Cond Nast London The Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street London, WC2N 6HT, United Kingdom The legendary fashion editor Hamish Bowles has been appointed as the new Editor in Chief of Cond Nast's title, World of Interiors. Right Here, Right Now with Rupert Thomas of The World of Interiors. Socialist, royalist, show-off, shy in life and in his fiction, Alan Bennett is a bundle of contradictions. Stimulating, occasionally heavy duty, delightful and testing in equal measure, Robert asked us to work as a team and we set about recording five of his own houses and several others he had created for exceptional clients he particularly loved, in England, France and the Caribbean. Jessica Hayns, a 26-year veteran who as creative director oversees the fabric and furniture shoots, was formerly a textile designer. That is true of me, I think. Making rooms seem as venerable as they are comfortable requires a skill and sensibility far beyond the reach of most decorators. THE WORLD OF INTERIORS von HOGG, Min / THOMAS, Rupert(ed) und eine groe Auswahl hnlicher Bcher, Kunst und Sammlerstcke erhltlich auf AbeBooks.de. Though I prefer shine. Nicholas Coleridge, the outgoing chairman of Cond Nast Britain, recently published a memoir about the 30-year golden period for magazines, beginning in the 1980s, when ad revenue and circulation climbed year after year and editors brimmed with creative gusto. It seems to me that they are more forgiving of one another. Either through loyalty or innate conservatism or a bit of both, Hytner has directed all Bennetts recent plays and films, and his professional relationships are exceptionally enduring: his diaries and essays are almost invariably published in the LRB, edited by Mary-Kay Wilmers, a former neighbour in Camden Town, another of the knockers-through. Would it have had the same kitschy quality as, say, a mug of Charles and Diana? Categories. . We offer a range of tours for visitors and from 4th May to 4th June 2023 we are delighted to introduce an exhibition of works by the ceramicist Simon Pettet curated by Rupert Thomas, former editor of The World of Interiors. Rupert Thomas, editor of The World of Interiors Magazine with Gemma at our showroom at Design Centre Chelsea Harbourour Most Inspiring Showroom that. Recently, its been The Shepherds Life, a memoir of farming in the Lake District by James Rebanks (a very good book). They're serious and thorough, but can be off-puttingly dry. It is certainly among his most beautiful. Lord of the light box: Rupert Thomas, the editor in chief of The World of Interiors, at the magazines office in London. His huge artistic and historical knowledge, well-travelled curiosity, and passion for early furniture and antique fabrics was at the root of his skill of bringing rooms to life. That began to go, I hope., Bennett has written that he gave Guy Burgess some of his own sentiments in his one-act play and film about the spy, An Englishman Abroad lines such as: I can say I love London. Since 1981, The World of Interiors has documented the rich diversity of ways in which we live, showcasing the stylish and the unexpected as well as applauding individuality. So much of Robert was about atmosphere whether perceived in an object, a house, a room, painting or person. He leaves a huge void but also a wonderful legacy which lives on. In the film the author is trapped between the demands of two elderly women: his mother, declining up in Yorkshire, and Miss Shepherd, whose unruly presence tests the liberal principles of the new generation of artists, television people and journalists who, Bennett among them, had moved into Camden Town and done up the big old Victorian villas there (the knockers-through, Bennett has called them). Binders of rooms: Mr. Thompson looks over layouts for an upcoming issue. The World of Interiors. It takes about 45 minutes. Find out about Rupert Thomas's family tree, family history, ancestry, ancestors, genealogy, relationships and affairs! in the London Review Of Books each January, he gave last year at Kings College, Cambridge. Who expects to one day live in the Queen Mothers former residence? It enjoys a semi-indie status among our titles, said Albert Read, the managing director of Cond Nast Britain. Personally, I find that the pen I use - a Waterman (pictured) - makes my handwriting look rather calligraphic and elegant. His compositions involve site, landscape, architecture, spatial sequence, historical reference, texture, material, colour, and function. In retrospect, it might seem as though it was humanitarian, but the larger part was pure selfishness., He says its exactly the same with a robin that nested this spring in the garden. He talks about the totalitarian Tories, why he doesnt go to the theatre, and a lifetime of being contrary. But Clarence House, the official residence of King Charles III when Prince of Wales, was the most prestigious. Even now, I find myself going to Vivienne Westwood and buying 'drunken' trousers that are lop-sided. Those who pay for it know it. He lays out the whole shoot from England from that series of photographs. Their first meeting was in a restaurant in Primrose Hill, and Bennett spent much of the dinner explaining the area to him. