During my early twenties I used to worry about getting older. Now I find myself humming along to the latest Coldplay single, fully realising it happened without me even noticing. Coldplay! My twenty-year-old self weeps! It is also an inescapable truth that I am now too old to wear flipflops anywhere other than a beach.
So I am on the look-out for a proper [...] getting older
During my early twenties I used to worry about getting older. Now I find myself humming along to the latest Coldplay single, fully realising it happened without me even noticing. Coldplay! My twenty-year-old self weeps! It is also an inescapable truth that I am now too old to wear flipflops anywhere other than a beach.
So I am on the look-out for a proper [...] 
Shorts are a tricky subject for men. Women can happily stay cool during the warm summer months in skirts and dresses. For men it's not always so obvious when it's acceptable for them to bare their legs. Indeed, if you care to listen to Tom Ford the answer is: never - unless you happen to be on a tennis court.
Even when I do manage to navigate this satorial [...] 
The scene: I put on a pair of specs, stare into the mirror for a few seconds, then turn 90 degrees to face Marlene, feeling somewhat uneasy...
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During a trip to Australia three years ago I paid a visit to Bondi beach. Sunny skies, soft white sand and a clear blue sea with wave after wave running up the beach. It was exactly as I had imagined it. Only I didn't really fit in. All the guys were deeply tanned, had their shaggy hair styled only by sand and salt water and wore sun faded t-shirts with long [...] 
James is in London this week. Unfortunately, I couldn't go with him. But there is one advantage to him being away: I can help myself to things in his closet undisturbed...
This white shirt is from Cos and one of my, erm, his favourites. 
