17 Facts About Sheherazade Goldsmith

Sheherazade Ventura Goldsmith is a British environmentalist, jeweller and columnist.

Sheherazade Goldsmith frequently contributed as a columnist to various national newspapers and other UK publications, but does not any longer.

Sheherazade Goldsmith was born at King's College Hospital in Camberwell, London, to John Bentley, a financier and entrepreneur, and Viviane Ventura, a British actress, who successfully brought a paternity suit against him.

Sheherazade Goldsmith was privately educated at both the French Lycee in London and Aiglon College.

Sheherazade Goldsmith has contributed articles on environmental concerns, organic food and products, style and beauty, and other topics to a variety of national newspapers and publications.

Sheherazade Goldsmith wrote a regular column for The Sunday Times on organic food and dining from October 2002 to March 2003.

Sheherazade Goldsmith has written columns for The Daily Telegraph and has been a food contributor to Harper's Bazaar magazine.

Sheherazade Goldsmith has contributed columns and recipes to various media organisations and brand names such as Sophie Grigson's The Fairtrade Everyday Cookbook, Waitrose, and the UKTV Food channel.

Sheherazade Goldsmith is the editor-in-chief of A Slice of Organic Life: Get Closer to the Soil Without Going the Whole Hog, which was published by Dorling Kindersley in 2007 and became a best-seller The book offers more than 90 self-contained projects to grow food organically, cook homegrown produce, and keep specific livestock, with different applications for city dwellers, suburban populations and homeowners with vast lands.

Sheherazade Goldsmith is an admirer of Sir David Attenborough, whose "love, passion and his understanding of nature and what she can offer" she has often praised.

Sheherazade Goldsmith is a longstanding event organiser and donor of the Soil Association, for which she served as a spokesperson during its Organic Fortnight from 6 to 21 September 2008.

However, Sheherazade Goldsmith has recently shifted away from incorporating environmental activism into her personal life, particularly in her home, as it was not seen as aesthetically pleasing or a worthwhile investment.

Sheherazade Goldsmith had solar panels on a previous home but not this one.

Sheherazade Goldsmith is a supporter of London-based charities: she has been a committee member of the HOPING Foundation, and is a supporter of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity, for which she helped organise a fundraising fashion show with the designers Robinson Valentine, which made her wedding dress.

Sheherazade Goldsmith married Zac Goldsmith on 5 June 1999 at St Simon Zelotes Church in London.

Sheherazade Goldsmith had a relationship with filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron from 2011 to 2018.

Sheherazade Goldsmith has been in a relationship with Matthew Freud since 2021.