It was the first day of summer 2021. Mr Jim Denevan – the 60-year-old chef and founder of the “roving restaurant without walls” known as Outstanding in the Field – was finally back on the road after a 16-month hiatus. “I’m really happy to be doing this again,” he says, almost teary-eyed, when we spoke a few weeks later.

For a man who has built a life between Australia and Italy (not to mention a career in travel), to say that the past couple of years have been tricky for Mr Bradley Cocks would be an understatement. Still, a pandemic is no match for the resourceful founder of social consultancy company Goodtrip Pty Ltd: Mr Cocks has adapted to the new normal with grace, spending the past year pivoting to consulting in biotechnology.

Nobody does it better than James Bond when it comes to travelling in style. Frequently flying out of London at a moment’s notice, his choice of international hotels is nevertheless as exemplary as his taste in watches, shoes and suiting. He’s gone into outer space, volcanoes and dozens of archvillains’ lairs, yet he always makes it back to his well-appointed suite safely – and usually with a willing bed-mate in tow. With his latest globetrotting outing, >No Time To Die<, released next month, we check out the hotels 007 has checked into over the years –and how you can score Bond points when booking them yourself. The Bollinger’s on ice – just remember to sweep the room for listening devices or assassins before popping the cork.

It’s been nearly a decade since Facebook’s mega-IPO sounded the klaxon for the Silicon Valley gold rush. In that time, the image of a successful tech entrepreneur has become fairly well established in the collective consciousness. You know what we mean: child coding prodigy, founded their first company at the age of 14, studied computer science at an Ivy League, dropped out. Mr Joe Gebbia? Yeah… he doesn’t really fit that description. In fact, none of the above apply to him. But as co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Airbnb, the online holiday rental marketplace that has revolutionised the hospitality industry, he’s as successful a tech entrepreneur as you’re ever likely to meet.

It was the first day of summer 2021. Mr Jim Denevan – the 60-year-old chef and founder of the “roving restaurant without walls” known as Outstanding in the Field – was finally back on the road after a 16-month hiatus. “I’m really happy to be doing this again,” he says, almost teary-eyed, when we spoke a few weeks later.

For a man who has built a life between Australia and Italy (not to mention a career in travel), to say that the past couple of years have been tricky for Mr Bradley Cocks would be an understatement. Still, a pandemic is no match for the resourceful founder of social consultancy company Goodtrip Pty Ltd: Mr Cocks has adapted to the new normal with grace, spending the past year pivoting to consulting in biotechnology.