Swellboy

• Swellboy on… luxury motoring

  

  The ever-present temptation of flash-car addiction

• Swellboy on… scented candles

  

  Getting all fired up over a slight to scented candles

• Swellboy on… maritime clothing

  

  Striking fashion straight from the high seas

• Swellboy on… Caron scent

  

  A fragrance-related rumour leads to panic

• Swellboy on… talent and temperament

  

  An Hermès legend proves that nice guys can finish first

• Swellboy on… the Geneva watch fair

  

  The curious case of the missing watch

• Swellboy on… cigars and China

  

  China is waking up to the pleasures of the Cohiba

• Swellboy on… Venice

  

  The city that holds the secret of a long life

• Swellboy on… silk scarves

  

  On a mission to reintroduce a rare and beautiful creature to the UK

• Swellboy on… concierges

  

  In defence of the stalwarts of the pantheon of hotel dignitaries

• Swellboy on… cigar terraces

  

  The growth of cigar terraces is testimony to our nation’s ingenuity

• Swellboy on… etiquette

  

  May I introduce… er… Mrs Thingy?

• Swellboy on… the Riva Christmas party

  

  The knees-up where Cyndi Lauper meets Dickens

• Swellboy on… the Norman Mailer Gala

  

  The tale of the ex-president, the guitarist, and the Indian novelist

• Swellboy on… shopping for vintage in New York

  

  Rummaging for vintage artefacts is a fine way to spend an afternoon

• Swellboy on… airport security

  

  Was it the vividly checked tweed that prompted a security check?

• Swellboy on… a new arrival on the luxury scene

  

  When it comes to luxury goods, there is no subsitute for heritage

• Swellboy on… Tabasco sauce in Cuba

  

  Even the most cosmopolitan traveller is unsure what to pack for Cuba

• Swellboy on… Havana’s restaurants

  

  Usually it’s the cigars that excite – but this time the food was the thing

• Swellboy on… wine waiters

  

  A once noble calling is being eclipsed by the cult of the bacchanologist

• Swellboy on… customised watches

  

  The watch and gun industries could make sweet music together

• Swellboy on… luxury factory visits

  

  How to get your Louis Vuitton luggage to smile

• Swellboy on… buying a sofa

  

  It’s goodbye to a balding, ageing but much-loved old friend

• Swellboy on… candlesticks

  

  These essays in sculptural simplicity have become part of our lives

• Swellboy on… the David Linley Bentley

  

  Driving a Bentley is a relaxing experience – as is writing one off

• Swellboy on… shotguns

  

  When a famous name in firearms enters the world of high design

• Swellboy on… Halston, flawed fashion genius

  

  No one smoked cigarettes wearing a polo neck with more aplomb

• Swellboy on… Switzerland

  

  It’s a fine country, but one needs a banker’s draft to buy a coffee

• Swellboy on… Proust

  

  It’s time to attempt to climb a daunting literary Everest

• Swellboy on… Relics

  

  Religious relics were the luxury goods of their day