HANSOM MOVE OVER SHERLOCK

摘要

When Building met the journalist Toby Young for lunch last week we talked about his plan to set up a free school (see page 34 for the full interview). And of course we had to ask about his notorious stint in New York working for Vanity Fair, which inspired his book How To Lose Friends and Alienate People. On asking him how the magazine produces its flamboyantly written features, we were disappointed to learn that the common practice, as far as Young could tell, was for well known writers to toss the recording of interviews to junior staff who were expected to whip it into sparkling copy.