Getting shirty

THIRTY YEARS AGO I VISITED JERMYN STREET TO buy shirts. I went to Hawes & Curtis which in those days occupied a corner emporium decorated with wooden panelling and staffed by wooden public schoolboys on summer jobs before Sandhurst or a career in publishing. I remember that I bought two double-cuffed shirts and two splendid ties, one being black patterned with small emerald-green shamrocks. I remember the tie because I remember its price. It was ticketed £20, but the floppy haired fop behind the counter charged me only £10. When I pointed this out, the future cavalry cornet apologised profusely. I laughed that it was quite alright and that it was my good turn for the day, to which he brayed “Yes sir, and now you’ve done your good deed…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2025

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