Tag: travel
Pleasure January 2023
What to Know About Sundance Festival 2023
More than an ‘Oscars for Independent Cinema’, Sundance is a reliable barometer for the trends and artists that challenge the Hollywood status quo.
Style January 2023
Pitti Uomo 103rd Edition
With the 103rd edition of Pitti Uomo drawing to a close, we reflect on the event with a selection of our favourite moments from the Fortezza da Basso.
Pleasure January 2023
The Rake Dispatch: Marrakech, Morocco
As one of North Africa’s cultural hubs, Marrakech offers travellers a share of dynamic and traditional experiences, all within its mysterious rose-coloured walls. It is a city that has attracted the attention of the Jet-Set for more than a century.
Speed January 2023
The Dakar Rally: Why The Classic edition should be on every motoring enthuasist's bucket list
The Dakar Classic is writing itself into our ever-growing bucket lists – and perhaps becoming a thrilling resolution for petrolheads to participate in the following year.
Pleasure January 2023
The Rake Dispatch: Visiting Florence during Pitti Uomo
Florence during Pitti Uomo is buzzing with aesthetic excellence, reflected in the fashions of the revellers and the beauty of the city’s architecture.
Pleasure December 2022
The Rake Dispatch: Mauritius
For those of us who have stared longingly at the travel brochures, Mauritius inspires us to dream of turquoise seas, lush forests, and stretches of white sandy beaches.
Icons November 2022
Rakish Icons: Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons’ photography presented the lives of the rich and the famous. He captured the Jetset and the glitterati at the Cap du Eden Roc hotel or in Positano and Mustique, his work remains an iconic window into an enviable period of affluence and glamour. Yet Aarons’ beginnings were rooted in poverty and war.
Pleasure October 2022
Like The Fifties Never Went Away
Welcome to Lyford Cay, a private playground in the Bahamas that has become a gilded time capsule for the moneyed elite. James Medd tries to elude security…
Pleasure October 2022
The Rake Dispatch: San Sebastian - Spain’s Hungriest City
San Sebastian is a place that worships food at the altar. It is a beautiful, safe city, with its own unique Basque culture and language, and one of the best urban beaches in Europe. But many visitors arrive here on a gluttonous pilgrimage; preparing their empty stomachs for the endless small taverns, Michelin-stars, and ‘pintxo’ bars.
Craft October 2022
The Rake Visits Louis XIII
Rémy Martin’s famous Louis XIII cognac is now available in miniature format — called The Drop — so the distinguished tipple can be enjoyed wherever, whenever. To celebrate, the rake visited the brand’s home in France for a special tasting session.
Pleasure September 2022
Sixty Years Bond's Best Destinations
One of the most thrilling parts of each Bond instalment is just where our secret agent is spent to conduct his mission. 007 has been just about everywhere.
Speed September 2022
The Rake Visits: The Furka Pass with Aston Martin
Since the birth of the James Bond franchise, that marvelous creation continues to soar to a level of untouchable existence.