Thursday, March 28, 2024

CREATIVES

Will and Calum Thompson (AKA “The Eat Wild Boys”)

Pictured with country sports PR guru Claire Zambuni, the Gloucestershire born co-founders of Eat Wild – Will and Calum Thompson – can be credited with shaking up how game is cooked. Stars of...

Arthur Woodham

Born on Christmas Day 1927, Arthur Woodham is famed for his eponymous café in Kingsland Road, Dalston. Living by routine with his family at premises they’ve owned and operated since 1935, this true Londoner...

Hannah Wick

Despite having suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI), Herefordshire born Hannah Wick displays passion and gusto that’s hard to find. A former buyer at Harvey Nichols, London based Wick now blogs about “Wickles’ wonderful...

Tom Read Wilson

Berkshire born singer, actor and sports massage therapist Tom Read Wilson described himself as “a cultural throwback” when he appeared on the BBC show The Voice in February 2016. Though the judges failed to...

Nicholas Campbell

The founder of Narcissus Arts began his career at Haunch of Venison, White Cube and Christie’s. Educated at Oxford Brookes and the cousin of the model Edie Campbell, Pimlico based Nicholas Campbell was described...

Daniel Lismore

Described by Vogue as “England’s most eccentric dresser”, Daniel Lismore refers to himself as a “living work of art”. He is the creative director of the London based atelier Sorapol, has over 9,200 followers...

Nina Griscom

On her Instagram handle “femme fatale” Nina Griscom describes herself as a “handbag designer, blogger, TV host, writer and lifestyle expert”. Her website adds more and explains this Barnard College, New York educated “uptown...

Kiel James Patrick and Sarah Vickers

Described as the “preppiest man on Instagram” and a “young Ralph Lauren”, Rhode Island native Kiel James Patrick and his wife Sarah Vickers claim to “design the American dream”. Having founded a clothing and...

John Patrick Hannan

In January 2015, Irish born John Patrick Hannan became the world’s most elusive fugitive after having spent 60 years on the run. Jailed for car theft and assaulting two police officers for 21 months...

Ellen Perry

Award-winning film director, producer and writer Ellen Perry made her name with her brilliantly insightful documentary film The Fall of Fujimori in 2005. Aside from having won accolades galore for that, this talented Californian...

Max Whitlock (nicknamed “Maxi”)

Hemel Hempstead born gymnast Max Whitlock performed a spectacular dance routine on a piano at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards in 2015 and became the first British male World Gymnastics Champion...

Kelly Killoren Bensimon

Illinois born and New York based Kelly Killoren Bensimon describes herself as a “mother, model, author and equestrian”. A Playboy cover girl in 2010, Killoren Bensimon blogs as #KKBLOVES, has over 188,000 followers on...

Sam Hoare

Eton and University of Edinburgh educated actor and director Sam Hoare has appeared in everything from Eastenders and Blandings to Captain America. Surprisingly he has under 400 followers on Twitter and in July 2015...

Mollie Ruprecht Acquavella (née Mollie Ruprecht)

New York based fashionista, tastemaker and 1stdibs editor Mollie Ruprecht married art dealer Alex Acquavella in August 2015 in St Barths. The daughter of William F. Ruprecht, CEO of Sotheby’s between 2000 and 2014,...

Lee Miller (Lady Penrose, born Elizabeth Miller, 1907 – 1977)

One of the only female professional photographers accredited as an official US war correspondent during World War II, Lee Miller was photographed sitting in Hitler’s very own bathtub in Munich on the day he...

Ted Richards

Having removed his ears, had 110 tattoos, 50 piercings and a split tongue, parrot obsessive Ted Richards told The Sun of his desire to find a surgeon prepared to turn his nose into a...

Lauren Santo Domingo (née Lauren Davis)

Described by The New York Observer as one of the “100 most influential New Yorker’s of the last twenty-five years”, Lauren Santo Domingo is a mother of two and the wife of a Colombian...

Austin Swift

Austin Swift, the younger brother of Taylor Swift, has found his own success as a photographer.A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and just 2.5 years younger than his famous sibling, Swift’s images...

Jackie Collins OBE (born Jacqueline Collins, 1937 – 2015)

The younger sister of the diva-esque actress Joan Collins, “Queen of the Bonkbuster” Jackie Collins wrote 32 novels and sold over 500 million books during her lifetime. Twice married and a mother of three,...

Todd Traina

San Francisco born film producer and lover of lunches at Chateau Marmont Todd Traina is a graduate of Connecticut College. The founder of Red Rover Films, Traina has worked with Bruce Willis and Samuel...

Victoria Pendleton CBE (married name Victoria Gardner)

Having triumphed on two wheels, controversial champion cyclist Victoria Pendleton turned her attention to competitive action involving four legs in August 2015 and came second as an amateur jockey in the Betfair Novice Flat Amateur...

Francesco Carrozzini

Born in Monza, Italy in 1982, Los Angeles and New York based photographer and director Francesco Carrozzini has worked with everyone from Tony Blair and Ban Ki-Moon to Justin Bieber and Kanye West. He...

Christopher Mason

A somewhat eccentric British-American transplant, Christopher Mason describes himself as an author, journalist, photographer, singer-songwriter and television presenter. Cambridge University educated and an expert on the Sotheby’s-Christie’s price fixing scandal, Mason also performed a...

Zac Posen

New York born and of Jewish descent, fashion designer Zac Posen claims to be “totally unattached to material items” yet considers “people who devote themselves to a life of style admirable”. Posen studied...

Alex Wyndham

Winchester and Oxford educated actor Alex Wyndham came to public attention after playing Antoine ‘Wani’ Ouradi in the BBC’s adaptation of The Line of Beauty in 2006 and as Gaius Cilnius Maecenas in Rome in...

Bonnie Lee Bakley (1956 – 2001)

Ten times married (officially) and a mother of four, New Jersey born Bonnie Lee Bakley wanted to be famous but instead ended up being shot dead in the car of the In Cold Blood...

Dominique Dunne (1959 – 1982)

Born in Santa Monica, California and the daughter of the writer and investigate journalist Dominick Dunne and his ranching heiress wife Ellen Griffin Dunne, Dominique Dunne would likely have become an acting great.   Her early...

Brendan Jay Sullivan

A former sidekick of Lady Gaga, New York based bartender turned DJ and author Brendan Jay Sullivan wrote a memoir of his time with her in 2013 titled Rivington Was Ours: Lady Gaga, the...

Gino D’Acampo

Though his middle name is ‘Sheffield’, television chef Gino D’Acampo was actually born in Torre del Greco in Italy. Twice incarcerated – once for two years for burgling the home of the singer Paul Young...

Edward Holcroft

Named the “UK’s star of tomorrow” by Screen Daily in 2014, Edward Holcroft has also been described as “a remarkable actor, a remarkable man” by fellow actor Mark Rylance.Aside from appearing in Kingsman: The...

Gillian Clarke (1941 – 2015)

The late daughter of schoolteachers from Sidcup, Kent and a mother of two, Gillian Clarke met her Conservative politician husband Kenneth at Cambridge in 1963. A redoubtable “rock” to her husband and “gracious hostess”,...

Francesco Macera

Naples born Francesco Macera found fame in London whilst working at Frankie Dettori’s restaurant, Sette. Here, aside from showing great skills as a cocktail barman, this friendly Italian regularly entertained guests with spectacular magical...