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We have around 34 most liked photos of Stephen Fry with the thumbnails listed below. Click on any of them to view the full image along with its caption, like count, and a button to download the photo.

Stephen Fry Instagram - With my new bestie. We had a terrific talk. I’ve been lucky enough to meet a few world leaders in my time, but none with whom I’ve felt such an instant connection. I do not envy the weight of responsibility on his shoulders and a workload that would fell an ox. слава Україні! 🇺🇦
Stephen Fry Instagram - Loved that man. Having grown up watching him interview greats, my first appearance was impossibly thrilling for me. The genius of Parky was that unlike most people (and most of his guests, me included) he was always 100% himself. On camera and off. “Authentic” is the word I suppose. For one of the shows I was on with Robin Williams, a genius of unimaginable comic speed and brilliance. Now they’re both gone. One should get used to the parade of people constantly falling off the edge, but frankly one doesn’t. So long #parky
Stephen Fry Instagram - I’m taking a moment for mental health with @takeamoment.uk @theartofldn and @piccadillylights
 
Join me to raise awareness.  Here’s how you can be part of the art:
 
1 )Take an eyes closed selfie
2) Upload it to Takeamoment.uk
3) Share on Instagram or TikTok
4) Tag @piccadillylights with #takeamoment2023

Thanks!
 
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness
Stephen Fry Instagram - What a day. Can’t believe I only arrived here in Kyiv 12 hours ago: since then I’ve watched a surgical operation on a wounded soldier (the air raid siren sounded in the theatre but no one paid attention, there was a patient to be cared for). Next I met two young men who laughed as they teased each other about the differences between their new prosthetic legs. Then I talked to a young woman who lost her husband on the Russian front only two weeks ago. They all had in common extraordinary humour as well as a profound unshakeable determination to see off the barbarians at the gate and keep their independence and sovereignty. War can bring out the worst in people, but sometimes the very best …
Stephen Fry Instagram - Not a very prettified pic I’m afraid, but here’s the thing: shopping the other day, I plucked half a dozen eggs from a shelf and only when I got home did I notice they were duck eggs, not hen. On a whim I thought I’d try making mayonnaise with them. Holy quacks, Batman! SO delicious - if you could make a sauce out of Ella Fitzgerald’s voice it would be something like this. Rich, creamy and mesmerisingly delicious. It is (autocorrect or no autocorrect) ducking gorgeous… who knew? Well, you did probably, but it was news to me …

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Stephen Fry Instagram - At the Presidential Offices 5 minutes before my meeting with President Zelenskyy - had an amazing conversation. Pictures will follow soon. Naturally I couldn’t take my phone into the inner regions, but there was a photographer and videographer there, so I’ll post when I have received their material
Stephen Fry Instagram - Hoping very much that the duck eggs for the mayonnaise I posted about earlier today didn’t come from this …

(via @ravelexi posted on Twitter by @NoContextBrits)
Stephen Fry Instagram - Quite the most marvellous place - the @barmandictat - warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of - even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises
Stephen Fry Instagram - Quite the most marvellous place - the @barmandictat - warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of - even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises
Stephen Fry Instagram - Quite the most marvellous place - the @barmandictat - warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of - even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises
Stephen Fry Instagram - Quite the most marvellous place - the @barmandictat - warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of - even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises
Stephen Fry Instagram - I hope the @theqielves will back me up here, but I’m pretty damned sure that it was 20 years ago today that QI first appeared on TV. Miss those lovely elves … and of course my personal puppy, Alan
Stephen Fry Instagram - One for the biblical scholars amongst you.

