Shyheels

They look like fun...

No, you don't want them too loose around the leg - they end up looking like you ought to be going fly fishing! You're lucky on sizing - to get nice OTK boots my size I have to go custom.

As you say, great boot weather! Nice boots in the pic too. What make and model? You should pick up a pair...

I didn't care much for Theresa May when she was home secretary and when I heard she was to become the PM I was frankly aghast, but everything she has done since then has impressed me hugely. She seems to be exactly the right person for the job. I am quite happy that she is likely be returned with a substantially increased majority and will be able to go about the task of untangling the UK from Europe with a free, firm, hand.

No flies on Theresa May, thats for sure. Any politician with an eye to the future would have done the same thing. Clever and devastating and, as you say, will almost certainly result in a landslide vote her way.

Just get yourself a pair of nice otk boots. Problem solved!

A popular act. And why not?

Unlike those slinky boots in the photos above, my heavy suede otk boots are providing much warmth and comfort as I sit and write on these chilly spring days. Such boots really ought to be more mainstream wear for us guys....

Yes, those Schwalbe marathons pluses are brilliant. I ride a great deal during the winter and the last thing I feel like on a nice brisk early morning run is to stop and repair a puncture with frost-reddened hands, or in cold pouring rain. Happily I ride out in the mornings confident that it won't happen. It never does. They are brilliant tyres - the tourers and commutes gold standard. I intend to get back out there and get fit and trim once more.... Nobody might ever see me in my PVCs but I will know I belong in them much better...

Not a look that is in any way appealing to me. You're quite right - bread has much to answer for in the waistband sense. In my case it is a matter of exercise. I have been travelling far too much this past year to have been as physical as I usually am. Looking trimmer my nice new shiny Topshop PVCs is but one of many benefits to shedding theweght Ipropose to shed in the next couple of months.

I could get there, but I'd need to knuckle down...

Personally, I would too, but I believe the bar is set a little narrower than that!

I'm no fan of hoodies either. The trousers and boots look all right though. I wouldn't say age has much to do with it, although it is a look one would more typically associate with the young. Anyone with a slender build could get away with it, if they wore it with confidence and were obviously comfortable with themselves.

So it does! Long may it continue!

So far they have lost $250 million in market capitalisation, with US Senators proposing an enquiry and growing talk if boycotts in the massive Asian market. Yes, I'd say they took the expensive option to get their four staffers to Louisville. They could have chartered a Gulfstream for them and still be quids in.

Theoretically, yes. But in practice the sort of Knowledge a black cab driver possesses would never be plugged into a GPS. Old slang for locations in London, stage doors as oppposed to front doors at theatres, etc. Nobody will ever plug that sort of stuff in - and it is practical. And while your Uber driver is plugging in the post code and waiting for his GPS to find a route, the cabbie is already on his way - a convenience not only to the passenger but to the surrounding traffic as well.

It us all the more stupid, if that were possible, because the flight was going only to Louisville, a 4-5 hour drive away. They could have chauffeured their staffers there for a fraction of the $3200 they offered in compensation, and had no troubles at all. Just amazing.

The Knowledge is in no way superfluous even in this age of GPS and Google. There is no data base that is even close to containing all the detailed London data - let alone real-time data - that goes with The Knowledge. I happen to know something - actually quite a bit - about this. It should be cherished and protected - not sacrificed on the altar of Uber.

As a frequent flyer, although not, thankfully, of United Airlines, I have been following with a mixture of awe and nausea the dumpster fire of a PR nightmare that is the United Airlines overbooking story. Airlines are pretty unfeeling corporate entities these days, but beating the bejesus out of an innocent paying passenger who did not want to give up his reserved seat for the convenience of one of their staffers is a new low. The CEO's lame corporate-speak apology followed by his internal note to staff, praising them for their handling of the situation, is truly horrible. The harrowing video and the gob-smacking follow-up attitude by United has certainly started a backlash, but also illustrated how low our expectations are of airlines these days. Passengers are nothing more than just so many kilograms of live weight cargo these days...

For a moment I thought those were the PVC jeans being discounted to £10! I would have bought a couple of extra pair! Not quite sure one actually needs multiple pairs of PVC jeans, but at £10 a pop I'd sure be willing to have a couple of spares on hand. Alas, Topshop's Moto Jamie Jeans in black PVC are still fully priced and in stock.

A walk in the sun would be far preferable. I came back through London in my way home from the airport and was amazed by all the tulips in bloom and the leaves in bud near Hyde Park. It was gorgeous. I was in eastern Europe last week and was surprised by the number of women wearing PVC trousers. I heard PVC was in - thanks apparently to Topshop - and so it seems!

Wondering if you ever tried on a pair of them - and if so, what you thought?

No, but well spotted!

What a great legacy

Ah, yes. Well, the Kardashians....'nuff said! But those are also what would generally be regarded as thigh boots - although even there one rarely sees PVC versions worn in public. Although how "public" a celebrity venue is would be a matter of debate - paparazzi are there, of course, but no garlic-and-onions plebs. I'm not really sure the legwear on that last photo qualifies as boots, more like a series of straps running up a thigh!