I guess lego is a hobby actually

but no golf or anything

If he is into Wine this is a nice coffee table book

Inside Bordeaux by Jane Anson | Berry Bros. & Rudd (bbr.com)

well he likes to drink wine but I wouldn't say he has opinions on it per se

hm this does look classy tho, thanks

commission an oil painting of them.

ideally riding a horse / killing a dragon

Subscription to Razzle.

Tickets to the Lions match at Murrayfield

(Especially useful for someone turning 40 who is into legal.)

LEGO.  FVCK.

Peri, you're doing lego wrong...

A pack of lateral flow tests?

Lego?

If he supports a football team, get the Lego stadium - they are epic.

If not, some of the star wars stuff looks good.

"If he supports a football team, get the Lego stadium - they are epic"

You would have to hate the wife for this to be ok 

'Sider, don't knock it til you've tried it. 

Food and wine hamper. 
cheese gift (Paxton and whitfield)

voucher or promise of a meal somewhere lovely 

Speaking as a 40 something man I prefer events to things as gifts.

A Cameo message from his fave celeb

events are so potentially miserable these days tho

heh!@qe

true but something for the future would be a thing to look forward to.    A booking at a restaurant he has always wanted to visit or for a sporting event or something (although may of course be out of your budget I appreciate)

I was being serious...!

you can get these video cards with a little screen which are v cool that u can upload it to

I don’t recall how old I am anymore but I recall at an age I regarded as a milestone, the ex girlfriend flew me off to a city I had no interest in but she was excited to visit 
 

she treated me a dinner of all her favourite food: seafood. Oysters, mussels, crab the plate was piled high. I am at best impartial to this and generally am not a fan of shellfish particularly when they come served virtually alive and with the faces and eyes and antenna. And then you have to get the sh1tbags out of the things

so I barely ate anything and smiled pleasantly about how tasty and wonderful it all was

then in the middle of the night as I turned the eventful age, we both experienced severe vomiting and diarrhoea 

one bathroom and we both sh1t ourselves whilst the other was suffering in the toilet 

sometimes we would start vomiting at the smell of the other person’s vomit 

the birthday day itself was spent crippled in bed and in and out taking turns in the bathroom at day

we both lost sexual attraction for each other permanently and broke up 2 months later

so I wouldn’t do that idea

If going all out, might I suggest a home office in the garden aka shed for work?

One of those holidays in Germany where you go and drive cars around race tracks or stretches of the autobahn without a speed limit?

A dog?

(just joking DO NOT GET HIM A DOG)

Cameo from Farridge

he actually wants a cat but I think one needs to pick one's own cat

events are so potentially miserable these days tho

It doesn't have to be something where you accompany him.

Budget ?????

I would spend a couple of hundred for something really good as it's a big one

Heh @ 2 months later

Elemis men’s pro collagen marine cream.  Got some for my 42nd in December and it’s kept me looking just 41.  By the end of the year I expect to look 40.

oh I have that but for ladies

I think my favourite sub-£200 40th present was a Tamiya Hornet with a couple of upgrades. 

The first time I put my Elemis on my eye wrinkles went ooooohhhhhjhjhhhjjjhhh

Grim re biggies bday. Take heart clergs can never be that bad.

Get him a drone to play with.