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The designer-architect popularised the multifunctional sofa and the kitchen island, both now landmarks
The food writer and Bloomsbury Group specialist has one of the finest Omega Workshops collections in Britain
The former New Yorker editor on her new book about the British monarchy, her role as a ‘transatlanticker’, and knowing everyone from Obama to Malala
With English cricket engulfed in a bitter race row, Sri Lanka’s greatest run scorer talks about growing up amid civil war and the sport’s power to unify
The go-to solicitor for billionaires and footballers is surrounded by drama — in her work and in the decor of her Medici-style villa in Florence
The pandemic has been bad for the hotelier’s business — it has lost £100m — but good for his golf game, he says from his farmhouse-cum-palazzo in Surrey
As he prepares to reopen his three restaurants after a ruinous 14 months, he welcomes us into a modest kitchen that is more Ikea than Bulthaup
A quieter life has allowed the popular science writer more time to puzzle over black holes — and enjoy his new Canadian home
The outgoing envoy recalls moments of tension in his role as the face of the former president’s America
How the scientist conducts her research while tending 15 acres in remotest Cheshire
Take a look around the novelist’s London home
Fashion’s futurist democratised couture in the 1960s. Today he lives in classical Italian style
The renowned chef rescued a castle from ruin. Now its garden supplies his restaurant with produce
Champion surfer’s home by the sea is a retreat from the drama of competition
A converted gym in Paris provides light and space for the 80-year-old to work
The environmentalist and jeweller’s minimalist interiors reflect a break from the past
Glenn Shepard sleeps in a hammock in his house by the Amazon among the soothing sounds of monkeys
Roy Cadman enjoys the comradeship of fellow veterans at London’s Royal Hospital Chelsea
At the age of 7, the Somali writer was subjected to FGM. Now she travels the world lobbying to halt the practice
The Violet Bakery entrepreneur counts the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as customers — but her apartment is a slice of California cool
The couple’s house offers respite from globetrotting frenzy
The writer’s home is a calm, organised space
Take a look around the music mogul’s London home
Leading philosopher on technology, transparency and trust
Designer who quit her fashion label to be a sculptor showcases her work in the house she shares with her husband, Sir David Hare
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