December Issue 2021
A season for gift-giving in its many forms
From the best in the Wanted gifting guide, to curated luxury experiences, our latest issue is filled with loveliness to bring you joy this holiday season
Ed's Note | Developing a gifting language
An unquestionably essential part of being an avid reader is having a long list of unread tomes sat dusty on one’s heaving bookshelf. My list of untouched classics, pop-lit hits of the day, and obscure conversation starters is as long as Msholozi’s rap sheet. None but one, however, has nearly put paid to my marriage. That honour goes to The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts, by Gary Chapman.
Several years ago, my wife had whizzed through it enthusiastically, crashing into what she was certain were answers to many of our marital roadblocks. She implored me to read it and, as the days dragged by with it on my side table, I managed to skim it enough to learn that my love language straddled “Words of affirmation” and “Physical touch” (typical, really). Hers was “Receiving gifts”. I read no further, and, as such, this was evident in our book debrief as I clutched at straws explaining what I understood about her love language. We were in therapy shortly thereafter.
A torrent has flowed under the bridge since then and I am much savvier in these matters, to the extent that I too have developed a gifting sub-language. As we present you with an embarrassment of gifting ideas in this, our last issue of the year, we hope that you receive all your heart’s desires this holiday season. As for me, only the following coveted stuff will do.
MGB Roadster (strictly ’60s era with the wire wheels): I would have a hard time fitting this one in my stocking but heck, I would try. As I noted recently on the socials (yes, I am quoting myself): “I have distant love affairs with many desirable and unafford-able heritage cars from across Europe, but it is this humble, mature English lady — the MGB Roadster, ‘the people’s sportscar’ — that really has my heart.” It is truly the perfect classic car: drivable and easy to maintain, with parts readily available and viable as a daily driver.
Cover / 18kt all rose-gold spider brooch with pavé-set, round, brilliant-cut diamonds and a pear-shaped, checkerboard-cut prasiolite, POR, Charles Greig Jewellers
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