Why a three button cuff, the philosophy of threes, and how it became our thing It caught your eye didn't it? Perhaps you thought it a bit much at first, thinking "not for me- best left to someone else". Is it an...
to wax or not to wax oneself It began with a knock on the door to the library. The housekeeper stepped in and said she had done something terrible. Did she throw one of my...
it’s already yesterday The tinkering about is finished. The attendant has quietly removed my g&t in anticipation and the engines begin their thrum. There is...
Obsession: Eagle Low Drag GT Obsession #3: Eagle low drag GT At some point or another who hasn't desired a Jaguar E type? The boffins at Eagle have achieved grand touring...
The Spy Paintings by James Hart Dyke When British artist james Hart Dyke was offered the chance to spend a year as artist in residence with the famed MI6 we wonder if he had any notion...
Reynard As a child I came across the fox as most do. The pages of Aesops Fables, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Goethes's Reineke Fuchs, and Reynard the Fox, telling...
Obsessions: Porsche’s Racing History in Posters It should come as no surprise that petrol and style are a heady mix for us here at Imperial Black. On or off the track these amazing machines...
Worshiping From Afar At some level don't we all want to be worshiped, adored even? One may be loathe to admit it but all of us, even those with the least...
A slow roast for a cold night There's the soft thump of snow outside which offers no sign of abating. Lovely large flakes that spiral down joining the rest on the lawn,...
Why? Force 7 Winds On An Atlantic Crossing If you would know the age of the earth, look upon the sea in a storm. The grayness of the whole...
At What Price Pride The question is often asked "who we are?" or "what do we do?". Quite a bit of confusion abounds over how to get hold of one of our...
The island of French magicians and a question of returning to the past. The roar of the plane is still with us, the buffeting of wind and air as we leave the sky behind, the tear drops of island chains in the blueness,the...
Greeneland As the moon lay heavy on the thick, lapping banks of the Ben Hai, I walked slowly yet purposefully. The day had brought great promise for the...
The long goodbye The wooden ferry lurches forward and a plume of smoke settles over lower town dock. As we pull away we are waving at my mother. The children with...
Get Black Listed Due to our limited size runs Imperial Black Shirts can now only be purchased through our Black...
Imperial Black, Lieutenant Twiss & a Darjeeling Hill Station Shimla Matheran Darjeeling smoke and dawn in the foothills of the Himalaya Darjeeling & Kanchenjunga a temple of...
Continental Drift The pilot seems a good sort. Every now and then I am awakened from my West bound slumber as the intercom sings nasally and he points out various...
Out of sorts on the Ides of March March has us jangled and out of sorts. One could easily write off the whole month as nothing seemed to go as planned but our predicament certainly...
Dr No & Round Hill An early swim out to the small, horse shoe reef has been the only thing pressing each day.. I swim out, feeling the water move from chill...
Armchair Mountaineers- Planning to Plan inspiration in oxidation. One of E.H's Plans begin to unfold something...
Revival What could be better than a sunny English day and a chance to relive some of the halcyon years of after the war? Throw in some brilliant bits of...
The Floriditas contribution to society The odd leaf is starting its annual spin to the ground but the heat is still a contender. As we have been on a Papa kick lately the concoctions...
A North Woods Sky We are sitting next to the large purple buddleia. It's dusky smell making itself known when allowed by the stiffening breeze coming off Sturgeon...
Angling South Usually June and July see us overseas with a lazy, late afternoon realization that it is the fourth. Shrug, nod in the general direction of where...
