Rebecca Newman :: Interviews & About Town

#MeToo: The social media impact statement

May 10, 2019

Even as the fight continues it is worth recognising this watershed moment, in which a hashtag really meant something

Would you pay £200,000 to find happiness? Discover the secrets of the Extraordinary Adventure Club

October 30, 2018

The super-rich are pushing themselves to the limit on life-changing trips to remote parts of the world. Rebecca Newman joins the Extraordinary Adventure Club and talks to its members

The best hangover cures

December 14, 2017

Cometh the festive season, cometh the seemingly endless hangover. Let Rebecca Newman be your guide to lessening the blow of the morning after the night before

All about the microbiome: How to have a healthy gut and boost your body's immunity

July 4, 2017

Mushrooms, bone broth, sourdough... your stomach is the way to well-being. Time to recalibrate your gut instinct, explains Rebecca Newman

Sound baths, quartz and harmonised water: why the beauty world is buzzing for holistic vibration treatments

March 6, 2017

Healing sound baths, harmonised water and products that promise to re-align your body’s frequency. The beauty world is buzzing — literally, says Rebecca Newman

Would you take a new £1,300 DNA test that could save your life?

February 14, 2017

DNA healthcare is set to revolutionise healthcare. Will you be taking this leading test?

The rise of intimate technology: meet the new wave of smart sex toys that will give you a bespoke orgasm

January 5, 2016

A new wave of intelligent sex toys is promising us all bespoke orgasms, tightened pelvic floors and virtual coupling with whoever we want. Rebecca Newman reports on the rise (and rise) of intimate technology

Survival of the richest: how London's super-rich are trying to buy immortality

January 5, 2016

When you have everything you ever dreamed of, what’s left to want? Time to enjoy it, of course. Rebecca Newman investigates the cutting-edge treatments helping London’s super-rich stay forever young — and just how much they’re prepared to pay for them

Rachel Riley: the woman behind Prince George's dungarees

November 18, 2014

Forget the Kate effect, when it comes to transforming the fortunes of little-known designers, it’s Prince George you want on side. Rebecca Newman meets Rachel Riley, creator of the world’s most famous dungarees

Welcome to the pleasure drones: how the war machine is going mainstream

November 17, 2014

Drones have found a new purpose in life and are now being used as everything from postmen to farmers, wedding photographers to documentary makers. Rebecca Newman reports

The first rule of networking? Never talk about networking

July 21, 2014

Rebecca Newman talks to the women transforming London's networking scene

Elle Macpherson: The Body at 50

July 10, 2014

Elle Macpherson turned her nickname into a multimillion-pound business, and is celebrating turning 50 with yet another new venture. But, she tells Rebecca Newman, the true secret of her success is knowing how to have fun

'Mommy Porn? How dare men put down women’s sexual fantasies’

December 7, 2012

EL James has just won a top award for her global bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey, which has earned her a vast fortune and accolades – but her next book could shock her millions of fans

Appy and you know it?

August 3, 2012

From daydreaming to dating, dining out to doing chores, there’s now an app to get you through every part of your day.

The Spin Doctor

July 6, 2012

Michael Taylor, the man behind the Olympic Velodrome

The dominatrix machine

May 3, 2012

Betony Vernon is the haute jewellery designer whose 'sado-chic' brings an aesthete's eye to S&M accessories.

Tyson Beckford is a super man

March 23, 2012

Supermodel Tyson Beckford puts some muscle into spring's preppy trend and talks racing cars and real men.

Would you dare to wear...

September 9, 2011

A PVC corset belt or Galliano's six-tailed fox-fur hat?

The modern salon circuit: Champagne for the brain

April 28, 2011

This season’s hottest accessory is your mind. Rebecca Newman explores today’s salon circuit

Adventures in philanthropy

November 8, 2010

Call them ‘social entrepreneurs’, ‘venture philanthropists’ or ‘resourceful givers’: a new generation of volunteers and donors are changing charity. And this time they mean business

Heads you win

June 28, 2010

Bill Clinton: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."

Connect the dots

March 25, 2010

Choose your friends carefully – they influence your life more than you think, says Rebecca Newman, from your choice of mate to your physical shape

Light my fire

August 1, 2009

If you want to be at the centre of everything hip and happening, there’s only one place to be, says Rebecca Newman – right here

Girl About Town visits Pop Life at Tate Modern

July 15, 2009

All the world’s a gallery, and all the men and women merely buyers, says Rebecca Newman. But who’s complaining when the art in question is in Harvey Nicks?

Buy buy recession

July 1, 2009

Keynesian economics teaches us to spend, spend, spend our way out of a recession. There’s no finer excuse, says Rebecca Newman, for a trip to fashion treasure trove Liberty