CELEBRATED FOR HIS QUIRKY TWIST ON TRADITIONAL BRITISH STYLE, DESIGNER PAUL SMITH HAS CONQUERED JAPAN AND PLANS TO SPREAD HIS FASHION EMPIRE INTO RUSSIA AND CHINA. HE PUTS HIS SUCCESS DOWN TO HIS EARTHY, NO-NONSENSE ATTITUDE AND STAYING TRUE TO HIS DREAM...
SKYE GYNGELL FLICKS HER BLONDE PONYTAIL and tucks her feet under her legs on the long bench. “I don’t know how we’ve done it here. I guess it’s something to do with the fact it’s so beautiful...
ALI HEWSON, THE WIFE OF U2 STAR BONO, IS CHANGING THE IMAGE OF ETHICAL FASHION WITH A SLICK NEW COLLECTION AND BACKING FROM FRENCH LUXURY EMPIRE LVMH...
TUG ON YOUR CLOCHE HAT AND LET THE ABSINTH FLOW. IN BERLIN THE ROARING TWENTIES ARE BACK WITH A BANG...
IT’S A SMALL, DRY OASIS AT THE FOOT OF THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS AND ONE OF THE MOST COLOURFULLY EXOTIC PLACES ON EARTH ...
After her unexpected rise to the throne, Jordan’s Queen Rania has come into her own as a wife, mother, author and humanitarian, working tirelessly to bridge the cultural divide between the Arab and Western worlds...
THIS IS THE WAY TO MEET MICK JAGGER. WE’RE IN CANNES, SITTING TOGETHER ON THE ROOFTOP OF A FIVE-STAR HOTEL, OVERLOOKING THE CRYSTAL-BLUE MEDITERRANEAN WATERS OF THE FRENCH RIVIERA. AND WHO SAID A ROCK STAR’S LIFE WASN’T GLAMOROUS? STILL, JAGGER’S NOT ONE TO FLAUNT IT. TODAY, THE 67-YEAR-OLD FROM DARTFORD IS SPORTING GREY FLANNELS, A BLUE-AND-WHITE CHECKED SHIRT AND A PAIR OF CHEAP AND CHEERFUL TRAINERS YOUR DAD MIGHT BUY. BUT UNDOUBTEDLY THE LEAD SINGER WITH THE ROLLING STONES IS STILL THE ULTIMATE ROCK STAR. WHO ARE THE CHALLENGERS? U2’S BONO?...
ANNE HATHAWAY POSSESSES A MESMERISING BEAUTY. When we meet over lunch, she’s not wearing any make-up. With Bambi eyes, velvety skin and voluptuous lips, she is luminous in the pale, wintry light – and, unlike many Hollywood actresses, just as beautiful in the flesh. “Stop it,” she screams, laughing, hands over her face when I tell her how gorgeous she looks. She flushes and swigs furiously from her glass of water: perfect comic timing sprinkled with modesty....
As national institutions go, Tony Benn is definitely one of our most treasured. From drawing the hard-to-please rock ’n’ roll masses at Glastonbury to appearing in Vogue and being mates with glamorous celebs like Saffron Burrows, he is that rare politician whose appeal stretches across the demographics — young, old, rich, poor. He has always been a man of the people and probably more synonymous with good old-fashioned British socialism than anyone since George Orwell. Benn has been a high-profile figure in this country’s political life for over 50 years....