Nº 7: Millie Gray
The director and editor swings by to tell us about jacket potatoes, her hatred of ponytails, and why the best nights out are with estate agents.
We’re back with our sixth guest, the legendary Millie Gray. Read on to find out what she’s into, and if you’re new here, hit subscribe for secret recommendations every Monday and Wednesday.
Millie Gray is a Director, Video Editor and Dyke working at The Face magazine. She loves spam emails and hates seagulls.
☞ ST CHRISTOPHER’S INN PUB: (London Bridge/centre of the universe) – I think partying with estate agents is wildly underrated – they have great chat, they make you feel better about yourself and you’ll probably come home with a new flat. Once went to this pub on a Friday night where a man with bare feet surrounded by shattered glass was playing anything you wanted on a tiny stage (I requested Naive by the Kooks – some may say a timeless classic – and was immediately cheered on by a crowd of men in white shirts). I’d summarise it in three words: character building (that counts as one word by the way), neck oil (again, one word), INDIE (capitalised obviously). stchristopherspub.co.uk
☞ TIKTOK: Yesterday I watched a brief 45 second video on why the Russians aren’t going to nuke us with atomic weapons. tiktok.com
☞ CULTURE: Here I would ideally recommend the bare foot man from the pub but I think that would kill the desire to go, so I’d have to say the book I’ve been reading for the last two and a half years about London (London: a biography by Peter Ackroyd). I found out that my office is built on the site of a well which was a sacred pagan worship place, utterly remarkable given its a total shithole. waterstones.com
☞ BUY MY SHIT: I’m selling some salopettes on Depop for an obscene amount of money. Could someone please buy or at the very least like the pic so I can afford a holiday, thanks. depop.com
☞ ADVICE: Always bring your own lunch. I don’t mean to overshare but I’m an incredibly good cook. Have recently got back into Jacket Potatoes.
☞ ICONIC PRODUCT: Nothing will beat iPhone earphones (with cable). Genius.
☞ AVOID: Never go to whitstable in the summer.
♪ LISTENING TO: Zager and Evans - in the year 2525. My brother and I were obsessed with it when we were younger, absolutely no idea why. Basically it’s about the world ending, so, yeah pretty topical.
☠︎ HATES: Pigeons, storm Eunice, Tate Modern, the NHS stealing rainbow flags from the gays, LA, the fiat multipla, ponytails (high and low), space, seagulls, the 2010s, crisps.
See you Wednesday, when our next guest will be revealing their secrets. ☞