The garden is so small that it makes birds look enormous. After 40 years, it continues to surprise and inspire. Im sure Corbyn is a risk, but I very much approve of him., Bennett reckons the opposition leader is absolutely right about nationalising the railways. lan Bennett, now 81, is as dapper as you like in knitted tie and red-soled grey suede shoes. Nick chose me, rather than the other way round, he says of Hytner. I see that poems like [Hughes] The Pike are wonderful, but they arent about the life I lead.. It takes about 45 minutes. 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. Very few stories are available on its website. His partner of 23 years, Rupert Thomas, is the editor of the World Of Interiors magazine and it shows the room is a comfortable cave of 18th-century pictures, a mantelpiece loaded up with cards (one handmade in the shape of a red-soled grey shoe) and a wall lined with books: fat Pevsner architectural guides, the journals of Anthony Powell, Virginia Woolf and John Cheever, Claire Tomalins Thomas Hardy biography, and volumes on the history of blue-and-white china. Glamour, Seventeen, Vibe, Self and Playboy have either retreated from print altogether or appear on newsstands infrequently. The glamorising of her that has happened has nothing to do with anything, really its just exploiting her. I assume he means Helen Mirrens more recent take in the film The Queen, and on stage in The Audience. I'm interested in things that are outmoded and forgotten. He researched each piece and he learnt where to sell it to get the best price. The World of Interiors also republished her Canary Islands home on the cover and carried a two-page dedication to her life by Mr. Thomas, who credited Ms. Hogg with defining the magazines approach (Everything from palaces to pigsties) and with keeping it free from business-side meddling (The much-quoted anecdote of Min throwing an ashtray at a hapless publisher is true). Today's barber is my partner, Rupert Thomas, who, while professing to admire my abundant locks, manages to make me look like a blond Hitler. <br><br>Prior to that, spent 10 years on the Waitrose Board, accountable for all elements of the 7bn commercial and customer proposition. Lady of the lampshade: Emma Redmayne, the publisher of World of Interiors. When I ask him about this gap between public and private, he talks, unprompted, about his sexuality. Who is Alan Bennett? Talking Heads creator, actor and screenwright That stems originally from Mrs Thatcher: she did believe that Labour was wicked. In an address he gave last year at Kings College, Cambridge, Bennett raged (quietly, but it was rage none the less) against private education, suggesting that it ought to be phased out: Private education is not fair Those who provide it know it. With an incredibly low circulation but very high advertising spend, WoI is unique to the publishing world. And there he was, in Cambridge, and with a bit of money, too. Its not of the moment.. I bought it cheap. To experience The World of Interiors, you still have to buy the print magazine. My feeling is that probably hed been doing imitations of me for years and when he did Cocktail Sticks he was simply going public, Bennett says. He got into trouble a few years back when he said in an interview that he didnt read contemporary British fiction, which was taken as being an affront to AS Byatt and everybody else but I just read other things. Early in 2009, a team from Christies came down to view the proposed lots for the first of his sales, one of them rather cheekily asked, who are your best clients, Robert? to which, with a mischievous look, Robert replied, the ones I turn down. Im one for being early, and Ruperts one for being last-minute. I am deeply honoured to illustrate the December issue of The World of Interiors which also celebrates the 40th anniversary of this unique magazine. His tutor would not hear of it and gave Robert the rest of the year to sort things out. World of Rupert Thomas, editor of The World of Interiors - The Telegraph Journalist Description. But Clarence House, the official residence of King Charles III when Prince of Wales, was the most prestigious. It wasnt, at the time, a humanitarian gesture, Bennett says. His compositions involve site, landscape, architecture, spatial sequence, historical reference, texture, material, colour, and function. 