Author Archives: classiq
A Sporting Life: Mats Wilander
Mats Wilander defeating Guillermo Vilas in the 1982 Roland Garros final A Sporting Life – taking on the challenge to put together sports and style (not exactly natural bedfellows), and making a plea for outdoor sports My friends … Read More
in A sporting life, Style
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A Maker’s Short Story
Mr. Octavian Lazăr is a Romanian who makes art jewellery of brass. “I make everything by hammer. I am not a jeweller, I am an artist,” he says to another customer who has stopped by his stand. I was … Read More
in Style, The Makers
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One Day That Summer: Steve McQueen and Le Mans
Steve McQueen. A hip personality, a special kind of existential cool, detached and rebellious, his own guy, a tough guy, who loved cars and speed, a self-made man who reached the heights of stardom and then almost lost it … Read More
in Film, Interviews, One day that summer, Photography
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Talking Movies in Georgette Magazine
Today I am talking movies in Georgette Magazine. Selecting just five films of the thousands I have watched and of the hundreds I have loved is a daunting task. That’s why I should probably start by saying that the … Read More
in Film
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Roger Moore’s James Bond: The Style, the Charm, the Humour
The Spy Who Loved Me With his trademark single raised eyebrow, a twinkle of humour in his eye, a dry wit and tongue-in-cheek charm and class, Roger Moore was the James Bond who knew how to carry off by … Read More
