Though as mindless a film as you could wish to see, Sophia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette offers one profound insight into the subject that dominates this issue of the Independent Magazine. It is to be found in the character of the Dauphin, whom Marie has been despatched from Austria to marry. Instead of tending to the connubial requirements of his lovely teenage wife, this royal b... Full text
Christopher Hirst is a freelance journalist who lives mostly in south London and occasionally in North Yorkshire. In 2005, he was Glenfiddich Food Writer of the Year and runner-up in 2007. He is currently writing a book about the experience of cooking with his wife (aka Mrs W) which is due to be published by Fourth Estate next May.
Lucinda Rogers is an illustrator more commonly known for reportage drawing and specialises in drawing cities, in particular New York and London’s East End where she lives. In July The Independent published her drawings of scenes at the Hop Farm Festival. New east London work will appear in the next issue of Case da Abitare magazine.
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