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February 2013

  • Drink chic

    February 4, 2013

    ...If you're fond of gin cocktails, you're bound to be familiar with the Negroni, the White Lady and the Tom Collins. Just as classic, but a little more rarefied, is the violet-scented Aviation, as prepa...

  • Down Dover Street

    February 1, 2013

    ...Wolf & Badger is a new kind of fashion boutique, one that supports and fosters emerging talent, and offers shoppers a whirlwind of frequently changing, always exciting stock. It opened on Dover St...

January 2013

  • Rowley Leigh’s roast chicken

    January 31, 2013

    ...Regarding such a simple-seeming recipe as roast chicken, we wouldn't fob you off with any old advice. We went straight to the top, to Rowley Leigh, the distinguished chef-patron of Café Anglais and t...

  • Spring beauty buzz

    January 30, 2013

    ...To celebrate the end of January, we asked lifestyle and beauty journalist Summer Litchfield to help us restock our bathroom shelves for the coming spring. She came up with scents to conjure sunshine a...

  • Everyman, every day

    January 29, 2013

    ...‘There are all kinds of style guides to formal dressing, but we don’t actually spend most of our time wearing white tie, says David Bradshaw. 'For most men, looking good is about getting the basic...

  • Machine age

    January 28, 2013

    ...Jean Machine is cool. Really cool. Like Swedish people are cool. Or an LCD sound system is cool. Its jeans are quietly very good, its chinos understated. Its shirts are chambray. And so it’s no s...

  • Good mornings

    January 25, 2013

    ...City lawyer turned cook/writer Ed Smith never misses breakfast. Not one for Momofuku Cereal Milk, he orders kippers when there’s an opportunity to do so, currently prefers brew to espresso, and like...

  • I’ll be your mirror

    January 24, 2013

    ...Enthused by the simplicity of the Victorian and Edwardian silverware she saw during a recent visit to the British Museum, Editer’s DIY expert Kit Lee set about creating her own version: an inexpensi...

  • We heart oils

    January 22, 2013

    ...Facial oils have been deployed by Chinese and Indian skincare experts for centuries, yet in Europe we remained resolutely suspicious until very recently. Oils need less stabilisation than creams (whic...

  • Have a butchers

    January 21, 2013

    ...'Traceability' is something we'd all like a side order of with our steaks, chops and mince. Guaranteed provenance is just one excellent reason why the self-respecting carnivore should cultivate a rela...

  • You old smoothie

    January 18, 2013

    ...Stubble is, like, so yesterday. Nowadays, it's all about big beards or jutting jaws, with a growing trend towards the latter. Leading the charge for cleaner chins is Murdock, the engagingly old-school...

  • Fresh and so clean

    January 16, 2013

    ...A decade and more since the original Hakkasan opened off Tottenham Court Road, finally London is beginning to bristle with top-end Chinese restaurants. Sleek, ambitious HKK is a City newcomer from the...

  • Sales: the last hurrah

    January 15, 2013

    ...Lisa Ispani and Zoe Holborough dreamt up the ideal capsule holiday wardrobe in 2008 – when they were themselves on away with friends in the sun. Two years later they were in business, and launched t...

  • In bloom: early spring

    January 14, 2013

    ...Classical yet natural, the loose, romantic English style of flower arranging that Nikki Tibbles pioneered during the 1990s makes her Wild At Heart empire a byword for contemporary floristry. We stoppe...

  • Best ever cheap eats

    January 9, 2013

    ...When Chris Pople agreed to guest on Editer as our cheap eats expert, we were downright thrilled. Not only because he is a top blogger (The Times once named Cheese and Biscuits as one of the best 10 bl...

  • Cleaning up

    January 9, 2013

    ...Our man about town had himself a gruelling little Christmas, involving two dozen sub-genres of alcohol and enough cake to have silenced pre-revolutionary France entirely. In an attempt to turn his rad...

  • Home affairs

    January 7, 2013

    ...Dwelling in the city in a small space demands clever organisation and careful editing. This month, as the urge for a spring clear-out gets intense, we consult our very own Shini Park, graphic designer...

  • The ramen has landed

    January 7, 2013

    ...Among end-of-year thoughts published by London's most prolific eaters emerged avid collective gratitude for the long-awaited advent of good ramen, with Bone Daddies noodle bar on Peter Street in Soho ...

December 2012

  • Classic Christmas

    December 21, 2012

    ...On the fourth day before Christmas, my true love said to me: 'Where would you like to go for a glamorous, feelgood drink, darling?' And I said: 'Claridge's Bar – where else?' We at Editer adore the ...

  • Winter flowers

    December 20, 2012

    ...Looking for an original, contemporary centrepiece to beautify your Christmas table? We sought inspiration from our friend Luis da Silva of award-winning florists McQueens, who showed us how to create ...