If chivalry has gone the way of ties and socks, Jason Sudeikis didn’t get the memo. Why? While he may have sought a fling in the 2011 movie Hall Pass, in real life the actor and comedian looks after his partner like Sir Gawain attended to the Holy Grail.

How so?

Coming to his longtime fiancee Olivia Wilde’s aid, Jason proved he’s more than a moustache-ridden face, helping Olivia free herself from a sticky situation as the couple arrived at the 2019 IFP Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on the night of December the 2nd, 2019 in New York City.

Fortunately for Jason, he wasn’t looking too shabby for this internet eternal moment, dressed in a schmick navy suit, a smart white shirt, shiny dress shoes and a black tie.

So, is chivalry making a comeback (along with the bumbag and loose-fitting jeans)? Who knows? All we can say for sure is Jason and Olivia, who have both been married once before, and have been engaged to each other since 2013, appear so loved up that they don’t need a piece of paper to confirm their commitment.

If only the same could be said for Adam Sandler (who was also at the awards night) and his commitment to looking professional, as he rocked up in a suit that looks sized to cater for a night next to the buffet.

As the famous novelist Charles Kingsley once said, “Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance [or in Sandler’s case, well-tailored suits] is dead.”

He also said, and this is where we take our cue to gently rib Sandler, “The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.”

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It’s human nature: you’re dating someone, texting daily, mattress springing weekly, passionately in lust…. yet you still enjoy catching a stranger’s eye and posting ‘bomb’ selfies.

So far so dating in 2019. However, although this behaviour is normal, the evolution from digital-trail-less eye contact to your ex leaving a ‘fire’ emoji underneath your latest Instagram post is – unsurprisingly – causing issues in modern-day relationships.

As both perpetrators and victims of what we’re calling ‘vaunting’ (fishing for a social media ego boost), we hit up Dr Nikki Goldstein, a sexologist and relationship expert, to ask: what are the ethics of flaunting yourself on Instagram after you’ve landed a partner?

Why so serious? Well, as Nikki points out, it’s a tricky issue, with respect for your partner and whatever boundaries you have set (or not) for your individual relationship on one side, and the human right not to be controlled or dictated to on the other.

“There’s no right or wrong. I know somebody who was dating a guy and she was a very attractive girl and had photos in a bikini and in a g-string and all that and he lost it, he said, ‘I don’t wanna date someone who’s out there flaunting themself to the rest of the world,” Nikki told us.

 

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However, this approach to ‘vaunting’ rarely goes down well. As Nikki told us, “as a guy you have to tread so carefully around saying any negative comments in regards to a woman’s sexy appearance… because that could be seen as a form of slut-shaming.”

That said, Nikki also adds, “I actually think these days as a woman you need to consider how someone in a relationship might feel if you’re putting photos flaunting a lot of flesh online, again it comes down to the debate of telling someone what to do.”

The conclusion? It’s all about bringing it up in a respectful manner, focussing on how your partner’s ‘vaunting’ makes you feel, rather than telling them what to do. As for when (after all, you’re hardly married after the first date), this is what Nikki has to say…

“I think it’s a convo you should have three months in. If you’re just dating you’re exploring where things are going. If you’re hitting that three-month mark you’re looking at more almost going into a serious relationship, so instead of being a blanket rule [for a cut-off date as to when you have to stop ‘vaunting’] I think it’s actually a really good convo to have about how someone feels.”

“Be careful of accusing them of anything or putting on them certain rules or expectations.”

According to Nikki, putting things into context can help your partner see how you feel: “maybe you’ve had a scenario where your mate is perving on your new partner because he or she has been flaunting these photos online and you’re hearing the comments about it.”

 

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“Make it clear how it feels for you, but don’t project your beliefs.”

Oh and a pet peeve of Nikki’s is, “Don’t you think it’s appropriate,” a saying she says you should “avoid at all costs, as it’s just another way of saying ‘don’t you see what I see.'”

“You do have the right to express how you feel, but that’s it. Don’t be controlling.”

Capische?

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Death. Destruction. Bankrupting phone bills. Travellers have been slammed with myriad reasons they mustn’t use their phone on a plane, with the two biggest being that it’s a security threat or that it will interfere with your jet’s navigation systems.

However, talking to Aviation Youtuber, Instagram sensation and pilot @steveo1kineevo helped D’Marge realise: no, forgetting to put your phone on airplane mode is not going to make your plane fall out of the sky.

So, why the rumours? Well, because pilots would actually rather you didn’t use your phone anyway, so they are hardly going to go around admitting to people that it’s actually not a public offence to use your phone at 40,000ft; it’s just slightly annoying.

