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'Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known.' F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Teeing Off: Golf Style 101
We examine the style of golf’s best known figures, from famous celebrities such as Sinatra who adored golf, to the gregarious British Open Champion John Daly.
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Escaping The Tyranny Of The Ordinary: Paul Theroux
The writer Paul Theroux has been cast in a great American tradition – as an inquirer, an idealist and, most importantly, a subversive. From his defining work, 1975’s The Great Railway Bazaar, he has helped us see the world anew…
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Nick Wooster: the Rule Breaker
The menswear iconoclast on his love for shorts, disdain for dress codes and how the demand for comfort is changing men’s style, as told to Christian Barker.
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Elvis Presley: The Breakthrough Moment
G. Bruce Boyer recounts the pivotal moment of The King’s journey to super stardom, when, as a swaggering, confident and deviously handsome 19-year-old, he walked into Sun Records studio…
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Brigitte Bardot: Queen of the Côte d’Azur
A gust of fresh air in the stifling social atmosphere of her time, Brigitte Bardot lived up to the ‘sex-kitten’ role as well as she embodied it…
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King of Hearts
Kevin Hart has conquered stand-up and comic acting in a vertiginous rise, writes Tom Chamberlin, and now he’s ready to take on the kind of serious, dramatic roles that will distinguish him as one of Hollywood’s leading men.
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Christopher Gibbs: The King of Chelsea
We examine the influence of Christopher Gibbs, a tastemaker, pioneer of ‘distressed bohemianism’ and well-worn grandeur who spearheaded London in the swinging sixties.
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Patrick Swayze: The Miracle Dude
Patrick Swayze combined macho swagger and fluid elegance in a unique way, and his acting style — a kind of artless sincerity — helped turn movies such as Dirty Dancing and Point Break into pop-culture classics. Yet what remains of Swayze’s life and work is more significant still: an unfashionable sense of joy.
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AMELIA EARHART: A SYMBOL OF NEW WOMANHOOD
Amelia Earhart disarmed ideas about femininity in her manner and her attitude, and her legend is as strong today as it ever was.
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Liev Forever
‘I am now, to the world, pretty much Ray Donovan,’ says Liev Schreiber, whose face has become synonymous with television’s favourite Hollywood fixer-cum-family man. In fact, there’s more he’d like you to know…
