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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

A spaceport, a new solar-powered city, and how to save a slum

A five-times world champion boxer and mother of two, she has had to battle against far more than her opponents in the ring

Meeting Thomas Heatherwick

Andy Warhol is an art-world colossus whose work accounts for one-sixth of contemporary-art sales. How did that happen, and is he really worth it?

Ralph Fiennes spent two years battling to direct his first film. Julie Kavanagh followed him through that time, and interviewed his friends and his sisters, to track down the source of his gifts—and his demons

Hilary Mantel is the first woman to win the Man Booker prize twice and the first British author to win twice. But, as she reveals in this memoir, behind her success lies a complicated relationship with awards