“You can hear a clicking in your headset from a cell phone when it’s not in airplane mode,” Steve told us. “That is the only thing I have noticed.”

So why was legislation brought in to prevent people from using their phones mid air? A short history lesson is in order – which takes us back – back even before 2011 when Alec Baldwin was ejected from an American Airlines flight for (becoming disruptive after) being told not to play Words With Friends.

As international aviation journalist John Walton recently wrote in The Lonely Planet, “airlines take this stuff seriously… because [of] electromagnetic interference from phones, tablets, e-readers, electronic headsets, and more.”

“Since some planes were built before these became a thing, it took a while for the industry to make sure it was entirely safe to use them.”

So even though, these days, “you see iPads and other tablets in the flight deck, which pilots use to store paperwork instead of lugging around big bags with actual paper in… all those devices have been tested extensively to make sure there’s no interference.”

It’s likely yours would be fine too. But, as John points out, aviation doesn’t work on probablys: “One of the reasons why aviation is safer than getting in your car, crossing the street, or even just staying at home (more people are casualties of toilet-related incidents than aviation accidents!) is that airlines and their regulators work with an abundance of caution.”

So pilots are happy for you to believe you could cause the plane to crash if you toggle off airplane mode to Instagram your landing. And even though the chances are minute that you could cause an accident (as John says, “that planes haven’t fallen out of the sky willy-nilly because someone left their Kindle on is the best demonstration that, for the most part, most devices don’t affect most planes”), a couple of isolated incidents have shown it is possible.

“Part of that testing process is creating enough electromagnetic interference to represent an entire cabin full of devices of a variety of sizes, including some that are malfunctioning. Pretty much every airliner-equipment combo operated by a major international airline has now been tested.”

So, all up, you’re probably fine. But airlines don’t work on fine: so take the chance to enjoy an enforced digital detox, and turn your damn phone off.

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If there is one thing everyone loves, it’s sauce. There is no doubting that salsa, whatever form you enjoy it in, is the best condiment around, and the one sauce that has become more popular than ever in recent times is hot sauce. Whether you’re down to burn your tastebuds with a Carolina Reaper special or prefer something on the milder side, hot sauce will add a much-needed kick to any of your blander meals.

The best part about hot sauce is that there are an array of benefits to eating it. The consumption of hot peppers can help your digestive tract, heart, reduce joint pain, increase your metabolism, fights colds and the flu, and reduce the risk of cancer. In addition to these scientifically proven benefits, hot sauce doesn’t typically contain a whole lot of sugars or artificial ingredients. In fact, there isn’t really much nutritious value to them, but in comparison to sugary barbeque sauce and tomato sauce, hot sauce is a whole lot better for you and you still get some great flavour.

Enough about how good hot sauce is; for $45 you can score yourself a W&P Design Homemade Hot Sauce Kit. You can mix and match a selection of chillis or peppers to create the perfect heat and flavour profile for you. If you’re not a huge fan of hot sauce, it’s quite possibly the perfect gift for anyone you don’t know that well or someone who has everything. Whatever or whoever you’re going to buy it for, $45 is a bargain for the perfect hot sauce and the experience of making it yourself.

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The humble Land Rover Defender has been having a ~moment~ as of late. It’s strange to think that a car designed for agricultural use with exposed hinges, rivets and mud flaps is so popular in today’s urbanised society, but it’s these supposed flaws that make the Defender so desirable today. It’s the feeling that you shouldn’t be driving it around town, shouldn’t be using it for your weekly shop and shouldn’t be putting your kid in the back that makes it so cool, it’s exactly what you shouldn’t buy that gives it so much character and makes it so sought after.

Unfortunately, if you want a full-sized short-wheelbase Defender, you’ll need to drop at least 50k for a good one in Australia. No doubt you’ll agree that’s a ridiculous price for a car that doesn’t have adjustable wing mirrors let alone a reversing camera and sensors (sure, if you have the money, it’s character and timeless design more than make up for it). If you’re in the market for a model Defender, however, you can score yourself a much better bargain. For $75, you can get yourself a Paul Smith designed Defender – arguably one of the coolest Defenders we’ve seen around.

No, you won’t be able to drive it, but it’s probably the coolest paperweight around and will look great on your desk at home or at work. The car itself has different coloured body panels that are reminiscent of Paul Smith’s clothing designs. $75 will get you a 1:43 scale model, but if you’re looking for something larger $199 will get you a 1:18 scale model. Whether you’re looking to get one for yourself or for a friend, you definitely won’t be disappointed.