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. Burgess and Blunt wanted a kind of moral solitude, which is a very different thing. The adjacent room held a worktable strewn with fabric swatches, a sewing machine, back issues of the magazine, clothes on hangars, rolls of wallpaper stuffed into a closet. The Instagram account was introduced well after the social media platform became popular, and only upon careful consideration of how to approach the medium, said Emma Redmayne, the magazines publisher. Urbane and characterful, New York Interiors unveils the photographer's favorite interior projects from the city, among them the homes of . Well, electric typewriters, they hum. We still commission on film, said Mr. Thomas, a note of pride in his voice. The office is one largish room with deeply scuffed wood floors, a drop ceiling and windows overlooking green Hanover Square. She and her three children are our extended family. He has announced that he will also be remaining as global-editor-at-large at American Vogue, where he has worked since 1992. The van had been parked at various points along the road, and at length drifted down to his house. Walk to work I'm not good at getting up in the morning, but I actively look forward to the daily walk to work through Regent's Park. One day I asked him how you can tell a fake from a genuine thing. The World of Interiors - April 2019 - Lanserring He lives in north London with his partner, the writer Alan Bennett. IVAN TERESTCHENKO - Blogger You dont feel the hand of advertisers, publicists or digital panic on every page. Year: 2011 Publisher: CondNet.UK ltd It was the mindless, repetitive and demeaning nature of that work that put the iron into my soul, he says. New York Interiors a book by Karen Howes, Simon Upton, and Rupert Thomas I have always loved exploring buildings with Robert, each of us trying to unravel the puzzle of the sequence of periods and with this understanding making the new work legible. Huge thanks to Rupert Thomas and all the team at The World of Interiors for featuring one of our studio's favourite projects The refurbishment of an unloved farmhouse on a family estate in Buckinghamshire. And Mr. Upton travels light, which can flummox subjects accustomed to how other shelter magazines operate. And those who receive it know it, or should. In the same sermon, he wrote: There has been so little that has happened to England since the 1980s that I have been happy about or felt able to endorse. We are chatting in what his mam would have called "the parlour" of the Primrose Hill home where he's lived for a decade with his partner Rupert Thomas. Britains hotels are full buy shares in this stock for a piece of the action, New Help to Buy plan would be 'insane' says former government property adviser, Macrons France is trapped in a debt spiral it cannot escape, Vauxhall owner sues tyre maker Continental and car parts maker Bosch over cartel claims, Thousands of middle earners face 100pc-plus tax after Hunts stealth tax raid. For years after, The World of Interiors shared office space with the Cond Nast circulation department in another building across town, leaving it physically and metaphorically apart. In Bennetts very funny story The Uncommon Reader, the Queen discovers a taste for novels and thereby an inner existence. The House | Dennis Severs' House I think Prunella Scales got her precisely right on the stage. He had sold it and everything in it. All that remained were the pictures we had taken and the memories of that exquisitely designed and furnished place, which like my memories of him, are indelible. The Ultimate Interior Design Sale 2023; Twinkle of Christmas 2022; Lighting by Design 2022; Formed with Future Heritage; Focus/22; WOW!house 2022. If I could have taken the bird inside, I would, not because of the bird but because of me. When you walk, even in central London, you're very aware of the seasons. And then the next night I did it properly and it was all right, but oh, I wouldnt want to do it again. The people who produce it, he said, are all artistic bohemian types. His partner is Alan Bennett, the famous playwright and author of The History Boys, making him part of a London power couple, though he is loath to discuss his private life, or much else, with reporters. Youre totally involved in the product. Thomas, Rupert [WorldCat Identities] Subscriptions enquiries on theworldofinteriors@subscription.co.uk. It showcases seemingly every facet of the decorative arts and crafts over centuries, from the pop artist Roy Lichtensteins Manhattan studio to an antique dealers 16th-century Shropshire pile to a shepherds hut, while reviewing books like The Peoples Galleries: Art Museums and Exhibitions in Britain 1800-1914. Its intelligent, witty and wide-ranging in its curiosity: a bible. Every object was classified and labelled, every single task scheduled and coordinated with exquisite orchestration and terrifying pace. I find them an inspiration. San Francisco Style / What's our role in the world of design? - SFGATE To begin with, not surprisingly, she didnt get on with Rupert, but then she became ill and she became closer to Rupert than she was to me, really. She was, he says, very beautiful. Neglecting his Russian in favour of preparing for the scholarship exam (in history), he ended up busted back to private, on standard national service duties. The World of Interiors Appoints Hamish Bowles as Its New Editor in He became editor in 2000, only the second in the magazines 38-year history. Two decades after the internet changed everything, magazines mostly have yet to figure out how to thrive in a digital world. They did it twice and the first time I slightly messed it up though since the lines were in French hardly anyone knew. The World of Interiors. Queen Anne Grace. I use it every day and feel a bit lost without it. This was testament to his enormous memory and capacity for detail. They didnt want to be beholden to country. 