Writing on the Wall

Nicky Haslam grew up in Buckinghamshire in a house called Great Hundridge Manor with his parents and two older brothers. Aged seven, he went to Scotland to visit his uncle Oliver, where he contracted polio and was paralysed down one side as a result. With time, he recovered and went to Eton, where he was to make quite a splash. On a visit to New York to see his half-sister he met fading Hollywood legend Tallulah Bankhead, who took a shine to him. When his parents moved to London, and despite being still a schoolboy, he made some of the most important friendships of his life, with the flamboyant Simon Fleet, Cecil Beaton, John Gielgud, Chips Channon and many other luminaries. After leaving Eton, on a holiday to New York, he was discovered by Alex Lieberman at Vogue and offered a job in the Art Department, where he worked with Andy Warhol. Through his work at the magazine he met and became friendly with the Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson. His work also gave him the opportunity to get to know Jackie Kennedy. After leaving Vogue, Nicky Haslam became an interior designer, working for some of the best known names in Britain and the world.
This book will follow Nicky around the seven houses in which he has lived his life and will not fail to delight.