At the opening of The Conran Shop in Michelin House: it took a long time to achieve.
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Terence Conran
British restaurateur and designer
United Kingdom · 1931–2020
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Born in Surrey, Terence Conran, 84, established the furnishing chain Habitat in 1964, and went on to open The Conran Shop in 1987. He has also launched more than 50 restaurants, including Bibendum and Boundary in London. In 1989, he founded The Design Museum, which reopens at a new site in London later this year. He has written more than 50 books; the latest is My Life In Design, which is published next month. He is married for the fourth time, has five children and lives in Berkshire and London.
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Merging my company with BHS – it was a great mistake.
All-embracing: when you find it, you don’t want to let it go.
When I was 19, I washed up in the basement of a Paris restaurant that stank of rotted food. I did it for six months, until I was promoted to vegetable boy.
My ex-wife Caroline, because she found my style of life rather irritating.
I have asked a fireworks company to put my ashes in a collection of rockets, so I think the right tune is Handel’s firework music.
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