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04 MAP p. 25 21 WORK Use our handy illustrated Dog-friendly offi ces and a co- map to help you fi nd your working space with a meditation way around Paddington room and air hockey? Sign us up 06 What’s on 22 LIVE From glow-in-the-dark Discover how to make the most of paddleboarding to a Santa run, we your garden in winter, learn about share local events to March 2017 seasonal fl ora and fauna and keep 08 LOCALS’ track of local developments ITINERARY 24 RELAX/SLEEP Start your day with a cooked From hot stone massages to English breakfast at Mimo’s Café, manicures, blow dries and special order some fl owers then why not occasion hair, fi nd where to loosen take an Argentine tango class? up – alongside hotels for all visitors 09 VISITORS’ 26 GIVE ITINERARY Move over bake sales – abseiling See an outdoor art installation and swimming the Channel are inspired by a local hero, shop for now the hippest ways to fundraise Paddington Bear souvenirs then splash out on a French tasting menu 28 MEET A LOCAL 10 Party TIME Pop star Ellie Goulding and From a karaoke room and Paddington Bear may be locals, but a tropical glasshouse to a canal so too are a fi lm producer and a spy boat and grand ballroom, we pick Paddington’s best party venues 30 BEYOND PADDINGTON 14 EAT p. 21 Explore Hyde Park Winter Take your pick from Paddington’s Wonderland’s Christmas market, global foodie scene or warm up or hop aboard Heathrow Express over a Sunday roast or hot dessert for Europe’s winter festivals 18 DRINK From gingerbread lattes to mulled 34 OVER TO YOU wine, Paddington’s drink menus We’ve had our say, now you will get you in the festive spirit. have yours: Meet the people Toff ee apple whisky, anyone? p. 10 of Paddington via social media GET IN TOUCH @inpaddington #paddington paddingtonnow PaddingtonNow [email protected] www.youtube.com/user/PaddingtonLondon Listings: www.thisispaddington.com Business: www.paddingtonnow.co.uk

Publisher/Sales development Andrew Turner Editor & writer Sarah Riches Sub editors Mark Elliott, Anna Frame, Emma Levine, Kohinoor Sahota Production Melanie Needham, Jennifer Bourne, David Weeks Art editor Shelley Varley

Cover photo: Will Amlot. This page: Hotel Indigo; WeWork Paddington;WeWorkAmlot.Indigo;Will photo:HotelCover page:ThisHeist Bank Published by Morris Visitor Publications, Samuel House, 6 St Alban’s St, London, SW1Y 4SQ. Tel: 020 7242 5222 Printed by Elle Media Group

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03_CONTENTS.indd 3 24/10/2016 15:04 YOUR AREA MAP Welcome to the winter edition of Explore Paddington, brought to you by PaddingtonNow Business Improvement District

hether you’re living or working w in Paddington or just passing through, it’s our job to help you make the most of it, even if it is 5° outside. So this issue is all about how to stay cosy – and where to party. Find out where you can warm up over a mint mocha or a toff ee apple whisky, fi ll up on a hearty Sunday roast or get your blood pumping in a boxing class. Meanwhile, we’ve partied in Paddington’s bars, restaurants and hotels to pick the best place for your celebration, whether you want to be entertained by a belly dancer or let your hair down over karaoke. Since our fi rst issue, we’ve listened to what you’ve got to say and you’ll fi nd your voice in Over to You (p. 34). Our contact details are throughout the magazine, so if we’ve missed something, or you’ve got a story to share, then shout it out.

Enjoy the issue,

Sarah Riches

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Sheldon Square, W2 6PY. 020 3204 4970. 4970. 3204 020 6PY. W2 Square, Sheldon – a food writer and the chef on TV’s and Jimmy’s Diner from Jimmy Garcia a dozen 10-pin bowling lanes, two bars The 4,186sqm space includes an ice rink, in nearby Queensway. Skate-Dine-Bowl 1930s Queens reopens today as Queens: 16 Nov: SKATE £10. 7pm. a talk with director Sonia Kennenbeck. in the secret US drone war, then listen to Frontline Club (p. 8) about whistleblowers 7 Nov: FILM SCREENING www.paddingtoncentral.com. Book People and more Free. pop-ups. Nov, dates vary: POP-UP SHOPS Next page: This page: Queensway, W2 4PQ. 020 7229 0172 7229 020 4PQ. W2 Queensway, Morning www.queensiceandbowl.co.uk. from from £11.50; bowling from £7.50. 7479 8940. 7479 Watch ARTea afternon tea, Paddleboarding Skate, rattle Skate, and rattle bowl! The - Reindeer, St Mary’s Hospital Santa Run . Adult skating from £10; child DINE 13 Norfolk Place, W2 1QJ. 020 020 1QJ. W2 Place, Norfolk 13

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Reindeer courtesy of Paddington Central; Santa Run courtesy of St Mary’s Hospital LOCAL EVENTS

What do you mean you’ve never tried ox cheek tacos? If you haven’t eaten a landscape painting, paddleboarded at night or run a race dressed as Santa, you haven’t lived…

CAROL-OKE 8 Dec: Festive karaoke with a choir. 1pm- 3pm. Free. Sheldon Square, details left.

CHRISTMAS WREATH & GARLAND WORKSHOPS 10 & 17 Dec: Sip mulled wine as you make a festive wreath or garland (p. 8). 12.30pm-3pm. £47. Ladybird Flowers in Heist Bank, 5 North Wharf Rd, W2 1LA. 020 7723 8080. www.heistbank.com.

CHRISTMAS AT PADDINGTON CENTRAL 14 Dec: Enjoy free mince pies and hot chocolate as Father Christmas arrives via the canal, with real reindeer! 11am-3pm. Free. Sheldon Square, details left.

CHILDREN’S CRIB SERVICE 24 Dec: A festive AI WEIWEI EXHIBITION are followed by service with carols 18 Nov-7 Jan: See Ai Weiwei: Fondation, a service led by a and storytelling. a collection of work by the controversial child bishop and a 4pm. Free. St John’s conceptual artist from China. Lisson visit from Santa. 4pm. Hyde Park, details left. Gallery, 52 Bell St, NW1 5BU. 020 7724 £5. St John’s Hyde Park, 2739. www.lissongallery.com. details left. COMEDY SKETCH To 1 Jan, dates vary: NewsRevue ADVENT CAROL SERVICE SANTA IN THE CITY is a topical satire made up of sketch and 27 Nov: A choir and orchestra perform 4 Dec: Raise funds for St Mary’s Hospital song. Canal Café Theatre, Delamere everything from Take That to Beethoven. (p. 26) by joining 2,000 runners in Santa Terrace, W2 6ND. 020 7289 6054. 6pm. Free. St John’s Hyde Park, Hyde suits for a 5k run. Register before 18 www.canalcafetheatre.com. Park Crescent, W2 2QD. 020 7262 1732. November; the £20 fee includes a suit. www.stjohns-hydepark.com. 10am. Start and fi nish at Paternoster CHINESE NEW YEAR Square, EC4M 7DX. 020 3312 5694. From 28 Jan: Toast the Year of the Rooster SNOW DAYS www.imperialcharity.org.uk. with red lanterns and a special set menu (p. 2-4 Dec: We can’t promise a white 15). Pearl Liang, 8 Sheldon Square, W2 6EZ. Christmas, but we can guarantee ‘snow’ CHRISTMAS TREE 020 7289 7000. www.pearlliang.co.uk. at this family-friendly outdoor event. LIGHTING CEREMONY Free. Merchant Square, details left. 6 Dec: Munch mince pies and listen to ART IN FOCUS: TIM HEAD carols as you watch a Christmas tree light To March: Browse colourful prints by ST NICK’S WORKSHOP & SERVICE up (p. 27). 4pm. Free. St Mary’s Hospital, Tim Head. Free. St Mary’s Hospital, 4 Dec: Under 10s can decorate biscuits South Wharf Rd. 020 3312 5694. Praed St, W2 1NY. 020 3312 6666. and make festive decorations. Crafts www.imperialcharity.org.uk. www.imperialcharity.org.uk.

