PHOTOGRAPH: BETINA DU TOITCONTENTS
AT WORK
143 SHOW THEM H U E S BOSS
Celebrate self-confidence with a
rainbow of colourful accoutrements
144 Q: HOW CAN I BE MY VERY
BE ST SELF? Ex per t adv ice on
fulfilling your potential from women
at the top of their professions
TALKING POINTS
152 OBJECTS OF DESIRE We select
our favorites from the cornucopia of
covetable pieces at this year’s PAD fair
153 GOLDEN TOUCH Gilded ceramics
f rom a c u lt ured Pa r isia n pot ter
154 TULLE TALES Ballet meets
ballgowns in a glamorous new book
154 COVER STORIES Nicholas
Coleridge’s scintillating memoir
of his Harpers & Queen days
155 ON PIRATES & ROCK THYME
Sophie Dahl reveals how childhood
days on British beaches were the
catalyst for her first children’s novel
155 DUAL PASSIONS Overdue
recognition for the gallerist Betty
Parsons as an artist in her own right
156 LIFE IS A CABARET A Barbican
exhibition fêtes the free-spirited
pleasures of bohemian performance
158 SKETCHES OF SUCCESS
Discover the brilliant winners of our
fashion-illustration competition
159 DRIVING FORCE How the actress
Caitriona Balfe is steering her career
into Hollywood pole position
159 FINE VINES The artist Vik Muniz
on his fizzing collaboration with a
storied champagne house
160 RELATIVE VALUES
Erica Wagner delves into a
compelling tale of war and family
160 SETTING THE STAGE A trio of
female-led plays taking the capital’s
theatres by storm
161 SPOT THE DIFFERENCE Dotty
design ideas to fill your home with fun
Lorna Foran wears in
Dolce & Gabbana in ‘Beyond the frame’©