026. Penny Martin. Women’s Media. Celebrating Peculiarities.

A wide-ranging conversation with Penny Martin, editor-in-chief of iconic women’s magazine The Gentlewoman. Widely recognised as the definitive style title for discerning women, as The Gentlewoman’s founding editor, Penny is responsible for the exacting editorial standards and refined taste that have made it so influential. Before being tapped by the publishers of Fantastic Man to head up the magazine back in 2010, Penny was previously a curator at the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television and chair of fashion imagery at University of the Arts, London. She also contributes to numerous international publications and consults for several brands, including the likes of Miu Miu and Nike, and is a trustee of The National Trust for Scotland.

In this episode we discuss how the magazine has evolved since its debut in 2010 and going against the grain of women’s glossies, as well as the magazine’s driving ethos, the nuts and bolts of the editorial process, and some of The Gentlewoman’s most iconic covers to date.

Find Penny Martin on Twitter and Instagram @pennyjanemartin

Find The Gentlewoman on Twitter @thegentlewoman and Instagram @the_gentlewoman

Check out The Gentlewoman’s archive of interviews at www.thegentlewoman.co.uk/library

Pre-order my forthcoming book We Need To Talk About Money (4th Estate) via Amazon or Waterstones.

Produced by Chris Sharp and Naomi Mantin.