Don’t forget to share your photos with us if you attend a local event. @inpaddington #paddington

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06_WHATS ON.indd 7 24/10/2016 15:11 Whether you’ve got a day o work or you just want to start doing more with your weekends, we’ve planned a fun day out from morning till night

9am Start your day with a full English at Mimo’s Café, a cheap and cheerful joint opposite Paddington Station. You’ll leave feeling full and with a smile on your face. 19 London St, W2 1HL. 020 7706 7175.

11am Once breakfast has settled, hit the gym at Virgin Active. Try a Punch boxing class, swim laps in its 20m indoor pool or just relax in the sauna and steam room. 33 North Wharf Rd, W2 1LA. 020 3126 5500. www.virginactive.co.uk.

1.30pm Catch up with friends over a lunch of sandwiches, salads and smoothies at Java U Café, then visit its basement art gallery. 153 Praed St, W2 1RL. 020 7706 3063. www.java-u.com.

3pm Order a wreath, table centrepiece or fl oral party decorations from Ladybird Flowers – Heist Bank’s new in-house fl orist – or better still, make one yourself (p. 7). 5 North Wharf Rd, W2 1LA. 07856 109677. www.heistbank.com.

Family 4pm Inspired by TV’s Strictly Come Dancing? fun Then take a class at Dance Art Studios. Choose from Argentine tango, jazz, ballroom and more. Meanwhile, children of all ages can take classes in hip hop. 1 Chilworth Mews, W2 3RG. (No number). www.danceartstudios.com.

6pm Treat a friend to a box of pastries or biscuits fl avoured with pistachios, rose and cardamom from the Persian patisserie Assal. It has a couple of seats so you can sit in – but be careful not to spoil your dinner… 14 Connaught St, W2 2AF. 020 7706 2405. Great for a date 8pm Eat dinner at The Frontline Club, a bar, restaurant and event space that reopened with a new mezzanine and extra seating in October. You can also attend screenings (p. 6). 13 Norfolk Place, W2 1QJ. 020 7479 8940. www.frontlineclub.com.

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08-09_ITINERARY.indd 8 24/10/2016 15:15 Itineraries

Whether you’re in Paddington for business or pleasure, this morning-to-night itinerary will make sure you don’t miss the area’s best bits

9am Have a lazy breakfast of crumpets, eggs royale or shakshuka – poached eggs and spicy Ideal for tomato – at The Quince Tree, a charming garden couples centre café at Clifton Nurseries (p. 13). While there, browse for chutney, jam, oil and pasta in its shop. 5a Clifton Villas, W9 2PH. 020 7432 1867. www.thequincetree.com.

10.30am See Message from the Unseen World, digital art inspired by the mathematician Alan Turing – the man credited for breaking the German’s Enigma code in World War II. You’ll know Turing’s story if you’ve seen Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game, but did you know the codebreaker was born in nearby Warrington Crescent, in what is now The Colonnade Hotel? The artwork is made up of LED lights that shine through holes, illuminating a poem by Nick Drake that depicts Turing speaking posthumously about his life. The lights shine on the path under Bishops Bridge Road. You can see a metal sculpture of Turing in St Mary’s Square, too. Follow the Paddington public art trail from Merchant Square to Paddington Station. Search for Public Art Trail on www.thisispaddington.com. Great for families 11.30am Shop for souvenirs in Paddington Station. Pop into the Paddington Bear Shop for cuddly toys or buy Earl Grey chocolate, chocolate tea bags, portly penguins and reindeer selfies from he FrontlineClubhe ists; T

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08-09_ITINERARY.indd 9 24/10/2016 15:16 Party time Planning a birthday, wedding reception or festive jamboree? Then you need to know where to celebrate, says Sarah Riches

Grand Union Heist Bank Sky 23 Best feature: Its cocktails Best feature: Its karaoke room Best feature: Its view At 550sqm, this canalside venue fits 270 For birthdays, the pizza joint Heist Bank Like its chef, this new restaurant on Hilton standing and over 90 seated. Planning (p. 15) ticks lots of boxes as it has style, London Metropole’s 23rd floor has an a special birthday? If you want an area for games and room to dance. With space international flair. WhenSpanish chef 20-40 people, then you’ll need a £25-£50 for 300 in total, its basement seats Eduardo Chavez Dulce – born to Filipino deposit, while food, drink and DJ packages 30 and fits 60 standing, plus an and Japanese parents – opened it start at £4,000 for the whole venue. Live extra 25 in an area with table in August, he created a new entertainment and photobooths are football. The basement menu with dishes from available, and there’s space to dance. also has karaoke – book Madrid, Catalonia, Ibiza For pre-Christmas office parties, there’s it and there’s a and Asturias in north a three-course meal (£35), buffet (£25) minimum spend of west Spain, as well as or canapés (from £12 per person). Dishes £500 to £2,000. Just Asian-inspired plates. include salmon and Brie parcels and want to eat? Opt for a At 400sqm, it seats 80 pigs in blankets. It’s open till 11pm two-course set menu and fits 125 standing. weekdays, midnight on Fridays and (£22), three courses (£26) Hire the whole venue Saturdays and 10.30pm on Sundays. The or order a platter for four and a DJ or live music can bar hosts a ticketed party on Christmas (£15). Hire the whole bar if you be arranged (prices vary). It’s Eve and New Year’s Eve, including food, think you’ll spend £3,000 to £15,000 open on Christmas Day, Boxing Day drink and a DJ. Note it’s closed Christmas on canapés or a meal. Play your own and New Year’s Day. Book early for New Day and Boxing Day. 1 West End Quay, music for free or hire a DJ for £50-£100 Year’s Eve – you’ll see all of the capital’s Paddington Basin, W2 1JX. 020 7723 an hour. 5 North Wharf Rd, W2 1LA. fireworks at midnight. 225 Edgware Rd,

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This page, clockwise from main: Grand Union; Sky 23; Heist Bank; a belly dancer; Hilton Paddington’s ballroom Next page: Clifton Nurseries

Hilton Paddington smoked duck with cranberries and traditional musicians on stage every Best feature: Its ballroom chestnuts, stuffed turkey and Yule log. night. You can also hire your own DJ and If you’re organising a company-wide A DJ is included in Christmas packages, hit the dance floor till 2am as it has a late party or a wedding reception for but for other parties there’s a £450 fee, licence. If you’re organising an office hundreds, then Hilton Paddington’s which includes a sound system. party, choose a three-course set lunch ballroom is your best bet. Opt for its A wooden dance flooris included (£13.95) or dinner (£25) Monday to large ballroom (282sqm), which seats in the price and the music licence runs Friday. If you want to ditch tradition on 350 or 300 standing; its small ballroom till midnight – but you can choose to stay Christmas Day, book a three-course (135sqm), which seats 140 or 120 to party till 1am. 146 Praed St, lunch (£20) or dinner (£25) and feast standing, or combine the two. A meal in W2 1EE. 020 7850 0502 (for festive over grilled meat, seabass, baklava and December includes room hire, festive bookings). www.hilton.com. rice pudding. Vegan and veggie dishes decorations and a DJ. Choose from such as okra stew, houmous and the a three-course dinner with a glass Maroush smoky aubergine dip babaganoush are of house wine (£49), four courses Best feature: Its bellydancer also available. The venue is open on with half a bottle (£59), a buffet Maroush’s 372sqm space Boxing Day, too. Planning New Year’s with a glass of wine includes a ground floor Eve? A four-course dinner will set you (£42) or a that seats 30 back £150, which includes live singers mlot;Ballroom courtesyHiltonLondonPaddington. of A buffet with half (40 standing) and dancers, a glass of wine and a glass a bottle (£52). Note that and a basement for of Champagne to salute the new year. there is a £10 surcharge 240. The Lebanese Kill your hangover the next day with per person Thursday restaurant has been a three-course lunch (£20) or dinner to Saturday. Last entertaining guests since (£25). 21 Edgware Rd, W2 2JE. 020 his page: Grand Union © WillGrand page:Union© his

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10-13_PARTY TIME.indd 11 24/10/2016 15:22 LOOKING FOR SOME HEAT THIS WINTER?

Our Brazilian Steakhouse offers a wide variety of fi ne quality meat prepared with our signature recipes in a traditional Charrusco style and is served at your table by our Passadores. Each meal comes with a choice of freshly prepared vegetarian and salad dishes.

Corporate and private parties catered for from groups of 8 to 100. We can create your own package to suit your needs. Festive menus with prices from £23.75 per person

BOOKING A CHRISTMAS PARTY? Book with us before November 20th and have a drink on us!

Terms and conditions apply, see website for more details.

London Street Reservations 168 Sussex Gardens call us now on 020 7402 3456 Paddington www.desejodobrazilrestaurant.com London W2 1TP [email protected]

Paddington Mainline and Lancaster Gate Underground stations are 2 minutes away. Open 7 days a week.

Variety of Meats Buffet Salad Island Wide selection of Wines Desserts Soft Drinks Cocktails

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Clifton Nurseries London Shell Co London street Brasserie Best feature: Its décor Best feature: It’s a boat Best feature: Its heated terrace A canopy of fairylights sets Following an extensive Just opposite Paddington Station, the scene at this picturesque, renovation, the 21m-long this smart brasserie (p. 25) in Hotel plant-filled nursery, which is tucked Prince Regent canal boat opened in Indigo can’t be beaten for its location. between two Georgian townhouses. November to coincide with the 200th The hotel itself also echoes some of the Its two pretty glasshouses are popular anniversary of Regent’s Canal. Serving décor of the station. In the restaurant for wedding receptions in summer – British seafood and game, you can opt there’s no music or dance floor, so if you handy if you think you’ve left it too late for a three-course set lunch (£25) or want to have a relaxed chat to your for a winter booking. Both can be hired four-course dinner and drink (£45). At friends and family, this venue is a good privately. Café by day, party venue lunch, this floating restaurant remains bet. At 150sqm, it fits 20 standing on its by night, the larger glasshouse The static; dinner includes the bonus of a upper terrace at the back of the hotel, Quince Tree (p. 9) seats 85 and fits 100 two-hour cruise. Both are available 20 on its heated covered terrace standing, while its smaller one seats Wednesday to Friday. You can also hire outside the restaurant and 85 inside. 40 and fits 70 standing. There’s space the whole boat for £2,500 – that Bear in mind the space isn’t available to dance, but no DJ or music system includes a four-course meal for 40 for private hire. If you’re planning because it is in a residential area. That (seated) or canapés for 100 (standing). a Christmas party, its three-course said, an entertainment licence can be Entertainment isn’t included but live festive menu (£24.99) includes chicken arranged until 11pm, which is included music can be arranged, as it has a music liver and cranberry pâté, turkey and in venue hire – your party will need to licence till 11pm and a makeshift Christmas plum pudding. Can’t be wrap up shortly after that. Prices are dancefloor. If you can’t dance, don’t bothered to cook? The festive menu bespoke but start at £3,600 for either panic! You can hang out in the covered is also available on Christmas Day and glasshouse, plus £50 a head for three outdoor area or take your pick from New Year’s Day. The venue closes at courses and wine and £15 for eight the bar’s extensive wine list. Note the 11pm on Fridays and 11.30pm on to 12 canapés per person. There is boat is closed on Christmas Day, Saturdays, although it’s open 24 a corkage fee if you want to BYOB. Boxing Day and at New Year. hours for guests. 16 London St, 5a Clifton Nurseries, W9 2PH. Sheldon Square, W2 6EP. 07985 116181. W2 1HL. 020 7706 4444.

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10-13_PARTY TIME.indd 13 24/10/2016 15:23 Eat your way around the world Key Whether you fancy Mexican or Malaysian, Indian or Iraqi, Paddington offers the world on your plate £ Mains under £10 ££ Mains £10-£15 £££ Mains over £15

Greece As the olive-toned décor, landscape pictures and deli produce suggest, It’s All Greek To Me opposite St Mary’s Hospital serves regional dishes from mainland Greece and its islands. Since opening in August it’s been serving imported wines, grills and seasonal tapas such as Cretan dakos Mexico – a kind of bruschetta – and rooster with Poncho 8 serves salads, tacos, macaroni, a speciality of Corfu. There’s hot wraps and burritos you can live music on Fridays and Saturdays design yourself. Try its Mexican from 8pm. Bonus: Paddington residents coffee made with whipped cream, dulce receive a 10 per cent discount! £-££. de leche and cinnamon. Sit indoors or get 101 Praed St, W2 1NT. 020 7402 5505. it to go. £. 12 Sheldon Square, W2 6EZ. www.itsallgreektome.london. 020 7121 0325. www.poncho8.com.

Argentina Brazil Vegetarians, take a rain check At Desejo do Brazil, 12 meats – Casa Malevo is all about the are served charruscaria-style, sirloin, rib eye or beef fillet. The marinated in spices, grilled then menu is seasonal and changeable, but served on skewers at your table. Wash it all the wine is guaranteed to be Argentinian. down with caipirinhas made with Brazilian Most are available in a 375ml carafe, so you cachaca. ££-£££. 168 Sussex Gardens, can try a few. £££. 23 Connaught St, W2 2AY. W2 1TP. 07741 875969; 020 7402 3456. 020 7402 1988. www.casamalevo.com. www.desejodobrazilrestaurant.com.

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14-17_EAT.indd 14 27/10/2016 15:59 EAT Eat your way around the world Whether you fancy Mexican or Malaysian, Indian or Iraqi, Paddington offers the world on your plate

China Italy Tuck into dim sum or Peking Heist Bank (p. 10), by the Rolling duck at Pearl Liang (p. 7), Bridge, has got people talking decorated with bamboo and since its June opening. It serves an enormous cherry blossom painting. wood-fired pizza and craft beer in a large ££. 8 Sheldon Square, W2 6EZ. 020 area spread over two floors, with blooms 7289 7000. www.pearlliang.co.uk. from its in-house florist, Ladybird Flowers (p. 7-8). Sofas, a pool table and graffiti create a relaxed vibe. You can also borrow its bikes. £-££. 5 North Wharf Rd, W2 1LA. 020 7723 8080. www.heistbank.com.

Iraq Thailand Khuttar’s friendly staff serve generous portions of grilled If you’re craving tom yum meat, flatbread and mezze. soup then you need The Heron, Arabic waiters and paintings of life in Iraq a restaurant with a patio south make it feel authentic. £. 17 Bouverie of Sussex Gardens. Most staff and diners Place, W2 1RD. 020 7402 1313. are Thai – always a good sign. £. 1 Norfolk Crescent, W2 2DN. 020 7706 9567.

Malaysia Satay House has been serving traditional Malaysian dishes since 1973, such as satay and nasi lemak. Despite its bare walls, its maroon décor makes it feel cosy. £. India 13 Sale Place, W2 1PX. 020 7723 6763. www.satay-house.co.uk. The Mughals won’t win awards for its décor, but you’ll forgive it once you’ve tasted its seafood dishes, lamb biryani and tandoori grills. £. 11 London St, W2 1HL. 020 7262 3030. www.mughalsrestaurant.co.uk.

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Sunday roasts When it’s frosty outside, there’s no better way to warm up than with a traditional Sunday lunch. Here’s our top three

The Victoria The Royal Exchange The Pride of Paddington Built in the 1830s, this traditional pub Popular with locals, this pub near the Carpet, blackboards, wooden in Connaught Village has been visited Post Office is run by a friendly Irish panelling and Union Jack flags – yes, by everyone from Keira Knightley and landlady. The interior makes this pub opposite Paddington Damien Hirst to Liam Gallagher and you feel like you have gone Station has all the right Charles Dickens. Even Queen Victoria back in time, with its ingredients for a traditional popped in once, according to legend. church pews and drinking hole. You might Follow in their footsteps and stay for chandelier. Its roasts pop in for its relaxed a roast. Take your pick from free-range are as traditional as atmosphere and keg pork loin, slow-roasted shoulder of lamb its décor; choose from beers, but its roasts will or beef, all of which are served with gravy, generous portions of be what make you stay; duck fat-roasted potatoes, Yorkshire lamb, beef, ham or pork, on offer are pork or beef, pudding and seasonal vegetables. all of which are served with both served with Yorkshire Child portions are available; gluten-free Yorkshire pudding, carrots and pudding, mashed potato, carrots and vegetarian options are not. 10a cabbage, roasted potato, mash and greens. The gravy is served in a jug. Strathearn Place, W2 2NH. 020 7724 and lashings of gravy. 1-3 Craven Rd, W2 3BP. 020 7402 2156. All images and illustrationimagesandAll iStock © 1191. www.victoriapaddington.co.uk. 26 Sale Place, W2 1PU. 020 7402 4368. www.theprideofpaddington.co.uk. PreviousLambcourtesycourtesyPearlPonchoLiang;pages:8; Poncho 8 Brazil of Desejoof courtesy Brazil; Desejodo do of Salad,illustrationsmap, iStock.illustrationBeef,page:ThisGrill © iStock; Sunday& roastcourtesyUnionBar © The of

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Have you tried one of these sweets? @inpaddington Hot desserts #paddington paddingtonnow What could be more comforting than a hot dessert PaddingtonNow in winter? These sweet dishes will warm your belly [email protected]

FRENCH TOAST chocolate fudge cake and croissants. regularly, but on any given day you Hands up who fancies sticky French Over the festive period you can also opt can expect towers of treats including toast? Probably all of us, once you for stollen – a German-style cake with warm croissants, honey cake, lemon discover it’s served with griddled dried fruit, nuts and spices which is then meringue, coconut macaroons or mango, coconut fl akes, crumbled bee dusted with icing sugar. 129-131 Praed fl ourless chocolate cake served on pollen and a generous smudge of St, W2 1RL. 020 7724 5784. mismatched bone china. Bag one mango and raspberry purée – of the tables in the back room if you not to mention hot maple MINCE PIES can. 12 Connaught St, W2 2AF. 020 sauce. The dish is on Patisserie Valerie has a 7706 4214. www.cocomaya.co.uk. Beany Green’s brunch range of gluten-free cakes menu, and available until and brownies, muffi ns and CHRISTMAS CAKE 3pm Monday to Friday fruit-topped pastries. Its Eton mess? Pah! Who needs summer and 4pm Saturday to warm mince pies, packed desserts when you can have Christmas Sunday. 4 Sheldon Square, with dried fruit, are a treat. cake? It might not be hot but you can W2 6EZ. 020 7289 3344. First fl oor, Paddington Station, wash it down with a cappuccino or www.daisygreenfood.com. W2 1HB. 020 7262 9437. hot chocolate at Colicci (p. 18) inside www.patisserie-valerie.co.uk. Paddington Station. This street van APPLE CRUMBLE also serves sticky toff ee slices, apple Warm and fi lling, apple crumble is CROISSANTS crumble muffi ns, mince pies and always a crowd-pleaser. Bonne If you’re after a cosy spot, then cranberry and orange muffi ns. Bouche, opposite St Mary’s Hospital, Cocomaya, a quaint café on Connaught Paddington Station, Praed St, W2. serves it warm along with apple pie, Street, fi ts the bill. Its sweets change 020 8640 1700. www.colicci.co.uk. All images and illustrationimagesandAll iStock © PreviousLambcourtesycourtesyPearlPonchoLiang;pages:8; Poncho 8 Brazil of Desejoof courtesy Brazil; Desejodo do of Salad,illustrationsmap, iStock.illustrationBeef,page:ThisGrill © iStock; Sunday& roastcourtesyUnionBar © The of

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Craving cocoa? Got a taste for toffee apple? Sarah Riches seeks the tastiest tipples around

Toffee apple whisky single origin, locally-roasted coffee, it has cloves, cinnamon and sliced orange. With its armchairs and cabinets, Whisky pumpkin spice and gingerbread latte Sheldon Square, W2 6EZ. 020 7289 Lounge in Hilton London Metropole and deluxe hot chocolate. Paddington 3063. www.theunionbar.co.uk. feels like a private member’s club, but Station, Praed St, W2. 020 8640 1700. anyone can sip a wee dram under its www.colicci.co.uk. Hot toddies whisky decanter light fittings. The floor-to-ceiling windows ofK upp Most of its 70 whiskies are on display. Mint mocha make the most of its canal-side location. Try the Whisky Seduction, made The Waterside Café, a boat in Warm up with a hot toddy – spiced apple with Jim Beam, red wine and Little Venice, only fits 40 – so cider and whisky with honey, lemon blackcurrant liqueur, or the it’s guaranteed to be cosy juice and cinnamon; or why not try 18-year-old Glenlivet whatever the weather. glögg, Scandinavian mulled wine made Founders Reserve Warm up over mint with red berry wine, star anise, cinnamon Scotch, which has or cardamom hot sticks, sultanas and ginger? 5 Merchant a hint of toffee apples. chocolate, cinnamon Square, Paddington Basin, W2 1AS. Can’t decide? Then coffee and mint 020 7262 8618. www.kupp.co. opt for a whisky flight mocha. Warwick – three 15mls – or book Crescent, Little Venice, Hot Baileys a private tasting class W2 6NE. 020 7266 1066. London Town Brasserie in Hotel Indigo (£85 per person for 10-25). (p. 25) opposite Paddington Station 225 Edgware Rd, W2 1JU. 020 7402 Mulled wine serves a range of seasonal drinks. Try its 4141. www.hiltonlondonmet.com. Sunlight floods intoThe Union Bar & mint hot chocolate, or for something Grill on the canal. While it’s known for stronger, its hot Baileys, mulled wine or Pumpkin spice latte its real ale, cider and international beer, Thorntons chocolate liqueur coffees. You can’t miss Colicci, a hip street van over the festive period don’t miss its 16 London St, W2 1HL. 020 7706 4444.