Anyway, I’m on LOT, the Polish airline, headed east on an exciting (for me at least) adventure. The President’s Office in Ukraine asked if I might undertake hosting duties for a summit on mental health being held in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. I’m on my way there now by various means that I shan’t elaborate on. A great honour to be asked and, in my view, holding such a summit reflects extraordinarily well on the openness, as well as the good sense, of the Ukrainian government. Not a propaganda stunt at all, but a real bringing together of neurologists, social scientists, psychology and those working in mental health trauma. More to come as I approach the destination.
Stephen Fry Instagram - When in Barnsley, chew on a Barnsley Chop. When in Bath, nibble a Bath Bun. But I’m in Kyiv, so it has to be Chicken Kyiv…
Stephen Fry Instagram - I should think so too, @rspb - apology definitely needed. Choose your words more carefully next time. You now realise, I hope, that you should have said “gutless, shameless liars. Grubby, ruinous liars. Disastrous and destructive liars.” Amend your website accordingly.
Stephen Fry Instagram - The man himself speaking at the mental health summit in Kyiv today. An incredibly fruitful and inspiring event. Great credit to Olena Zelenska, the First Lady of Ukraine, for devising and creating this. Huge credit to Ukraine itself for understanding that there is strength, not weakness, in acknowledging and addressing the mental health challenges that war brings. Imagine their enemy having such openness and care for their people.
Stephen Fry Instagram - A sleeper car from the Polish border to Kyiv. Arriving there now…
Stephen Fry Instagram - A delightful tour of the Kyiv railway station before boarding the sleeper for Poland. They gave me some very charming gifts, including this card - it is wonderful how fond of Jeeves and Wooster they are in Ukraine
Stephen Fry Instagram - A delightful tour of the Kyiv railway station before boarding the sleeper for Poland. They gave me some very charming gifts, including this card - it is wonderful how fond of Jeeves and Wooster they are in Ukraine
Stephen Fry Instagram - My new book #FrysTies is out tomorrow 👔 Ties are our most distinguished accessory, and each one tells a story - whether floral or fluorescent, striped or spotty. I hope you enjoy discovering the tales behind the ties.
Stephen Fry Instagram - An important day tomorrow. Are you with me in my utter detestation of the soapy horror of this so called “aromatic herb”?
Stephen Fry Instagram - The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too.

Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin.

Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company.

It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100  I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. 
Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.
Stephen Fry Instagram - The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too.

Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin.

Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company.

It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100  I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. 
Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.
Stephen Fry Instagram - The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too.

Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin.

Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company.

It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100  I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. 
Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.
Stephen Fry Instagram - It wouldn’t be a family trip without a few breakdowns. Trailer for TREASURE starring @lenadunham and @stephenfryactually drops tomorrow! #TreasureMovie
Stephen Fry Instagram - Been meaning to clear out that drawer for years… dear me. And that is just a fraction of the old tech that I’ve hoarded. Each seemed so cutting edge and futuristic at the time…
Stephen Fry Instagram - If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.
Stephen Fry Instagram - If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.
Stephen Fry Instagram - If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.
Stephen Fry Instagram - There comes a day in every man’s life when he needs to wear an elephant themed tie. Forward, Fox and Chave. How do they pronounce themselves? The Fox is easy enough, but Chave? Does it rhyme with “shave”, or is it frenchified into shahvay? It can’t be chav surely, a word thankfully well past its sell-by-date.

The company started as a supplier of silk ties to high-street stores, but was bought in 2001 by current managing director Jemima Haddock. I suppose changing the name to Fox and Haddock, delightful and memorable (and easy to pronounce) as it would be, might have led people to suppose it was one of those Frog and Firkin type chain pubs rather than one of the country’s most brilliant and imaginative purveyors of silk ties, scarves and accessories for men and women. The women’s range includes an item called a “silk scrunchie”, which I think might refer to that sphincter-like object my women friends so often leave behind, an elasticated ring that I believe is meant to restrain hair but which, when I find under the kitchen table, in the car’s footwell or between sofa cushions, I use to hold bunches of parsley or stray pencils.

@foxandchave are known for their imaginative use of art and artefacts. If you want a silk Frida Kahlo, Van Gogh, William Morris or Jackson Pollock, it’s the company for you. They do a Kandinsky necktie that is so lovely it’ll make you faint. Or maybe you want a tie or silk square depicting the Bayeux Tapestry or Magna Carta. Their great speciality is providing bespoke ties for the leading museums and art galleries as well as for individual customers. I believe you can upload a picture to their website and they’ll create something silky and delicious just for you. Fine idea for Father’s Day – too late this year, I’m afraid.

Elephants don’t forget and I wear the elephant tie for a very special reason. One that I’ve forgotten.
Stephen Fry Instagram - A sweetshop of lickable, likeable candy pink ties, all from one maker today … and that maker is Duchamp. Despite the French name the company originated in Suffolk, a county best known for having the good fortune to border Norfolk. Founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs, an ex-buyer for the Mayfair fashion boutique, Browns, Duchamp is headquartered in London where it has established a fine reputation for colourful (as you can see) men’s clothing and accessories. I wore more Duchamp shirts and ties than any other make in my 13 years hosting the BBC programme QI.

