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Lucia van de Post Lucia van der Post was born and educated in South Africa, where she spent the first 20 years of her life. She started her career in journalism writing on interior design matters for the Sunday Telegraph newspaper before joining The Sunday Times and becoming one of the feature writers on the newly-launched Look pages. In 1973 she became the editor and main feature writer on the How To Spend It pages of the weekend section of the Financial Times which she turned into cult Saturday reading. She was the launch editor of its award-winning monthly colour supplement also called How To Spend It which is now a hugely successful part of the weekend FT. She still writes regularly for How To Spend It where she is an associate editor. She has an abiding love of Africa which she visits as often as she can. She has lived in London ever since she first arrived in the UK and is married with two grownup children and five grandsons.
Above & left ► The breathtaking Chatsworth House. Last year it staged House Style: Five Centuries of Fashion, sponsored by Gucci, starring a stellar roll call of iconic women connected with Chatsworth throughout the centuries.
