Nick Foulkes
Nick Foulkes is a historian and author. He is the luxury editor of GQ (UK), contributing editor to the FT How To Spend it, contributing editor of Vanity Fair, and a contributor to Newsweek Int, and national newspapers including the Daily Mail, Independent on Sunday and the Evening Standard. He is the editorial director of the FQR Group of Publications and editor in chief of Finch’s Quarterly Review. He is the author of numerous books, most notably Dancing into Battle: A Social History of the Battle of Waterloo, Dunhill by Design: A Very English Story, Last of the Dandies: The Scandalous Life and Escapades of Count D’Orsay, The Trench Book and High Society: The History of America’s Upper Class.
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Original articles on finchsquarterly.com by Nick Foulkes
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Nick Foulkes dazzles at Cannes |
| 23 June 2010 | |
| Cannes 2010; Nick Foulkes behind the scenes at Chopard and de Grisogono … | |
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Gentlemen and Blackguards |
| 31 May 2010 | |
| This is a story of men, money and gambling. … | |
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Terry’s All Gold |
| 26 March 2010 | |
| Celebrated photographer Terry O’Neill is that rare thing: a legend with absolutely no side … | |
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The People’s Choice |
| 19 March 2010 | |
| Nick Foulkes suggests ways of making the UK elections more entertaining … | |
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Presents of Mind |
| 18 December 2009 | |
| Nick Foulkes’ Christmas message, à la Queen Elizabeth, to Finch’s loyal subjects … | |
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Back to the Land |
| 9 October 2009 | |
| It’s time to go back to the land and engineer a 21st-century Tweed Revolution … | |
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Dressed for Unrest |
| 2 September 2009 | |
| Nick Foulkes prepares (endlessly) to join the stylish revolution … | |
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Treasure Chest |
| 24 July 2009 | |
| A Spirited Vindication of the Rights of Medallion Man, by Nick Foulkes … | |
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A Life Less Ordinary |
| 19 June 2009 | |
| Whilst celebrating legends Nick Foulkes praises individuality in a sea of homogeneity … | |
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The Prologue III |
| 10 February 2009 | |
| Editorial director Nick Foulkes revels in the contrary, open-minded attitude of Finch’s Quarterly Review and its embracing – even pioneering – of the new age of the amateur … | |
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Taking Care of Business |
| 10 February 2009 | |
| There has never been a better time to become a citizen of Finchland, a province in which style, manners, taste and talent thrive above fortune … | |
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He’s got the Look |
| 6 February 2009 | |
| If you’re searching for a timeless ensemble that’s appropriate for any economic climate, look to Charles Finch and other jet-set heroes … | |
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A Man Undone ? |
| 11 December 2008 | |
| Nick Foulkes is out and proud in the tropics, but elsewhere he generally keeps it in his trousers… his shirt, that is. He is, of course, the man who knows the ins and outs of wearing a shirt correctly. … | |
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La Revolución para Siempre |
| 10 December 2008 | |
| Nick Foulkes loves the island of Cuba, so why do his many visits there usually leave him conscience-stricken? … | |
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Prologue II |
| 10 December 2008 | |
| Editorial director Nick Foulkes on why the uplifting, smart and scintillating spirit of Finch’s Quarterly Review is right for these otherwise straitened times … | |
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Goodnight & Good Luxe |
| 10 December 2008 | |
| Those who know the esteemed proprietor of Finch’s Quarterly Review will know that he is pretty comfortable with the sound of his own voice and a very melodious timbre it has too. … | |
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Welcome to Our World |
| 19 June 2008 | |
| Lunch at Lo Scoglio and a fitting with the tailor, The rumble of the engine as I rev up the Riva, The warm leathery smell of a Bentley Azure, The fragrant blue smoke of my favourite Havana … |
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The Prologue |
| 25 April 2008 | |
| Why go on? What’s the point of it all? Have faith, says FQR’s editorial director, Nick Foulkes — there is method in our madness … | |
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