The Rake

Letter from the Founder

I grow old. To quote from one of my favourite contributors, Warren de Montague, “like the semi-desiccated grape Corvina, just one of the multiple varietals blended together in the palimpsest elixir that is Amarone, I grow more wrinkled but intense and potent”. O.K., maybe not, but the truth is that as someone trying to stave off the ravages of time as he rapidly reaches his mid-century mark, I try my best to remain relevant.

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from The Rake

The Rake11 min read
The Rights Of Bill
As far as I can tell, Bill Nighy likes to keep things simple. I approve of this attitude — people who want to make the world more complicated than it needs to be give me anxiety, and I’d rather avoid being anxious, if that’s O.K. Simplicity got him t
The Rake6 min read
Deus Ex Machina
Writing about cars for 25 years has enabled me to get behind the wheel of some decidedly exotic metal, from one of the first Bugatti Chirons ever built to the legendary Bentley Speed Six ‘Old Number One’ that twice took the chequered flag at Le Mans
The Rake3 min read
Masters Of The Air
Grail seekers of a horological persuasion are rather more spoiled for choice than anyone doggedly holding out hope of unearthing from a Cornish allotment the chalice that once held our saviour’s blood. The Patek Philippe 2499 seen on the wrist of Joh

Related Books & Audiobooks