Gentlemen’s Order: Grooming Essentials
There’s a slight difference between a man and a gentleman, a man is strong, wise and brave, but a gentleman possesses that added extra of being well turned out. We’ve seen a roster of men’s grooming...
View ArticleMale Affection and Its Benefits
There has never been a time more urgent than now for men to understand the benefits of mutual affection and intimacy. In a world that is largely indifferent to the problems men face in modern society,...
View ArticleA Man and His Gun
Like most boys I owned a fine collection of play guns as a child, moving on to a pellet gun as a teenager. My love for firearms, their beauty and their power has never diminished with time. Although...
View ArticleWhy you Should Get a Tattoo
Yes, I know it’s not to everyone’s taste, no man enjoys the same thing as another all the time. However, I am and have been for a number of years intrigued and impressed by the art, meaning and history...
View ArticleCreating a Counter Art Movement
As I sit here writing this, I’m reminded of all the tawdry and outright vile aberrations we call art in the 21st century, the beautiful and sublime lay beaten and bloody on the battlefield, trampled...
View ArticleDrake & Hutch: Ode to Heritage
It still feels very strange, a man talking so in depth about underwear. I grew up in a family where men begrudgingly bought a cheap pack of boxers or briefs from wherever they could find them, and that...
View ArticleGreat Expectations
“Persistence is the key to success” so said my late Grandfather, and it’s a phrase which the London based, Iranian musician, Ali Azimi keeps close to his heart. Azimi, a former mechanical engineer,...
View ArticleCapturing Masculinity
When I first began my long journey to becoming a photographer, I always knew, right from the get go, that the foundation of good photography was to have a good understanding of the subject you’re...
View ArticleWes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited
I’m quite sure that Wes Anderson could direct a film in some war torn wasteland and make it erupt with beauty, because that is what Anderson has done with every single film he’s been involved with....
View ArticleRuminating on Spring, Friendship and Romance
Last week marked the beginning of Norooz, it was the first time in years I had put together a Haftsin, a table which features seven objects, each of which has its own specific and ancient meaning. I...
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