SEVEN WONDERS

7 WONDERS: HENNING MANKELL

Rebecca Willis — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:25:18 +0000

Henning Mankell, a best-selling Swedish crime novelist and creator of Wallander, tells Rebecca Willis about his world ... read more »

7 WONDERS: RACHEL PORTMAN

Rebecca Willis — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:12:59 +0000

The first woman to win an Oscar for Best Original Score (for “Emma” in 1997), Rachel Portman has recently been working on a musical of “Little House on the Prairie”. She tells Rebecca Willis about the seven wonders of her world ... read more »

7 WONDERS: TOM PORTEOUS

David Jenkins — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:55:46 +0000

The London director of Human Rights Watch since 2006, Tom Porteous has also worked for the BBC World Service, the Guardian and the British Foreign Office, from which he resigned over the invasion of Iraq. He tells David Jenkins about the seven wonders of his world ... read more »

7 WONDERS: CLAIRE TOMALIN

Rebecca Willis — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:09:42 +0000

The acclaimed biographer of Pepys, Hardy and Austen loves fine views, steep hills and places that transcend tourism. She tells Rebecca Willis about the wonders of her world ... read more »

7 WONDERS: SIMON JENKINS

Rebecca Willis — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:44:12 +0000

Once editor of the Times, now a columnist on the Guardian, Sir Simon Jenkins is also an expert on architecture and heritage. As he takes over as chairman of the National Trust, he tells Rebecca Willis about the wonders of his world... read more »

7 WONDERS: ILSE CRAWFORD

Rebecca Willis — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:05:00 +0000

These days she is best known as the designer behind Soho House in New York and the Olde Bell Inn near Maidenhead. Before that she was a pioneering magazine editor, at Elle Deco and Bare. Ilse Crawford talks to Rebecca Willis about the seven wonders of her world ... read more »