Some Thoughts on Machiavelli and Self Government

Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) Italian philosopher, best known for his still popular book The Prince . My political ideologies class today ...

mundane is lovely

Today has been an immensely lazy day. It started on the sofa underneath my duvet catching up on recorded episodes of The Culture Show. Then,...

style notes for the guys

beck, mick jagger, new balance running team, timex heritage camper watch , take ivy by teruyoshi hayashida, dad, young paul mccartney, new ...

Higher Education Failed Me, I'm Not a Blathering Liberal

The other day I received a comment from one of my adoring readers in response to an old article I wrote reviewing a movie. In the article, I...

caping

One thing has become pretty clear this week and that's the onset of Autumn. Three days of solid, sheet rain and some brooding black clou...

Percival

I've just come across Menswear line Percival and if like me, you're impartial to a nice boyish rainmac then this should be right up...

alexa chung for madewell

The Alexa Chung for Madewell adverts have been released and with the collection launching in under two weeks and Madewell refusing to ship ...

Andrew Klavan: Does Islam Suck?

Andrew Klavan weighs in on the so-called ground zero mosque.

badass girls

Over the past couple of months I've got so much enjoyment from devouring posts by both Lulu Kennedy and Maria of Fedtysent . Both prett...

a little bird told me

Alexa Chung 's Fashion Week checklist: 1. "A camera. I know everyone is digital but I still love film and disposable cameras."...

new wear

This week I bought my final piece of Topshop uniform, these leather shorts . This was after a little second guessing in the fitting room and...

tavi and sassy

Click on the image of the video to view it.. I love Tavi. I think she's great and well, along with most people I think, I'm in awe o...

i'm feeling

adidas classics with suits, white nikes with bare bottoms, plastic laundry bags, jumpers with personalised stitching, 'ginsberg is god...

west side

Like a true gap year cliche I've spent a lot of time missing the adventures that Joanna and I had in the US in the Spring. I find myself...

granny annie

I've already featured my Dad and his aviator jacketed, dungaree wearing, beret posing self (back in the day). So it only seems fair tha...

Britney Spears in Pop Magazine

The cover of the latest Pop Magazine is insane! In the best way possible. Britney Spears is the unlikely cover star and comes over all Japan...

five outfits

camel ribbed zara top, ebay. jeans, charity. casio watch, amazon . purple silky top, charity. button down skirt, ebay. black sheer shirt, ch...

something stupid

Brilliant clip of Nancy and Frank Sinatra Jr and their oh-so witty Smoother Brother hosts. It's nice to see a clip from a 1967 variety s...

bloggers flea market-today!

Absolutely gutted that I had to cancel on Susie and the Bloggers Flea Market as getting down to London today was going to prove a difficul...

boot appreciation

Allow us to pause for a moment and contemplate the brilliance of these boots. Asos's Ares boot is the lovechild of those clumpy Acne nu...

the styling question

I've been left pondering over an interesting question after going through the Fashion Spot thread for stylist Jane How. How is one of ...

points of interest

I wish I didn't have the prospect of a day at work tomorrow looming over my head as I fall deeper into a nighttime black hole of blog di...

knits and legs

Interview Magazine June/July 2010. Monika Jagaciak by Craig McDean, styling by Karl Templer. I'm off to Lake Garda for five days. Foreca...

Andrew Klavan: A Young Person's Guide to the United States Constitution

Yet another brilliancy from Andrew Klavan:

Judge Lifts Stay of Prop. 8 Ruling, but Gay Marriages Still on Hold

Libertarian Judge Vaughn Walker has found a new civil right buried in the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution. This new civil right is the...

tati

my love for this girl grows more by the day. also please note how hair-crush-worthy her barnet is. she was the cover girl for a Topshop zine...

The Obama Presidency Increasingly Resembles a Modern-day Ancien Regime: Extravagant and Out of Touch with the American People

President Barack Obama. Inspired leader or just another politician with a statist agenda? You decide. Even folks in the UK recognize that Pr...

Obama's Bush Derangement Syndrome

Okay, I couldn't resist this one. During a speech President Barack Obama gave today in Austin, Texas, he had this to say, quoted from  R...

Time to Admit Obamanomics Has Failed

Cartoon by Gary Varvel at Townhall.com Obamanomics has failed. Even the media in Washington now recognizes that Obamanomics is a failure at ...