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. And when I came off that first time, Helen Mirren said, Oh, fuck em, fuck em. Which is really all you want, someone to say that., I wonder what he makes of the fuss surrounding Corbyns not singing the national anthem at the Battle of Britain memorial service in September. And as always, the money scrimped from places where it didnt show was spent in areas where it did, like continuing to shoot on film, printing on sumptuous paper and twice a year shipping a huge amount of furniture to Italy to be photographed inside a rented villa or castle. 4.0 / 5.0 0 comments. The cover was a simple, enticing photo of the shaded veranda of a house in the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the coast of northwest Africa, with barely any typeface to muck it up. Writers Michael Frayn and Dennis Potter did it, as did the late John Drummond, controller of the BBC Proms in the 90s, who ended up working in intelligence; Bennett applied and got on. In its entrance is a bright 1950s machine that makes a wonderful clunking sound as it gives you this little ticket (pictured) with the Odeon's details on the back. The WorldCat Identities data has positively impacted OCLC's work to build the WorldCat Entities application and the 150 million Person and Work descriptions accessible . One sits at his desk, pen poised, and issues barbed remarks to the other Bennett, who flutters about timidly, not knowing quite what to do. To Robert, the lure of textiles was irresistible, and he would always bid on the linen cupboard. Larkin is about things I recognise. This fragment of a tin-glazed pottery plate (pictured) from about 1690 commemorates William and Mary. Bowles steps in following departure of current editor Rupert Thomas, who served the title for 22 years and . Partner of writer Alan Bennett.. Further Reading/Research Once he screeched to a halt, having spied a gorgeous wreck of a serpentine fronted chest of drawers in a hedgerow. But in the initial phase of their relationship, the duo . End of an era (no hyperbole) Kathryn Reilly We periodically update published stories to ensure they present the most up-to-date information available. (The tone of his journals, excerpts from which are printed in the London Review Of Books each January, is nicely encapsulated by the headline given to the 2010 batch: Alan Bennett eats a poached egg.), What dates Bennett is not his appearance or indeed his bookshelves, but his grasp of technology. The World of Interiors - YouTube Two of you can just about squeeze out there and not bang elbows while you're having lunch. So are Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and the photographer Tim Walker. Lord of the light box: Rupert Thomas, the editor in chief of The World of Interiors, at the magazines office in London. The same day, I went to a Ravilious exhibition at the Fine Art Society and thought, 'I can't afford a painting by Ravilious but I'm just as happy with this.'. Its never been enough for me to cruise through it and say, They wont notice. World of Interiors readers notice everything. The couple is together for around 25 years. He gets on the tube with his backpack. Country. 30+ "Rupert Thomas" profiles | LinkedIn Robert Kime had a (possibly unique) talent for imparting timeless lustre to all his schemes be it an apparently undistinguished bathroom or a fine panelled . Sources of domestic tension, meantime, are few. His collaborations with supremely talented and skilled practitioners were built up across decades, with all bringing their best work to the projects. Robert was very decisive about changing his life, and was always ready to move on, and let go of the past, even his own. 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. A production by the Theatre Royal, Bath, of The Madness Of George III, in 2011. It's not big enough to dig, so lots of deadheading goes on. 