Film editor

Clara has cut features and documentaries for fifteen years, most of them in a dark room in Soho. She started as a runner and still keeps the first timeline she was trusted with.

Architect

Tomás runs a small practice working mostly on homes and restorations. Before that he spent eight years at a large firm on towers he never once walked into.

Early-stage investor

Hannah backs companies before they have much more than a founder and an idea. She was a founder herself first, and says that is the only reason she reads every email.

Sommelier

Julien runs the wine list at a small restaurant in Mayfair. He talked through how a list is built, what a producer tells you over lunch that never makes the label, and why he still tastes everything blind.

Music producer

Amara has produced records for artists you have heard of and many you haven’t yet. She played a track in its first and last versions and walked the room through every decision in between.

Foreign correspondent

Leo has reported from eleven countries for a national paper. He spoke about how a story is checked before it runs, the editors on the other end of the phone, and the stories he chose not to file.

Creative director

Sofia leads design at a London label. She brought a season’s worth of sketches and showed how three hundred ideas become the forty pieces that reach a shop.