CIRCA-CLUB EVENTS 2026

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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 Apr – Phillip Schofield (1962–), English TV presenter
  • 02 Apr – Paul Gambaccini (1949–), American-British radio/TV presenter and author in the UK, known as the “Pop Professor” or the “Great Gambo”
  • 03 Apr – David Hyde Pierce (1959–), American actor
  • 04 Apr – Graham Norton (1963–), Irish actor, author, comedian, commentator, and presenter; five-time BAFTA Award winner for The Graham Norton Show
  • 04 Apr – Robert Bauman (1937–1981), American politician and author, former Republican congressman (Maryland)
  • 04 Apr – Clive Davis (1932–), American record producer and music industry executive
  • 04 Apr – Anthony Perkins (1932–1992), American actor
  • 05 Apr – Nigel Hawthorne (1929–2001), British actor
  • 05 Apr – Thomas Hitzlsperger (1982–), German retired soccer player
  • 07 Apr – Harry Hay (1912–2002), American labour advocate, teacher, and LGBT rights activist
  • 07 Apr – Duncan James (1978–), English singer, actor, and TV presenter; member of boy band Blue
  • 08 Apr – Evan Davis (1962–), English economist, journalist, and presenter for the BBC
  • 09 Apr – Marc Jacobs (1963–), American fashion designer
  • 09 Apr – Harris Wofford (1926–2019), American attorney and politician, U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania (1991–1995)
  • 10 Apr – Tom Spencer (1948–2023), British politician and former Member of the European Parliament
  • 11 Apr – Glenway Wescott (1901–1987), American writer
  • 13 Apr – Ole von Beust (1955–), German politician and former First Mayor of Hamburg
  • 14 Apr – Sir John Gielgud (1904–2000), English actor
  • 14 Apr – José María Mendiluce (1951–2015), Spanish writer and politician
  • 14 Apr – André Boisclair (1966–), Canadian politician and former leader of the Parti Québécois
  • 15 Apr – Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian Renaissance polymath
  • 15 Apr – Luke Evans (1979–), Welsh actor and singer
  • 15 Apr – George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), American fashion photographer
  • 16 Apr – Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess (1911–1963), British diplomat, Soviet agent, and member of the Cambridge Five spy ring; defected to the Soviet Union in 1951
  • 16 Apr – Raymond Chan Chi-chuen (1972–), Hong Kong politician and radio host
  • 17 Apr – Thornton Wilder (1897–1975), American playwright and novelist
  • 19 Apr – Prince Edmond de Polignac (1834–1901), French aristocrat and composer
  • 19 Apr – Dick Sargent (1930–1994), American actor
  • 20 Apr – Henry de Montherlant (1895–1972), French essayist and novelist
  • 20 Apr – Toller Cranston (1949–2015), Canadian figure skater and artist, 1976 Olympic bronze medallist
  • 22 Apr – John Waters (1946–), American director, writer, visual artist, and media personality
  • 23 Apr – Halston (1932–1990), American fashion designer
  • 24 Apr – Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952–), French fashion designer
  • 24 Apr – Brian Paddick, Baron Paddick (1958–), British politician and retired police officer, sitting in the House of Lords as a life peer
  • 25 Apr – Edward II (1267–1327), King of England
  • 26 Apr – Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), Austrian philosopher
  • 27 Apr – Russell T Davies (1963–), British television producer and screenwriter
  • 27 Apr – Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893–1976), Yugoslavian (Serbian) royalty
  • 30 Apr – Onir (1969–), Bengali Indian film director, editor, writer, and producer

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