Lifestyle

For as long as I can remember, Citroëns have been connected integrally with my family history. Back in the day dot, my father was (and still is) a serial car changer - I incidentally have the same gene but mine works on getting the latest gadgets and mobile devices. I spent many of my formative […]

Way back through my CV, in the days of the Blur/Oasis Faceoff in the Brit Pop wars, I worked at The Bell Language School in Cambridge where I was introduced to - and worked alongside - Philip Saich (he was the ‘Mar-Comms’ side of the HQ and I was the 'Data' should you be interested) […]

  Although my family would refute this with alacrity I genuinely feel that I have a fairly sunny disposition and try to embrace the positive in life. I don't hold much stock with the naysayers who claim we've never had it so bad. As a fountain pen-yielding child of the 1970s the tablet on which […]

Here at Yapp Brothers we spend a great deal of time advising our loyal clientele on which bottles to partner with specific dishes so we thought it only fair to let you know some of our own festive food and wine matching plans in the hope they will inspire you. Bianca will be playing host […]

As I open day 3 of my advent calendar (a malnourished robin) I realise ‘tis the season to do an inventory of the cellar (check the cupboard under the stairs) and make sure I have laid-in sufficient supplies of the requisite bottles to facilitate a moderately merry Christmas. To the surprise of many I keep […]

Behold the latest addition to Yapp Brothers’ Wacky Races fleet!     About 7 years ago we ‘won’ a beautiful old Citroën H-van on e-Bay, as the menfolk here at Yapp Brothers like to perceive such acquisitions. It had served out its days on a vineyard in Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgeuil in the Loire valley so we felt […]

When I was demobbed from University in the late 1980s with an ill-deserved 2.2 in Social Policy & Administration (I know – no wonder they introduced fees) the country was in the midst of an economic downturn (plus ça change) and, in desperation to secure the £40 per week rent for my box-room in Brixton, […]

I’ve never been sure why I was blessed (or is that cursed?) with a need to see patterns in everything. Clearly sometimes they just don’t exist but this fact sadly doesn’t stop me from looking. One of my favourite paintings (Jackson Pollock, Blue Poles 1952) intrigues every time I see it – there’s patterns aplenty […]

Every year, normally on or around the longest day, our local National Trust hall – Great Chalfield Manor - hosts a picnic and summer ball. Over the past few years the weather has remained decidedly inclement so the organisers have now taken heed and now also include a marquee – and dancing in the main […]

If you want to get the look of a modern, metrosexual man about town then don’t miss Jason Yapp’s inimitable Top Ten style tips for Summer. 1. Tan Brogues You can’t go wrong with these classic all-rounders. Pair with dark, left-weave denim and you’re home free. Trickers and Crockett & Tubbs are a tad ‘toppy’. […]