Shop Paul Smith + Land Rover Defender 1:43 $75

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David Gandy is no stranger to making the fashion world weak at the knees with his sultry looks and boulder-like jawline, but he has now done it with his Bond-esque jacket.

Stepping out at The Fashion Awards 2019, held at Royal Albert Hall on Monday night in London, the British model (best known for his work with Dolce & Gabbana) gave every man a masterclass in black tie style.

Pausing in his trademark, “left hand in pocket, right hand loose” pose, Gandy was snapped on his way into the event wearing a cream white dinner jacket (find it here) every man should own. Why? We submit the following photo as evidence.

Perfect for when you don’t want to wear all black or all blue, this wicked wrapper helps you subtly stand out from the crowd (it also helps to pull it off if you have a tan or a darker complexion). To complete the look, Gandy also wore a crisp white shirt, a black bow tie, black dress pants and black dress shoes.

While Daniel Craig’s James Bond wore the $4,390 slim-fit silk-blend Tom Ford ‘Windsor’ version of this jacket during the train scene in Spectre, you can get the Kingsman iteration from Mr Porter for just $1,995 (we are yet to discover the exact brand Gandy is wearing, but it looks similar to the Kingsman).

As for the rest of the event: others like the ever dapper Tom Cruise, actor Nicholas Hoult, film producer Mohammed Al Turki and designer Samuel Ross went for more ‘safe bet’ outfits, while Gatsby Gandy stood out with his semi ostentatious energy – a vibe we all ought to channel every now and then.

The Fashion Awards celebrates creativity and innovation in fashion, awarding exceptional individuals for their groundbreaking style moves over the past 12 months, as well as the brands and businesses that have transformed the possibilities of fashion today.

In terms of accolades, Daniel Lee for Bottega Veneta scooped up Accessories Designer Of The Year, Brand Of The Year and British Designer Of The Year Womenswear, while Adut Akech beat Winnie Harlow and Kaia Gerber to Best Model Of The Year and Rihanna won the Urban Luxe Award.

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The modern world has a food fetish. From ‘Masterchef’ and ‘Hells Kitchen’ to the celebrity chefs that glut your Instagram feed with provisional porn, our hankering for eating sparkly new dishes is surpassed only by our desire to take photos of them.

However, despite our self proclaimed expertise, we still commit a number of dining sins, particularly when we visit high-end restaurants. And who better to pierce these myths than the late rebel king of the food travel industry.

These insights, drawn from an essay Bourdain wrote for The New Yorker’s 1999 Annals of Gastronomy, entitled “Don’t Eat Before Reading This” (which, among other things, put people off eating fish from Sunday to Tuesday and from ordering well-done steak for a good decade), expose some of the worst haute culinaire faux pas modern diners still make.

While there are various reasons for these blunders, the main one Bourdain skewers is the shallow ‘foodie fetish’ which seeks to remove the gore from your tabletop.

“Gastronomy is the science of pain.”

While some of his rules, like the one that you should never order a well-done steak, are now cliché common, others are still either ignored by or unknown to diners du jour. So if you are a self-respecting foodie, you better have a read – here are the worst mistakes modern ‘foodies’ keep making – even 20 years after Bourdain published his essay.

 

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Thinking brunch is a meal

According to Bourdain, chefs have a special kind of hatred for brunchers: “The ‘B’ word is dreaded by all dedicated cooks. We hate the smell and spatter of omelettes. We despise hollandaise, home fries, those pathetic fruit garnishes, and all the other cliché accompaniments designed to induce a credulous public into paying $12.95 for two eggs.”

“Nothing demoralizes an aspiring Escoffier faster than requiring him to cook egg-white omelettes or eggs over easy with bacon. You can dress brunch up with all the focaccia, smoked salmon, and caviar in the world, but it’s still breakfast.”

Being rigidly vegetarian

“Even more despised than the Brunch People are the vegetarians,” Bourdain wrote. “Serious cooks regard these members of the dining public – and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans – as enemies of everything that’s good and decent in the human spirit.

“To live life without veal or chicken stock, fish cheeks, sausages, cheese, or organ meats is treasonous.”

Assuming pork is riskier than chicken

“Like most other chefs I know, I’m amused when I hear people object to pork on nonreligious grounds. ‘Swine are filthy animals,’ they say. These people have obviously never visited a poultry farm,” Bourdain quipped.

“Chicken – America’s favorite food – goes bad quickly; handled carelessly, it infects other foods with salmonella; and it bores the hell out of chefs. It occupies its ubiquitous place on menus as an option for customers who can’t decide what they want to eat.”

