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Johnny Ekperigin

For more than 30 years, Johnny Ekperigin has been the man behind Julieâ€™s, Portland Roadâ€™s enduring bohemian haunt. He looks back over the years with Pendle Harte

Tales of the City

As the anonymous newspaper columnist Cityboy, Notting Hill-born Geraint Anderson unveiled the secret world of the Square Mile. Amanda Constance meets him

Rachel Johnson

Introducing the new novel Shire Hell and talking about Boris

Bright spark

Nancy Alsop meets west London artist Alice Gates

Northern lights

Meeting Chrystina Schmidt, founder of Nordic design store Skandium

Martin Miller

Meeting the maverick Westbourne Grove hotelier

A card life

Anwar Brett talks to the man behind Purple Ronnie, Giles Andreae

Molly Parkin

Chelseaâ€™s notorious alcoholic fashion editor comes to the Portobello Film Festival

Rik Mayall

Cathy Levy meets the Ladbroke Grove comedian

Sole survivor

Cobbler to the world Terry de Havillandâ€™s newest collection is sold exclusively in Notting Hill. Pendle Harte meets him to talk wedges and winklepickers

Carry on filming

Anwar Brett meets long-term west Londoner Leslie Phillips as he returns to the big screen with Oscar-nominated Venus

Sheâ€™s a rainbow

When Biba collapsed, Barbara Hulanicki moved to Miami to design hotels. But she still holds a torch for Kensington, as she tells Pendle Harte

Nicola Beauman

Persephone Books has recently arrived in Kensington Church Street.Pendle Harte meets its founder, Nicola Beauman

Feast your eyes

As Yotam Ottolenghi publishes his first cookbook, Pendle Harte meets the Notting Hill-based chef

Sasha Gebler

When Soho House opens in LA later this year, it will be architect Sasha Geblerâ€™s seventh project with the group. But it all started in Portobello Road with the Electric, he tells The Hill

Kate Dineen

Kate Dineen may live in W10 but her craft extends back through generations of stonemasons and artisans of Rajasthan. Nancy Alsop relates her colourful tale

Gentle giant

Tatler editor Geordie Greig talks to The Hill about luxury and W11

Wendy Dagworthy

Fashion designer turned professor Wendy Dagworthy is one of the founders of this monthâ€™s London Fashion Week. And she is currently curating a show of bags at Notting Hillâ€™s Flow gallery

Golden Girl

Westbourne Groveâ€™s eminent jeweller Dinny Hall on why she still loves Notting Hill

Home boy

Alex Michaelis is Notting Hillâ€™s most sought after architect and his own house is an unlikely underground success story. Pendle Harte meets him for a tour.

Talking Italian

Giorgio Locatelli is a Michelin-starred restaurateur who cooks for the rich and famous. But heâ€™s much more interested in the farmers and artisans who supply him. And please donâ€™t call him a celebrity chef, he says. Pendle Harte meets him

Moore style

Pendle Harte talks frocks and fashion with Mary Moore in Clarendon Cross

The great heeler

Shoe designer Olivia Morris talks footwear with Pendle Harte

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