PASSION, FAMILY, FEMINISM
The April issue is at the beating heart of the Red calendar, inspired by the modern family – our diverse and inclusive take on the ties that bind and define us, whether we are parents or not – from the moving memoir of the co-parents who met online (page 93), to our campaign to highlight kids’ mental health, our contribution to International Women’s Day this year (turn to page 76 where the prime minister adds her voice to our portfolio). We also speak to the writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about motherhood, activism and the stuff which drives this most passionate and elegant of thinkers. You are most likely to be familiar with Adichie, from her call to arms We Should All Be Feminists, which was famously quoted by Beyoncé, and more recently, in one of the most thrilling fashion debuts of the past few years, emblazoned on a simple white T-shirt in Maria Grazia Chiuri’s first runway collection for Dior. By way of tribute to all of the above, we photographed our fabulous cover star Gillian Anderson in the Dior tee, to accompany our feature about Anderson’s journey from actress to women’s activist with Jennifer Nadel, the co-author of her forthcoming book We: A Manifesto For Women Everywhere.
As I write this letter, my family and I are packing our bags for our annual visit to St Ives, which though blustery and unpredictable in February, marks for us the end of the first hard furlong of the year and the beginning of spring. Our Cornish sojourn is a treasured ritual and just one of the reasons I was delighted to design a bag for Seasalt, pictured left, to raise money for the Fishermen’s Mission charity (details on page 30). Happy springtime!