Tatler's 300 year celebration

I like Tatler because it is so removed from most British people's reality, it makes a brilliant form of escapism and insight into how the other third live. It is quite witty when it wants to be and, like Horse and Hound and Country Life, I respect its lineage and the way it's stuck around despite the fact most people can't afford to buy an issue of it let alone a £4.5 million town house in London or 20 horses in Shropshire. And, let's face it, people hate Toffs so it has a lot of stereotyping to overcome.

But the mag delivers lovely editorials, interesting stories about scandalous society women (I adore those kind of women, like Gorgiana Duchess of Devonshire and Isabella Blow) and has relevant fashion and beauty features, despite the fact that its orignal readers wouldn't have been caught dead in anything other than a Barbour jacket and jodhpurs.

The 300 year celebration November issue is out now, with a funky pull out cover of the Queen. Rather!