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To find out more about Annual operating cost £20,000 this opportunity, contact: 01489 557755 Shared ownership FIND OUT MORE AT YACHTQUARTERS.COM THE MAGAZINE OF BOISDALE RESTAURANTS Editor’s Letter There are many old and new friends with the level of social veneration and pressed between these pages, who have respect that would have been reserved generously contributed an astounding for warriors of old. Beyond being range of research and opinion for your superb athletes they have, to my limited edification and entertainment. experience, always been people with a Poignantly, eighty years after Great very special kind of high intelligence. Britain declared war on Germany on For none, one could argue, is this more 1 September 1939, it is timely to true than of an iconic golfer. The grace, reconsider the pivotal role of Neville precision and timing; the mental game Chamberlain, who, outside 10 Downing and the consistency required, are Street on 30 September 1938, declared, utterly phenomenal. I am thrilled to “My good friends, for the second time welcome Gary Player, undoubtedly one in our history, a British Prime Minister of the three greatest golfers of all time, has returned from Germany bringing to Boisdale Life in an inciteful peace with honour. I believe it is peace interview with Robin Swithinbank. for our time. We thank you from the One also needs a very special set of bottom of our hearts. Go home and get skills to be the Speaker of the House a nice quiet sleep.” He resigned in May of Commons, if you are going to control 1940 and the rest, as they say, is history. the House and not irritate everyone. fashioned cocktails with the dexterous Was he playing for time or was he Benedict Spence illuminates John Alice Lascelles; or visit the best foolishly deceived? In this 18th issue of Bercow’s peculiar ability to formidably wineries in sunny California with the Boisdale Life Bruce Anderson examines succeed on the former and masterful oenophile, Mike Karam. Neville Chamberlain’s controversial phenomenally fail on the latter. Finally, it is with significant pleasure record and remembers the man. The opposite is true of the former that we welcome two new outstanding I have never particularly enjoyed titan of magazine publishing, Nick writers to Boisdale Life. William watching other people play games, or Coleridge, who in his interview with Dalrymple, who hopefully requires no sport as it is collectively referred to the intrepid Paddy Renouf, displays introduction, gives us a tantalising taste now, and many things that interest me, such charm that, reading between the of his wonderful new book, The like collecting Roman antiquities, lines, one can hardly imagine him Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the mushroom hunting or reading requiring any management skills at all. East India Company and, just when you Hebridean history, will I am sure be far Meanwhile, if the world wasn’t thought you knew what you believed less interesting to many people than bewildering enough, Pippa Malmgren in, Joy Lo Dico compellingly argues that observing paint dry. However, perhaps investigates the astonishing libertarians are quite simply wrong! like a theologian who does not believe implications of the proliferation of in God, I do have enormous respect for drones in our world. the ideology of sport and appreciate the Enough to turn you to drink? Well, cultural benefits, the inspiration as well you are in luck, as in this issue you as the pure excitement, ingeniously have the opportunity to be truly predicated on never knowing who is fascinated by Champagne with Giles RANALD MACDONALD actually going to win. But the great MacDonogh – one of my very favourite Editor & Chief and founder of Boisdale sportsman is undoubtedly a true hero, wine writers; to shake some old Restaurants and Bars WELCOME TO BOISDALE LONDON’S ORIGINAL RESTAURANTS & BARS BOISDALE OF BELGRAVIA BOISDALE OF BISHOPSGATE BOISDALE OF MAYFAIR BOISDALE OF CANARY WHARF 9 BOISDALELIFE.COM WINTER 2019 ISSUE 18 S H O P P I N G BOISDALE LIFE FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS JOY LO DICO Joy is a writer and journalist specialising in politics, the environment and society, and was formerly the executive PIPPA MALMGREN editor of the Evening A former economics advisor Standard. On page 22, she to US President George W takes issue with libertarians, Bush, Pippa Malmgren is arguing that their envisaged the founder of H Robotics, utopia will always be which produces drones unachievable. and autonomous vehicles – technologies with profound social implications, which she delves into on page 20. AVRIL GROOM Avril is a journalist covering the worlds of fashion, jewellery and fine watches for the likes of FT How To Spend It, the Daily Telegraph and Country & Townhouse. For Boisdale Life, she tells the story of the UK’s only goldmine, recently opened in the Scottish Highlands, and the stunning jewellery to which it’s giving rise. WILLIAM DALRYMPLE One of the country’s most renowned writers and historians, William Dalrymple’s ROBIN SWITHINBANK latest book, The Anarchy: the Robin is a freelance journalist and editor, Relentless Rise of the East India writing for publications including the New Company (Bloomsbury), has York Times, the Financial Times and the Daily received wide acclaim. On page Telegraph. For Boisdale Life, he sat down with 30, Dalrymple tells of the first South African golf legend Gary Player. Read stuttering attempts at diplomacy his interview, taking in Trump, Zimbabwe, between East India Company fitness, socialism and high-kicks, on page 38. envoys and the bemused Mughal Emperor. Ranald Macdonald Barbara Widera Boisdale Life ISSN 2058-499 BPA Audited Circulation of 161,152 Editor & Chief Marketing director © 2019. Published four times a year by Boisdale Limited, boisdale Publishing director Andrew Davies Cover Rui Ricardo - FolioArt 15 Eccleston St, London, SW1W 9LX Managing editor Timothy Barber Editor-at-large Paddy Renouf Any facts stated or opinions expressed anywhere in the magazine Creative director Munnoo Malik Contributing editors Jonathan are the responsibility of the individual writers and contributors. All material omitted intentionally is the sole responsibility of the Food editor William Sitwell Wingate (music), Ben Oliver (Cars), individual contributors. 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