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The World of Interiors is headquartered at Vogue House, Hanover Square, W1S 1JU. The positives of negatives: in a digital world, this is the rare magazine that continues to use film. In my case, coming out about what? in life and in his fiction, Alan Bennett is a bundle of contradictions. Rupert Thomas. They did it twice and the first time I slightly messed it up though since the lines were in French hardly anyone knew. Robert was frequently asked by his customers to decorate their houses. At the French fairs the dealer from Lyon would hold him rapt with her secret stock of ancient ragged fragments, hinting at a mysterious history. All together this acts as a kind of alchemy. He has announced that he will also be remaining as global-editor-at-large at American Vogue, where he has worked since 1992. We still commission on film, said Mr. Thomas, a note of pride in his voice. Theres something about it that does not feel throwaway. Jennings does a lovely version of the writer, a role he first took in 2012 in another Bennett play, Cocktail Sticks, at the National Theatre. The design is low-key, almost academic, without gimmicky typeface or colors pushed so that everything looks Disney fake. Since 2000, it was edited by Rupert Thomas, who had been the deputy editor since 1997. a cover quite as eye-popping as this current one by Donatella Versace," writes Rupert Thomas, editor of The World of Interiors, . Every crop of every picture. Twenty-five-year Vogue veteran Hamish Bowles has been tapped to lead the editorial team at The World of Interiors, and will become the magazine's third editor in its 40-year history when he assumes the role in January, Curbed reports. I visit on the day Jeremy Corbyn gives his first speech as Labour leader to the party conference; I ask Bennett if he caught any of it. Innes was exactly what was good about the BBC. For the Nationals 50th anniversary gala in 2013, he performed an excerpt from The History Boys, in which he took on the part of the wayward teacher Hector, originally played by the late Richard Griffiths. Pigeonholed. As he drove his car they would ring him as something he had spotted came up and he would bid as he went along, always clear as to exactly what he was prepared to pay. Magazine Editor. I'm interested in things that are outmoded and forgotten. Mr. Thomas grew up in public housing in north London (his mother was a costumer) and joined the staff of The World of Interiors as a junior editor in 1992, after working for the art-book publishers Thames & Hudson and Dorling Kindersley. Full name. But we were never like that, he said. Glamour, Seventeen, Vibe, Self and Playboy have either retreated from print altogether or appear on newsstands infrequently. Right here at FameChain. If he wasnt a magazine editor, you could imagine him teaching the Bloomsbury Group to students at a gently rundown art school. Bringing style to an empty space is relatively easy; imbuing it with soul and a sense of history is far more complicated. In a very weird way, by being willfully noncommercial, weve made ourselves more commercial. He loved the Irish furniture he found whilst driving through West Cork. Education. I tell him I still dont understand why Miss Shepherd ended up in his driveway; for years, visitors to the house were obliged to sidle past her parked van. To submit comments, suggestions, or other inquiries related to digital editorial content, reach out to donna.salek@condenast.co.uk, and for print-related queries, ariadne.fletcher@condenast.co.uk. It took just one week but also a lifetime of looking and collecting. Guidebooks I first became aware of Pevsner's architectural guides when I was an undergraduate at the Courtauld Institute. Mr. Thomas showed off what would be his office, had he chosen to sit apart from his staff and not at a cluttered desk alongside them following the example set by his predecessor. On 17 September 2021, . You told him what you wanted to do, and he would arrange things without letting you know there was any problem at all. A highly experienced and inspirational business leader, who sits on the Fortnum & Mason Executive as Chief Commercial Officer. Vogue's International Editor at Large Hamish Bowles has been named the new editor of World of Interiors. He researched each piece and he learnt where to sell it to get the best price. But then a friend in New York said, thats the first thing that goes up its the real hotspot in a domestic fire, and youd be roasting your manuscripts. He used to know he was getting somewhere with a project when the urge took him to pop his pages in the salad crisper. Being sceptical about patriotism is a part of patriotism a refined sense of patriotism, I think. I use it every day and feel a bit lost without it. Huge thanks to Rupert Thomas and all the team at The World of Interiors for featuring one of our studio's favourite projects . When Frances Lincoln asked Robert Kime to make a book about his work in 2014, naturally I was both delighted and daunted when he rang and said that after much thought he had settled on me as his first choice for the new photography. Its just such a beautiful thing, Mr. Read said, biased but not wrong. Despite the sense of familiarity that comes from having watched his television plays of the 70s and 80s, or read his autobiographical stories, he is not in any real sense knowable. And then as you get older it just ceases to matter. He said, Dont move anything. Do you want me to remove the remote control? Demonstrations of patriotism always make me uncomfortable, but I dont think that makes me less of an Englishman. He laughs.