in Paddington Station (p. 17). As well as mulled wine, which is flavoured with www.indigopaddington.com. DrinkscourtesyColiccicourtesy Van Kupp; of of InteriorimagescourtesySawyersThe of Arms;Beers, illustration iStock ©

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Local beer connoisseurs will feel like Christmas has come early when a brasserie featuring a wall of beer opens in Paddington A wall of beer will be the highlight of Lock House, a new all-day diner opening in December by Merchant Square. The first of many Lock Houses by Redcomb Pubs Ltd, it will offer changeable draught and bottle beers, lagers and ales. Part of the back wall will be dedicated to popular brands and craft beers. The venue will have 70 seats outside and space for 180 in its bar, restaurant and mezzanine, which will feature earthy colours – think exposed bricks, a copper- top bar and cracked leather armchairs. With its communal tables and bar stool dining, Lock House will feel casual and be ideal for a quick lunch – while its nooks and crannies and corner booths will be perfect for an evening date. The food menu will feature healthy breakfasts and takeaways for workers on Hop to it the run, salads in jam jars, burgers made with long-aged meat and slow-cooked Following a recent renovation, old favourite The Sawyers rotisserie chicken. Let’s hope it does lock Arms has reopened with a new look and a new menu ins… 3 Merchant Square, W2. www.redcombpubs.co.uk. New Year is usually the time for out with the old, in with the new – but The Sawyers Arms reopened following a refurbishment in August. Gone is the carpet, curtains, banisters and traditional green décor, and in their place you’ll find wooden floors, glass, more lights and a monochrome theme. As well as six lagers and six cask ales, the pub offers fourcraft beers – one of which is rotated to keep things fresh for locals. Visit before 12 November and you’ll catch the end of its Oktoberfest celebrations: its six guest ales include IPA, Abbot, London Glory, Old Speckled Hen, Ruddles County and Sawyers Arms Bitter. Try five and you’ll get the sixth for free. We’ll drink to that! 8-9 London St, W2 1HL. 020 7723 0685.

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Hot desks Christmas parties on your lonesome will be a thing of the past once you sign up to one of these local co-working o ces

WEWORK CENTRAL WORKING THE OFFICE GROUP Best feature: Its social scene Best feature: Dogs are welcome Best feature: Its rooftop garden Five minutes from Paddington Station, This open-plan offi ce in Paddington Spread over eight fl oors of an 18-storey this seven-storey communal offi ce is Central is made up of shared working tower by Paddington Station, The Offi ce open 24 hours. Its common areas brim spaces and private offi ces, all of which Group has offi ces, meeting rooms and with natural light and include kitchens, benefi t from natural light, 24-hour private telephone booths, all of which a parents’ room, meditation room and access and air conditioning. Amenities are open 24 hours. Its communal areas terraces. It also has bike storage and include meeting rooms, private phone include a lounge, café and kitchen, plus showers. If you feel like mingling, booths, wifi and printing, as well dining areas with free tea and coff ee. there’s a games room with as a 50-person auditorium. There’s even a private 186sqm roof table football, air hockey, It also has showers. If you garden – now why don’t more offi ces a shuffl eboard and ping want to mingle, hang out have one of those? If you cycle, then pong tables. You can also in communal areas such you’ll be pleased to know there are network at weekly parties as the café or kitchen, showers and secure bicycle storage or lunch-and-learn which has free coff ee. inside the building, as well as external sessions with experts. You can also meet lockers for fold-up bikes within a gated Services include printing, entrepreneurs at monthly area. If you feel like being sociable, join private phone booths, wifi , networking and training the group’s 11,000-strong community high-speed internet and events. The fee includes access through its TOG&Co app or attend an conference rooms. Members can to its other London branches. Note event such as a fi tness class. Lounge access other branches. Hot desk from that it is a dog-friendly offi ce. Hot desk membership is £50 a month for 32 £480; fi xed desk from £550; shared offi ce from £99; fi xed desk from £349; private hours’ access to drop-in workspaces. from £650; private offi ce from £850, all offi ce from £3,894 (minimum six people), Enquire for other prices. 20 Eastbourne per month. 2 Eastbourne Terrace, W2 6LG. all per month. 2 Kingdom St, W2 6BD. 020 Terrace, W2 6LG. 020 3773 1880.

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Discover how to make the most of Paddington’s green nicer than daffodils on a dull day. In spaces and get expert tips on how to bring the outside in winter, grasses bring elegant movement and look good when planted in threes. s the leaves fall and the days get The canal isn’t your only chance to get To perk up a window box, choose winter shorter, you might find yourself close to nature, as Paddington is peppered pansies, heather, sage or rosemary.’ A scurrying along the canal to keep with pocket parks. Stephen Mills from So which plants bloom in winter? warm. But stop for a second and you may Continental Landscapes maintains ‘Pansies, viola and heather are vibrant, spot a swan’s nest, Canadian geese, coots Norfolk Square Gardens, Talbot Square but only for a season,’ says Jan. ‘Christmas or even a parakeet – and you’ll have the and Sussex Gardens. ‘We prune, weed rose, an elegant white flower, blooms Canal & River Trust charity to thank, as and clear snow and leaves,’ he says. in winter, as does Daphne, it cares for 3,220km of canals and rivers. ‘All three parks have winter an evergreen with small, Ecologist Chantal Dove says, ‘During flowers such as mahonia, fragrant pink flowers the Victorian era, smog made bark dirty, a sweet-smelling yellow and colourful berries.’ so Asian plane trees, which shed their flower; sarcococca, With all these flowers, bark, were introduced. See them all year a delicate white flower look out for blackbirds, round in Little Venice – their leaves with a vanilla scent and thrushes and robins. resemble a maple’s. You may also spot nandina domestica, ‘Care for them by green ring-necked parakeets. Rumour a shrub with purplish providing water, seeds has it Jimi Hendrix once let one go nearby! leaves and red berries,’ he and bug hotels,’ adds Jan. ‘As tempting as it may be to feed ducks adds. ‘In spring, Talbot Square bread in Paddington Basin, the sugar and bursts with cherry blossom.’ Clifton Nurseries (p. 13). the bacteria it accumulates when floating Got a garden? Then Clifton Nurseries Continental Landscapes. 01869 344000. can be harmful,’ adds Chantal. ‘Giving can help you make the most of it. Gardener www.continental-landscapes.co.uk. white bread to birds is like giving them Jan Melkenbeek says, ‘During autumn, Canal & River Trust. 0303 040 4040. IllustrationiStock;Proposed courtesy© tickethall Crossrail; of PaddingtonimagesCubecourtesyGreatWestern Developments of McDonald’s, so use vegetable pellets.’ plant spring bulbs – there is nothing www.canalrivertrust.org.uk. MallardRiverTrust;IllustrationcourtesyCanal & Stephen iStock;Mills of Cherry Square © © Talbot blossom in

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Share your views on these changes on @inpaddington Local life #paddington paddingtonnow These up-and-coming developments PaddingtonNow are giving Paddington a new lease of life [email protected]

