Author: Chris Mads

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    Avengers Infinity War checked something off my bucket list

    I finally saw Avengers Infinity War yesterday. I know, I am a couple of weeks behind most of the world, but it’s been a busy month. I will say this now: if you have still not seen it, then stop reading here. Far from spoiler-free, this post is chock full of spoilers. It’s not unfair,…

  • Mile-high blogging

    Cruising at 30,000 feet. It seems like a strange place to be writing a blog, but that is the nature of life these days I guess. There is something quite cool about mile-high blogging. I do quite a lot of travelling and this is the first time I have written on a plane. That is…

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    Country Living Spring Fair

    The weather has taken a turn for the worse, but S and I are not giving up on the summer yet. Since we can’t do actual spring and summer things, we headed up to Alexandra Palace for the Country Living Spring Fair. S is something of a connoisseur of all things Country Living, having designed…

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    Life lessons from William Gilchrist

    Meet William Gilchrist. If you are not currently familiar with him and his body of work, I suggest becoming familiar as quickly as possible. I am a people person. Other people interest me; I like finding out about them, what they do, what they like, where they’ve been. But every now and then I find…

  • Fortnite Battle Royale: What I’ve learned

    You have probably heard of Fortnite Battle Royale. It has become the latest online sensation and is taking the gaming world by storm. I am not an avid gamer, but even I have got hooked on this one. It is so easy to take part. Sign up and you are given a character, you are…

  • The Secret Garden of Madrid

    Madrid is famous for many things: art, markets, plazas…but tucked away on top of a shop in the middle of the city it has its own secret garden. El Jardin Secreto is hidden away on the top floor of the Salvador Bachiller department store. And it is wonderful. If I was to plan the perfect…

  • This summer you need Vermouth Hour

    The sun is out and pretty soon lots of people will be heading for a couple of drinks in the sun with friends. But I have a tip for you this year: put down the beer and rose, there is something new on the horizon. I have written about the fact that vermouth is the…

  • How to do airport breakfast

    In the Robert Rodriguez film Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Johnny Depp’s unhinged CIA agent kills a cook at a Mexican restaurant because his cochinita pibil is “too good”. According to Depp’s character, Sheldon Sands, he eats the same thing at every restaurant he goes to. His rationale for killing the cook, it turns…

  • Style Files: Steve McQueen

    “There he was, about 5’7″, skinny, but on nights out in Munich, if he walked into the bar, the women – whoomph – would be around him.” So Tom Adams described one of the coolest-looking men who ever lived – Steve McQueen. The pair met filming the classic movie The Great Escape. McQueen’s reputation as…

  • Escape to Madrid

    This time last week I was sipping vermouth in a marketplace in Madrid. After a busy start to the year and a family-filled Easter weekend, S and I decided to get away for a quiet few days. We picked Madrid for a few days escape, wandering around a new city. Madrid does not have the…