Quinn + Tonik

Quinn + Tonik Vol. 92: Live Like A Maharajah

DQ just got back from a spicy 96 hours in Jaipur. A city of color, spice, and beauty. Hidden gardens, Maharajahs with bespoke Rolls Royces, and gemstones galore. But we're still focused on our mission to Africa to save the elephants, and teach kids about conservation. [...]

Quinn + Tonik Vol. 91: Dangerous Men Report

We're heading on our annual pilgrimage to Zambia to raise money to support elephants and conservation at the Elephant Charge on September 28, 2019. Team Quinn + Tonik has entered our rally prepped Landrover 4x4 as Team 15. If you have no idea what we are on about [...]

Quinn + Tonik Vol. 90: An Eye For An Eye Makes The Whole World Blind

It is tough to know where to start with Q+T this week. Yet again we have to scratch our heads as each of the kids in the schoolyard engage in petty internecine warfare, with the occasional suicide bomber [...]

Quinn + Toink Vol. 89: Vive La Revolution!

Sunday was Bastille Day, celebrating the storming of the prison which kicked off the French Revolution complete with the Terror, and the beheading of swathes of French aristocrats by Mme. La Guillotine. As you already know DQ loves France. In particular the Côte d'Azur [...]

Quinn + Tonik Vol. 88: Summer Sundowners

It's been tough to keep up with Q+T for the past month or so. Monaco, Le Mans, and lots of Quinning and suiting has been getting in the way. So, first up, we'd like you to know that the archive of Quinn + Tonik is now becoming available on the website blog. You can find this trove of treasures [...]

Quinn + Tonik Vol. 87: Travelogue Needs

We're headed east for July 4th. And hoping you are headed somewhere too. In the meantime we'd like to instigate a resurgence in flying boats. So just to get you interested, have a read of this epic tale from the late 1950's of converted sea planes used for round-the-world tours,...and,...well [...]

Quinn + Tonik Vol. 86: Father's Day Gifts For Gentlemen And Rogues

DQ is at Le Mans this week. No doubt having a chin wag with five times winner, Sir Derek Bell, about the time Steve McQueen hoodwinked him while they were filming Steve's epic movie, "Le Mans." [...]

Quinn + Tonik Vol. 85: Daddy Daycare For Grownups...

Every now and then a Gentleman Rogue gets a free pass. And can then let his hair down, open the floodgates of bacchanal, and indulge in his fantasies before returning to the real world. It's Daddy Day on June 16th. So here are some thoughts on how to use that free pass [...]

Quinn + Tonik Vol. 84: Your Glass Runneth Over...

It looks as if summer is finally going to arrive in Gotham City. Which means it is rosé time. As most of you probably know, we've been importing DQ's favourite summer tipple from Provence in the south of France for a few years now. Made just north of St Tropez in the Var region of [...]

Quinn + Tonik Vol. 83: The Land Of The Rising Sun

You may have read that a matter of immense constitutional import has been brewing in Japan for some time. And came to a conclusion a few days ago. Since 660AD one continuous hereditary line has been at the pinnacle of Japanese society. First as a godhead. And following WWII [...]

Quinn + Tonik Vol. 82: Kentucky Fried Derby

There are few days more destined to bring out the best wardrobes of the year than The Kentucky Derby. Even for those who find having a flutter offensive it is an experience not to be missed. If you don't have an outfit befitting of this, Saratoga, the Hamptons, Palm Beach, Wimbledon [...]

Quinn + Tonik Vol. 81: The Resurrection

Firstly, we'd love to thank you. And wish you all a happy Easter. For without your continued support we wouldn't be able to keep investigating the outer limits of sartorial splendor.Easter is a time of change for everyone. Passover. Dodging the bullet. Resurrection. All kinds [...]