Sometimes, a rotation of shoes can become a paradox of choice. Too many options only increase the likelihood of being caught on the wrong foot. But if there’s one style of shoe that will see you through most situations, it’s a loafer – the Ivy-style slip-on silhouette that goes with everything. This effortless shoe can take you to both casual and formal occasions. It’s the footwear that every man should own. And as a proven classic dating back to the early 20th century, it’s here for life.

We should categorically state that this is not a supergroup. But by bringing such a diverse range of talent from the world of music into each other’s orbit, the idea was floated more than once. Musicians tend to be open, and certainly open to collaboration. And as with any industry, these guys already knew, or at least knew of, one another. Felix White’s band, The Maccabees, had once given Mark Bowen’s band, Idles, a leg up with a support slot on what was supposed to be their final shows. Bowen, in turn, had met Hak Baker when they both made their debuts on the same episode of the BBC TV show Later… With Jools Holland.

There was a time when you wouldn’t want to be called a charro. The term first appears in 16th-century Portuguese and Galician to describe idiots or fools. Vicente de Olea, a Castilian writer of that era, defined it as “crazy”. As it filtered into Spanish, it became a synonym for gaudy and tasteless. By the time it arrived in Mexico with colonial settlers, it was used as a derogatory designation for simple country folk, much like “yokel”, “bumpkin” or even “redneck” might be deployed in English.

Kit Harington arrives at our lunch looking fresh-faced and clean-cut. He’s wearing slim jeans and a chunky Loro Piana sweater. Gone are the long curly locks of Jon Snow in Game Of Thrones, as is the pronounced beard his character Sir Henry Muck sports in the new season of Industry. He has just driven into London after dropping off his two children at the school in the Suffolk village where he lives with his wife, the actress Rose Leslie.

Sometimes, a rotation of shoes can become a paradox of choice. Too many options only increase the likelihood of being caught on the wrong foot. But if there’s one style of shoe that will see you through most situations, it’s a loafer – the Ivy-style slip-on silhouette that goes with everything. This effortless shoe can take you to both casual and formal occasions. It’s the footwear that every man should own. And as a proven classic dating back to the early 20th century, it’s here for life.

We should categorically state that this is not a supergroup. But by bringing such a diverse range of talent from the world of music into each other’s orbit, the idea was floated more than once. Musicians tend to be open, and certainly open to collaboration. And as with any industry, these guys already knew, or at least knew of, one another. Felix White’s band, The Maccabees, had once given Mark Bowen’s band, Idles, a leg up with a support slot on what was supposed to be their final shows. Bowen, in turn, had met Hak Baker when they both made their debuts on the same episode of the BBC TV show Later… With Jools Holland.