MARYLEBONE JOURNAL ISSUE NO.93

BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE HOWARD DE WALDEN ESTATE AND THE PORTMAN ESTATE

HAPPENINGS

2 IN MARYLEBONE Events, exhibitions, film, music, shopping, talks, theatre and walks

IN PROFILE: 12 XAVIER BRAY

The director of The Wallace Collection on loaning artworks, battling bugs and broadening the gallery’s appeal

THE 20 GLAD HATTER

A visit to the characterful New Quebec Street boutique and studio of John Boyd Hats, where milliner Sarah Marshall makes and sells her skilfully handcrafted creations

THE DIFFERENCE 29 MAKERS

Ayla Mammadova, clinical lead for the Mind in Brent, Wandsworth & Westminster charity’s mental health support team

A CLOSER 34 LOOK

Food, style, home, wellbeing and healthcare

Q&A: 34 MELODY ADAMS & NEMANJA BORJANOVIC

The co-owners of Lurra and Donostia on Basque cuisine, hard cider and the wild response to the meat of old dairy cows

Q&A: 42 ISABEL MANNS

The eponymous founder of the Isabel Manns brand on reversible clothing, timeless colours and the value of customisation

MY PERFECT 66 DAY

Howard Jacobson, the Booker Prize-winning novelist, describes his perfect Marylebone Day