1805 journal

We can’t turn back time, however much we would like to close our eyes and relive that first kiss, or that summer that went on forever. But confidant in who you are today, you can educate and offer guidance and give a jolly good pep talk to your preppy self, particularly when it comes to male groo...

The English gentleman can be recognised as much by his faultless grooming as his impeccable tailoring. Scrupulous neatness was one of the tenets laid down at the beginning of the nineteenth century by the most famous dandy of them all, George ‘Beau’ Brummell. It’s surely no coincidence that his c...

The traditions of St. Valentine’s Day, which are so familiar to us today, evolved from the vestiges of both, Christian and ancient Roman customs, however the day became definitively associated with romantic love within the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century, a time when the ideal of r...

It’s a new year and it’s time to get out into the world. Life has been constrained and inward-looking over the last two years of the pandemic, and we’re hoping that in 2022we will be, once again, able to broaden our horizons and experience the freedom of the open road. Setting forth from your ho...

As Christmas approaches, we are all attuned to the familiar litany of Christmas customs: decorating the Christmas tree, sending out Christmas cards, hanging up our stockings for Santa, eating traditional food such as mince pies, Christmas pudding and turkey, enjoying a pantomime, and so on. But C...

Christmas Gifts As the Christmas season approaches, our thoughts inevitably turn to the issue of Christmas presents. Some of us will leave Christmas shopping until a fraught last minute dash, while others will execute this task with a military-like precision week, if not months before. The Christ...