Cotswolds confidential: Celebrities, creativity, and the quest for cool at Soho House Summit

It’s a warm May day for the Soho House Summit – a balmy 23 degrees Celsius, though it feels more like 33 inside the whitewashed barn of Chipping Norton’s Farmhouse. Attendees fan themselves with programs as James Corden jests with founder Nick Jones about the lack of air conditioning. Outside, regulars sip coffee beneath doily-esque parasols, while newcomers navigate the tarmac on those infamous turquoise bicycles.

To mark 30 years of Soho…