Flora
GILL
The modern dating
scene is a minefield –
one that GQ sent writer
Flora Gill (daughter of
AA Gill) to negotiate. In
her weekly column for
GQ.co.uk, “Date Night
Feelings”, Gill will
immerse herself in
idiosyncratic dating
trends, beginning with
a trip to a pornographic
mouse taxidermy class.
“Weeks later,” says Gill,
“the mice are still on my
mantelpiece, frozen in
their sexual pose.”Stuart
McGURK
Sleep is no longer a
solitary activity. An
entire £100 billion
industry now exists to
chart your slumber and
tell you how you can do
it better. GQ Associate
Editor Stuart McGurk
investigated this highly
lucrative business. “It’s
actually an existential
battle,” says McGurk.
“There’s the companies
who profit from you
staying awake and the
ones hoping to profit by
putting you to sleep.”Tom
LAMONT
Writer Tom Lamont
shadowed James Corden
for this month’s cover
story, following him
during the filming of his
wildly successful Late
Late Show as it came to
London. “It was fun,”
says Lamont, “watching
him rehearse, from
scratch, a three-minute
Whitney Houston duet
with Jake Gyllenhaal one
afternoon. Four takes and
they were hanging off
each other like boy
banders – nailed it.” GLouie
BANKS
For GQ’s biannual
roundup of the
most important looks
from every major
designer and fashion
house, photographer
Louie Banks headed to
the home of all things
haute: Paris. “Shooting
the AW19 collections
story was heavenly,”
says Banks. “I brought
my favourite models
and spent the day with
one of my favourite
humans, GQ Fashion
Director Luke Day!”Kathleen
JOHNSTON
GQ Social Content Editor
Kathleen Johnston sat
down for a meal at
Mayfair’s Bagatelle to
cover a new trend: the
restaurant-club, AKA
the “clubstaurant”.
Three hours later, with
music pounding, she
had a good grasp of the
concept. “Bagatelle is
completely, brilliantly
bonkers,” says Johnston.
“If you’re keen to see
just what a restaurant-
meets-club looks like,
this is the place to go.”Jonathan
HEAF
GQ Chief Content Officer
Jonathan Heaf has
won the 2019 PPA
Award for Writer Of
The Year, the most
prestigious award in
magazine journalism, for
articles on male suicide
and the pioneering
reconstructive surgery
helping soldiers
wounded in Afghanistan.
“Winning gongs is
ultimately a silly thing,”
says Heaf. “I was
particularly proud of
these pieces, however.”PPA
Writer Of
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