“I never actually have lunch,” Jeremy King says when I ask him what his lunchtime order is. I should have done my research. For a man who doesn’t eat lunch, Jeremy King has perfected the art of serving it. Since his arrival on London’s restaurant scene in 1981 with Le Caprice, King (then partnered with longtime collaborator Chris Corbin) has shaped the way that the city socialises. With venues such as The Wolseley, Brasserie Zédel, The Delaunay and The Ivy, he became known for serving good food in spectacular rooms to a democratic clientele – City boys and Lucian Freud; families celebrating a big birthday and the Beckhams. It’s a recipe he’s returned to with his latest, and potentially most ambitious, venture to date: Simpson’s in The Strand.

Michael Gandolfini wants to, in his own words, “take big swings”. With a growing list of credits, including a turn in Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again, where he plays an ambitious young political aide, and the lead in The Many Saints Of Newark, where he adroitly portrayed a young Tony Soprano, a character made iconic by his father James Gandolfini, the young New Yorker is enjoying the ride. During a stopover in London, we jumped on a call with Gandolfini to find out what he’s been up to lately.

Modern men spend more time with their children than previous generations, The Economist reported earlier this year. OK, so dads raising their own kids isn’t exactly – and shouldn’t be – raising eyebrows, but perhaps this will: millennial fathers today spend on average more time with their children than boomer mums ever did with theirs. (It goes without saying that millennial mums still spend more time with them than millennial dads do, but at least we’re moving in the right direction.)

As you enter the lobby of London’s new St Clement Hotel, sitting below The Strand and just above the Thames, you are greeted by a particular sense of cool and calm. It appears effortless and yet every detail is chosen with precision, including the faint scent of something citrusy and fresh – custom made for the hotel by perfumer Lyn Harris. Standing by one of two large white sofas, looking unruffled despite his hotel’s imminent opening, is Nick Jones. He is dressed, as always, in a uniform of head-to-toe navy – today a Brunello Cucinelli ensemble – that looks both deliberate and unconsidered. After 30 years of building the Soho House group – the global members’ club empire that redefined how the creative set socialises – hospitality is less a profession than a nervous system for Jones.

“I never actually have lunch,” Jeremy King says when I ask him what his lunchtime order is. I should have done my research. For a man who doesn’t eat lunch, Jeremy King has perfected the art of serving it. Since his arrival on London’s restaurant scene in 1981 with Le Caprice, King (then partnered with longtime collaborator Chris Corbin) has shaped the way that the city socialises. With venues such as The Wolseley, Brasserie Zédel, The Delaunay and The Ivy, he became known for serving good food in spectacular rooms to a democratic clientele – City boys and Lucian Freud; families celebrating a big birthday and the Beckhams. It’s a recipe he’s returned to with his latest, and potentially most ambitious, venture to date: Simpson’s in The Strand.

Michael Gandolfini wants to, in his own words, “take big swings”. With a growing list of credits, including a turn in Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again, where he plays an ambitious young political aide, and the lead in The Many Saints Of Newark, where he adroitly portrayed a young Tony Soprano, a character made iconic by his father James Gandolfini, the young New Yorker is enjoying the ride. During a stopover in London, we jumped on a call with Gandolfini to find out what he’s been up to lately.