Tag: London

  • Uggie

    Uggie

    Born in 2002, this Jack Russell has starred in Mr. Fix It, Water for Elephants and The Artist. Whether he’s sat on a bar stool in London with our good friend Alexandra Abrahams or winning a Palm Dog Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, this talented little pooch is deservedly film’s top dog.

  • The Hon. Drummond Money-Coutts (AKA “DMC”)

    The Hon. Drummond Money-Coutts (AKA “DMC”)

    Drummond Money-CouttsDrummond Money-Coutts is an English magician and card sharp whose name could also be taken to mean “Bank Money Bank”. One of the Coutts family, Money-Coutts shares his Christian name with Drummonds Bank and is the grandson of Lord “Bill” Deedes, the inspiration for Evelyn Waugh’s William Boot. He has performed for HM The Queen, holds private residences at Annabel’s and George and even has a pair of slippers named after him.

     

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  • Jonathan Yeo

    Jonathan Yeo

    There is barely anyone this contemporary portraist hasn’t painted. George W. Bush, David Cameron, Minnie Driver, Prince Philip, Paris Hilton and Rupert Murdoch all number amongst his subjects. The son of Conservative politician Tim Yeo, he’s now made it his mission to poke fun at the politicians and personalities he depicts and even went as far as to describe Tony Blair as a “tacit co-conspirator.”

  • Claus Von Bülow

    Claus Von Bülow

    Tried twice for the attempted murder of his wife, Sunny, who remained in a vegetative state for some 28 years, this socialite and writer has the most mischievous of wits. Subject of the Golden Globe award winning film Reversal of Fortune starring Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close, this distinguished gent is also renowned for telling macabre jokes.

  • Gary Hazell

    Gary Hazell

    This gent has a knowledge of spirits second to none, but he’s now also found a new vocation with his “tales by the riverbank” blog. He’s passionate about fishing and cars but also used to run an antiques shop in Sussex. If you want to go fishing, Gary’s the man to go with.

  • Alexander Fiske-Harrison

    Alexander Fiske-Harrison

    An Englishman who also happens to be a bullfighter, actor and writer. (more…)

  • Damian Lewis

    Damian Lewis

    Old Etonian whose performance as U.S. Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody in Homeland has charmed even President Obama. Married to actress Helen McCrory,  he’s also played Jeffrey Archer and been a host of the BBC’s Have I Got News For You. Through his passion for Liverpool Football Club, he convinced Kenny Dalglish to get involved in Ellen Perry’s 2011 film Will.

  • Anna-Louise Felstead (AKA Anna Wilson)

    Anna-Louise Felstead (AKA Anna Wilson)

    Anna-Louise Felstead jets between Monaco, Pebble Beach and the Nurburgring chronicling cars and those involved in motorsports. She relocated from London to New York in 2013 and appeared with her sister, Binky, in Made in Chelsea New York in September 2014. Exhibited in venues as varied as McLaren’s One Hyde Park showroom and Catherine Walker’s boutique on Fulham Road, “A-L” or Anna Wilson, as she’s also known, is also well renowned for cooking up the meanest of Sunday roasts.

     

  • Sir David Frost, Kt., OBE (1939 – 2013)

    Sir David Frost, Kt., OBE (1939 – 2013)

    Married to the daughter of the 17th Duke of Norfolk, Lady Carina Fitzalan-Howard, Sir David Frost was the only person to have interviewed eight serving British Prime Ministers and seven US presidents in office. (more…)

  • Cara Delevingne

    Cara Delevingne

    Having followed in the footsteps of her sister, Poppy, into a career in modeling, this Burberry muse became one of the hottest commodities of 2012. She describes herself as a “professional human being” on Twitter and “likes eyebrows and playing the drums”. She had a small part in the 2012 film adaptation of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina.