Best editor

Maggie Goodman, who launched and edited Company magazine for many years prior to ushering in the celebrity era with the launch of Hello! Until I became her deputy on Company, I’d always believed the cliché that editors had to be harridans prepared to skewer lesser mortals with their stilettos on their way to the top. (There were quite a few like that around at the time, and I found them daunting.)

But Maggie proved you could be a really good editor as well as a genuinely nice person. All the staff loved her to bits. It was thanks to her that, when she left, I had the confidence to apply for her job. Now, I think anyone who needs to treat staff like pondlife is just inadequate.