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Family man • For his debut as a writer-director, Viggo Mortensen stays close to home

Shelf life • The Ikea catalogue, catalogued

High times • How a remote Italian valley gave rise to the grape of the moment

A duty to educate • Can Berwyn’s name make it onto T-shirts?

Motor City’s greatest hits • A new exhibition showcases the era when Detroit designers drove American car culture

Zeke in Philadelphia • How a young man selling hard-to-find clothes from home became the internet’s favourite vintage fashion dealer

A history of the groin • Following the lives of five young gay men, Russell T Davies’ new TV drama explores an earlier pandemic

Turning the page • An Italian heritage brand navigates the new luxury landscape

Raw diamond • An old brandy gets a new lease of life

Introducing the Esquire Edit 2020 • Designed in partnership with the Esquire team, the Esquire Edit is a capsule collection of special-edition wardrobe staples, made in collaboration with nine of the best brands in menswear. All available via esquire.com/uk and the brands’ respective stores

JOURNAL • NEW LEVELS OF RUTHLESSNESS

REPENTANCE

DIVINE

ROUTE MASTER

THE BACKS OF BOTH KNEES

Esquire TOWNHOUSE @ YOUR HOUSE WITH & BREITLING 1884 • Our fifth Esquire Townhouse event, in partnership with Breitling, became the first to be held as a purely digital affair, for reasons you’ll know full well. While we’re sorry that this year you had to make your own drinks, what didn’t change was our desire to bring together a mix of the most relevant voices of the moment, for a series of conversations and performances which you can experience for yourself at esquire.com/uk/esquire-townhouse-at-your-house-2020/. No tickets required. No taxis home. In truth, you don’t even need to get dressed but we’ll leave that up to you. Above all, these conversations are a reminder that one of the main pleasures of every Esquire Townhouse — in any form — is the opportunity to listen. So, here are some highpoints of the enlightening dialogue from Townhouse @ Your House 2020

VERNACULAR DISTEMPER • David Bailey remembers the good old, bad old days

‘LATTE, UPBEAT RADIO, DOOM BAR, HARROGATE…’ • EVERY DAY, OUR DEVICES URGE US TO MAKE PURCHASES BY OFFERING RECOMMENDATIONS: TROUSERS TO BUY, WINE TO ORDER, FILMS TO WATCH, HOLIDAYS TO BOOK, MUSIC TO DOWNLOAD, POTENTIAL SEXUAL PARTNERS TO POTENTIALLY SEXUALLY PARTNER, ALL BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS PURCHASES, OUR TASTES AND OUR DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES. OUR DATA, CRUNCHED. WHAT IF, INSTEAD OF SCOFFING AND RESISTING, WE REALLY DID ALLOW COMPUTERS TO RUN OUR LIVES? THIS AUTUMN, ONE ESQUIRE WRITER AGREED TO LIVE HIS LIFE BY ALGORITHM-GENERATED SUGGESTION ALONE. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT…

INTERESTING TIMES • When the world goes to pieces, wear something that won’t

Vanessa Kirby’s time is… now?

WATERWORLD • IN A WORLD OF ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER, POLITICAL TURMOIL, ECONOMIC CRISIS, SOCIAL UPHEAVAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, IS THE LOGICAL NEXT STEP FOR HUMANITY THE CONSTRUCTION OF FLOATING MARITIME COMMUNITIES? OR IS SO-CALLED SEASTEADING JUST AN EXTRAVAGANT PASSION PROJECT FOR PARANOID TECH BROS AND ALT-UTOPIAN DREAMERS?

DON’T FIGHT IT, FEEL IT • This winter, knitwear lightens the mood

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