“We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else’s mind.” – Anna Quindlen
The Senior - Issue #4
March 2020
A quite gentlemanly affair as we wander from the Connaught to clubland, taking in cigar smoke, the scent of Mark Birley, the air of the false Spring and contemplate golf and fine classical Claret along the way.
The Connaught, London
12th February, 2020
Cubist theatre, perfection and - most importantly - wonderful martinis at the Connaught Bar. One of the central faculties of martini eduction for the erudite imbiber. Agostino and his team bestow a doctorate in a glass from the best corner in London.
Classic Medoc
31st January, 2020
I appears I could write about Bordeaux forever. Eventually however one has to press publish. Here I've somehow ended up touching upon random horse racing knowledge, classical architecture and more besides. Who knew that such knowledge would one day come in useful. Chateau Poujeaux, Leoville Las-Cases - The Senior wine list continues..
26th Febraury. 2020
A contemplation on James Bond's family motto and the connection of James Bond to London's prestigious Bond Street.
The Chip
14th September, 2019
The beauty of a good novel is that it can crystallise the imperfect or perfect times we go through in life until they fit succinctly between a front and back cover. Sport can however capture and communicate those moments in mere seconds
I've watched this video more times than I've read my favourite novel.
A False Spring
18th Februray, 2020
“When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest. The only thing that could spoil a day was people and if you could keep from making engagements, each day had no limits. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.”
— Ernest Hemingway
#MakeGordonsGreatAgain
29th February, 2020
For something so ubiquitous it seems somehow odd to feel the need to champion Gordon's gin — so successful and bland it has become. Inspired by Hemingway and Fleming, and indeed a love of classical things and a good martini The Senior however gives it a go...
23rd Febraury, 2020
“I was first introduced to the Black Velvet in the home of a very dear friend of mine in Montreal and I received one of the greatest of all the drinking surprises of my whole life." - David Embury
Mark Birley For Men
20th February, 2020
Nina Campbell, decorator of the original Annabel’s, said of its creator Mark Birley that “what makes him so special is that he’s got such an incredible attention to detail. He will not be shortchanged; if something’s not right, he just won’t have it. He just will make it perfection.”
Read about the creation of Mark Birley for Men
Cigars
23rd February, 2020
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“He sat down, tucked the tiger-skin robe around his legs and lit a cigar. ‘How is it you don’t smoke? A cigar is not just a pleasure it is the crown and hallmark of pleasure. Ah, this is the life!’ - Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
As featured in Nick Foulkes' book "Cigar Style" for Assouline. A short spicy Partagas Serie D No. 6 for the coffee table of the smoking room.
The Watch List
10th March, 2020
Swiss watch ownership is a bit like membership of a gentleman's club. This article then is the modern gentleman's guide to horological clubland.
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