “private holiday club” set in the wild east of England, this collection of woodland cabins, farm cottages and boutique hotel rooms on the sustainable Somerleyton Estate is the England you’ve heard about but never encountered IRL. Ticking all the adventuring boxes – wild swimming, nature safaris, paddle-boarding – guests are encouraged to get back to the best of British nature, albeit from the comfort of either a luxurious traditional or contemporary-and-cool base in the woods. Diners can prepare food themselves using the resort’s delivery service or, if you’ve had enough DIY cooking for one year, there is the onsite Fritton Arms pub.…

There’s nothing spooky about these cabins in the woods

Bisushima’s seafood shouts from the rooftop

It is hard to improve on oysters under a cloudless sky, but factor in having not smelt the sea since 2019, nor having eaten inside an actual restaurant for four months, and this post-lockdown platter on the terrace of Bisushima was positively heaven-sent. Open for just a few weeks last year, the Japanese restaurant’s rebirth started out strictly alfresco, from its rooftop perch overlooking Trafalgar Square, but by the time you read this, the 130-cover dining room flanked with floor-to-ceiling windows should be on the menu. Even for this exclusive location, Bisushima leans into the extravagant. Said oysters come topped with caviar, black truffle and sea urchin. The latter is sublime, with salty red ikura caviar punctuating the buttery sea urchin. Still, it would likely have been bettered had even a…

Bisushima’s seafood shouts from the rooftop

Transport yourself to Mexico by way of Marylebone at the hottest new bar in London: the Mezcaleria under Kol, the much-anticipated new collaboration between chef Santiago Lastra, of Noma Mexico fame, and MJMK Restaurants, with Maxim Schulte, formerly of The Savoy’s American Bar, as bar manager. In this hazily lit, rattan-furnished bolthole you’ll find one of Europe’s most extensive selections of Mexican and agave spirits, with a wine list-style menu that celebrates on-trend mezcal in all its small-batch glory. The philosophy at the Mezcaleria is much the same as in the restaurant upstairs, with a focus on Mexican flavours and seasonal British ingredients. The cocktail list is split into five flavour profiles, with what Schulte calls an “old world version” of each in order to appease traditionalists and adventurers alike. GQ…

+Fired up: Three restaurants mastering the open flame

Cinder 66 Belsize Lane, London NW3. 020 7435 8048. cinderrestaurant.co.uk The setup: New to Belsize Village, post-lockdown launch Cinder is the first restaurant from chef Jake Finn (La Petite Maison, Coya). He cooks almost every dish over fire – or, more specifically, a Josper grill. Eat this: Expect flame-kissed dishes such as delicately smoky salmon, Jospered on a cedar plank and served with pickled cucumber and shallots (£17). Drink this: The wines are curated by Alex Percy, AKA The Modest Merchant. Try the De Stefani Terre Nobili 2017 (£39), a warming Italian red with a touch of spice. Hicce 102 Stable Street, London N1. 020 3869 8200. hicce.co.uk The setup: At the heart of Pip Lacey’s Hicce are seasonal, wood fire-focused dishes and moreish small plates, such as roquefort papillon (£8), pickled mackerel or hazelnut saucisson (£7…

+Fired up: Three restaurants mastering the open flame

Westland Outpost Range Colere Edition 1

According to Martin Amis, “Making rules about drinking can be the sign of an alcoholic.” Sure, only try telling that to the whisky distilleries of Scotland, whose edicts guard the production of their famous export. But unconstrained by protected geographical status, almost as far from the bonnie shores as you can get, Seattle’s Westland Distillery has undertaken a series of game-changing, applecart-turning, iconoclastic single malt experiments with, er, barley. OK, a step back: you see, only ten varieties of barley are sanctioned for use in Scotch, with traditionalists claiming the grain – which, alongside water and yeast, is one third of single malt’s ingredients holy trinity – has no impact on the spirit’s character. Westland disagrees, and behind its new Outpost Range lies a plan to pioneer new approaches to all…

Westland Outpost Range Colere Edition 1

GQ MEN OF THE YEAR 2021

IN ASSOCIATION WITH BOSS HUGO BOSS It was a year like few others – a global pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement and economic hardship for so many. But, as tends to happen, the worst of times can bring out the best in people. And for our awards, too, the most challenging of circumstances saw the most creative of solutions. Not only did the GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2020, in its 23rd year, provide us with an opportunity to celebrate the people who made the world a better place over the past 12 months, when we needed them most, but in our original films shot with each winner we also celebrated them in a way no other awards came close to. To recognise Marcus Rashford’s campaign for free school meals,…

GQ MEN OF THE YEAR 2021

Ferrari built just four 330 LMBs. So who’s behind this Maranello ‘fifth Beatle’?

