As a nation of travellers, the English have a rather controversial reputation. While there are some who like to pretend that the age of the elegant Englishman abroad is still upon us, those whose heads are not buried in sand know that it died long ago; we are known as a country of tykes and chavs, a sunburnt hoard of tattooed, football-shirted hooligans who swig beer from cans, shout obscenities in public places and uglify the natural beauty of … [Read more...]

“Eurgh!” the women bleated, contorting their faces as though in receipt of an unpleasant smell “White jeans on a man? Awful!” Being a man who wears, and enjoys wearing, white jeans I was rather put out. Never a man to back down from a conflict I asked why, in the wonderful but also rather terrible world in which we live, men in white jeans should be the subject of especial disgust. White being an increasingly common tone for attire, … [Read more...]