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An Evening With Mary Portas @ The Design Museum, London

Join the legendary retail expert, broadcaster and author Mary Portas in Conversation with Josephine Chanter, Deputy Director of the Design Museum... What to expect .. Retail guru Mary Portas has been a champion of design and the high street for decades. The so-called 'Queen of Shops' is credited with turning Harvey Nichols into a leading modern fashion brand through groundbreaking window displays that became part of guided tours in London, among many other achievements. She was also commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skill to deliver a plan to help reverse the fortunes of the UK's high streets in 2011, in the face of the recession and the growth in online shopping. Having authored 5 books, worked on 5 TV productions including Barbie: The Most Famous Doll in the World, and received an OBE for her services to business and broadcasting and her ongoing charity work, Portas is a much-cherished figure in the UK. Portas will meet Josephine Chanter to discuss her thoughts on the present relationship between design and retail, the high streets as hubs for community life, the future of fashion, the kindness economy, the tension between retail and the climate emergency, and everything in between. This conversation is part of an ongoing series with leading contemporary designers, makers, thinkers and creatives.

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Address : The Design Museum
224–238 Kensington High Street
London
W8 6AG

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  • 01 Mar – Lytton Strachey (1880–1932), British writer & critic
  • 02 Mar – Matthew Mitcham (1988–), Australian diver
  • 03 Mar – Perry Ellis (1940–1986), American fashion designer
  • 03 Mar – Xavier Bettel (1973–), Prime Minister of Luxembourg
  • 04 Mar – Chaz Bono (1969–), American advocate, writer & musician
  • 04 Mar – Svend Robinson (1952–), Canadian former politician, 1st first openly gay Canadian Member of Parliament
  • 05 Mar – Matt Lucas (1974–), English actor, comedian, writer & tv presenter.
  • 05 Mar – Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975), Italian poet, intellectual, film director & writer
  • 06 Mar – Charles I of Württemberg (1823–1891), German aristocrat, King of Wurttemberg
  • 06 Mar – Francis Alick Howard OBE (1917–1992), English actor & comedian, better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd
  • 07 Mar – Sir Henry Channon (1897–1958), British Conservative Member of Parliament
  • 07 Mar – Bret Easton Ellis (1964–), American novelist, screenwriter & short story writer
  • 09 Mar – Lord Ivor Mountbatten (1963–), British aristocrat, farmer, geologist & businessman
  • 09 Mar – Richard Adams (1947–2012), Filipino-American gay rights activist
  • 09 Mar – Samuel Barber (1910–1981), American composer
  • 09 Mar – Will Geer (1902–1978), American actor & social activist
  • 11 Mar – John Barrowman (1967–), British-American actor, author, presenter, singer & comic book writer. Known for his roles in Torchwood & Dr Who
  • 11 Mar – Christopher Rice (1978–), American writer
  • 11 Mar – Bill Siksay (1955–), Canadian politician
  • 12 Mar – Vaslav Nijinsky (1890–1950), Russian ballet dancer & choreographer
  • 12 Mar – Edward Albee (1928–), American playwright
  • 13 Mar – Armistead Maupin (1944–), American writer
  • 14 Mar – Alfred Redl (1864–1913), Austrian counter-intelligence officer & spy
  • 15 Mar – Kwame Harris (1982–), Jamaican-born American football player
  • 15 Mar – Amir Ohana (1976–), Israeli lawyer & politician
  • 16 Mar – Donal Óg Cusack (1977–), Irish hurling goalkeeper
  • 16 Mar – Jon Hinson (1942–1995), American politician, former Republican congressman (Mississippi) (1979–1981)
  • 17 Mar – Alexander McQueen (1969–2010), British fashion designer
  • 18 Mar – Stanley Bennett Clay (1950–), American writer, publisher, novelist, director & actor
  • 18 Mar – Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), British wartime poet
  • 22 Mar – Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021), American composer/lyricist. VIP in 20thC musical theater
  • 23 Mar – Joseph C. Leyendecker (1874–1951), German-born American illustrator
  • 23 Mar – Prince Felix Yusupov (1887–1967), Russian aristocrat
  • 24 Mar – Bob Mackie (1940–), American fashion designer
  • 24 Mar – Jim Parsons (1973–), American actor & producer
  • 25 Mar – Elton John (1947–), English singer-songwriter, composer & pianist
  • 26 Mar – A. E. Housman (1859–1936), English classical scholar & poet
  • 26 Mar – Rev Richard Coles FRSA FKC (1962–), English musician, journalist, radio presenter & C of E parish priest in Northamptonshire
  • 28 Mar – Sir Dirk Bogarde (1921–1999), English actor, novelist & screenwriter. Born Derek Niven van den Bogaerde
  • 28 Mar – Scott Mills (1974–), English radio DJ, tv presenter & actor, known for his BBC Radio 1 show
  • 29 Mar – Bruce Weber (1946–), American fashion photographer
  • 30 Mar – Jean-Claude Brialy (1933–2007), French actor, director & socialite
  • 31 Mar – Richard Chamberlain (1934–), American actor
  • 31 Mar – Barney Frank (1940–), American politician, former Democratic congressman (Massachusetts) (1981–2013)
  • 31 Mar – Sir Alan James Carter Duncan KCMG (1957–), British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister of State for International Development (2010–2014), Minister of State for Europe & the Americas (2016–2019)

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