Interview with Peter Bellerby, founder of Bellerby & Co.
One could say that it must be more destiny than coincidence that less than 10 miles north-west of Greenwich – the globally recognised ‘0’ meridian – and the British Maritime Museum, housing the…
An Interview with Jason Kirk, joint owner of eyewear company Kirk & Kirk.
If eyes are the windows of the soul, glasses should window-dress them perfectly… and this definitely echoes the ethos of Kirk & Kirk, who believe that a pair of glasses should be above…
Interview with Michael Hill, MD of handmade tie and accessories firm Drake’s
I am not a fashionista; trends may come and go (usually over my head – metaphorically rather than literally speaking), however, I have always had an interest in good clothes, a discerning appreciation…
Interview with Janus Cooper, Director of Tetrad; classic British handcrafted furniture.
Sumptuous in looks and comfort, classically elegant and built to last the tests of time, as well as the fickleness of fashion, a Tetrad piece looks equally at home in a medieval baronial…
Interview with Éric Tourneret, world-renowned bee photographer.
The humble honey bee is a familiarly comforting sight on a warm sunny spring day, when for the first time, in what seems like an age, there seems to be real warmth in…
Interview with Mark Hogarth, Creative Director of Harris Tweed Hebrides.
“Loom for sale with one bedroom house”, that is how important Clò Mòr, Gaelic for ‘The Big Cloth’, is in The Outer Hebrides – the hand-loom, the means of weaving Harris Tweed, this…
Interview with John Hunter Lobb, Chairman of John Lobb.
It could almost be a fairy tale… ‘Once upon a time, a crippled young country cordwainer from Cornwall called John Lobb sought his fortune in the city of London, only to be spurned…
Interview with Kieran Molloy, Joint Owner of Molloy & Sons, weavers of Donegal Tweed.
The raw drama of the landscape, the mountains and moorland, the sea and sky, of the north western-most tip of the Republic of Ireland, County Donegal, is mirrored in the natural beauty of…
Interview with Grace Horne, founder of Grace Horne Knives.
Knives and knife-making have traditionally been seen as a male domain – with knives being perceived, in popular culture, as weapons, or symbols of aggression. However, the knife to most of us is…
Interview with Simon Cundey, MD and co-owner of Henry Poole & Co.
Situated in the heart of Mayfair, sartorial Savile Row, a short yet iconic street, often shortened by those in the know to simply ‘The Row’, is a prestigious trading address that has seen…
