It was hardly the place Marc Benioff ever imagined would be the setting for what he now describes as ‘an incredible awakening’. Incense hung heavy in the air as the sound of chanting filled the room. He was in a remote town in India and seated opposite a Hindu spiritual guru called Mata Amritanandamayi, revered … Read more
Fifty-one years ago this month, a shy young man in a collar and tie climbed the 87 steps of a spiral staircase to his new tutor’s study. The Prince of Wales faced eight weeks of intensive instruction in Welsh: the language, Wales’s history and, crucially, its nationalism. But if the Prince of Wales was daunted … Read more
Her mum is Isabella Rossellini, her grandma was Ingrid Bergman, so Elettra Wiedemann Rossellini was born to be an icon. But a more down-to-earth life beckoned. She tells Hattie Crisell why she’s swapped the catwalk for the chicken run on her family farm Left: Elettra modelling the new Weekend Max Mara On Set collection. Right: … Read more