
Simon Mills
PR Consultant, journalist, magazine editor, former media manager for England Rugby. DMs open
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6 days ago |
countrylife.co.uk | Simon Mills
In his 1833 essay on vanity and elegance, Honoré de Balzac posited a bold opinion on the tying of bow ties. The manner in which his cravate is bowed and knotted, Balzac wrote in Traité de la Vie Élégante: Physiologie de la Toilette, separates ‘a man of genius from a mediocre one’. This was back when the fashion for men’s neckwear was in its infancy.
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2 weeks ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Simon Mills
Eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant these days is like going to a premier league relegation football match. You have to fork out huge amounts of money in advance for your seat, it takes ages to get there and then the whole experience lasts just 90 minutes before they start trying to kick you out. What happened? Why is fine dining suddenly taking lessons from fast food, hustling us from our seats and literally turning the tables on us?
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wallpaper.com | Simon Mills
In partnership with TurriInspired by the Roman goddess of the hearth and home, Italian furniture company Turri’s new ‘Vesta’ pieces – an armchair, two- and three-seater sofas, and a matching coffee table – burn with domestic bliss and luxurious comfort. Designer Francesca Lanzavecchia conceived the pieces to mark Turri’s centenary this year.
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2 weeks ago |
wallpaper.com | Simon Mills
In partnership with PorscheVenice’s public transport system – ancient, predominantly aquatic, reliant on the gondola since the 11th century and last revolutionised by the city’s first steam-powered, mechanically propelled vaporetto (water bus) back in 1881 – is having a rare radical rethink.
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2 weeks ago |
countrylife.co.uk | Simon Mills
'My dogs? They're home,' says the Duke of Richmond. 'They are SO tired!' Winston the Goodwood dachshund, Charles Gordon-Lennox tells me, is especially beat, what with this year’s event being dachshund-themed, with a hilarious, hundreds-strong dachshund parade and bow-tied dachshunds everywhere. Some days last longer than others, as another famous Winston once said.
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Last Evening Standard out today. Subbed and wrote there 2002-06 — loads of lovely people on the desk. Mockers, Warwick, Coops, Mike Weinstein, Cheggers, Teletext Alex… we knew the end was coming even then! https://t.co/tTO66zFPkh

DuPont 🍾🐐 Now I want to see Ellie Kildunne & Meg Jones make the same impact for GB women’s sevens

Very sad news. Everyone who’s worked in sports comms knew Russ — and knew what a genuinely lovely guy he was too. Heart goes out to his family.

Russell Hargreaves was a devoted husband, loving father of three and everyone’s ‘pal’. Our tribute to a valued part of the talkSPORT family. Farewell, mate. https://t.co/vCGKEdlDGk