Best-selling author Joanna Trollope, a distant relative of the Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope, is one of Britain’s most successful writers. After studying at Oxford, she worked in the Foreign Office, then became a teacher, and in 1980 turned to writing full time. Few authors write so clearly...
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is one of the few, if not only, rock star to have taken his band on tour in a customised Boeing 747 that he piloted himself. In this immersive documentary – recorded on location and in the studio ahead of Iron Maiden’s...
Mention Brian May and many images spring to mind. The co-founder and lead guitarist of Queen is an astronomer with a doctorate in astrophysics, and also a committed campaigner for animal rights. Less well known is that for over 50 years he has been an avid stereoscopic...
Published in Caribbean Beat Issue No. 73 – May/June 2005. The London-based Institute of International Visual Arts has earned a reputation for working with Caribbean artists. As inIVA gets to work on its new headquarters building, Maggie Lee investigates its role in promoting Caribbean art and...
A strong coffee with the founders of speech-to-text telecom Spinvox...
In the discreet world of private equity, Permira, with a mission to promote the sector and funds sufficient to buy billion-euro businesses, is unusually open about its business. ...
Maggie Lee watches physicists and dancers working together to explain Einstein to everyone....
Published in Caribbean Beat March/April 2008 (Issue 90) Chris Blackwell turned Jamaican reggae singers into global stars. Now, as Maggie Lee reports, he’s turning a famous Jamaican estate into a global attraction. Chris Blackwell, the legendary founder of Island Records, who brought reggae and Bob Marley to...
Published in The Independent on Sunday, Nov 4, 2007. Maggie Lee meets the head of an investment company with royal approval, founded just three years ago and already making waves in the UK. Sameer al-Ansari, founder and chairman of Dubai International Capital, chooses his words carefully....
Published in The Independent on Sunday, Aug 26, 2007. He still isn’t too old to rock ‘n’ roll and he was never too young to be wise about business. Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson talks to Maggie Lee. The only thing I regret about my musical career is...