The company was named after the French artist Marcel Duchamp because, according  to Jacobs: "Duchamp turned everyday objects into art and I turned everyday icons of men's fashion into wearable art". Duchamp initially specialised in cufflinks and branched in 1992 into ties, and then clothing (shirts, trousers, blazers) in 2011. “There is a nod to chess, musical ideas and gentlemen’s games throughout the product” proclaims the @duchamplondon website. Marcel Duchamp was a keen (and very good) chess player as well as a painter and sculptor.

I have gathered my pinkest and perkiest Duchamps for this midsummer posting, I have many others in more subdued colours, but this selection seemed most suitable for the summer solstice.

For Pic 2 (swipe left) I finally got my hands on the Kandinsky Fox and Chave tie that I so raved about on Thursday. Isn’t it tasty though? I’m grateful for those who told me that before @foxandchave was bought by Jemima Haddock it had been founded by none other than Samantha Fox and Chas & Dave, the latter two fusing their name into Chave. I have strong reasons to believe that my leg was being pulled.

Enjoy the longest day (or shortest, depending on which side of the equator you dress) …
Stephen Fry Instagram - A sweetshop of lickable, likeable candy pink ties, all from one maker today … and that maker is Duchamp. Despite the French name the company originated in Suffolk, a county best known for having the good fortune to border Norfolk. Founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs, an ex-buyer for the Mayfair fashion boutique, Browns, Duchamp is headquartered in London where it has established a fine reputation for colourful (as you can see) men’s clothing and accessories. I wore more Duchamp shirts and ties than any other make in my 13 years hosting the BBC programme QI.

The company was named after the French artist Marcel Duchamp because, according  to Jacobs: "Duchamp turned everyday objects into art and I turned everyday icons of men's fashion into wearable art". Duchamp initially specialised in cufflinks and branched in 1992 into ties, and then clothing (shirts, trousers, blazers) in 2011. “There is a nod to chess, musical ideas and gentlemen’s games throughout the product” proclaims the @duchamplondon website. Marcel Duchamp was a keen (and very good) chess player as well as a painter and sculptor.

I have gathered my pinkest and perkiest Duchamps for this midsummer posting, I have many others in more subdued colours, but this selection seemed most suitable for the summer solstice.

For Pic 2 (swipe left) I finally got my hands on the Kandinsky Fox and Chave tie that I so raved about on Thursday. Isn’t it tasty though? I’m grateful for those who told me that before @foxandchave was bought by Jemima Haddock it had been founded by none other than Samantha Fox and Chas & Dave, the latter two fusing their name into Chave. I have strong reasons to believe that my leg was being pulled.

Enjoy the longest day (or shortest, depending on which side of the equator you dress) …
Stephen Fry Instagram - You might think this strange, but you might consider downloading one of the Ukraine air raid alert apps. The persistence and regularity with which they go off (you can switch off the noisy siren element and just have it notify you) is a good reminder of what the people of Ukraine are going through every day. Air Alert! is one app, Air Alarm Ukraine another.
Stephen Fry - 93.9K Likes - With my new bestie. We had a terrific talk. I’ve been lucky enough to meet a few world leaders in my time, but none with whom I’ve felt such an instant connection. I do not envy the weight of responsibility on his shoulders and a workload that would fell an ox. слава Україні! 🇺🇦

93.9K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : With my new bestie. We had a terrific talk. I’ve been lucky enough to meet a few world leaders in my time, but none with whom I’ve felt such an instant connection. I do not envy the weight of responsibility on his shoulders and a workload that would fell an ox. слава Україні! 🇺🇦
Likes : 93896
Stephen Fry - 81.6K Likes - Loved that man. Having grown up watching him interview greats, my first appearance was impossibly thrilling for me. The genius of Parky was that unlike most people (and most of his guests, me included) he was always 100% himself. On camera and off. “Authentic” is the word I suppose. For one of the shows I was on with Robin Williams, a genius of unimaginable comic speed and brilliance. Now they’re both gone. One should get used to the parade of people constantly falling off the edge, but frankly one doesn’t. So long #parky