THE LIZZY LINE IT’S HIP TO BE SQUARE station, ticket hall (inset) and direct A new station is scheduled to open at A new landmark has been proposed access to St Mary’s Hospital, and it will Paddington in December 2018 as part that is set to transform the area behind face a new public square on Praed Street. of Crossrail, a high-speed rail line that Hotel Mercure London Paddington. The project is expected to be completed will run east to west through London. Great Western Developments and Sellar in August 2020. 0800 170 7270. The three-storey station will have Paddington Limited have submitted www.paddingtonquarter.co.uk. two entrances and a 90m glass proposals to redevelop the canopy, fl ooding it with one-acre site behind BREAKING NEW GROUND natural light. Note that the Mercure Hotel by Plans for a new eight-storey building clouds printed onto the Paddington Station. for outpatient services at St Mary’s canopy, by the light If granted consent, Hospital have been unveiled. installation artist Spencer construction of a building If the proposals are granted, building Finch, will change known as Paddington will begin late 2018. The new centre, according to the light at Cube (below) will begin designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, diff erent times of the day. in spring 2018. Designed by will replace the ‘triangle’ buildings near Upon opening, the new route will Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Praed Street and South Wharf Road. be known as the Elizabeth Line. It will its 14-storeys will be raised 12m to allow Construction is expected to fi nish in cut journey times from Paddington for ground-fl oor shops, outdoor seating 2020 and, once complete, the building to Tottenham Court Road from 20 and restaurants. Above these will be will house most outpatient services minutes to four and Liverpool Street offi ces and a rooftop restaurant with which are currently in 40 locations. It will from 23 minutes to just 10. views of Hyde Park. The Cube will also serve half a million patients a year. 0345 602 3813. www.crossrail.co.uk. have a new Bakerloo line underground 020 3312 6666. www.imperial.nhs.uk. IllustrationiStock;Proposed courtesy© tickethall Crossrail; of PaddingtonimagesCubecourtesyGreatWestern Developments of MallardRiverTrust;IllustrationcourtesyCanal & Stephen iStock;Mills of Cherry Square © © Talbot blossom in

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The Pavilion Fashion Shakespeare Hotel The Delmere Hotel Rock ‘n’ Roll Hotel This four-storey townhouse has 65 Flowers greet you at this 37-room hotel Call it kitsch, call it wacky – but don’t call rooms, many of which overlook Norfolk on Sussex Gardens, which was renovated this 30-room townhouse boring. Leonardo Square. Its games room has a pool table in 2015. Bedrooms have desks and TVs DiCaprio, David Blaine and Naomi Campbell and table football, while its reception has and wifi is free (parking extra). It also has have all visited. Rooms include Highland an original fireplace, Chesterfield sofa a lounge area offering tea, coffee and Fling, which resembles a shortbread tin. and a tall ceiling. It benefits from big papers. 130 Sussex Gardens, W2 1UB. There’s free wifi, but no restaurant, bar or windows, free wifi and a large dining area. 0844 387 6156. www.bestwestern.co.uk. gym. 34-36 Sussex Gardens, W2 1UL. 020 22-28 Norfolk Square, W2 1RS. 020 7402 7262 0905. www.pavilionhoteluk.com. 4646. www.shakespearehotel.co.uk. Mercure London Paddington This four-star hotel opposite Paddington Hotel Indigo Norfolk Plaza Hotel Station has free wifi, a gym, valet parking London Paddington Also overlooking Norfolk Square Gardens, and a meeting room for 40 with a TV and This four-star hotel has 64 rooms inspired this Grade II-listed Edwardian building break-out area. There’s also a bar. Its 86 by nature – think wooden floors, wool rugs has 87 rooms. Communal spaces include rooms have desks, phones and trouser and landscape art. It also has free wifi, a a buffet room and lounge bar with presses. Enjoy breakfast in the hotel or in lounge, a 24-hour gym and a brasserie (p. screen. Note, wifi is only free in the lobby. Hotel Indigo London Paddington nearby. 13 & 18). 16 London St, W2 1HL. 020 7706 29-33 Norfolk Square, W2 1RX. 020 7723 144 Praed St, W2 1HU. 020 7706 8888. llustration,massage,backstylist, hair iStock; Headmasters © shave andnails courtesyimage Headmasters; of llustrationAmlotWilliStock; © Photos © I I 4444. www.indigopaddington.com. 0792. www.norfolkplazahotel.co.uk. www.mercurepaddington.com.

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But consultant Dr Parviz Habibi, who set up the unit in 1992 with one bed and A time for giving one nurse, went one step further and swam from Dover to France in August Since when did fundraising and volunteering get so fun? – raising £22,000 for the appeal. Sarah Riches meets locals raising money for St Mary’s The 64-year-old says, ‘Swimming 43.5 miles across the English Channel GOING THE EXTRA MILE In 2016, fundraisers have run was one of the hardest things I’ve ever Forget bake sales – why not fundraise marathons, taken part in a Tough done. There were times when I thought by skydiving or doing the Three Peaks Mudder obstacle course and gone I wouldn’t make it. My shoulders were Challenge? Local residents have done mountain trekking in Morocco – and hurting so much I could hardly lift my these and more in recent months to on 9 June, James Beckett (above) and his arms. But I focused on why I was doing it, raise funds for St Mary’s Hospital. father David abseiled 10 storeys down the promise I’d made to my supporters The hospital’s More Smiles Appeal the hospital, raising £630. and the commitment I’d made to myself aims to raise £2 million to expand its – and I reached France after 19 hours Children’s Intensive Care Unit, one and 12 minutes of swimming. of just fi ve in London. The funds will ‘I’d like to thank everyone for all their help top up the £8 million invested support and generous donations, which by the hospital. will help build a care unit with more beds The redeveloped unit will have to treat sick children. They are our future.’ new equipment, a dedicated parents’ The appeal met its half-way target that room, a private room for doctors to same month. Can you help smash it? provide emotional support to families and 15 beds – nearly double the 020 3312 2037.

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LIGHT RELIEF Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments aren’t the most cheerful of places, but an art scheme helps to brighten up St Mary’s Hospital. Ian Lush, chief executive of Imperial College Healthcare Charity, says, ‘Our charity is investing heavily in improving A&E at St Mary’s, with over £3 million being spent on a major refurbishment and expansion. As part of that we are commissioning British artists.’ Volunteer Stephen Morris adds, ‘I began volunteering on the hospital radio in 2003. When that stopped around 2010, I volunteered with patient satisfaction surveys till I heard about the arts team – then I helped catalogue the artwork FASHION FOR A CAUSE database and ran art tours.’ A Paddington resident is helping the Of St Mary’s 800 artworks, the public capital’s homeless through fashion. can see Bridget Riley’s murals on the Japanese-born fashion designer 8th, 9th and 10th fl oors of the Queen Masato Jones, founder of Masato Elizabeth Queen Mother (QEQM) building. London, is known for his bold prints and While there, don’t miss Vivien Mallock’s natural fabrics and has designed dresses Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother bronze for the English National Ballet and soul bust in reception. You can also glimpse singer Beverley Knight. external window panels by Julian Opie in In the winter of 2014, for every beanie the Lindo Wing from South Wharf Road, Masato London sold, it donated one to even though the building is closed to the homeless charities and handed them out WISH UPON A STAR public. All three are on the Paddington on the streets – and this winter it’s doing A tree lighting ceremony, which will be Public Art Trail, a walk of 22 artworks the same for duffl e bags (below). held on 6 December (p. 7), will mark the that tell the story of Paddington’s past The label supports charities including launch of an appeal that aims to raise and regeneration. One Big Family – Help the Homeless £10,000 for the children’s services Elsewhere, staff and patients can see by selling a 2017 calendar, tote bags, department at St Mary’s Hospital. major artworks including 17 black and scarves and The Little Book of Street Now in its third year, money raised white photographs by Lord Snowdon Tweets – an inspiring collection of from the Christmas Wishing Tree donated by Elton John in 1998. 38 tweets on life and emotions Appeal will go towards a party for sick The hospital has created an by homeless people children spending Christmas in hospital. educational programme to raise alongside art, poems Local businesses and the public awareness of the art collection, and pictures. At least are encouraged to donate and send through occasional artist-in- 20 per cent of profi ts messages, which will appear on the residences, workshops and are donated to charity. hospital’s Christmas tree. talks aimed at patients, They say charity staff and visitors. begins at home, but for St Mary’s Hospital, Praed St, W2 1NY. Email art.collection Masato London, it begins Christmas Wishing Tree Appeal @imperial.nhs.uk. with homelessness. 020 3312 2205; tree lighting www.thisis 020 7706 2319. ceremony 020 3312 5694.

