issue no.
98
DECEMBER 2015
f r o m t h e E D I TOR
C
hristmas in the City. What a time to be employed within the world’s greatest cluster of specialist shops, gregarious restaurants and decadent drinking dens. The time of year when real work goes out of the window and is replaced by a merry-go-round of shindigs, catch-
ups and get-togethers. Especially true if you work in insurance. Is there anything more Christmassy than the colours of Leadenhall Market,
the figure of St Paul’s Cathedral shrouded in mist, or the silhouetted spires of the Square Mile’s 50-something churches? Christmas in the City is the time of year when the burnished boutiques of Bank’s The Royal Exchange come into their own, becoming your retail saviour once you realise you’ve dedicated too much of December to drinking instead of shopping. Oh well, it won’t be the last time. December is the month of the year for re-familiarising yourself with your favourite City pub (mine’s The Magpie on New Street. What’s yours?) and the concept of the lunchtime ‘pint’. The time of year you return to work just to sober up. When you allow a tide of merriment to carry you back out into the night and onto some of the City’s most questionable institutions. Amber, Agenda, Mary Janes, anyone? OK, maybe not Mary Janes, not even at Christmas. It’s also a time of year for good manners and common courtesy. The season of self-indulgence should be navigated with sophistication and a sense of decency. It’s a time for principles and politeness, for humility and humanity, for compassion and charity. In this savoir faire spirit, we raise a glass and wish Joy to the World, and Goodwill to all Men. So this is Christmas; we hope you have fun.
Richard brown, editor
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coMMission a porTraiT
Tom Hanks
Other titles within the RWMG portfolio
The enduring appeal of hollywood’s Mr nice guy
gear of
the Year
Stocking Filler
The gadgeTs and gizMos of 2015
The socks, The scenTs, & The silk boxer shorTs
Shop like a Man leT a sTylisT do iT for you
Under the hammer
Picking a winner at a classic car auction
A website. A mindset. A lif est yle.
Sartorial Splendour & The genTleManly arT of fine Tailoring
SUrviving the Party SeaSon england’S FineSt Fizz Post-Party Pick-me-uPs for hiding the hangover
the stratosPheric rise of homegrown sParkling wine
On the cover Image by Phillip Waterman, shot at the Rosewood Hotel, London.
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