81.6K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Loved that man. Having grown up watching him interview greats, my first appearance was impossibly thrilling for me. The genius of Parky was that unlike most people (and most of his guests, me included) he was always 100% himself. On camera and off. “Authentic” is the word I suppose. For one of the shows I was on with Robin Williams, a genius of unimaginable comic speed and brilliance. Now they’re both gone. One should get used to the parade of people constantly falling off the edge, but frankly one doesn’t. So long #parky
Likes : 81582
Stephen Fry - 36.1K Likes - I’m taking a moment for mental health with @takeamoment.uk @theartofldn and @piccadillylights
 
Join me to raise awareness.  Here’s how you can be part of the art:
 
1 )Take an eyes closed selfie
2) Upload it to Takeamoment.uk
3) Share on Instagram or TikTok
4) Tag @piccadillylights with #takeamoment2023

Thanks!
 
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness

36.1K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : I’m taking a moment for mental health with @takeamoment.uk @theartofldn and @piccadillylights Join me to raise awareness. Here’s how you can be part of the art: 1 )Take an eyes closed selfie 2) Upload it to Takeamoment.uk 3) Share on Instagram or TikTok 4) Tag @piccadillylights with #takeamoment2023 Thanks! #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness
Likes : 36136
Stephen Fry - 35K Likes - What a day. Can’t believe I only arrived here in Kyiv 12 hours ago: since then I’ve watched a surgical operation on a wounded soldier (the air raid siren sounded in the theatre but no one paid attention, there was a patient to be cared for). Next I met two young men who laughed as they teased each other about the differences between their new prosthetic legs. Then I talked to a young woman who lost her husband on the Russian front only two weeks ago. They all had in common extraordinary humour as well as a profound unshakeable determination to see off the barbarians at the gate and keep their independence and sovereignty. War can bring out the worst in people, but sometimes the very best …

35K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : What a day. Can’t believe I only arrived here in Kyiv 12 hours ago: since then I’ve watched a surgical operation on a wounded soldier (the air raid siren sounded in the theatre but no one paid attention, there was a patient to be cared for). Next I met two young men who laughed as they teased each other about the differences between their new prosthetic legs. Then I talked to a young woman who lost her husband on the Russian front only two weeks ago. They all had in common extraordinary humour as well as a profound unshakeable determination to see off the barbarians at the gate and keep their independence and sovereignty. War can bring out the worst in people, but sometimes the very best …
Likes : 34971
Stephen Fry - 32.5K Likes - Not a very prettified pic I’m afraid, but here’s the thing: shopping the other day, I plucked half a dozen eggs from a shelf and only when I got home did I notice they were duck eggs, not hen. On a whim I thought I’d try making mayonnaise with them. Holy quacks, Batman! SO delicious - if you could make a sauce out of Ella Fitzgerald’s voice it would be something like this. Rich, creamy and mesmerisingly delicious. It is (autocorrect or no autocorrect) ducking gorgeous… who knew? Well, you did probably, but it was news to me …

Message ends

32.5K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Not a very prettified pic I’m afraid, but here’s the thing: shopping the other day, I plucked half a dozen eggs from a shelf and only when I got home did I notice they were duck eggs, not hen. On a whim I thought I’d try making mayonnaise with them. Holy quacks, Batman! SO delicious – if you could make a sauce out of Ella Fitzgerald’s voice it would be something like this. Rich, creamy and mesmerisingly delicious. It is (autocorrect or no autocorrect) ducking gorgeous… who knew? Well, you did probably, but it was news to me … Message ends
Likes : 32532
Stephen Fry - 30K Likes - At the Presidential Offices 5 minutes before my meeting with President Zelenskyy - had an amazing conversation. Pictures will follow soon. Naturally I couldn’t take my phone into the inner regions, but there was a photographer and videographer there, so I’ll post when I have received their material

30K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : At the Presidential Offices 5 minutes before my meeting with President Zelenskyy – had an amazing conversation. Pictures will follow soon. Naturally I couldn’t take my phone into the inner regions, but there was a photographer and videographer there, so I’ll post when I have received their material
Likes : 30012
Stephen Fry - 29.4K Likes - Hoping very much that the duck eggs for the mayonnaise I posted about earlier today didn’t come from this …

(via @ravelexi posted on Twitter by @NoContextBrits)

29.4K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Hoping very much that the duck eggs for the mayonnaise I posted about earlier today didn’t come from this … (via @ravelexi posted on Twitter by @NoContextBrits)
Likes : 29433
Stephen Fry - 28K Likes - Quite the most marvellous place - the @barmandictat - warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of - even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises