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26-27_GIVE.indd 27 24/10/2016 16:03 Private investigator (PI) Will Clayton has lived in Paddington for eight years. As well as owning Bluemoon Investigations, he opened the Bluemoon Spy Shop in July. Will enjoys drinking in The Pride of Paddington (p. 16) and when he’s not in the pub, he likes strolling the canal to Little Venice.

f a camera disguised in a coff ee needed to fi nd her medical records. We I recognise faces and remember where cup, hat or tie-clip is on your traced her mother, who had died, but it put I’ve seen them before.’ I shopping list, then you need our client in touch with her wider family.’ Will shares all of this experience at Bluemoon Spy Shop – and why not pick So how does it feel being a real-life James Bluemoon College, where he trains up a GPS tracker while you’re there? Bond? ‘Each day is full of intrigue but professional PIs. Interested? Then sign The shop’s clients range from there are mundane moments too,’ says up for its £125 PI Experience Day course solicitors, local authorities and the police Will. ‘There’s lots of sitting around. We’ve (10 Nov, 10 Dec and 14 Jan). You’ll learn to care homes, factories and mystery conducted 10,000 hours of surveillance.’ research methods and how to use a covert shoppers – even Formula 1 racing teams. Investigating people for a living has to radio before practising foot surveillance. ‘We might have a client who suspects make your family paranoid, surely? ‘My job Watch out, 007 – you’ve got competition! their partner is using prostitutes, a council wasn’t the fi rst thing I told people about investigating fl y-tipping or a family keen when I was dating,’ says Will. ‘My girlfriend Bluemoon Spy Shop, 14 Spring St, to install a nanny-cam or CCTV,’ says Will. didn’t believe me at fi rst – then she made W2 3RA. 020 8088 2403. Bluemoon Investigations, meanwhile, me promise not to investigate her! www.bluemoonspyshop.co.uk. off ers surveillance, tracing and can ‘Being a PI doesn’t make me paranoid Bluemoon Investigations, also de-bug cars and businesses. – it makes me careful. My training helps 1-3 Craven Rd, W2 3BP. 0843 289 6395. ‘It’s very rewarding. One case that me predict what will happen and I’m aware www.bluemooninvestigations.co.uk. sticks out is of a Canadian woman who was of suspicious behaviour. I notice vehicles Bluemoon College, 1-3 Craven Rd, adopted as a child in the 1930s. She that haven’t moved and know how to W2 3BP. 0207 993 4080.

was keen to trace her birth mother as she lose people when they’re following me. www.bluemooncollege.co.uk. Imagespage:courtesyThisClayton;Will of Illustrations iStock © Imagespage:courtesyThisCatherine of Laine; Illustration iStock ©

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Paddington may be famous for being home to a particular bear, but did you know it’s also the home of a film producer and a spy? Sarah Riches lifts the lid on the area’s most fascinating residents…

Local resident Catherine Laine has lived in Paddington for the past eight years and can often be found eating cake in Patisserie Valerie (p. 17) or in Hilton London Metropole’s Whisky Lounge (p. 18).

s a film producer, Catherine has worked alongside Guy Ritchie on A his 2015 action comedy The Man from U.N.C.L.E; the 2016 fantasy Alice through the Looking Glass , starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, and the 2016 action thriller The Foreigner, starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan. So what is it like rubbing shoulders with stars of the silver screen? ‘Helena was so kind and genuine,’ says Catherine. ‘She knew everyone’s name and was always asking how you were. But Jackie was my favourite; I admired his work ethic and his get-up-and-go attitude.’ Once a keen actress, Catherine abandoned this career when she realised her strength lay behind the camera and, after producing a short film, she has recently produced her first feature Brackenmore (72 mins). ‘My short film is based on a ghost story that my dad told me as a child,’ says Catherine. ‘I then used it again as the inspiration for Brackenmore.’ In October, Brackenmore premiered at Kerry Film Festival in County Kerry,

Ireland, which is close to where much home to rural Ireland following the death This page, clockwise from top: of the thriller was filmed. It screened of an uncle she never knew she had. She Film stills from Brackenmore; in London and at the Bram Stoker meets Tom (DJ McGrath), who helps her Catherine at work; cast and crew on location. Opposite page, clockwise International Film Festival in Yorkshire forget about London; but the longer from top: Will at work; a hidden that same month, while its US premiere Kate stays there, the more she uncovers camera; Bluemoon Spy Shop is expected to be in 2017. sinister secrets that reveal her neighbours

ne; Illustrationne; iStock © ‘My dad is from Ireland, so we have are more ominous than they first appear... ai L a family home there,’ says Catherine. ‘It’s So with Matt Damon filmingJason layton;Illustrations iStock © C herine

at a scary place – it’s dark, remote and there’s Bourne on the Grand Union Canal in 2015, C plenty of woodland – so it was an obvious Bridget Jones’s Baby being shot in choice to set the film there.’ Paddington just as Catherine makes What with its suspicious deaths, occult headlines and Paddington 2 out in 2017, rituals and sacrifices,Brackenmore is not could Paddington be the new Hollywood? for the faint-hearted. Rated 15, it follows his page: Imagespage:courtesyWillhis of Imagespage:courtesyhis of

T T Kate (Sophie Hopkins) as she returns www.upstreamfilms.co.uk.

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28-29 MEET A LOCAL.indd 29 27/10/2016 16:13 Get into the festive spirit at a Christmas market near Paddington

hen the scent of mulled wine German sausages. It’s a great opportunity and ice sculptures, giving them a chance wafts through the air and your to do all your Christmas shopping in one to fish with Inuits and stay cosy in an W nose turns so cold you can’t go as its stalls sell a range of wooden toys, igloo. Visitors can even have their photo feel it any more, you know Christmas has jewellery and decorations. taken with a giant polar bear. arrived. And what better way to celebrate Little ones will enjoy walking through Young children can also have their than by visiting a festive market? the Magical Ice Kingdom in search of photograph taken with Father Christmas Now in its 10th year, Hyde Park Winter the Palace of Polar Bears. More than and his elves in Santa Land until 6pm Wonderland (18 Nov-2 Jan) is one of the 20 sculptors have spent four months every day until Christmas Eve. Last year, UK’s biggest winter festivals – and it’s creating the kingdom from 200 tons Santa handed out more than 50,000 gifts within walking distance of Paddington. of ice and snow, making it the biggest so, if your children have been good, they It costs nothing to enter the open-air ice and snow sculpture experience will receive a small present. festival or to browse its Bavarian market, of its kind in the UK. New for 2016, a Meanwhile, kids can watch TV’s which is made up of 200 chalets selling 15-minute arctic adventure will take Richard Cadell on stage every day at everything from mulled wine and hot adults and children on a voyage to a 11am in The Sooty Christmas Show. The chocolate to Mexican churros and frozen island, past icebergs, a shipwreck magician will be joined by Sooty, Sweep Previous page: Hyde Park Winter Wonderland © PWR. This page: Ice rink © MSethi;Performer,Previous © WinterrinkParkWonderland Hydepage:PWR.Icepage:panoramanight This courtesy© Winter ParkWonderlandHyde of xxxxxxx

