Author Archives: j futrell

shut up and don’t think

Posted on July 28, 2014 by j futrell

Some things you never forget. Like riding a bicycle, or mixing the perfect vodka martini. It’s the same with Transcendental Meditation, TM for short; the simplest and most effective way I know for, well for lack of a better description, … Continue reading →

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It’s A Family Affair: Twenty years of Robert Elms shows.

Posted on June 23, 2014 by j futrell

What does it take to get Sir Paul Smith, Gilbert and George, Nick Lowe, Gary Kemp, and very nearly Rod Stewart, into the same Soho jazz club at the same time? The answer, were you not tuned into Radio London … Continue reading →

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Dispatches to Sir Kev 15.6.14 – Dressing The Part

Posted on June 15, 2014 by j futrell

Journalists likes to think they have the power to influence. It’s part of the appeal of the job; mass coercion. Shaping opinion goes with the territory, and by and large readers keep to their side of the bargain. It’s why … Continue reading →

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Kid’s Stuff

Posted on May 5, 2014 by j futrell

  You want to know the worst thing about the roller-coasters in Disneyland? No, it’s not the white knuckle twists and high velocity turns, or the stomach wrenching plunges into an abyss. It’s the banks of photo screens as you … Continue reading →

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Dispatches to Sir Kev 21.04.14

Posted on April 21, 2014 by j futrell

Dear Sir Kev, I hope you won’t object but I thought of you the other day as a peloton of rangy cyclists in brightly coloured branded Lycra wear sped past the house where I was spending the Easter weekend. And … Continue reading →

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How Much Will You Pay For Your News?

Posted on March 19, 2014 by j futrell

All news content on the internet will be paid for in ten years.  Broadly speaking that was the outcome of a high level debate sponsoured by YouGov and the London Press Club, held at London’s British Library last night (March … Continue reading →

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Nantucket – The Heart Of The Sea

Posted on March 2, 2014 by j futrell

Nantucket’s Jared Coffin House isn’t as macabre as it sounds. The red brick Georgian hotel, the oldest on the island, has white door columns and dark green louvered windows. It stands at the top of Broad Street, a reminder of … Continue reading →

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Ahem – The Age of Fashion

Posted on January 9, 2014 by j futrell

London Collections: Men brought a touch of elegance to an otherwise damp start to the New Year, and in their quiet, English, tweedy, home counties ways, both Hackett and Ted Baker  reset the fashion bar. Jeremy Hackett is a charming … Continue reading →

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Dispatches to Sir Kev from Nashville Boot City 30.11.13

Posted on November 30, 2013 by j futrell

Dear Sir Kev, As a man profoundly wedded to the concept of wearing – wherever in the world – the appropriate garb (a guayabera in Cuba, a safari suit in Kenya, lots of brown in Norway) you can imagine my … Continue reading →

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The Shirt That Fits

Posted on October 27, 2013 by j futrell

Some years ago Kim, a deft touch with a needle and thread, made me a shirt for Christmas. For a pattern she used a shirt – on it’s last legs, sort of. The replacement was lovely; a rich tangerine silk, with … Continue reading →

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