Boy George, London’s Underground Punk Scene, and “Deadly Glamorous” Cats
Photograph by Nicola Tyson
And now—record scratch—Branson in a cricket sweater. Branson jogging in slow motion in a cricket sweater! What we’re encouraged to believe is the softer side of Branson The Dad is essentially just poshification—some extra-abrading sandpaper taken to his more unsightly Marxist edges. Now he’s all like, “Stop ruining the dinner party, Mrs. Patmore made lobster, does that mean anything to you” to his “drunken gorilla” brother, and tucking into soft-boiled eggs and starched papers before a leisurely saunter to the estate farms.
More in our weekly recap! Read and tell us what you think of Branson’s new, Brooks Brothers-y lease on life.
Around the World in Holiday Windows
Photographs by Justin Bishop, Luke White, and Andi Bakos
NYC may have Lou Reed as its resident rock god, but London’s got Mick Jagger. In the battle between the two cities, which side are you on?
See Christopher Tennant’s Olympics-ready conversion chart here.
Illustration by James Taylor
Take a peek inside Loulou’s, London’s hottest new nightspot. Is Pippa Middleton on her way?
Photographs by Jonathan Becker
Stunning Portraits of Female Arab Athletes | Hania Fouda, archery, Egypt
Photograph by Brigitte Lacombe
Ralph Lauren reveals the London Games’ closing-ceremony outfits—white sports clothes with red, white, and blue necktie-silk belts. More here.
Young Daniel Craig is…
Sorry, we just blacked out for a second.
Photograph by Simon Annand, 1999 at the Royal Court Theatre. More British actors on stage before they were movie stars, here.
In the lead for favorite holiday ad: this, from London’s Harvey Nichols.
(And for a peek at what’s in their window display—and a handful of other stores around the globe—we photographed them all here.)