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and Soo from the popular kids’ TV lights on the Victorian bandstand in smell the burning diesel as they rev upside programme for the 45-minute show. the centre of the ice rink. down in a cage, narrowly missing one another. Teenagers won’t be forgotten as the If you’re the type that can’t let go of the Later, adults can sip cocktails in Bar Ice, festival also has a traditional fairground side, then leave it to the pros and watch The which has tables, walls and sculptures all – you just have to buy tokens on the Imperial Ice Stars perform The Nutcracker made from ice – even your glass is frozen. day. As well as a carousel, helter-skelter on Ice in the Winter Palace Theatre. As the temperature plummets to -8°, and funhouse, there are ghost rides, With a score by Tchaikovsky, it will feature you’ll be grateful for the gloves and fake rollercoasters and try-your-luck games. projected scenery, spectacular fl ying fur-trimmed cloaks that are provided. All ages, meanwhile, can enjoy a ride on sequences, acrobatics, fi re and illusions. While many attractions must be pre- the 60m big wheel, which has views of the Meanwhile, in the big top catch a 45- booked, it’s free to stroll the covered bars London Eye. Alternatively, why not whizz minute family-friendly show. Choose from and listen to live bands, which create a party around an outdoor ice rink? At 1,600sqm, Zippos Christmas Circus, with its aerial atmosphere. Time for another mulled wine? it’s the UK’s largest. Skate hire is included acrobats, jugglers and clowns, or Cirque in the 50-minute sessions and a live Berserk, during which motorcyclists will Hyde Park, W2 2UH. 0300 061 2000. band play under a canopy of 100,000 wow you with terrifying stunts. You’ll www.hydeparkwinterwonderland.com. Previous page: Hyde Park Winter Wonderland © PWR. This page: Ice rink © MSethi;Performer,Previous © WinterrinkParkWonderland Hydepage:PWR.Icepage:panoramanight This courtesy© Winter ParkWonderlandHyde of

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30_BEYOND PADDINGTON.indd 31 24/10/2016 16:11 WANT A REAL CHRISTMAS TREE? Pines and Needles delivers to Christmas shopping Paddington. 020 3384 9420. www.pinesandneedles.com. Once you’ve stocked up on stocking fi llers at Hyde Park Winter Wonderland, hit the streets around Paddington and tick o your list!

SHOP TILL YOU DROP TAX-FREE SHOPPING STRIKE GOLD Europe’s busiest shopping area is Tax-free shopping needn’t be taxing! Paddington’s zone-one location means literally right up your street, so make Visitors who live outside the EU can you can see all of London’s top sights the most of Paddington’s proximity benefi t from tax refunds on most on a Golden Tours’ Grand Tour. The blue to Oxford Street – and don’t miss goods by following these steps: open-top buses depart from Praed its Christmas lights. Big names on 1 Request a VAT 407 ‘tax-free’ form Street at 7.42am and run every 15-20 Oxford Street include Primark, John when paying for items. minutes till 4pm. The route passes Lewis, Selfridges and House of Fraser. 2 Before leaving the EU, take your tax- Madame Tussauds, St Paul’s Cathedral, Bond Street, meanwhile, will be free form, receipt, goods and passport the Tower of London and Big Ben in just illuminated from 10 November, while to the customs desk at the airport, over two hours, or you can hop on and on 17 November Regent Street will be where an offi cial will stamp your form. off as often as you like and make a day of traffi c-free from early evening as its 3 Take the stamped form, your passport it. Buy tickets from Golden Tours Visitor lights are turned on and it stages live and credit card to a refund booth at the Centre. Adult from £25; child from £11. entertainment. 020 7462 0680. airport for a cash or credit- card refund. 145 Praed St, W2 1RL. 020 7233 7030.

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30_BEYOND PADDINGTON.indd 32 24/10/2016 16:11 BEYOND PADDINGTON A grand tour of Europe Hop on the Heathrow Express and you’ll be at the airport in 15 minutes. Fly direct to one of these festive markets and you’ll be in a Christmas postcard scene before you know it

VIENNA, AUSTRIA (11 NOV-26 DEC) Vienna Christmas World at the Christmas Market in City Hall’s square is Vienna’s grandest festive market, and this year its Ringstrasse entrance will be crowned by a 20m archway illuminated with 24 candles – a new candle Mönckebergstraße from kurtoskalacs (chimney cakes) – will be lit each day on Saturdays. Foodies, fried dough coiled on skewers. You can from 1 December. don’t miss the nearby also try honey cakes, iced gingerbread, Its 150 stalls sell Jungfernstieg market hot toddies and toki pompos – bacon, miniature wooden (21 Nov-6 Jan). onion and cream pizza. Browse for houses, puppets and woolly www.germany-christmas- crocheted items, ceramics and fur hats hats, as well as gingerbread, candied market.org.uk. under fairylights and catch a concert fruit and roasted chestnuts. Children will and laser show on outdoor stages. love making candles or writing letters to STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN www.budapestchristmas.com. Santa in City Hall, while the whole family (19 NOV-23 DEC) will enjoy carols or ice skating or curling Dating back to 1837, Stortorget Square PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC on a 4,500sqm rink on Rathausplatz. You now has 40 chalets, each of which sell (26 NOV-1 JAN ) can also ride in a pony and trap in nearby Swedish products such as handmade Staroměstské Náměstí, or The Rathauspark, which also has a carousel knitted hats and glass and wooden Old Town Square, is the largest of under trees, illuminated with fairylights. decorations. Sample traditional Prague’s markets. Dominated by an www.wienerweihnachtstraum.at. Swedish cuisine such as pepparkakor enormous Christmas tree, its stalls (thin ginger biscuits), saff ransbullar sell handcrafted wooden toys, crystal HAMBURG, GERMANY (saff ron buns), elk meat and buy vacuum- and traditional straw decorations. (21 NOV-23 DEC) packed smoked reindeer sausages. Feeling peckish? Then snack on Hamburg has 15 markets, but the most www.stortorgetsjulmarknad.com. roasted nuts, bratwurst, kielbasa traditional one is in the square outside smoked sausages and trdelnik – Hamburg Town Hall. Stalls sell leather, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY Prague’s version of a chimney cake pottery and silver, handmade decorations (11 NOV-1 JAN) – then wash it all down with a mug and Aachener printen, or spiced biscuits. Follow the scent of cinnamon to of hot mead. Children will enjoy the Hosted by Roncalli’s Circus, you might Budapest Christmas Fair and Winter nativity scene on stage while folk fi nd clowns serving drinks. An annual Festival, a collection of 100 chalets in bands and a choir provide entertainment.

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30_BEYOND PADDINGTON.indd 33 24/10/2016 16:12 PADDINGTON PEOPLE Over to you Whether you’re a tourist, resident or you work in the area, you help make Paddington what it is. So here’s your chance to have your say...

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