Ferrari’s back catalogue is the automotive equivalent of Bob Dylan and The Beatles rolled into one. Or da Vinci and Caravaggio, if you prefer. But Ferrari is the one big name that refuses to submit to the trend for continuation cars, even if the revenues it could generate with a run of, say, 20 “new” 250 GTOs beggars belief. Instead, it’s added a fourth pillar to its line-up in the shape of its Icona cars, the first of which – the Monza SP1/SP2 – echoes the almost impossibly lissom form of its 1950s endurance racer the 750 Monza. Speculation in Ferrari circles is rife about what’s next, but using the past as inspiration for something genuinely futuristic is a more noble pursuit than simply copying it. Enzo Ferrari’s favourite Ferrari,…

Ferrari built just four 330 LMBs. So who’s behind this Maranello ‘fifth Beatle’?

Now THIS is naked attraction…

It’s now a smaller, tighter machine and that’s a very good thing If the arrival of a new Triumph Speed Triple doesn’t excite you, then you may as well hang up your leathers and call it a day. New for 2021, the Speed Triple 1200 RS represents the iconic naked roadster’s most remarkable reimagination in its 27-year history. Nut for nut and bolt for bolt, it’s an entirely new proposition with more power, less weight and a seriously compelling refreshed design. The headline figures are hard to look past – 1,160cc, 177.5bhp, 125nm and weighing in at 198kg wet – yet it’s well worth it because there’s so much more to appreciate. Everything from the headlights to the seat unit have been nipped and tucked; it’s now a far smaller, tighter machine…

Now THIS is naked attraction…

The cross-over event of the summer

Cupra is Seat’s sporty and electrified subbrand, a development that precisely no one was waiting for. But wait. Although it’s part of the sprawling manufacturing hive mind that is the Volkswagen Group, the Formentor is off and running simply by looking sharper than its key rivals. Granted, the “crossover” – 2021’s default family runaround – is not a segment likely to inflame anyone, but Cupra’s design team have successfully pushed at the constraints. The nose is chiselled and sharky, the badge like something from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the high-riding stance and overall proportions executed with unusual panache. Nor does it feel like a Golf in Mediterranean drag in terms of its driving dynamics. A 1.4-litre plug-in hybrid promises 242bhp and 31 miles on electric power alone, but way more fun…

The cross-over event of the summer

Then things got really weird: ‘Bon Jovi’s like, “You’re f***ing Cousin Greg!”’ On a warm afternoon in New York City last autumn, a very tall man wearing a protective facemask, clearframed glasses and a black baseball cap sidled up to a vlogger on a busy sidewalk to nervously profess his adoration of the vlogger’s pizza review series. The vlogger, who was filming while awaiting a guest, was a little uneasy – in truth, he appeared quite keen for the man to go away – until the stranger pulled down his mask to reveal the lower half of his face: it was Nicholas Braun, known to many as Cousin Greg from the Emmy-winning, Murdochbaiting, culture-dominating series Succession. “I just wanted to be like, ‘Man, thanks for the entertainment,’” Braun recalls. “I kind of…

It was a little under six hours since the robbery when John McEachern got the call. The veteran investigator was on the early morning shift, sipping coffee at his desk in the FBI offices on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. LAPD detective Steve Laird, whom McEachern regularly worked alongside on robbery investigations, was on the line. ‘‘Dunbar’s been hit,’’, he said Just after midnight, six masked robbers with guns had broken into a Dunbar Armored storage facility on Mateo Street. Banks didn’t keep a lot of cash on hand and at the end of each business day they’d turn the bulk over to the armoured car industry. Dunbar essentially babysat banks’ money for them. And it wasn’t just cash: as McEachern liked to tell people, “Hell, if you had a prized baseball…

Paul Weller in conversation with Mary McCartney

For this Woking-born son of the 1970s, there were four father figures who underpinned everything, from his first guitar to an inspirational career that continues to expand and explore more than 50 years later. On the release of his latest solo record, his third in three years, we asked the Modfather to pick through the past with an artist who knows better than any how The Beatles shaped the generation that followed In the early days of The Who, back in the mid-1960s, the band’s guitarist and principal songwriter, Pete Townshend, realised it was the audience who were in charge, not the band. The audience “gave their consent and allowed The Who to occupy the stage and perform for them”, said journalist Peter Stanfield in his book A Band With Built-In…

