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Chris Cotonou

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Covers:  Menswear, Travel, Fashion, Lifestyle
Freelance writer. Sadomasochist (Spurs fan). Editor of A Rabbit's Foot... often in GQ, Esquire, Mr P; Evening Standard; The Rake Magazine; Gentleman's Journal.

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London-based writer. All things menswear, lifestyle, and travel.

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How to celebrate Seville's Feria de Abril like a local

How to celebrate Seville's Feria de Abril like a local

A night at Seville's Feria de Abril is foggily recollected via a series of flashbacks the following morning. …

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Levison Wood: The Last Boy Scout | The Rake

Levison Wood: The Last Boy Scout | The Rake

The author, adventurer and photographer Levison Wood caught up with The Rake to talk bug infested jackets, ev…

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KNNOX'S (SLIGHTLY) TWISTED FIRE STARTER | The Rake

KNNOX'S (SLIGHTLY) TWISTED FIRE STARTER | The Rake

The Rake sits with Knnox's founders Desmond and Jessica Ware to discuss their gorgeous brass lighter, an esse…

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A Postcard from Harry's Bar, Venice | The Rake

A Postcard from Harry's Bar, Venice | The Rake

Chris Cotonou discovers why the Venice bar opened by Guiseppe Cipriani in 1931 remains to this day an institu…

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This Week We're Channelling: Pierrot Le Fou | The Rake

This Week We're Channelling: Pierrot Le Fou | The Rake

It's cold outside. All the better to revisit Belmondo's pop-art inspired outfits from Godard's Riviera classi…

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Check Please! How to master plaid | The Rake

Check Please! How to master plaid | The Rake

The best-dressed at Pitti this year perfectly demonstrated the versatility of checks. Here's how to take a le…

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11 Books & Films That Capture The Complexities Of Political Upheaval

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By Chris Cotonou, Wolfgang Becker, Taika Waititi
| Service95
There’s a familiar complaint that politics has become stranger than fiction. However, a glance back throughout history reveals how books and films have always been an irresistible vehicle for writers and directors to depict the complexities of political upheaval – to warn, to inspire, and even help us come to terms with it. Few recent books have done this more honestly than Lea Ypi’s memoir Free (Dua’s Monthly Read for July for the Service95 Book Club).
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Obsessed with: tramezzini — Venice’s addictive signature snack

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By Chris Cotonou
| Financial Times Verified
This article is part of FT Globetrotter’s guide to Venice My first tramezzino caught me by surprise.
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What the Hellenic! Why is Christopher Nolan’s new Greek epic entirely devoid of Greeks?

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By Chris Cotonou
| Inkl
Where’s Billy Zane? … Matt Damon as Odysseus in The Odyssey. Photograph: Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures There are the American accents, gleaming body suits and a muddy Dunkirk palette. And then there is Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy, a casting choice that recently drew racist attacks from the usual moaners of the internet, including Elon Musk, who complained it wasn’t authentic. Authenticity matters. He’s just focusing entirely in the wrong place.
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