Tina Brown

And so we...

Both happened to be at a sort of literary agent's party, and I was chatting to this charming, rather short, but very funny guy.

And we talked about The New Statesman, and he said, well, who do you like reading in The New Statesman?

I said, I'm obsessed with Bruno Holbrooke.

And there was a kind of pregnant pause and he said, I am Bruno Holbrook.

At which point, dissolve.

The rest is a very steamy night.

Well, what happened was that, you know, the New Statesman quickly led to my writing for the Sunday Times look pages, as they were called, under Harry.

And during that time, I had caught sight of Harry from a distance and he became an instant, you know, love at first sight idol.

Another one, another dissolving.

Another dissolving, but not quite yet.

That was just, he was a huge icon at that point.

I was nowhere near, you know, that at that moment.

But, you know, I became a freelancer.

I was writing in the Sunday Times, all over the place.

And this real estate guy bought the Tatler, which was at that time, you know, a shiny thing with a staples through it.

And it was just a picture of a sort of bun-faced Deb on the cover and horse and Jim Carter pictures.

You know, 4,000 people read it.

But he wanted to turn it into a real magazine.

You know, he decided he was going to buy it and turn it into a glossy magazine with a nice spine and good pictures and look like Harper's and Queen.