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by ex St David’s Second Eleven Opening Bat Charnel Kookaburra “Cricket is the finest training for disappointment ever devised” One enters the ground (never a stadium) as one might enter a cathedral. The light falls obliquely, as it always has on village greens wherever Englishmen congregate; the smell is linseed oil, old leather, and rain. … Read more
When most people think of Leonardo da Vinci, they imagine oil paintings of ethereal women with ambiguous smiles, or notebooks brimming with half-sketched helicopters, tanks, and improbable siege weapons. What few realize, however, is that the Renaissance master may also deserve credit for inventing the world’s most extreme sport: BASE jumping. The Parachute Sketch: A … Read more
Chapter III: Wars, Interruptions, and Hannibal The English Pell Mell Club, like so many venerable institutions, has always insisted that it exists above the fray of politics and war. Unfortunately, politics and war have never quite returned the courtesy. Over the past two centuries, the Club’s history has been punctuated by interruptions ranging from the … Read more
Chapter II The Early Years and the Continental Influence If Chapter I was the birth of the Club, Chapter II may be considered its adolescence , a period of enthusiasm, experimentation, and the occasional international incident. Having established a home just off Pall Mall, the founding members soon discovered a pressing need for variety. This … Read more
Just off Pall Mall lies the home of the English Pell Mell Club. The ground is not so much a sports venue as it is a small fragment of another century, preserved between stuccoed façades like a pressed flower between the pages of a Roman history book. It is here that a select band of … Read more
By Miranda Gough Few would have predicted that the hottest, most lucrative new international sport would be related to tiddlywinks. Yet Extreme Tiddlywinks,a high-adrenaline mutation of the ancient pastime,has vaulted from drawing-room eccentricity to global sporting phenomenon, with top stars earning more than NFL and football players. The unlikely architect of this metamorphosis is Seb … Read more
Directed by Earl Sandton Produced by Pimlico Wilde Films Coming Soon to Select Cinemas and Streaming Platforms Review by Marisol Kensington, London Cine‑Luxe Let’s be honest: when I first heard about a documentary celebrating elephant polo, my inner cynic raised an eyebrow. But then I discovered it was directed by Earl Sandton, Oscar‑winner for Savannah … Read more
By Allegra-Mae Blithe | @BlitheringInLondon I’ll admit it right away: I didn’t know elephant polo was an actual thing. I thought it was either a lost myth or a band from Camden. But then Pimlico Wilde,that achingly chic fine art house*,sent me two golden tickets (yes, actual gold leaf) to the Chelsea Elephant Polo & … Read more
Pimlico Wilde sponsor The Chelsea Elephant Polo and Pétanque Club and we are happy to ask our readers if they would like to join the Club. We, the committee of The Chelsea Elephant Polo and Pétanque Club seek: • Socialites who can hold a glass of Dom Perignon in one hand and a conversation about … Read more
(Extracts from Day One, Nice – Somewhere north of Lyon) Nice, dusk I have been kissed goodbye more times this evening than in the whole of last year. The Riviera attracts a certain type: the starlet who thinks a wave is currency, the man in linen who always smells faintly of varnish, the sponsors who … Read more