Category: Journal

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    How to make the most of lockdown

    “May you live in interesting times.” That may or may not be a curse of Chinese provenance, but one cannot help but feel that it might have been uttered in rage a few months ago. We certainly live in interesting times. As of yesterday, the UK is now in the state of lockdown which many…

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    Wash your damn hands

    Today I was in the gym, changing room and I saw a guy washing his hands. He was taking a long time over it. In fact, he was there long enough to have sung God Save The Queen at least twice. But the reason he was at the sink for so long is not because…

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    17 Rules of Modern Etiquette

    The world is changing and the rules for men and women living in it are doing the same. In the latest edition of GQ, the staff at that most illustrious of men’s lifestyle publications set out a list of 27 Rules for Being a Gentleman. It suggested that many outdated rules, such as walking roadside…

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    Megxit is coming – and I don’t care

    The world is burning, World War III is trying to kick off and Hollywood is being called out for woke hypocrisy – but the world is going nuts over Harry and Meghan’s retirement. So far, it has sparked two hashtags, endless column inches and enough Twitter outrage to keep Piers Morgan happy for a short…

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    20 rules for 2020

    Ah, New Year’s Day. It is one of our great traditions. As a new year – and a new decade – dawn, we customarily greet it with a hangover and a list of ‘new year, new me’ resolutions which will have been largely confined to the forgotten waste paper bin of life before Spring’s blossoms…

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    Looking ahead to 2020

    We are almost back in the Twenties. 2019 was an interesting year for me and Millennial Gent. In the early summer I took redundancy from the magazine I was working for and went freelance. That should have made this blog one of my primary purposes on a day-to-day basis. But, as anyone who has struck…

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    Yes we Cannes 2019

    Last week I took a trip to Cannes for work. The biggest duty free show of the year was taking place and I went down to join the fun. Some of the brands, new products and items on show were incredible and I’ll be bringing you a few of my favourites over the coming days.…

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    How to open a bottle of Champagne

    There are a few skills you really should master just in case you are ever called on to use them. I would put opening a bottle of Champagne or Prosecco right up there with changing a tyre or a lightbulb in skills you want to have mastered should the situation arise. Many of you in…

  • The beauty of an evening run

    “Run, my beautiful intellectuals, run!” That was the advice given by musician, comedian and all-round genius Tim Minchin to a group of university students during their graduation address. You can see more of it here. He was right too. Running is good for your body and for your mind and general wellness. Mental health is…

  • 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…