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. You told him what you wanted to do, and he would arrange things without letting you know there was any problem at all. I feel more than a touch mournful that Rupert Thomas is stepping down from The World of Interiors after a mere 21 years. If the magazine wasnt given great infusions of cash like its siblings, it was left largely alone by the executives, a trade-off that continues to this day and one Mr. Thomas, like Ms. Hogg before him, seems happy with. Inside Designer Homes - World of Interiors - British Vogue It's an extraordinarily exotic start to the day. It remains firmly acknowledged as the most . And World of Interiors is the only magazine that Ive kept and trooped around the world wherever Ive lived, he said. Request Code : ZLIBIO822883. She runs the Interior Archive, a London-based picture library and photographic agency. Bennett portrays his fellow performers in Beyond The Fringe (Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore, with whom he made his breakthrough on Broadway in 1962) as larger, more vivid figures; he, in his own accounts, tends to be waiting in the wings nervously while the audience laughs itself silly at Cooks jokes. Robert, interior decorator to His Majesty, King Charles III and at least five English dukes, plus pop stars and potentates, died on August 17, aged 76. A striking visual homage by leading interiors photographer Simon Upton In his first book, renowned interiors photographer Simon Upton turns his camera on one of his most-loved destinations in this personal exploration of fashionable homes in New York City. New York Interiors | Vendome Press | Publisher of Art and Illustrated Books New York Interiors By: Simon Upton Edited by Karen Howes Foreword by Rupert Thomas 360 pages 9 x 12 in. At the time of the relationship he enjoyed the sense of wrongfooting people: I think I probably got some satisfaction from thinking, Well, everyone assumes I am gay.. As other magazines were forced to cut corners, or cannibalize their print editions to feed the web, The World of Interiors grew lusher and more thoughtful by comparison. I didnt know how to put work on it., Surely he at least uses an electric typewriter? Courteous and self-effacing when I arrived on a shoot, he would always make the best of the day, but it was clear that he didnt really enjoy the scrutiny of his work through the lens of a camera, and at times seemed equally unsure of appearing in magazines. It is certainly among his most beautiful. It makes you sound so pompous if you put it like that.. Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. (When quizzed last summer he knew exactly the colour of the watered silk covering four chairs he had sold to my parents in 1972.). The Queen comes upon herself, comes upon having a private life that she has never really thought about, he explains now. . 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. Right here at FameChain. Things are somewhat becalmed as Hytner, having left the National, has not yet started up his new venture, a London theatre near Tower Bridge, planned to open in 2017. He loves the comedy of Stewart Lee, and the geeky sitcom The Big Bang Theory, and the funny but so savage playwright Martin McDonagh. 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. Inside The World of Interiors, Cond Nast's Secret Weapon Socialist, royalist, show-off, shy in life and in his fiction, Alan Bennett is a bundle of contradictions. The gold-standard shelter magazine runs on a brass-tacks budget and refuses to kowtow to the internet. The World of Interiors has a tiny staff of 13, many of whom have worked there for years, aging happily in place, after arriving in roundabout ways. Its the antithesis to the data-driven digital attitude that we have to embrace in other part of our business.. I dont know. Several months into the works I rang him on site and he told me, it looks like a rather bad shipwreck, I can see from the third floor to the basement through the joists!. New York Interiors by Rupert Thomas - 9780865653887 Categories: Photographs: Collections Professional Interior Design Interior Design, Decor & Style Guides Share New York Interiors 4 (2 ratings by Goodreads) Hardback English Foreword by Rupert Thomas , Photographs by Simon Upton , Edited by Karen Howes US$80.59 Free delivery worldwide Available. Those in the industry will know that everything is changing at World of Interiors. Only it isnt. The World of Interiors (PDF) Cond Nast No, no, its absolutely true, Bennett says, in that blissfully mournful voice that could have been designed for voicing Eeyore (which, of course, he has done, reading the Winnie the Pooh books for BBC radio). But it gives me disproportionately enormous pleasure and I spend lots of time doing things in it, in a slightly Marie Antoinette way. The World of Interiors is produced in a corner of the second floor of Vogue House, the publishers drably charming brown-brick building in central London. Its a thing about being beholden, about not being beholden to anyone, he says. (LogOut/ In the film, there are two Alan Bennetts. Out now in the current November issue of the magazine. Out now in the current November issue of the magazine. The World of Interiors has been bringing together the widest variety of the most sumptuous houses and architectural projects for over 30 years. Rupert Thomas is editor in chief of World of Interiors. To fund our efforts, The World of Interiors runs advertisements and occasionally partners with advertisers to produce sponsored content, videos, events, and other collaborations.
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