Q. I cycle to work and struggle to look smart as a result (creased shirts!). What can I do?  A. There’s two simple solutions. Firstly, it’s not the 1920s, you can be smart without a shirt and tie - presuming your office dress code allows it (and if they don’t it’s...

5 Secrets To Smarter Meetings Roughly £26 billion, that’s the amount the UK economy loses on unproductive meetings each year. It’s a hell of a lot of money wasted on doodling, staring at the ceiling, and daydreaming about Game Of Thrones plot twists. Not so at the...

The pub - a hotbed of lies and deceit. A place where complete untruths are regularly peddled about the very drink in your hand. Enough is enough, let The Chapar call time on the biggest beer myths and bring some much-needed truth to the bar. Cans are inferior to...

(Even If You Think You Hate The Gym) If every session feels like a Herculean effort, you’re doing it wrong, says Joel Snape, editor-at-large for Men’s Fitness magazine. Here’s how to nudge yourself into shape – gently. Do the bare minimum Yes, seriously: modern...

Keep your stripes narrow It’s something the French have known for years, stripes can make you look damn good. But there’s a catch: they should be dark, narrow and horizontal, anything else, according to psychologists can do the reverse and add on pounds you don't...

What Is It? We’re not sure who first coined this slightly annoying word, probably the same portmanteau-loving person who named ‘the puggle’, but ‘the shacket’ is a big deal in the world of men’s fashion and has been for a couple of years now. The general rule of thumb...

Look great, feel confident and suitably impress your date, no matter how much you intend to spend Valentine’s Day: that special time of year when love is in the air, restaurants are packed and panicked men in petrol stations are seen sniffing round for flowers up and...

Victoria's perfect gift for… those who need to relax “A spa day is admittedly one of our favourite ideas for a Valentine’s gift in the office, because who doesn’t want a bit of massage therapy?! You don’t have to fork out for a spa either, with companies like...

The one rule you need to master business-casual   There are some skills the modern working man can’t do without: ninja-like multitasking, tea-break small talk and — the big one — the art of business-casual.   With ever more workplaces embracing a culture of...

It doesn’t need to be January to make a game-changing upgrade to your wardrobe More brutal exercise; less tasty food; more green shakes that smell suspiciously like cut grass. No wonder that, according to Business Insider, more than 80% of new year’s resolutions fail...