INTERVIEWS
Heard the one about the 20-something female stand-up comedian’s first gig when the promoter told her if she wanted another performance, she would have to give him oral sex?
Author and journalist Julia Raeside has. It was at the Edinburgh Fringe three years ago, where she sat in a dark room with 40 people, listening to a young woman talk about the time her new boss used his power in an attempt to intimidate and sexually coerce her.
When Amy Poon opens her first permanent restaurant, Poon’s at Somerset House in London, next week, she won’t be behind the pass. “I’m not a chef, I’m not a restaurateur,” the 52-year-old says, laughing. “I’m not sure what I am. Which sounds like an existential crisis.”
Hugo Burge has big plans for Marchmont House and its estate. 'The Paladin mansion was built on the Scottish Borders in 1750 by the third earl of Marchmont. It contains some of the finest Georgian and Arts and Crafts interiors in Scotland, the latter designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, the acclaimed proponent of the movement in the country.
The Blairs hired her for a reason': what it's like being trained by Carole Caplin on FaceTime
Instantly recognisable as the woman who dominated the headlines in 2002, her unique workout method is flawless
The three-Michelin-starred chef heads to Borough Market to buy Stilton and sniffs the flowers at Chelsea Physic Garden
The co-founder of the luggage brand Away talks sustainability with supermodels in Paris and celebrates success over Old Fashioneds in San Francisco
The natural-beauty pioneer led the global “farm-to-face” movement with her much-lauded skincare brand that eschews synthetic ingredients
The master perfumer concludes his list of likes with the dangerously delicious chocolate almonds, shopping in Knightsbridge and Seville’s Feria de Abril
David McCourt, the founder and CEO of Granahan McCourt Capital, breaks bread with Spike Lee in LA, eats spaghetti amatriciana in London and closes deals at the 21 Club in New York
The long-time master of refined contemporary French gastronomy continues to be one of the most revered Michelin-starred chefs in the world, with 28 restaurants to his name
The jewellery maven, who previously designed for Graff, Cartier and Fabergé, has brought a modern vibrancy to Garrard during her tenure as creative director
The jewellery designer concludes her list of likes with her style inspiration Grace Coddington, the medieval towers of San Gimignano and shopping in the King’s Road
The former US diplomat is co-founder of Omorovicza, which uses the healing waters of Budapest’s thermal springs in its skincare
The co-founder of Omorovicza concludes her list of likes with the attractions of Budapest, seafood on the Amalfi Coast and reflexology
The French restaurateur, who received no formal training, holds more Michelin stars than any other female chef – her seventh for London’s La Dame de Pic, which opened last year.
The CEO of Barclays Wealth & Investments UK shares aged sirloin steaks with fund managers in London and steamed pork buns with clients and colleagues in Hong Kong
The celebrated seafood connoisseur has five restaurants, including outposts in Cornwall, London and Dubai, and a constellation of Michelin stars
The world-renowned hair colourist travels the globe for his elite clientele and has a salon and boutique on Paris’s Rue Bachaumont
The artistic director of Asprey continues his list of likes with shopping in Stockholm, Steve McQueen’s style and the graphic art of Ed Ruscha
The man behind the By Kilian fragrance brand continues his list of likes with Klimt, chocolatiers and The Connaught
The CEO of Citroën builds business relationships over côte de boeuf in Paris, seafood in London and Peking duck in Beijing
The Savile Row-trained designer rounds up her list of likes with Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, shopping on the Left Bank and the artist Agnes Martin
The Melbourne-born chef and food writer’s legendary brunches are served at his Granger & Co restaurants in Sydney, Tokyo, Seoul and London’s Notting Hill, Clerkenwell and King’s Cross
The Swiss-born perfumer was made house perfumer at Guerlain in 2008, a role previously held by members of the Guerlain family
The granddaughter of Estée Lauder is the founder of Aerin, a global luxury lifestyle brand of beauty products, fashion accessories and home décor collections
The Sisley vice president concludes her list of likes with Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, The River Café and London’s Pimlico Road
The UK-based Turkish Cypriot conceptual fashion designer combines precision tailoring and technical innovation to elegantly minimalistic effect
I'm a successful self-made businesswoman, yet I only learned to read and write at 14 After surviving her unreliable mother's myriad bad choices and violent boyfriend, TRACEY WOODWARD vowed to make a better life for herself. And now she is helping others to escape similarly difficult circumstances
When the managing director of MediaCom Claudine Collins discovered she had breast cancer, she had what could be considered an unusual reaction. She told us, “My consultant said you are going to need an operation. So I looked at my diary and said ‘OK how about the 15th of January next year.’ It was October. He firmly said no and booked her in for treatment the following week. “Looking back, I was in denial and literally didn’t believe it because I had no symptoms.”
“I had just started at artistic director at Garrard in September 2012, and in early November I was going on my first work trip with my then CEO to Doha to meet the partners out there — it was a big deal. The night before I left I found a lump in my left breast. You are told breast cancer is usually a pea-sized lump that is unmovable, but it wasn’t like that — it was flat but quite big and noticeable”
In 1960, Astrid Kirchherr walked into the Kaiserkeller bar in Hamburg. Her friends had told her about a new band from Liverpool, the Beatles. On seeing them, “my whole life changed in a couple of minutes,” she says. They became friends, despite the Liverpudlians having no German and Kirchherr no English. The 22-year-old photographer took some of the first shots of the original line-up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Pete Best and Stuart Sutcliffe. “They were absolutely sweet and fantastic looking and had a lot of humour,” she says. She fell for Sutcliffe: “It was love at first sight. I thought, ‘Jesus Christ, he looks fantastic.’”
The self-taught scent maestro launched Jo Loves in 2011, 12 years after selling Jo Malone London, the kitchen-table business that burgeoned into a multimillion-pound brand
Model and founder of the Naked Heart Foundation Natalia Vodianova is campaigning to transform the lives of children with special needs in Russia
The Russian model concludes her list of likes with the view from her Paris balcony, Chelsea Clinton’s It’s Your World and the best burger in LA
Pierre Hardy’s eponymous line is loved for its sculptural shoes and colour-block bags. Last year he celebrated 25 years as Hermès creative director of shoes
The French designer concludes his list of likes with the elegance of La Nouvelle Vague, cake and caviar in Le Marais, and BLTs and Bloody Marys in the West Village
Slovenian-born jewellery and accessories designer Lara Bohinc trained in industrial design and brings a beguiling sculptural modernity to her pieces
The jewellery and accessories designer concludes her list of likes with vintage kimonos, The Beaumont hotel and Berlin