28K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Quite the most marvellous place – the @barmandictat – warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of – even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises
Likes : 27995
Stephen Fry - 28K Likes - Quite the most marvellous place - the @barmandictat - warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of - even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises

28K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Quite the most marvellous place – the @barmandictat – warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of – even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises
Likes : 27995
Stephen Fry - 28K Likes - Quite the most marvellous place - the @barmandictat - warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of - even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises

28K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Quite the most marvellous place – the @barmandictat – warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of – even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises
Likes : 27995
Stephen Fry - 28K Likes - Quite the most marvellous place - the @barmandictat - warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of - even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises

28K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Quite the most marvellous place – the @barmandictat – warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of – even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises
Likes : 27995
Stephen Fry - 25.2K Likes - I hope the @theqielves will back me up here, but I’m pretty damned sure that it was 20 years ago today that QI first appeared on TV. Miss those lovely elves … and of course my personal puppy, Alan

25.2K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : I hope the @theqielves will back me up here, but I’m pretty damned sure that it was 20 years ago today that QI first appeared on TV. Miss those lovely elves … and of course my personal puppy, Alan
Likes : 25159
Stephen Fry - 22.3K Likes - One for the biblical scholars amongst you.

Anyway, I’m on LOT, the Polish airline, headed east on an exciting (for me at least) adventure. The President’s Office in Ukraine asked if I might undertake hosting duties for a summit on mental health being held in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. I’m on my way there now by various means that I shan’t elaborate on. A great honour to be asked and, in my view, holding such a summit reflects extraordinarily well on the openness, as well as the good sense, of the Ukrainian government. Not a propaganda stunt at all, but a real bringing together of neurologists, social scientists, psychology and those working in mental health trauma. More to come as I approach the destination.

22.3K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : One for the biblical scholars amongst you. Anyway, I’m on LOT, the Polish airline, headed east on an exciting (for me at least) adventure. The President’s Office in Ukraine asked if I might undertake hosting duties for a summit on mental health being held in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. I’m on my way there now by various means that I shan’t elaborate on. A great honour to be asked and, in my view, holding such a summit reflects extraordinarily well on the openness, as well as the good sense, of the Ukrainian government. Not a propaganda stunt at all, but a real bringing together of neurologists, social scientists, psychology and those working in mental health trauma. More to come as I approach the destination.
Likes : 22281
Stephen Fry - 21.7K Likes - When in Barnsley, chew on a Barnsley Chop. When in Bath, nibble a Bath Bun. But I’m in Kyiv, so it has to be Chicken Kyiv…

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Caption : When in Barnsley, chew on a Barnsley Chop. When in Bath, nibble a Bath Bun. But I’m in Kyiv, so it has to be Chicken Kyiv…
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Stephen Fry - 21K Likes - I should think so too, @rspb - apology definitely needed. Choose your words more carefully next time. You now realise, I hope, that you should have said “gutless, shameless liars. Grubby, ruinous liars. Disastrous and destructive liars.” Amend your website accordingly.

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Caption : I should think so too, @rspb – apology definitely needed. Choose your words more carefully next time. You now realise, I hope, that you should have said “gutless, shameless liars. Grubby, ruinous liars. Disastrous and destructive liars.” Amend your website accordingly.
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Stephen Fry - 20.5K Likes - The man himself speaking at the mental health summit in Kyiv today. An incredibly fruitful and inspiring event. Great credit to Olena Zelenska, the First Lady of Ukraine, for devising and creating this. Huge credit to Ukraine itself for understanding that there is strength, not weakness, in acknowledging and addressing the mental health challenges that war brings. Imagine their enemy having such openness and care for their people.

