In 1989 James Fenton startled his friends by moving to a derelict farm to set about making a spectacular garden. Now he has surprised them again by selling up. Julie Kavanagh talks to Fenton and friends – and his gardener, Mike Collins
“Suffragette”, starring Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep, was a six-year labour of love for its director, Sarah Gavron. She tells Julie Kavanagh how its story of pioneering women chimes with her own
Flaubert’s ageless anti-heroine is back in two new films. Julie Kavanagh sets out to establish who the real Emma Bovary was
The choreographer Alexander Whitley takes his next steps in dance – and cognitive science
Francesca Hayward dances Clara in “The Nutcracker”— on 1,100 screens around the world
Why did Sergei Polunin walk out on a golden career with the Royal Ballet? Julie Kavanagh goes to Kiev and Moscow to talk to him, his parents and his mentors
She has been a force in fashion for 50 years. Julie Kavanagh, her friend and former assistant, captures her style
