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THE LONDON ART WORLD is in for a feast this summer as the National Portrait Gallery reopens its doors on 22 June with Yevonde: Life and Colour, an exhibition that explores the incredible career of the pioneering society portrait photographer behind some of Tatler’s most iconic imagery. Madame Yevonde also, as it happens, photographed my grandmother posing as Circe for her Goddesses exhibition in 1935 – a personal connection that inspired a tribute feature in this issue, where we bring together 10 of society’s most notable young women, including Vimbai Masiyiwa and the Spencer twins, to recreate the best of Yevonde’s photography archive (see page 78). Portraiture is uniquely evocative for each of us – and in this coronation year, it’s having a moment. Former Bystander photographer Hugo Burnand has taken…

EKALALE SUSAN, KENYA At the height of the Covid pandemic, Ekalale Susan, 20, became her family’s main breadwinner. Thanks to the skills she had learnt on the Prince’s Trust Enterprise Challenge programme, she set up a food business, sourcing fruit and veg from wholesalers and reselling them locally. At first she had just 12 customers, but she scaled up her idea and expanded using the business acumen she’d acquired. The programme has ‘changed my life. It enabled me to start my business,’ she says. Her next grand plan? She hopes to use the income to help fund her education. Winning the Prince’s Trust Global Award in 2021 will have spurred her on, no doubt. ADRIAN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO It was the Achieve programme that really set Adrian, 24, on the path to opening…

For two nights, revellers took to the mountains in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, to celebrate as London-based American swan Schuyler Mack and Ben Chan tied the knot. The wedding’s Arctic Rave theme sparked a flurry of fur and sequins – although three weeks without snowfall meant it was more of a ‘mud rave’, said Schuyler, who exuded regal energy in a pink Moncler gown she later swapped for a sequinned dress. Guests arrived to find an ‘Alpine village’, with a fire pit, pretzel stalls and a giant sun installation that lit up as the real sun set. After knocking back bullshots (like a Bloody Mary but with beef bouillon), everyone headed for the ‘rave igloo’. George Porchester and Astrid Harbord led the dancing, which went on until 4am – DJ…

‘I wanted to look like a disco ball,’ laughed Schuyler Mack, who glittered in Paco Rabanne sequins at the welcome party for her wedding guests. Margaritas flowed and plates of gnocchi, Italian smoked cheese and charcuterie circulated the Alpine cabin as DJ Betto turned up the tunes. Mother-of-the-bride Carol Mack was the first on the dancefloor – and the last to leave at 2am.…

Art aficionados and savvy society collectors spilled into the courtyard of Somerset House for the opening of the Countess of Rosslyn’s London Original Print Fair 2023. Fuelled by an emergency supply of champagne (discovered at the back of the kitchen), 800 guests battled to buy new work by Harland Miller, David Shrigley and Tracey Emin. Artist Gavin Turk and Kooks guitarist Hugh Harris were left speechless by never-before-seen James Gillray prints, while painter Humphrey Ocean found his name in Grayson Perry’s England as seen from Lockdown in Islington. By 9pm, people were hurriedly making their last purchases before heading for supper at Spring.…

Champagne, Amarula and Tusker (Kenyan beer) flowed at the wedding of Harry Carr-Ellison and Daisy Andrew at her parents’ house in Laikipia. ‘Elephants and zebra roamed the plains below,’ said the bride, but all eyes were on her and Harry as they danced their first dance as newlyweds to Boney M’s ‘Rasputin’. Next morning, the beasts got their own back when a buffalo barged into the pop-up camp where all the British guests had spent the night. No matter: early risers spotted hippos on a game drive before a a hog-roast lunch and endless rosé.…