Tea & Sympathy

Today on the Tea & Sympathy Podcast, Mark Ronson and Ann Dexter-Jones join us for tea and a conversation about their lives as night people and the worlds they’ve moved through on both sides of the Atlantic.Mark Ronson is one of the most influential producers working today. He has collaborated with artists including Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, Adele, Paul McCartney, Bruno Mars, Miley Cyrus, Raye, Lily Allen, Dua Lipa and Sabrina Carpenter. He has earned nine Grammy Awards, along with an Oscar and a Golden Globe. Born in London and raised in New York, Mark has always lived between the two cultures.His new book, Night People, looks back at DJing in 90s New York and the late-night world that shaped his early career, capturing the music, the characters and the scene that defined his start.Ann Dexter-Jones is a jewellery designer and a fixture on the London and New York scene. She is the mother of Mark, Samantha, Charlotte, Annabelle and Alexander, and is married to Mick Jones, the guitarist and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer from Foreigner. A night person by nature, she has often found herself hosting the people and moments that filled those late hours. Mark and Ann have been coming to Tea & Sympathy since the early days, and they understand why this little corner of the West Village has always felt like home for Brits in New York.About the showThe Tea and Sympathy Podcast celebrates style, culture and the people who shape them on both sides of the Atlantic. Hosted by Audrey Kavanagh Dowsett and Nicky Perry, it brings the legacy of a much-loved British restaurant in the West Village into conversation with leading voices from fashion, film, music, literature and beyond.SubscribePlease subscribe to our YouTube channel for more podcast episodes, and don’t forget to like, share, comment, and send to friends who would enjoy joining us at the table. For more from Audrey Kavanagh Dowsett, including feature articles, behind-the-scenes stories and podcast updates, subscribe to her Substack From Across the Atlantic. Subscribe here on YouTube for new episodes. Partnerships and pressFor press requests, sponsorship opportunities, collaborations and cultural partnerships, please contact [email protected]. We welcome enquiries from brands and institutions that share our love of British heritage and transatlantic culture. Host and Executive Producer: Audrey Kavanagh-DowsettCreative Director and Director of Photography: Madeleine PetersProducer: Isabel EvansCinematographer: Olivia PetersSound Recordist: Gunar NagleStylist: Bianca ParisottoHair: Ginger RyanMakeup: Alice LaneSocial Media/Stills: Camille DuvallLocation Manager: Iain AndersonProduction Assistant: Anna CaltabianoProduction Assistant: Ilayda McIntoshThank you to our brilliant crew. Get full access to Audrey Kavanagh-Dowsett at audreykavanaghdowsett.substack.com/subscribe

The Tea and Sympathy Podcast celebrates style, culture and the people who shape them on both sides of the Atlantic. Hosted by Audrey Kavanagh Dowsett and Nicky Perry, it brings the legacy of a much-loved British restaurant in the West Village into conversation with leading voices from fashion, film, music, literature and beyond.In This EpisodeWe sat down with Andy Cohen, Emmy Award winning producer, best selling author, creator and executive producer of the global hit Real Housewives franchise, and the face of Bravo’s long running talk show Watch What Happens Live, for the premiere episode of the Tea and Sympathy Podcast, filmed inside our West Village landmark that has been a cultural hub for more than thirty years. Speaking about London and New York through his eyes, fatherhood and finding balance, Andy, a longtime friend of the restaurant and neighbour of more than two decades, shared stories that capture why Tea and Sympathy has always been a crossroads of British culture and New York life.The conversation touched on Andy’s close friendship with Sarah Jessica Parker, herself a regular at Tea and Sympathy, and his admiration for British icons, including Ralph Fiennes and Hugh Grant. Naomi Campbell, a friend of Nicky Perry and a longstanding supporter of the restaurant, emerged as Andy’s dream Housewife. Nicky recalled a famously cheeky exchange with Prince Edward and revealed how a former partner, a well-known English celebrity, has model train playdates with King Charles. These stories sit alongside Tea and Sympathy’s own guestbook of legends, from Sandra Bernhard and Rupert Everett to the Sykes sisters in their notorious It Girl years, all of whom remind us why the restaurant has become a fixture of British glamour in New York.—Host and Executive Producer: Audrey Kavanagh-DowsettCreative Director and Director of Photography: Madeleine PetersProducer: Isabel EvansCinematographer: Zach CaldwellSound Recordist: Catherine HoodColor Correction: Liv PetersHair: Kevin Ryan represented by Art + CommerceMakeup Artist: Jacqueline PiccolaPhotographer: Ian RutterSocial Media Coordinator: Camille DuvallLocation Manager: Iain AndersonStyling Assistant: Sheyla CuevasProduction Assistant: Danielle NcubeThank you to our brilliant crew and neighbours Otte NY, for dressing us.Audrey wears the long sleeve dolman midi dress in bluebell by Victoria Beckham (Victoria Beckham’s AW24). Nicky wears the pointed shoulder jacket and cropped kick trouser in pen ink by Victoria Beckham (Victoria Beckham’s AW24), and the Cyrielle shirt by Prune Gold Schmidt. Get full access to Audrey Kavanagh-Dowsett at audreykavanaghdowsett.substack.com/subscribe