Well all be wearing face masks for a long time yet, so in a shockingly topical twist to Utterly Inessential we have one that fits the brief of design-overkill quite magnificently — as well as our usual mix of wonders. Victoria Marston is your guide.
Victoria Marston guides us through this week's collection of wonders, where every whim of fussy humans and even fussier dogs is taken care of.
Victoria Marston outdoes herself this week with a collection of quite spectacularly non-critical things which, somehow, you'll still want to buy.
Never again will you be able to look at your charity shop-sourced Scrabble set with the same light in your eyes.
It’s been dubbed ‘the world’s most idiotic marathon’: a 26-mile run through vineyards, fuelled by wine and cheese. Emma Hughes finds out if she has the stomach for the legendary Marathon du Médoc.
This astonishing superyacht has made headlines for its potential future owner and the ingenious, futuristic engines which propel it using clean energy.
Who needs sat nav and fancy stereos when you've piloting a lightweight rocket? Not me, says James Fisher, after a long weekend behind the wheel of a Caterham Seven.
Whether it's your eccentric uncle, your half-sibling with an exotic lifestyle or the person you've been married to for 23 years, it's not always easy picking presents for overgrown schoolboys. Lucky for you that Hetty Lintell is here to help.
Once you experience bespoke tailoring, it’s hard to turn back — and Huntsman is just the place.
We’ll all end up on our deathbeds eventually, but it would be nice to make it there with no regrets.
Find out what makes a gentleman in this modern age, and take our quiz to find out whether you qualify...
Bored of being in the office? Well, this weekend is your chance to drop everything and jump on a train down to our gleaming coastline. Alexandra Fraser rounds up a few of the utterly inessential things that you should probably, potentially, but definitely not absolutely, bring with you.
The world-famous Concours of Elegance is coming to Hampton Court Palace in September – and we've a ticket offer for Country Life readers.
