Patrick James Grant (born 1 May 1972) is a Scottish clothier, businessman, television personality and author who is currently the director of Community Clothing and textile manufacturer Cookson & Clegg. He is the former director of bespoke tailors Norton & Sons of Savile Row and E. Tautz & Sons clothing line. Since 2013, he has been a judge on the BBC One reality series The Great British Sewing Bee. In 2025, he was installed as the Chancellor of Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University.
After taking over Norton & Sons in 2005, Grant has been credited with rejuvenating the once ailing business. He relaunched E. Tautz & Sons as a ready to wear label in 2009, for which he was awarded the Menswear Designer award at the British Fashion Awards in 2010.
Grant is a critic of the fashion industry, particularly the environmental damage caused by fast fashion and synthetic clothing. His book Less: Stop Buying So Much Rubbish — How Having Fewer, Better Things Can Make Us Happier was published by HarperCollins in May 2024.
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Date: 02 May 1972
Special to The New York Times
Nationalist China discloses May 1 that 8 persons, arrested over 1 yr ago, were convicted of sedition by mil tribunal in Mar on charges of belonging to 'rebel orgn', reptdly 1 urging Taiwan independence from both Nationalist and Communist China; noted writer Li Ao, editor of liberal Wen Hsing until it was closed in '65, among 8; gets 10-yr jail term
Date: 01 May 1972
By JOHN M. LEESpecial to The New York Times
Article in Apr issue of Tokyo pub Keizai Orai by O Miyoshi, charging that some of Japanese press secretly agreed with Peking in '68 to comply with certain pro-Peking pol principals as price of maintaining correspondents in China, stirs controversy; charges that member of governing Liberal-Dem party, S Tagawa, has served as intermediary; some Tokyo newspapers confirm to Amer newsmen in Japan existence of at least tacit understanding with Chinese authorities on ground rules for coverage; papers concerned are Asahi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Nishi Nippon Shimbun and Kyodo news agency; some pro-Peking articles detailed
Date: 01 May 1972
White House Correspondents Assn journalism awards to F Wright (Minn Tribune), J R Polk (Washington Eve Star) and C Kilpatrick (Washington Post)
Date: 02 May 1972
By HENRY RAYMONTSpecial to The New York Times
Doubleday & Co pres K D McCormick urges publishers not to assume that recent Sup Ct rulings insure const guarantees of freedom of press against further assaults from Govt and private agents, May 1 s to Amer Publishers Assn; cites recent Justice Dept investigation of Beacon Press of Boston, which issued 4-vol ed of Pentagon Papers; calls on assn to counter campaign by 2 private groups, called Citizens for Decent Literature and Morality in Media, to have state legislatures reverse Sup Ct rulings that protect books; cites other examples of repression and censorship
Date: 02 May 1972
By TERENCE SMITHSpecial to The New York Times
rev of events surrounding NY Times's pub of Pentagon papers in light of its receiving '72 Pulitzer Prize
Date: 02 May 1972
By GEORGE GENT
George GENT
Natl Women's Orgn (NOW) NY chapter announces that it has filed petition with FCC challenging license renewal application of WABC-TV, alleging 'sexism' in station's program and employment practices, May 1 news conf at Center for Const Rights; charges station has consistently failed to cover serious women's issues and has presented 'disparaging portrayal of women's role in soc' through its regular programming and commercials; petition, prepared with help of Dr B Sang, includes material gathered over 18 mos; singles out Eyewitness News anchorman R Grimsby for 'snide comments' about women
Date: 02 May 1972
Special to The New York Times
J Anderson charges that FBI conducted inquiries into 'sex lives, drinking habits and personal affairs' of 'prominent Amers'; says FBI dir Hoover has demonstrated 'intense interest in who is sleeping with whom in Washington'; says former Pres Johnson appreciated stories about love affairs of public figures; in his column of May 2 lists names of various personalities who have been investigated by FBI
Date: 01 May 1972
By LESLEY OELSNER
Lesley OELSNER
C Neiberger recalls his experiences when called before grand jury investigating Capitol bombing, Apr 30 conf on grand jury system, NYU Law School, NYC; says grand jurors 'played poker and solitaire and didn't listen' when prosecutor questioned him about bombs
Date: 02 May 1972
By PETER KIHSS
Peter KIHSS
72 Pulitzer Prizes to B W Tuchman for Stilwell and the American Experience in China (nonfiction); J P Lash for Eleanor and Franklin (biog); W Stegner for Angle of Repose (fiction); C N Degler for Neither Black nor White (history); J Wright for Collected Poems (poetry)
Date: 02 May 1972
NYC Human Rights Comm on May 1 dismisses charges of discrimination against WNBC-TV News brought by S L Jackson, reporter discharged last Dec; Jackson alleged that he was dismissed because he is Puerto Rican, that he had only rarely been permitted to appear on camera, and that he alone had been asked to work every weekend; comm says its investigation had found 'insufficient evidence' to support Jackson's charges, which were denied by NBC