JONATHAN OPPENHEIMER: Director of E.Oppenheimer & Son, and son of former De Beers Chairman, Nicky Oppenheimer. The final 50 paces to Jonathan Oppenheimer’s London office say much of the man you are about to meet.
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LEWIS HAMILTON The night before our interview, Lewis Hamilton is on the 10 o'clock news. In a preseason test race in Jerez, Spain, the Formula One champion found his brakes compromised and was sent careering into a barrier. Unscathed and smiling (and with only minor damage to his newly unveiled Mercedes W05), the 29 year old Briton talked reporters through what he casually calls a “hiccup.”
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BRIAN JOFFE: South African businessman. From a lifetime spent behind his camera lens in the South African bushveld and behind a desk at the helm of his international business empire, Brian Joffe has learned that nature provides the ultimate truisms by which the fittest survive.
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CAROLINA BUCCI: jewellery designer. 'I am addicted to bespoke everything - I love special things that have a meaning,' says the jewellery designer Carolina Bucci, holding a gold pendant of her sons - two childlike figures studded with diamonds - that she wears every day.
Go to linkLYN HARRIS: perfumer. Before she launched the highly successful Miller Harris scent house in 2000, Lyn Harris was creating bespoke fragrance from her home. At the time she was something of a pioneer, an English perfumer who had had rigorous French training. She found herself inundated by commissions. 'Having individual clients always stretched my creativity,' she says. 'Not every perfumer can create for individuals - it's much more intense and emotional'
Go to linkJONATHAN YEO: portrait artist. Jonathan Yeo, one of this country's most popular portrait artists, swivels in his chair, looking guilty. 'When the portrait first went up in the summer, I went and sat… you know they have those benches in the middle of the room? I know it's a terrible thing to do… but I went and sat to listen to what people's comments were.' The portrait in question is his study of Rupert Murdoch, commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery..
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