Press : London Evening Standard: Darling, I’m not name-dropping I’m networking

16 October 2009

Never mind the six degrees of Kevin Bacon. Nicky Haslam’s forthcoming memoirs, Redeeming Features, has set a whole new benchmark for the small world phenomenon.

Nicky knows everyone who is anyone and, as his book demonstrates, he has met most of the iconic figures of the late 20th century, including Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Cecil Beaton, Diana Cooper, Noël Coward, Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol and Jack Kennedy.

The flamboyant interior designer and cousin of Princess Diana was the toast of this week’s Tatler 300th anniversary party and is soon to be fêted with a BBC Storyville documentary, Hi Society – The Wonderful World of Nicky Haslam.

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