‘inspiring people is the key for me’

Working on The Repair Shop and listening to people’s moving tales from the past has given the show’s metalwork expert Dominic Chinea an epiphany: life is too short for regrets. Which is why he’s decid

Makers and shopkeepers Brett Shergold and Stephen Comer

PATRICK GRANT on how wartime wisdom inspires his passion for planet-friendly fashion

TUESDAY 5 AUGUST

These makers and brands craft their wares and source materials locally, reducing carbon emissions and championing British ingenuity

OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, ELLE HAS CELEBRATED CREATIVITY OF ALL KINDS. HERE, A RANGE OF TODAY’S LEADING ARTISTS, WRITERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND DIRECTORS SHARE THE RITUALS, ROUTINES AND REALITIES BEHIND THEIR GREATEST WORKS, FROM MIND-BLOWING EXCEL SHEETS TO THE MAGIC OF THE DARK ROOM