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CONTENTS
16
LIFE & TIMES
ENTREPRENEURS
14 WHAT THE PAST YEAR
50 ENTREPRENEURS
LOOKED LIKE AT BOISDALE
The 13th Boisdale Xerjoff Music
Awards 2025 (p.14); The Santa Rita
Boisdale Cigar Smoker of the Year
Awards 2024 (p.16); The Boisdale
Life Editor’s Lunch 2024 (p.18); Jools
Holland’s Boogie Woogie 2025 (p.20);
The Boisdale Shooting Chefs 2025
(p.21)
OF THE WORLD UNITE!
Roger Bootle re昀氀ects on the role of
entrepreneurs in modern economies.
TABLE TALK
56 PETER BOIZOT
24 IF I RULED THE WORLD
Kelsey Grammer, aka Dr Frasier
Crane, diagnoses the world’s troubles
and writes a prescription for
politeness, good manners and
tolerance.
28 ARE THE BRITISH
Impresario Michael Gelardi pens a
tribute to his friend Peter Boizot, the
founder of Pizza Express.
58 CLOSE TO THE WIND
Christian May re昀氀ects on his
decade-long journey as City AM
editor.
64 A CLEAR VISION
Eyewear designer Tom Davies
remembers how he stumbled into the
business world.
32 THE GOOD, THE BAD &
68 HATS ON!
36 TIME TO RETHINK THE
HERB
Big Narstie calls for medicallysupervised access to cannabis and
celebrates its role in music, art and
spirituality.
TRAVEL
40 THE BOISDALE POTTED
GUIDE TO LYON
Our new guide for globetrotting
cognoscenti kicks off with Lyon, the
food capital of France.
44 THE BOISDALE POTTED
GUIDE TO LISBON
Where to drink, eat and stay in the
Portuguese capital.
48 MY FAMILY STORY
64
THE ACCIDENTAL
RESTAURATEUR
Rick Stein tells Bill Knott how a
magistrate’s disapproval kick-started
his stellar career.
OBSESSED WITH CLASS?
Mary Killen re昀氀ects on decades of
shifting social hierarchies.
THE UGLY
Nick Ferrari recalls six of his most
unforgettable interviews.
28
52 RICK STEIN:
IN TREASURE BEACH
Jason Henzell traces how his family
helped shape Jamaica’s delightful
Treasure Beach.
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ISSUE 24
Laura Cathcart shares her journey as
a bespoke milliner.
72 ENTREFLÂNEUR
Paddy Renouf tells how he launched
his business as a host of private tours
for distinguished clients.
76 LORD CARNARVON AT
HIGHCLERE CASTLE
Lord Carnarvon shares how dogged
persistence preserved his birthright,
Highclere Castle.
80 REINVENTING A
LONDON GIANT
Simon Thomas chronicles his mission
to revive London’s Hippodrome
Casino.
84 PERFUME AS ART
Parfumier Sergio Momo remembers
his 昀椀rst steps in the luxury fragrance
business.
