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A beacon of glamour on London's fashion and social scene, the cool, effervescent Tiphaine talks to Danielle about her bespoke knitwear label, Paris Essex, how her love of second hand clothes helps raise money for charity, and how she ended up with that extraordinary name.

“What is Chinese design, what is Hong Kong design, what is identity?” These are some of the questions asked by Marisa Yiu, architect and founder of Design Trust, the Hong Kong-based non-profit, grant-funding platform that supports creative endeavours both locally and around the globe, from keeping local silk-making traditions alive, to supporting Rem Koolhaas at The Guggenheim and Cao Fei at Serpe...

Allegra Huston is a writer and editor. She is the author of Love Child, a memoir, and a novel called A Stolen Summer. She was raised in Ireland by the film director John Huston and is the sister of actress Anjelica Huston. She talks from her home in Taos, New Mexico, about memories of her mother, Ricki Soma, and of the book, One Last Lunch, edited by Erica Heller, which she has contributed an essa...

"Being on a Black Lives Matter protest with white Germans was a strange experience.” The writer, former creative director of Granta and founder of House of Thought dials in from his home in Berlin to share his thoughts on life after lockdown.

The provocative South African artist shares his views on race, violence and the power of art to change perceptions.

Caroline Issa is a familiar face at fashion shows, parties and on Instagram. She's also the co-owner and fashion director of Tank Magazine, which has been experiencing a bump in views to its Tank TV curated film channel, thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown. As the daughter of a Chinese mother and a Lebanese-Iranian father, she talks to Danielle Radojcin about how her unusual racial heritage has affect...

Artist Katie Paterson deals with themes of time, space and nature. For her Future Library project, she has secured authors including Margaret Atwood, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Elif Shafak and Han Kang to each create a piece of writing which will only be revealed 100 years from the time of writing. She talks to Danielle Radojcin about how the authors responded differently to the brief, how the public ca...

Azu Nwagbogu, founder of the Lagos Photo Festival and the African Artists’ foundation, is passionate about providing access to art for all. From his home in Lagos, he talks to Danielle Radojcin about his rejection of elitism in art and how to uncover previously untold stories through the restitution of cultural heritage to Africa. He also believes Coronavirus has been a great leveller, signalling...

As the editor who launched T: The New York Times Style Magazine, as well as heading up W Magazine for ten years and working at L’Uomo Vogue and Esquire along the way, Stefano Tonchi is better placed than most to reflect on the role of style and culture magazines and what they mean today. He talks to Danielle Radojcin about his new role overseeing more than 30 global editions of L’Officiel, and how...

How can art help mental health patients? Hospital Rooms is a small British charity which aims to help patients in NHS hospitals, by working with artists such as Julian Opie and Richard Wentworth to create bespoke pieces for the wards. It’s founders, Niamh White and Tim A Shaw, talk about the innovative ways in which they are working to take their project beyond the confines created by the COVID-19...

Maryam shares her personal journey of becoming an artist. She discusses her interactive project which resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, questioning if there is a need for art at this time and how galleries and institutions will survive. She also reads out messages she has received from Richard Wentworth and Eric Fischl.