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Caption : The man himself speaking at the mental health summit in Kyiv today. An incredibly fruitful and inspiring event. Great credit to Olena Zelenska, the First Lady of Ukraine, for devising and creating this. Huge credit to Ukraine itself for understanding that there is strength, not weakness, in acknowledging and addressing the mental health challenges that war brings. Imagine their enemy having such openness and care for their people.
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Stephen Fry - 18.6K Likes - A sleeper car from the Polish border to Kyiv. Arriving there now…

18.6K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : A sleeper car from the Polish border to Kyiv. Arriving there now…
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Stephen Fry - 18.5K Likes - A delightful tour of the Kyiv railway station before boarding the sleeper for Poland. They gave me some very charming gifts, including this card - it is wonderful how fond of Jeeves and Wooster they are in Ukraine

18.5K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : A delightful tour of the Kyiv railway station before boarding the sleeper for Poland. They gave me some very charming gifts, including this card – it is wonderful how fond of Jeeves and Wooster they are in Ukraine
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Stephen Fry - 18.5K Likes - A delightful tour of the Kyiv railway station before boarding the sleeper for Poland. They gave me some very charming gifts, including this card - it is wonderful how fond of Jeeves and Wooster they are in Ukraine

18.5K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : A delightful tour of the Kyiv railway station before boarding the sleeper for Poland. They gave me some very charming gifts, including this card – it is wonderful how fond of Jeeves and Wooster they are in Ukraine
Likes : 18476
Stephen Fry - 17.9K Likes - My new book #FrysTies is out tomorrow 👔 Ties are our most distinguished accessory, and each one tells a story - whether floral or fluorescent, striped or spotty. I hope you enjoy discovering the tales behind the ties.

17.9K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : My new book #FrysTies is out tomorrow 👔 Ties are our most distinguished accessory, and each one tells a story – whether floral or fluorescent, striped or spotty. I hope you enjoy discovering the tales behind the ties.
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Stephen Fry - 17.5K Likes - An important day tomorrow. Are you with me in my utter detestation of the soapy horror of this so called “aromatic herb”?

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Caption : An important day tomorrow. Are you with me in my utter detestation of the soapy horror of this so called “aromatic herb”?
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Stephen Fry - 17.4K Likes - The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too.

Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin.

Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company.

It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100  I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. 
Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.

17.4K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too. Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin. Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company. It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100 I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.
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Stephen Fry - 17.4K Likes - The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too.

Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin.

Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company.

It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100  I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. 
Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.

17.4K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too. Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin. Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company. It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100 I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.
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Stephen Fry - 17.4K Likes - The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too.

Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin.

Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company.

It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100  I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. 
Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.

17.4K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too. Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin. Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company. It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100 I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.
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Stephen Fry - 15.7K Likes - It wouldn’t be a family trip without a few breakdowns. Trailer for TREASURE starring @lenadunham and @stephenfryactually drops tomorrow! #TreasureMovie

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Caption : It wouldn’t be a family trip without a few breakdowns. Trailer for TREASURE starring @lenadunham and @stephenfryactually drops tomorrow! #TreasureMovie
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Stephen Fry - 15.3K Likes - Been meaning to clear out that drawer for years… dear me. And that is just a fraction of the old tech that I’ve hoarded. Each seemed so cutting edge and futuristic at the time…

15.3K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Been meaning to clear out that drawer for years… dear me. And that is just a fraction of the old tech that I’ve hoarded. Each seemed so cutting edge and futuristic at the time…
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Stephen Fry - 14.4K Likes - If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.

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Caption : If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.
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Stephen Fry - 14.4K Likes - If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.

14.4K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.
Likes : 14394
Stephen Fry - 14.4K Likes - If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.

14.4K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.
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Stephen Fry - 13.9K Likes - There comes a day in every man’s life when he needs to wear an elephant themed tie. Forward, Fox and Chave. How do they pronounce themselves? The Fox is easy enough, but Chave? Does it rhyme with “shave”, or is it frenchified into shahvay? It can’t be chav surely, a word thankfully well past its sell-by-date.

The company started as a supplier of silk ties to high-street stores, but was bought in 2001 by current managing director Jemima Haddock. I suppose changing the name to Fox and Haddock, delightful and memorable (and easy to pronounce) as it would be, might have led people to suppose it was one of those Frog and Firkin type chain pubs rather than one of the country’s most brilliant and imaginative purveyors of silk ties, scarves and accessories for men and women. The women’s range includes an item called a “silk scrunchie”, which I think might refer to that sphincter-like object my women friends so often leave behind, an elasticated ring that I believe is meant to restrain hair but which, when I find under the kitchen table, in the car’s footwell or between sofa cushions, I use to hold bunches of parsley or stray pencils.

