“In the summer, France, Spain or Italy because you can lie around reading, dip into proper cultural experiences, eat well and feel yourself decelerate. Either side of the summer, I like to sail – off the English and French coasts, though the West coast of Sweden is terrific, too. In the winter, bleak English east coast.”

“You really shouldn’t carry anything except for an umbrella.”

“Engineered Garments for being just that bit different.”

“Toss up between very heavy Crockett and Jones brogues and a dark brown velveteen waistcoat from Engineered Garments.”

“Make sure you feel as easy in a suit as in a T-shirt and jeans.”

“There was a really good bloke next to the cheese shop in Muswell Hill, but he’s recently gone…so still looking.”

“New & Lingwood. Perfect collar shape.”

“Flat-front heavy cords from Pakeman, Catto and Carter.”

“No one over the age of 25 should possess a pair of jeans.”

“I went through a shorts phase and have recently returned to briefs. Next are good at the moment. And I always wear Jockey singlet vests; it somehow feels wrong not to.”

“Single breasted, three button, waisted.”

“Crocket and Jones brown brogues; New & Lingwood black Oxfords and loafers; Church's correspondent shoes.”

“I’m a recent convert to Clarins Skin Difference: it really does make shaving easier, and I say that as someone who scoffed in derision when first told about it. I use Trumper’s Floreka hair lotion every day, and Eau de Gloire from Parfums d’Empire.”

“I don’t really have one at the moment.”