Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver of the legendary St. JOHN restaurant invited Michael Drake and Michael Hill over for a long lunch to discuss food, work, life and clothes.

Will Hersey on the changing face, and possible decline, of the car as an object of desire and design. Is the 2017 Nissan Qashqai to blame?

Grace Cook on the Wordsworthian draw of her home county on the Big Festive Walk.

Ashley Ogawa Clarke on a first Christmas in Japan. Thirty three floors up and thousands of miles from home.

Wyatt Williams, on the strange hold that turkey has over the festive menu.

To get you in the festive mood this month we offer some helpful suggestions for gift giving, from miniature landmarks to collectable refreshments, as well as some online and offline distraction from the inevitable late-December slump.

A conversation with the legendary Italian photographer Guido Guidi

All the looks from our latest collaboration with New York's Aimé Leon Dore.

Our house drinks guru on the history and method behind an "imminently toastable" festive French cocktail.