FANTASTIC MAN LIST

Mr. WHELAN

Joe Clark — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:42:36 +0000

Mr. JOHN WHELAN (restaurateur, Paris, France) will be polishing the chrome fuel tank of his vintage ROYTAL ENFIELD BULLET motorcycle with BRASSO.

Mr. MONEYPENNY

Joe Clark — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:42:18 +0000

Mr. MATTHEW MONEYPENNY (CEO, TRUNK photo agency, New York, USA) has a newly-restored home in Southampton to enjoy. Southampton, he points out, [is] on Long Island, not in the U.K.

Mr. RICHARDSON

Joe Clark — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:41:50 +0000

Mr. TERRY RICHADSON (photographer) had a delicious veggie dish of rice, beans, guacamole, cheese, and cilantro – AKA a “burrito” – with green and red salsas and fresh-squeezed watermelon juice, all from his favourite Mexican spot Pinche Taqueria, in New York, USA. For dessert he had a pack of sour Skittles, also “very yum.”

Mr. LUCAS

Joe Clark — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:41:27 +0000

Mr. MICHAEL LUCAS (film director, in New York, USA) wearing a navy lightweight wool blazer by LANVIN; grey cotton and silk tank top by RICK OWENS; navy cotton trousers and white lightweight sneakers, both by MARTIN MARGIELA.

Mr. THOMAS

Joe Clark — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:41:09 +0000

Mr. RUPERT THOMAS (editor, THE WORLD OF INTERIORS) had dinner at home in Camden, London, UK, with the playwright Mr. ALAN BENNETT. They ate breaded plaice, tartar sauce, and small roasted potatoes from the local deli MELROSE AND MORGAN, which is so expensive it is known locally as “Melrose and Mortgage.” They also ate steamed broccoli and a homemade carrot-and-apple salad, then stewed apple-and-vanilla rice pudding. It was accompanied with a glass of organic Merlot and some tap water. They shared the GUARDIAN easy crossword, then watched some TV. It was so cold, they lit a real fire.

Mr. OSSENDRĲVER

Joe Clark — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:14:20 +0000

Mr. LUCAS OSSENDRĲVER (designer) and his friend Mr. DAVID AZCON dined at a Japanese restaurant on Silhouette Island, Seychelles. They had teppanyaki of assorted meats (chicken marinated in soy sauce, Angus beef, lamb), cuttlefish and gambas, miso soup and salad. They downed it all with Japanese beer.

Mr. DIENER

Joe Clark — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:13:54 +0000

Mr. FERDINAND DIENER (carpenter, Oslo, Norway) will build an indoor æroponic garden in his new apartment in order to grow the varieties of salad leaves from his native Cape Town that are hard to find in Oslo: “Radicchio, wild rocket, and heart lettuce.”

Mr. RIERA

Joe Clark — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:13:23 +0000

Mr. DANIEL RIERA (photographer, Barcelona) was delighted to purchase a couple of ink drawings by the English artist Mr. PETER SAMUELSON, which he bought from a gallery near the BRITISH MUSEUM in London. One shows a young man in profile drawing a naked couple, and the other shows seven young gentlemen taking tea, the artist in the middle of the group.

Mr. BRADY

Joe Clark — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:12:56 +0000

Mr. ROSCO BRADY (fashion producer, London, UK) will become, for the first time, the owner of a home: A flat in west London. “It is extremely exciting,” he says. “I’m getting an apartment over two floors so that I can play my vinyl collection loud and have parties without disturbing my neighbours.”

Mr. TIFFANY

Joe Clark — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:12:36 +0000

Mr. JOHN TIFFANY (theatre director, Glasgow) says that his new USB turntable has been a total revelation. Perhaps it sounds gadgety, but he’s really been missing certain records that he can’t download, mainly 12-inches. Hearing vinyl crackle from an iPod makes TIFFANY very giddy, he says.