Paul Weller in conversation with Mary McCartney

The step father

When it comes to naughty, silly, upbeat on-foot fun, ‘Chrissy Loub’ is your man When it comes to designer shoes, Christian Louboutin has the monopoly on fun. Sure, Manolo Blahnik, Louboutin’s Canarian luxury footwear contemporary, has the market cornered on elegance and Jimmy Choo’s arguably got the edge on sex, but when it comes to naughty, silly, upbeat (albeit ultra-expensive) on-foot fun, Chrissy Loub – as he’s colloquially referred to in this country’s better-heeled shoe emporiums – is your man. “It’s a simple concept to have fun with what you wear,” the French-Egyptian designer tells me seriously when we meet over Zoom at the tail end of the UK’s third lockdown. Louboutin is in his office in Paris’ glitzy 1st arrondissement and his perfectly bald head is surrounded by a halo of…

The step father

‘I wish I’d been bolder’

‘The way the country runs should not be based on whose mobile number you’ve got’ “We were naive about me running for leader. We were naive! Actually, I’m going through the list of people for whom it’s been good that I lost the election.” Say hello to Ed Miliband, the 2021 version. He’s open, regretful, surprisingly ebullient. Maybe it’s the weather. It’s the first spring-like morning of the year on Hampstead Heath, North London, when we first meet, the kind that gives sensitive souls hope for the year ahead. “I can’t get over this!” Miliband says, striding boldly up a hill. Other walkers clock him, nudge elbows. He affects obliviousness. After all, this is his daily walk from his house in nearby Dartmouth Park, his stomping ground of the past 12 years. He’s…

‘I wish I’d been bolder’

’Let’s go! yells one voice, then another, and another. All of a sudden, a rumble of anticipation fills the local vicinity. It’s like I’m being strapped into a roller-coaster ride. Feet stomp, metal rises from concrete, chains whizz. A tipping point has been reached, the tribe’s size deemed large enough by its hive mind. Welcome to “the strip”, a wide stretch of road where traffic is nonexistent. Over recent years, in British cities and towns, teenagers on pedal bikes, bound by the hashtag #BikeLife, have gathered at strips to show off trick combinations (seat-stands, leg-overs, foot-drags), then headed out to ride en masse, like snowboarders practising on a nursery slope before ascending a mountain. It’s a Saturday afternoon and I’m perched at the top of Stonecutter Street in Farringdon, London, with my…

Brothers’ keeper

Nick Jonas is a seasoned veteran when it comes to the world of entertainment, with his career on stage, screen and streaming services recently ticking into its 22nd year. Which is all the more incredible when you remember the man born Nicholas Jerry Jonas in Dallas, Texas, has only been on planet earth for 28 years. In that time he’s evolved from the super-driven seven-year-old appearing on Broadway to the de facto leader of Disney-promoted, purity ring-wearing family boy band Jonas Brothers to, more recently, the buzzcut-and bomber jacket-sporting solo star. In between all that has been acting roles (Jumanji) and TV judging spots (The Voice), as well as a hugely successful Jo-Bro reunion and a high-profile marriage to actor Priyanka Chopra. His third solo album – well, technically his fourth,…

Brothers’ keeper

As summer gets underway, the prospect of escaping to a sundrenched island has never sounded more appealing. The Balearics are a perennially popular spot, and the recent shift to remote working has meant that more people are able to consider a change in lifestyle, away from the traditional nine-to-five. ‘We have seen an increase in people wanting to move away from the city, or at least invest in a second countryside or coastal home to escape to throughout the year,’ says Charlie Hill of Charles Marlow & Bros, an estate agency based in Mallorca and Ibiza. ‘The Balearic lifestyle is all about slow living – long, slow, delicious mid-week lunches with loved ones, late-evening dinners sat outside on a warm terrace sharing a bottle of local Mallorcan red, Saturday brunches and…

Olivier Rousteing on Cire Trudon’s Ernesto candle

Wherever I am, I always have one of Cire Trudon’s Ernesto candles burning next to me to inspire me. The scent opens a door in my mind and allows me to travel to my perfect world, which is a mix of the world of my childhood and who I am today. It helps me to be really creative. You know when you have a scent that you love, that reminds you of a place or a moment from the past, but at the same time it makes you dream about a period in your life? Well, sometimes that can make me feel more creative, because the scent will make me think of a particular colour, maybe, or a dress that my mother was wearing. I’ve always loved the story of Cire…

Olivier Rousteing on Cire Trudon’s Ernesto candle

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