@foxandchave are known for their imaginative use of art and artefacts. If you want a silk Frida Kahlo, Van Gogh, William Morris or Jackson Pollock, it’s the company for you. They do a Kandinsky necktie that is so lovely it’ll make you faint. Or maybe you want a tie or silk square depicting the Bayeux Tapestry or Magna Carta. Their great speciality is providing bespoke ties for the leading museums and art galleries as well as for individual customers. I believe you can upload a picture to their website and they’ll create something silky and delicious just for you. Fine idea for Father’s Day – too late this year, I’m afraid.

Elephants don’t forget and I wear the elephant tie for a very special reason. One that I’ve forgotten.

13.9K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : There comes a day in every man’s life when he needs to wear an elephant themed tie. Forward, Fox and Chave. How do they pronounce themselves? The Fox is easy enough, but Chave? Does it rhyme with “shave”, or is it frenchified into shahvay? It can’t be chav surely, a word thankfully well past its sell-by-date. The company started as a supplier of silk ties to high-street stores, but was bought in 2001 by current managing director Jemima Haddock. I suppose changing the name to Fox and Haddock, delightful and memorable (and easy to pronounce) as it would be, might have led people to suppose it was one of those Frog and Firkin type chain pubs rather than one of the country’s most brilliant and imaginative purveyors of silk ties, scarves and accessories for men and women. The women’s range includes an item called a “silk scrunchie”, which I think might refer to that sphincter-like object my women friends so often leave behind, an elasticated ring that I believe is meant to restrain hair but which, when I find under the kitchen table, in the car’s footwell or between sofa cushions, I use to hold bunches of parsley or stray pencils. @foxandchave are known for their imaginative use of art and artefacts. If you want a silk Frida Kahlo, Van Gogh, William Morris or Jackson Pollock, it’s the company for you. They do a Kandinsky necktie that is so lovely it’ll make you faint. Or maybe you want a tie or silk square depicting the Bayeux Tapestry or Magna Carta. Their great speciality is providing bespoke ties for the leading museums and art galleries as well as for individual customers. I believe you can upload a picture to their website and they’ll create something silky and delicious just for you. Fine idea for Father’s Day – too late this year, I’m afraid. Elephants don’t forget and I wear the elephant tie for a very special reason. One that I’ve forgotten.
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Stephen Fry - 12.9K Likes - A sweetshop of lickable, likeable candy pink ties, all from one maker today … and that maker is Duchamp. Despite the French name the company originated in Suffolk, a county best known for having the good fortune to border Norfolk. Founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs, an ex-buyer for the Mayfair fashion boutique, Browns, Duchamp is headquartered in London where it has established a fine reputation for colourful (as you can see) men’s clothing and accessories. I wore more Duchamp shirts and ties than any other make in my 13 years hosting the BBC programme QI.

The company was named after the French artist Marcel Duchamp because, according  to Jacobs: "Duchamp turned everyday objects into art and I turned everyday icons of men's fashion into wearable art". Duchamp initially specialised in cufflinks and branched in 1992 into ties, and then clothing (shirts, trousers, blazers) in 2011. “There is a nod to chess, musical ideas and gentlemen’s games throughout the product” proclaims the @duchamplondon website. Marcel Duchamp was a keen (and very good) chess player as well as a painter and sculptor.

I have gathered my pinkest and perkiest Duchamps for this midsummer posting, I have many others in more subdued colours, but this selection seemed most suitable for the summer solstice.

For Pic 2 (swipe left) I finally got my hands on the Kandinsky Fox and Chave tie that I so raved about on Thursday. Isn’t it tasty though? I’m grateful for those who told me that before @foxandchave was bought by Jemima Haddock it had been founded by none other than Samantha Fox and Chas & Dave, the latter two fusing their name into Chave. I have strong reasons to believe that my leg was being pulled.

Enjoy the longest day (or shortest, depending on which side of the equator you dress) …

