Here are some photos of his latest (though temporary) acquisition. It's a very fine moleskin top hat of unknown vintage, made by royal hatters Woodrow of Westmoreland Street and once owned by someone called Les (or of course more sensibly, someone whose initials were L.E.S.).
The best bit is that it comes in a beautiful leather hat box, lined with red velvet that even has secret compartments for love notes and what not.
The other best bit is that the hat belongs to John Boorman, director of such pieces of celluloid gold as this:
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