“Most chefs believe that supermarket chickens in this country are slimy and tasteless compared with European varieties,” Bourdain continued. “Pork, on the other hand, is cool. Farmers stopped feeding garbage to pigs decades ago, and even if you eat pork rare you’re more likely to win the Lotto than to contract trichinosis.”

“Pork tastes different, depending on what you do with it, but chicken always tastes like chicken.”

Ordering fish on a Monday

Globalisation has led modern foodies to believe they can eat what they want when you want it – a trend which has only increased since Bourdain’s 1999 essay. Problem is, though, good dining ebbs and flows not just with the seasons but with the chef.

“Say it’s a quiet Monday night, and you’ve just checked your coat in that swanky Art Deco update in the Flatiron district, and you’re looking to tuck into a thick slab of pepper-crusted yellowfin tuna… what are you in for?”, Bourdain asks. “The fish specialty is reasonably priced, and the place got two stars in the Times.”

“Why not go for it? If you like four-day-old fish, be my guest.”

“Here’s how things usually work. The chef orders his seafood for the weekend on Thursday night. It arrives on Friday morning. He’s hoping to sell the bulk of it on Friday and Saturday nights, when he knows that the restaurant will be busy, and he’d like to run out of the last few orders by Sunday evening. Many fish purveyors don’t deliver on Saturday, so the chances are that the Monday-night tuna you want has been kicking around in the kitchen since Friday morning, under God knows what conditions,” Bourdain explains.

“When a kitchen is in full swing, proper refrigeration is almost nonexistent, what with the many openings of the refrigerator door as the cooks rummage frantically during the rush, mingling your tuna with the chicken, the lamb, or the beef. Even if the chef has ordered just the right amount of tuna for the weekend, and has had to reorder it for a Monday delivery, the only safeguard against the seafood supplier’s off-loading junk is the presence of a vigilant chef who can make sure that the delivery is fresh from Sunday night’s market,” he continues.

The solution? Know the flow of the establishment you are visiting: “Generally speaking, the good stuff comes in on Tuesday: the seafood is fresh, the supply of prepared food is new, and the chef, presumably, is relaxed after his day off.”

Dining on the weekend

“Chefs prefer to cook for weekday customers rather than for weekenders, and they like to start the new week with their most creative dishes,” Bourdain advises, adding that, “In New York, locals dine during the week.”

“Weekends are considered amateur nights – for tourists, rubes, and the well-done-ordering pretheatre hordes. The fish may be just as fresh on Friday, but it’s on Tuesday that you’ve got the good will of the kitchen on your side.”

Thinking great kitchens have great health and safety

“Give my thanks to the chef!” many diners like to ask their waiter or waitress. But the chances are the waitstaff are too scared to come within five metres of the maniac behind the grill – at least while he’s working. Or, as Bourdain puts it, “Professional cooks belong to a secret society whose ancient rituals derive from the principles of stoicism in the face of humiliation, injury, fatigue, and the threat of illness.”

“The members of a tight, well-greased kitchen staff are a lot like a submarine crew.”

“Confined for most of their waking hours in hot, airless spaces, and ruled by despotic leaders, they often acquire the characteristics of the poor saps who were press-ganged into the royal navies of Napoleonic times – superstition, a contempt for outsiders, and a loyalty to no flag but their own.”

Assuming the western ‘foodie’ craze is breaking new ground

Even though Anthony Bourdain admitted to Smithsonian.com that, like modern day ‘foodies’, he likes food porn (“I could watch that all day”) he was also quick to point out that the American culture shift is basically, as Smithsonian.com puts it, “the New World learning what the Old World has known for centuries.”

“We’re just catching on,” he told Smithsonian.com. “We are changing societally, and our values are changing, so that we are becoming more like Italians and Chinese and Thais and Spaniards, where we actually think about what we’re eating, what we ate last night, and what we’re considering eating tomorrow.”

“A lot of the sort of hypocrisy and silliness and affectation of current American food culture is just fits and starts, awkwardly and foolishly growing into a place where a lot of older cultures have been for quite some time.”

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In this day and age fitness trackers are all the rage. Every day millions of people try to ‘close their circles’, reach their daily step count and eat fewer carbs than ever before all of which is tracked by a smart device on their wrist. It’s great that everyone is trying to be fitter, eat better and live healthier. But watches that people are using to track this aren’t the best looking, they’re borderline childish and under a suit, they look absolutely ghastly. There is a solution, however, the Garmin vívofit 4.

