Author: Chris Mads

  • Jazz in the park at Love Supreme

    Summer can mean lots of things to lots of people. For many of us in Britain it often means disappointing, rain-soaked barbecues and the odd moment of sunny glory in a pub garden. But there is one other thing which goes hand-in-hand with the British summertime: live music. From the moment it all kicks off…

  • Short Man Style: The challenges of dressing as a short guy

    I have a very exciting event coming up this summer. My baby sister (not an actual baby, obviously) is getting married. She’s getting hitched on a Greek island and has asked me to be MC for the event. Beyond the excitement of the wedding itself, though, lay a slight issue. An occasion like this means…

  • A guide to Date Night

    Welcome to the first in my Life Skills series. Don’t get me wrong, I am no sort of life coach and I am not even going to try and promise you perfect guides or solutions to anything. But, like any nice chap might, I’m sharing a few insights I might have picked up along the…

  • Bond in Motion: Behind the wheel with 007

    Daniel Craig is back at work on the new Bond film and the arrival of another outing for the world’s favourite superspy can mean only one thing – some more great cars. I mean, really, can anyone boast a better film car collection than 007? As a kid I really wanted to be James Bond.…

  • Why you should be celebrating Negroni Week

    Seven days, Three ingredients, One simple way to give back. So runs the slogan of Negroni Week, which comes to a close tomorrow. Imbibe Magazine and Camppari teamed up in 2013 to create this event, with the double purpose of celebrating one of the world’s true classic cocktails and raising money for charities around the…

  • A night with Mark Ronson in Kingston

    “This is cool, I like this vibe for a Monday night.” Mark Ronson is enjoying himself; dressed in a grey sweater, the superstar producer is behind the decks at Kingston’s Pryzm nightclub – that’s Oceana to many of us – overseeing a party to mark the launch of his new album. The album itself, Late…

  • Sales season is coming – and it’s big

    Get your credit cards ready folks, big sales are coming – and, weirdly, we’ve got Brexit to thank. I was at breakfast with a few folks from the retail industry the other day and we got talking about Brexit (as you do); surprisingly, it turns out the current political climate is set to be good…

  • If someone told you to jump in front of a bus, would you have them arrested?

    If I ever told my mum I had done something because someone told me to, her response was unfailingly: “If someone told you to jump in front of a bus, would you?” More to the point, today, would you have that person arrested for aiding someone in committing suicide? Comedian Jo Brand has come under…

  • What we learned at LFWM

    The world’s most stylish and style-conscious people breezed through London this week. For three days over the weekend, the Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane was the centre of the fashion world as London Fashion Week Men’s (aka #LFWM) moved into town. The parade has already moved on, with Paris, Milan and New York on…

  • A great cup of coffee at Boston Tea Party, Bath

    Bath has just been listed as the best UK holiday destination for 2019 by Country Living. That came as no surprise to S and I, we spent a wonderful few days there a couple of weeks ago. It was our escape after a stressful and irritating few weeks and it was perfect – but more…