Hilary Rose joined The Times in her twenties and is now a columnist and feature writer across most sections, including Comment, T2 and The Times magazine. She has interviewed everyone from Victoria Beckham to Jon Bon Jovi and has written about everything from food to fashion. She lives in London and aims only to leave it on a plane heading due south.

Witty . . . a life-enhancing book, celebrating a certain aristocratic but down-to-earth Britishness

Hilary Rose joined The Times in her twenties and is now a columnist and feature writer across most sections, including Comment, T2 and The Times magazine. She has interviewed everyone from Victoria Beckham to Jon Bon Jovi and has written about everything from food to fashion. She lives in London and aims only to leave it on a plane heading due south.

Witty . . . a life-enhancing book, celebrating a certain aristocratic but down-to-earth Britishness

Hilary Rose joined The Times in her twenties and is now a columnist and feature writer across most sections, including Comment, T2 and The Times magazine. She has interviewed everyone from Victoria Beckham to Jon Bon Jovi and has written about everything from food to fashion. She lives in London and aims only to leave it on a plane heading due south.

Witty . . . a life-enhancing book, celebrating a certain aristocratic but down-to-earth Britishness