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A former editor at The New York Times and editor-in-chief at gal-dem magazine, Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff has written on subjects as diverse as Peckham’s hair salons and a Lagos skating collective’s thrifting habits. Her dream interview would be sci-fi writer NK Jemisin. ‘I love her novels, and especially the Broken Earth trilogy. She writes with such clarity of vision and intention.’ Career highlights include writing last year’s Black Panther cover story for ELLE and gal-dem’s 2018 takeover of The Guardian Weekend. Charlie interviews Tems (above), one of our Style Awards cover stars.
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Journalist and editor Shannon Mahanty has interviewed everyone from Marianne Faithfull to Stormzy. Her advice for getting the most out of people? ‘Be genuinely curious. I try to only ask questions that I couldn’t guess the answer to.’ To stay in the writing zone, she uses Focusmate. ‘It’s like Zoom for productivity: you schedule a call and get paired up with a stranger anywhere in the world. Then you sit in silence, working. Quite bonkers but it works!’ For this issue, she interviewed one of our ELLE Style Awards cover stars, Ncuti Gatwa, and joined the conversation between Florence Pugh and Jodie Turner-Smith.
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Jeanie Annan-Lewin is the creative director of Perfect magazine and a fashion stylist who has worked with Kylie Minogue, Raye and Naomi Campbell, which she describes as her proudest career moment. Her work stems from her love of ‘telling stories and buildi