12.9K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : A sweetshop of lickable, likeable candy pink ties, all from one maker today … and that maker is Duchamp. Despite the French name the company originated in Suffolk, a county best known for having the good fortune to border Norfolk. Founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs, an ex-buyer for the Mayfair fashion boutique, Browns, Duchamp is headquartered in London where it has established a fine reputation for colourful (as you can see) men’s clothing and accessories. I wore more Duchamp shirts and ties than any other make in my 13 years hosting the BBC programme QI. The company was named after the French artist Marcel Duchamp because, according to Jacobs: “Duchamp turned everyday objects into art and I turned everyday icons of men’s fashion into wearable art”. Duchamp initially specialised in cufflinks and branched in 1992 into ties, and then clothing (shirts, trousers, blazers) in 2011. “There is a nod to chess, musical ideas and gentlemen’s games throughout the product” proclaims the @duchamplondon website. Marcel Duchamp was a keen (and very good) chess player as well as a painter and sculptor. I have gathered my pinkest and perkiest Duchamps for this midsummer posting, I have many others in more subdued colours, but this selection seemed most suitable for the summer solstice. For Pic 2 (swipe left) I finally got my hands on the Kandinsky Fox and Chave tie that I so raved about on Thursday. Isn’t it tasty though? I’m grateful for those who told me that before @foxandchave was bought by Jemima Haddock it had been founded by none other than Samantha Fox and Chas & Dave, the latter two fusing their name into Chave. I have strong reasons to believe that my leg was being pulled. Enjoy the longest day (or shortest, depending on which side of the equator you dress) …
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Stephen Fry - 12.9K Likes - A sweetshop of lickable, likeable candy pink ties, all from one maker today … and that maker is Duchamp. Despite the French name the company originated in Suffolk, a county best known for having the good fortune to border Norfolk. Founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs, an ex-buyer for the Mayfair fashion boutique, Browns, Duchamp is headquartered in London where it has established a fine reputation for colourful (as you can see) men’s clothing and accessories. I wore more Duchamp shirts and ties than any other make in my 13 years hosting the BBC programme QI.

The company was named after the French artist Marcel Duchamp because, according  to Jacobs: "Duchamp turned everyday objects into art and I turned everyday icons of men's fashion into wearable art". Duchamp initially specialised in cufflinks and branched in 1992 into ties, and then clothing (shirts, trousers, blazers) in 2011. “There is a nod to chess, musical ideas and gentlemen’s games throughout the product” proclaims the @duchamplondon website. Marcel Duchamp was a keen (and very good) chess player as well as a painter and sculptor.

I have gathered my pinkest and perkiest Duchamps for this midsummer posting, I have many others in more subdued colours, but this selection seemed most suitable for the summer solstice.

For Pic 2 (swipe left) I finally got my hands on the Kandinsky Fox and Chave tie that I so raved about on Thursday. Isn’t it tasty though? I’m grateful for those who told me that before @foxandchave was bought by Jemima Haddock it had been founded by none other than Samantha Fox and Chas & Dave, the latter two fusing their name into Chave. I have strong reasons to believe that my leg was being pulled.

Enjoy the longest day (or shortest, depending on which side of the equator you dress) …

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Caption : A sweetshop of lickable, likeable candy pink ties, all from one maker today … and that maker is Duchamp. Despite the French name the company originated in Suffolk, a county best known for having the good fortune to border Norfolk. Founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs, an ex-buyer for the Mayfair fashion boutique, Browns, Duchamp is headquartered in London where it has established a fine reputation for colourful (as you can see) men’s clothing and accessories. I wore more Duchamp shirts and ties than any other make in my 13 years hosting the BBC programme QI. The company was named after the French artist Marcel Duchamp because, according to Jacobs: “Duchamp turned everyday objects into art and I turned everyday icons of men’s fashion into wearable art”. Duchamp initially specialised in cufflinks and branched in 1992 into ties, and then clothing (shirts, trousers, blazers) in 2011. “There is a nod to chess, musical ideas and gentlemen’s games throughout the product” proclaims the @duchamplondon website. Marcel Duchamp was a keen (and very good) chess player as well as a painter and sculptor. I have gathered my pinkest and perkiest Duchamps for this midsummer posting, I have many others in more subdued colours, but this selection seemed most suitable for the summer solstice. For Pic 2 (swipe left) I finally got my hands on the Kandinsky Fox and Chave tie that I so raved about on Thursday. Isn’t it tasty though? I’m grateful for those who told me that before @foxandchave was bought by Jemima Haddock it had been founded by none other than Samantha Fox and Chas & Dave, the latter two fusing their name into Chave. I have strong reasons to believe that my leg was being pulled. Enjoy the longest day (or shortest, depending on which side of the equator you dress) …
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Caption : You might think this strange, but you might consider downloading one of the Ukraine air raid alert apps. The persistence and regularity with which they go off (you can switch off the noisy siren element and just have it notify you) is a good reminder of what the people of Ukraine are going through every day. Air Alert! is one app, Air Alarm Ukraine another.
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