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I am still interested. May I also ask for any recommended makers in Sardinia as I shall shortly be visiting those splendid islands (not just the "mainland"!)

Is that 5?

Those are lovely but what about bespoke briefs?!

Interested as I am in light-bodied natural wines I am taking this back to fungi! My wife's family live in a beautiful, heavily-forested part of Germany where Summer and Autumn brings out a range of great mushrooms including pfifferlinge (i.e. girolles or chanterelles); various puffballs; the occasio...

Did you find anywhere worth visiting?

I have 4 umbrellas from JS&S and have never come close to losing one. The main aim of having 4, apart from the fact that they are each lovely in their own way, is that there is always at least one at home and at least one in my office. Unfortunately, it never seems to work out that way and a few tim...

Dr T wrote:Does anyone use any other coloured ink not blue or black?

I have two pens that I use with brown ink (1 x Mont Blanc ink and pen and 1 x Pilot ink and pen) and one with red ink (Cleo pen, Pelikan ink) but generally I stick to blue and blue-black.

Hristo - my reference to Hofbräukeller was to the place near Wiener Platz (not the Hofbräuhaus am Platzl) - whenever I have been there it has been charming and full of locals having a beer. To add to Hristo's recommendations for traditional food out of the centre, we always go to Restaurant August &...

To use an unspecified steel is not in the style of London Lounge. This would be like a suit from Savile Row using a misterious chineese fabric. Exactly. When you work with a master knife maker all these details are gone over in detail especially as to the choice of steel to be used for the blade. I...

I too am an 8.5E and like others have found that Edward Green shoes fit me like no other RTW shoe. However, I recently purchased a pair of Halifax boots and they were a noticeably looser fit than previous pairs. Boots can be difficult for those of us with narrow heels so I had put it down to that bu...

I agree with the recommendation of Dallmayr, though, whether for fine dining, coffee and cake or groceries. Like others, I prefer more traditional places though cannot agree with the HB-Haus recommendation - it is an interesting place to see but the food is awful and it really is full of tourists (a...

As a birthday present, a friend has offered to pay for me to have some slippers made. I am not really a fan of velvet slippers for formal occasions so we are talking about house shoes. I find the idea of having one's initials on one's shoes a bit much. And I should not be seen dead with a skull and ...

Luca wrote:I think that Vienna in that period marked the beginning of the end of Western Civ.

I was saying pretty much the same thing to my wife only yesterday.

Thanks all, wise counsel as ever.

I am having a suit made. The cutter has a good personal reputation (personally, rather than a house reputation). However, I am aware that he has been away since the day after my measurements were taken. I had a call yesterday saying that he has just returned and is ready to do a fitting. Should I be...