The Lady Magazine

26 June 2015

Dear Readers, We Britons don’t half love a detective. Just take a glance at the television listings, or the shelves creaking with crime at the local lending library. In fact, our love of cracking a puzzle probably goes some of the way to explaining why this magazine’s Ladygram is so stupendously popular. But one super-sleuth trumps all others. He is the original caped crusader, the paragon of private eyes, the blueprint bloodhound. Yes, he’s Mr Sherlock Holmes. We really can’t get enough of him. In fact, he has just returned to the big screen in yet another cinematic adventure, this time played by the great Sir Ian McKellen, who speaks to us on page 16 about ageing, acting – and bringing the famous resident of 221B Baker Street to glorious life. We also have Audrey Hepburn’s son on his iconic mother’s very special relationship with London; a fascinating glimpse into the sensitive soul of the octopus, and our unmissable guide to one of our island’s most spectacular counties: Norfolk. So go on, dig in. It would be a crime to miss it. Very best wishes, Matt Warren, Editor