Author: Chris Mads

  • Don’t be a d*ck online
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    Don’t be a d*ck online

    “It’s a shame we even have to discuss.” That was Will Smith’s reflection in his song If You Can’t Dance (Slide) from his 2006 album Lost & Found. What followed was advice for dancing which still rings true today: There’s no lip biting or pelvic thrusts, I mean, you think that move will put the…

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    Tintin at 92: Lessons from my hero

    There is no other fictional character who has shaped me or who means as much to me as Tintin. I first discovered the adventures of the perennially youthful Belgian journalist and globe-trotter in the Sunday Times’ children’s supplement The Funday Times. Every week, they used to publish an episode of his adventures and I devoured…

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    Finding the magic in 2020

    Let’s not sugar coat it; this year has been rough. It has been equal parts trying and tragic, with a global pandemic causing millions of deaths worldwide, domestic lockdowns and a shutdown of international travel, all against a backdrop of social upheaval and division. Businesses have struggled to stay afloat, while everyone has battled with…

  • Top books, film, music & TV of 2020

    Culture has never been more important than it was during this year. Ironically, at a time when the arts were being widely abandoned by politicians here in the UK, they were also providing an escape, a salvation and a lifeline to so many. Artists of all disciplines have been forced to modify their creative output…

  • Jamie Cullum lights up The Rose

    Image by Banquet Records “Food for the soul.” That is how S described Jamie Cullum’s gig at Kingston’s The Rose Theatre yesterday. On the day when the Government announced a hammer blow new closure for theatre’s and arts venues across the capital, Cullum’s back-to-back shows with Banquet Records were a beacon of light for fans…

  • 12 Days of Tequila-mas

    The time has come, my friends, for tequila to take its place among the beloved spirits of our age. For too long, this beautiful drink has been banished to the back of cupboards, stained with bad memories of one house party or a bad night out. Memories which still make you shudder as you taste…

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    Lockdown Musings

    All lockdown and no play makes Chris a dull boy. All lockdown and no play makes Chris a dull boy. All lockdown and no play makes Chris a dull boy. All lockdown and no play makes Chris a dull boy. All lockdown and no play makes Chris a dull boy. All lockdown and no play…

  • Tom Ford’s new Ocean Watch

    Sustainability is becoming a very important word in the luxury sector. More and more brands are seeking to make something which is not just good for the customer, but for the wider world as well. “Ethical luxury is the greatest luxury of all,” according to Tom Ford, and the style maestro is putting his belief…

  • Dear America – Election 2020

    Dear America, I know we have not always had the best relationship, you and I. I have been sarcastic about you in the past, adopting a similar manner to many of my countrymen. Indeed, after the last election in 2016, I was fairly scathing about the result. But, since today is Election Day once more…

  • Now we are three

    Millennial Gent is three years old today. When it comes to writing and planning this blog, I usually end up asking two questions of myself: ‘Why am I writing this?’ and ‘What is Millennial Gent?’ This blog spawned out of a couple of old blogs I had done random scribblings on, without ever putting too…