Tag: author
Icons February 2017
I Spy: John Le Carré
Intellectual, author and a thoroughly elegant individual, David Cornwell, a.k.a ‘John Le Carre’, is a discreet and intriguing Rake icon.
Icons August 2016
A Man Of Letters: Charles Bukowski
Our August theme – the enduring triumvirate that is maturity, integrity and clout – takes a hearty swig of free-form literary sour mash courtesy of Charles Bukowski: a writer whose…
Icons July 2016
Manhattan Love Story: Truman Capote & Jack Dunphy
The last in our series of rakish romances features another which broke all the rules, and blossomed all the more for it – Truman Capote and Jack Dunphy.
Icons July 2016
Master of Seduction: Giacomo Casanova
Three centuries after the colourful life of wanton womaniser Giacomo Casanova, his name still stands for a multitude of sins and salaciousness.
Style May 2016
High Society
The Rake uncovers the trove of self-expressive gems found in the pockets of the world’s most stylish man. Photographed at the Mount Street shop of his friend Mariano Rubinacci, we caught…