Our cover star Karen Gillan shot to fame as Doctor Who’s flame-haired side kick. She talks to Benji Wilson about her latest role at London’s private members’ club Annabel’s. Speaking of good times, C&TH presents its first party guide, featuring advice from Charlotte Tilbury, Lohralee Astor, Isabel Spearman, Alice Lascelles, Katharine Pooley and Johnny Roxburgh, to have you and your home primped from head to toe to throw the party of the century. Plus a globetrotting Christmas gift guide, behind the scenes with celebrity photographer Richard Young, the rise of the supergown by Kinvara Balfour and Caroline Young on Chanel’s riviera home.