More from: Chris Cotonou
Pleasure August 2022
The Rake Dispatch: Pantelleria
Pantelleria, Italy. The word rolls off the tongue like a sweet sfoglia cake or the name of a mythical sea goddess.
Style August 2022
Miami Vice, Stepping Into The Heat In Style
Welcome to Magic City. It’s the 1980s and neon-lights wash out the sidewalks while George Michael’s crooning becomes the casual sound of the discotheques, bars, and radios. Against this backdrop,…
Style August 2022
Eric Rohmer's Guide To Summer
Even without having actually seen an Eric Rohmer film, you might have inadvertently seen an Eric Rohmer film.
Icons August 2022
Tailoring for Summer: The Armani Guide
Apart from the low-rise jeans and questionable chunky knitwear, the ‘90s was all about Giorgio Armani’s soft-power suiting. Like the looser fits we’re seeing today, the aesthetic was a response…
Stories July 2022
The Greatest Watches in Motoring
The worlds of watches and motorsports have often overlapped, whether it is on the wrists of daredevil F1 drivers, swerving at blistering pace through Silverstone, or the classic utility timepieces that accompany us on our Sunday drive in the Range Rover.
Stories July 2022
The Camel Trophy
Today, we unearth the story of the so-called “Olympics of 4×4’” a gruelling endurance race which pitted heavily modified Range Rovers against each other on harsh terrain…
Stories July 2022
The Octopussy Range Rover
Range Rover’s presence in 1983’s Octopussy is such an obvious crossover of Blighty icons that we cannot imagine James Bond choosing any other 4×4…
Style June 2022
GWILYM THE CONQUEROR
5 Minute Read
Gwilym Lee will soon be back on our screens as critics’ favourite Grigor Dymov in the period satire The Great. He talks to The Rake about wild costumes, imposter syndrome, and playing Brian May in front of… Brian May.
Style May 2022
The Rake Travel Journal: The Amalfi Coast
12 Minute Read
Our second instalment of The Rake Travel Journal returns in a slightly different guise. This time, Giorgio Giangiulio and Brigita Baniunaite travel along the Amalfi Coast, creating a postcode on intermittent stops. Each one portrays the true essence of style on the Italian Riviera.
Style May 2022
The Art of Tailoring
6 Minute Read
A music-inspired art of tailoring exploration certainly hits the right note.
Style April 2022
‘IT CAN BE EASY TO BE CYNICAL... BUT ART SHOULD BE A CALL TO ARMS’
The classical actor James McArdle talks to The Rake about the value of performance in our injurious world — and finding virtue in the world of Disney.
Style December 2021
‘FATHERHOOD CAN BE SCARY. BUT THE TSUNAMI OF LOVE DROWNS OUT THE FEAR’
The Irish actor Emmett J. Scanlan has been busy. He is starring in no fewer than three shows, including the final series of Peaky Blinders, and there is the small matter of an addition to his family…