Unlike many other fitness trackers, the Garmin doesn’t try to be some sort of ‘watch’ in disguise, it’s a minimalist black band with a small screen that only display the absolute essentials. It’s actually rather refreshing to see a product that displays the bare minimum instead of anything and everything the UI designer could think of. It allows the wearer to get on with their day without looking like a fool and all whilst collecting that all-important data. To make it even better, the minimalist design could allow you to wear it as a ‘bracelet’ of sorts, enabling you to wear a regular watch on your other hand, again allowing you to be the sophisticated gent that you are.

Now on sale for $79, more than 50% off its retail price of $159, the vívofit 4 is great value for money. It might not be right for some, but for the man who wants fitness data all whilst looking stylish and wearing his regular watch, it could be the perfect choice. You’ll be able to rock it for more than a year before it runs out of battery and it will even track your sleep while you’re catching your all-important z’s.

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Man and machine – one of the strongest bonds on planet Earth. For many, driving is the most valuable skill you can learn, giving you complete freedom to go wherever you want, whenever you want. While the parallel park may be a tricky move to conquer, moving forward should be easy, right? Wrong. Or at least – not if you live in Sydney.

In other words: I’ve come to realise what I deem to be a simple activity isn’t so simple to Sydneysiders at all.

As soon as I landed in the city of gluttonous views and gout-inducing bills, I couldn’t wait to get back behind the wheel of a car. I’ve been driving in England for 10 years and consider myself confident at the helm. I’ve spent virtually every single day in the driver’s seat since passing my test. To pack up and move, and then be without a car for a few months – and having to rely on Sydney Trains – was torture.

Fortunately, I found a cheap Subaru for sale near my apartment in Cronulla that I snapped up to get myself back on the road. However, I frequently regret my decision.

Despite driving on the same side of the road as my homeland, driving in Sydney is worlds apart from the experience I’m used to in my hometown. Drivers in this hemisphere are terrible.

It’s not just me being pedantic, either. A recent study by Mister Auto found Sydney to be the worst capital city in Australia for drivers and the 86th worst city in the world. To be fair, London isn’t much higher up on the list, coming in at 77, but the difference those nine places makes became evident as soon as I hit the tarmac.

Here’s what I’ve had to endure so far.

I swear I see brake lights light up in front of me more often than I look at my own hands. The offenders are usually mums in their unnecessarily large SUVs taking their little darlings to school, or themselves to pilates. As soon as they come to a corner that they’re already going slow enough for, they feel it necessary to mash the brake pedal, you know, just in case their 4×4 built for hilly terrain can’t handle an urbane right-hand bend.

Then there’s drivers who remain glued to the central lane, leaving the left completely free. These Middle Lane Hoggers are out in force in the UK, too, and both countries have fines in place to deter them, but it happens far too often in Sydney. Fortunately, undertaking appears to be less frowned upon in Australia, allowing me to pass them on the inside, hopefully getting them to realise the inexcusable error they’ve made.

 

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Don’t even get me started on what happens to Aussie drivers as soon as a bit of rain falls from the sky. It’s almost as if the little driving knowledge and ability drivers have goes out the window faster than you can say windscreen wipers. Being a Brit, I was practically born in the rain, so driving in it doesn’t bother me at all. To the contrary, Sydney drivers are cautious to a dangerous fault, with excessive braking and driving too slow being the two main sins.

Since rain isn’t that frequent in Sydney, it’s tempting to be forgiving. But the irony is that there are more SUVs with top-of-the-range tyres and intelligent traction control per capita in Australia than any other part of the world (from my observations, anyway). Not to mention many of them are driven by people who think they’ll lose all control of their vehicle if they get up to the speed limit. Slow and steady wins the race is one of my most hated sayings.

To give Sydney drivers some credit, I don’t believe it’s all entirely their fault that they struggle to manoeuvre the city’s roads; the layout has to come into question. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been in a lane travelling along, only for it to suddenly turn into a right-turn, or left-turn-only lane without any real prior warning. Following a customary curse word or two, I have to hope some courteous road user will allow me into the correct lane. After what feels like a few minutes of waiting, someone will eventually let me in.

Car parks are another bugbear of mine. Going into them is fine, and finding a space presents no issues that I’m not already used to. But getting out can be a whole different ball game. There are no exit signs. In the UK, car parks practically have a yellow brick road laid out for you to get you to the exit. But over here you’re left to figure things out for yourself. Again, this results in a fair few expletives.

I’m incredibly passionate about driving. I love being connected to the road and I love speed (where permitted, of course), so seeing and experience dodgy driving infuriates me. I believe it to be incredibly simple and a skill that everyone should have, so when it isn’t performed properly, I have no choice but to lose my temper.

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