Mary Portas 6th most influential person in fashion. Portas' first book, "Windows – the Art of Retail Display", was published in five languages by Thames & Hudson. Her second book, "How to Shop with Mary, Queen of Shops", was published by BBC Books in 2007 to accompany the television series. The book was co-authored by Peter Cross, Josh Sims and Melanie Rickey. Her third book, "Mary Portas, Shop Girl, a memoir", was published by Doubleday in 2015. Since 2005, Mary has written a weekly column "Shop!", for the "Daily Telegraph" magazine, reviewing shops across the country. She started writing the column in
RMS Queen Mary compared to the ultramodern French liner. "Queen Mary" proved to be the more popular vessel than her larger rival, in terms of passengers carried. In August 1936, "Queen Mary" captured the Blue Riband from "Normandie", with average speeds of westbound and eastbound. "Normandie" was refitted with a new set of propellers in 1937 and reclaimed the honour, but in 1938 "Queen Mary" took back the Blue Riband in both directions with average speeds of westbound and eastbound, records which stood until lost to "United States" in 1952. Among facilities available on board "Queen Mary", the liner featured two indoor swimming