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Launched in 2014, Kestin Hare is a fairly young brand. The reason for this is that the namesake of the brand, Kestin, was busy gaining lots of valuable experience as the Head of Design for the likes of Nigel Cabourn.

The one word seemingly on everybody’s lips begins with ‘B’ and involves the uncertainty surrounding our departure from the European Union. Should you want a visual holiday from the ceaseless news coverage of what may or may not be happening, we more than recommend Martin Parr’s Only Human exhibition

Season upon season, we await the arrival of the Hartford delivery here at Tonic. Upon opening up the boxes we never cease to be pleased or surprised by their contents.

Sometimes when two worlds collide, a better one is created. A.B.C.L combine the design heritage of Italy with the manufacturing expertise of the Japanese. They split their world between Tokyo and Venice, producing contemporary Italian inspired shirts out of the finest selvedge fabrics.

Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard.

You may have noticed that we have given our site a bit of a spruce up. Those of you that have visited our shop on Portobello Road will know that we offer an honest service delivered by staff members with many years of knowledge and anecdotes provided by their decades of experience on the shopfloor.

Photography isn’t about seeing, it’s about feeling. If I don’t have some kind of feeling for what I’m shooting, how can I expect the person who looks at it to feel anything?