At Tatler, I watched agog as Isabella Delves Broughton – soon to be legendary fashion editor Issy Blow – teetered in Chanel and so many feathers that I thought she might take flight. Hosting deskside castings for arty or aristocratic beauties, she would later accessorise them with togas or suits of armour or swans at their Palladian mansions. Not that The Face hadn’t had visitors, just less plumage.
One lunchtime, Paul Weller perched on my desk – can’t remember why – answering the…