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  • The Rake Style Guide: The Enduring Influence of Mad Men

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    The Rake Style Guide: The Enduring Influence of Mad Men

    Over a decade after it first aired, the legacy of AMC’s Mad Men lives on, through both the show’s sublime storytelling and the classic, tailored style of its lead protagonists.

  • Party Animals: The Rothschild Surrealist Ball

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    Party Animals: The Rothschild Surrealist Ball

    The Rake revisits the Surrealist Ball of 1972, hosted by Baroness Marie-Hélène de Rothschild and her husband Guy at the Chateau de Ferrières.

  • Double Act: Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy

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    Double Act: Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy

    How do you sum up a love affair kept secret for three decades? Ed Cripps examines Katharine Hepburn and her clandestine relationship with the moody, mercurial (and married) Spencer Tracy.

  • THE PINT-SIZED BARBARIAN

    Style January 2022

    THE PINT-SIZED BARBARIAN

    He ‘fought big’ and ‘dreamed big’, according to David Lynch, and was, his daughter said, the master of Italian guilt. Dino de Laurentiis was a five-foot-something giant of the movies, the legendary producer behind classics such as Serpico and the careers of Lynch and Cronenberg.

  • THE DEFIANT ONE

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    THE DEFIANT ONE

    His films may feel a bit old fashioned now, but in this age of male introspection, Sidney Poitier’s uncomplicated heroism is a welcome reassurance.

  • Tender Scoundrel: Jean-Paul Belmondo

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    Tender Scoundrel: Jean-Paul Belmondo

    Boxer turned acting heavyweight Jean-Paul Belmondo was no stranger to holding his own in the cinematic ring.

  • AMAZING GRACE

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    AMAZING GRACE

    She has wowed, aroused and confounded in equal measure for half a century. And Grace Beverly Jones — grandmother, septuagenarian, original — isn’t done.

  • ROBERT EVANS: THE LAST TYCOON

    Style July 2020

    ROBERT EVANS: THE LAST TYCOON

    Robert Evans was the film producer turned myth maker who brought classics such as The Godfather, Rosemary’s Baby and Chinatown to the screen. By the end of a life that was both glorious and turbulent, he’d ensured Hollywood would never be the same again.

  • Gordon Parks: Through the Lens

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    Gordon Parks: Through the Lens

    We examine the work – and exceptional style – of photographer, filmmaker, musician and writer Gordon Parks, whose legacy is being embraced by a new generation of influential artists.

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes may not be as obvious a British hero as James Bond, but what he lacks in charm and sexual prowess, he more than makes up for with open-mindedness and sharp intellect.

  • Liam Gallagher: Britain's Songbird

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    Liam Gallagher: Britain's Songbird

    With the release of his first solo album, The Rake looks back (not in anger) at the career of 2017’s favourite Gallagher brother.

  • Oliver Reed: The Best Bond We Never Had

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    Oliver Reed: The Best Bond We Never Had

    Oliver Reed was an eloquent dyslexic, charming sexist and high-souled jester. Today, the most interesting leading men evoke the spirit of some of his savage paradoxes.

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