I live in Hampstead.
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I → live → Hampstead
Honestly, if you’d said to me three or four years ago, you’re going to be in Hampstead, I would have laughed at you because I have never thought of myself as somebody who would live there.
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who → say → somebody
Now, I’m like, “This is the best place I’ve ever lived.
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I → ’m → ?
It’s funny because I was born in Glasgow and they say that if you’re born there, you have the shortest average lifespan, whereas if you’re born in Hampstead, you have the longest.
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you → ’ → longest
I hope I’ll be somewhere in the middle.
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I → hope → middle
I went to the London College of Printing and my dad found some work for me in Peckham.
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dad → go → Peckham
I love the 53 bus and the Old Kent Road.
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I → love → bus
Coming out of college I started a magazine called Dazed & Confused.
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I → come → magazine
We used to borrow the Student Union Apple Mac equipment to work on it at the weekends.
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We → use → weekends
We very quickly realised that magazines weren’t going to pay much money, so Jefferson [Hack] and I got into the nightclub scene.
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I → realise → scene
We were both from outside London so it was a good way to build a community.
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it → build → community
I met pretty much all of the Dazed & Confused staff at nightclubs or parties.
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I → meet → nightclubs
“I get a bit irritated by people slagging off London.
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I → get → London
Every time I go out, it feels like the old days.
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it → go → days
London is really happening”
Where do you let your hair down?
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hair → happen → ?
I would probably go to the Groucho — it’s the only club I’m a member of.
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I → go → Groucho
You always meet someone or bump into someone.
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You → meet → someone
I get a bit irritated by people, especially Americans, slagging off London.
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I → get → London
Every time I go out, it feels like the old days.
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it → go → days
London is really happening.
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London → happen → ?
London has always had creative people, but this has got a lot to do with the Mayor and the openness to different types of people and the communities they build.
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they → have → people
Who do you call when you want to have fun?
I don’t really phone people up.
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I → call → people
What happens is you go to a thing — it might be a gallery opening, a fashion party, a film premiere — and you meet people and it’s the unpredictability that’s the most exciting bit.
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that → happen → people
Stephen Webster is always fun to bump into, or the other day I bumped into Rob Montgomery and Greta Bellamacina.
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I → bump → Montgomery
It’s not necessarily the people you know the best.
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you → ’ → ?
What’s your favourite restaurant?
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restaurant → ’ → ?
I would go to J Sheekey every day of the week.
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I → go → week
It’s where I’ve had the best meals.
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I → ’ → meals
I love the Dover sole and the creamed spinach.
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I → love → sole
I live near some really great pubs too: the Vine for good food and the Spaniards Inn for good vibes.
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I → live → vibes
I’m going to say two people: the Queen and McQueen.
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I → go → people
I think Queen Elizabeth II was the most amazing woman in the world.
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II → think → world
I got to photograph her and she was so extraordinary.
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she → get → her
She was so empowered and so funny — she really made me laugh.
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me → make → ?
I knew Alexander McQueen and I think he was the epitome of how creative you can be as a Londoner.
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you → know → Londoner
What’s the best thing a cabbie has ever said to you?
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cabbie → say → you
When I say I’m a photographer, they always ask what I shoot.
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I → say → what
I say, “Oh, you know, portraits, famous people.”
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you → say → portraits
And the other day one cabbie replied, “It must be really hard.”
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It → reply → ?
I was like, “What do you mean?” and he goes, “Making those people look interesting.”
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people → mean → What
…and 17 more, not listed.
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