IS former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger missing his old gig? Rusbridger, who is now the Principal of Lady Margaret Hall,
Oxford, yesterday introduced an “eclectic and interesting” all-star line-up of Visiting
Fellows that reads like a list of Guardian contributors and We e ke n d ma g a z i n e cover stars.
The Young Vic’s a r t i s t i c d i r e c t o r, Kwame KweiArmah (r i g h t), is one of the new appointees, as is the author Kamila Shamsie and the BBC sports presenter Gary Lineker. Actor Emma Watson ( l e f t), a 2016-2019 Visiting Fellow, has been promoted to an associate fellow.
The list of names is compiled by LMH’s governing body, which suggests “people of distinction whom we felt could add to the intellectual and cultural l i f e o f L M H ”. “The Visiting Fellows are peo
TO the Lillet Terrace in the
Oxo Tower yesterday afternoon where actors Ellen Gibbons and Nell Hudson, photographer Alistair Guy, artist Idina Moncreiffe and model Rosie e Tapner turned up to enjoy lunchtime spritzers, Virgin Mary shots and friedchicken skewers.
The Londoner grabbed Tapner, a keen horsewoman, to talk about her next riding engagement — the Magnolia
Cup, a charity race for amateur female riders held at Glorious Goodwood next month. “The race completely changed my life last year,” said Tapner, who is riding for trainer Charlie Hills this year. He is paying her to prepare for the race but she is donating this fee to Wellbeing of Women, a charity dedicated to improving the health of women.
Switching to cloven hooves, Diana Volpe, Charlotte Carroll and Fiona Gordon attended a performance of We Must Throw the Cows Down the Ravine at the Cervantes Theatre yesterday.
The play has been adapted from the book Las Voces del Laberinto, a moving study of schizophrenia by Spanish author and journalist
Ricard Ruiz Garzón.
ALISTAIR GUY
YASMIN SALMON OLIVIA ARBEN CHARLOTTE CARROLL
ROSIE TAPNER
THE Londoner hears that one savvy MP has orchestrated a cunning plan to max out his chances of currying favour with the next Prime Minister: he has taken a picture of both his and his wife’s complete ballots. One voted for Hunt, the other for Johnson — either way, he has proof that he voted for the right one.