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Cover: a sallet made in Milan c.1455, featuring in the Wallace Collection’s Henry Moore: The Helmet Heads exhibition
40. 04-19. Up front 04. Forward thinking 12. Local lives 04. 26. 16. My perfect day FORWARD LOCAL HERO 20-47. Features THINKING KARAM SETHI ON 20. Second coming YOUR GUIDE TO TRISHNA, INDIAN 26. Local hero APRIL AND MAY FOOD CULTURE 34. Magical touch IN MARYLEBONE AND HIS FAMILY’S 40. Run for your wife INFLUENCE ON THE LONDON 48-53. Culture DINING SCENE 48. Q&A: Tobias Capwell of the Wallace Collection 20. 26. 52. Book reviews 54-63. Food 54. Q&A: Carlo Scotto of Xier 40. 62. Food philosophy RUN FOR 64-71. Style YOUR WIFE 64. Q&A: Nurcin Sebuk BARBARA of Nu WINDSOR’S 70. The look HUSBAND SCOTT 71. Inside knowledge ON RUNNING THE 72-77. Life MARATHON FOR 72. Q&A: Rahul Morjaria ALZHEIMER’S of Madesil Pharmacie RESEARCH 75. Inside knowledge 78-83. Health 78. Q&A: Dr Siwan Thomas-Gibson of The London Clinic 82. Gland designs 20. 34. 48. 84-91. Space SECOND MAGICAL TOBIAS 84. Hanging together COMING TOUCH COPWELL 88. Ask the expert THE CHARITY HOW A FAMILY THE WALLACE 90. Q&A: Craig Draper SHOPS SEEKING OF MAGICIANS COLLECTION & Ali Mathews of TO PROVE THAT CREATED ONE CURATOR ON Knight Frank SECONDHAND OF LONDON’S JOUSTING, CLOTHES CAN MOST ARMOUR AND LOOK GOOD COMPELLING HENRY MOORE AND DO GOOD ATTRACTIONS
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Marylebone Journal Web: marylebonejournal.com SECOND HELPING Twitter: @MaryleboneJrnl MARK RIDDAWAY Instagram: marylebonejrnl Facebook: Marylebone Journal 310 3 40 Schools 100% Students 13 Nationalities iGCSE/Brevet Represented 33 Community Editor Pass Rate Like a generous host returning to top up your Mark Riddaway 1:5 Extra Projects [email protected] bowl with a second helping of pudding, the Deputy editors Staff to Curricular Viel Richardson Marylebone Food Festival is back in April, [email protected] Pupil Ratio Clare Finney International bilingual school following up last year’s inaugural treat with [email protected] Sub-editor an even larger dollop of delicious excess. This Ellie Costigan inspiring critical minds, [email protected] issue of the Journal features two of the festival’s Editorial desk many participants, both of whom are no more 020 7401 7297 creativity and self-confidence Advertising sales restrained by culinary convention than the food Donna Earrey 020 7401 2772 festival is by the idea that three meals a day should [email protected] be enough. Carlo Scotto, the Neapolitan chef- Publisher LSC Publishing patron of Xier, confounds the expectation that 13.2.1 The Leathermarket Weston Street all Italian cooks, presuming their own region’s London SE1 3ER cuisine to be peerless, will grasp steadfastly to the lscpublishing.com Contributers concept of ‘authenticity’ like frightened toddlers Jean-Paul Aubin-Parvu, Lauren Bravo, Glyn Brown, Sasha clinging to their mothers’ trouser legs. He instead Garwood, Orlando Gili, Matthew Hancock, Emily Jupp, Christopher dabbles happily with ingredients like mango L Proctor
and sumac. (He also doesn’t eat pasta or like Design and art direction Em-Project Limited football—an admission that will spark a blur of [email protected] Distribution vivid gesticulation from his fellow countrymen.) Letterbox Printing Then there’s Karam Sethi, co-owner of Trishna, Warwick
who together with his siblings has pretty much Owned and supported by The Howard de Walden Estate taken over the London dining scene by pushing 23 Queen Anne Street, W1G 9DL 020 7580 3163 back against the idea that the British palate hdwe.co.uk requires Indian cooking to be rendered dull and [email protected] The Portman Estate generic, rather than revelling in the vibrancy and 40 Portman Square, W1H 6LT 020 7563 1400 diversity of the vast subcontinent that spawned it. portmanestate.co.uk [email protected] Theirs is the kind of inventiveness and single- minded dedication to good food that defines Marylebone’s food scene. Bury yourselves in Little EIFA from 21 months old. Junior EIFA. Senior EIFA. Visit our school, that food scene for five days from 24th April. located in Marylebone. Appointments via telephone or our website. Then maybe go to the gym in May. t: +44 (0)20 7637 5351 e: [email protected] w: eifaschool.com
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FORWARD TALK MUSIC MUSIC THINKING 11th APRIL 13th & 15th APRIL 15th APRIL YOUR GUIDE TO APRIL AND MAY GUEST AUTHOR SCHUBERT 1959: THE YEAR IN MARYLEBONE EVENING: CYCLES JAZZ CHANGED CRAIG BROWN & For Wigmore Hall’s This year is the 60th FRANCIS WELCH ongoing Schubert Cycles anniversary of one of the Durrants Hotel plays host series, Ian Bostridge, one most momentous 12-month to two writers who are of the finest lieder singers periods in the history of both among the country’s of our time, brings his jazz. 1959 saw the passing wittiest and most readable unique vocal personality of legends Lester Young journalists and historians, and interpretative mastery and Billie Holiday and the and also happen to be to bear on the great release of the best-selling married to each other: Austrian composer’s finest jazz album of all time, Kind Craig Brown and Francis song cycles, sharing the of Blue by Miles Davis. John Welch. Both will be reading platform with a different Coltrane’s Giant Steps from and discussing books pianist for each one. took saxophone technique with a royal theme. In For two nights in April, to new heights, Ornette Ma’am Darling, Brown, a Bostridge will be joined Coleman recorded The satirical columnist in Private by Saskia Giorgini, the Shape of Jazz to Come— Eye and the author of 18 Italian-Dutch pianist a landmark moment in books, has produced an who won the Salzburg the development of avant- unconventional and highly International Mozart garde jazz—and Charles entertaining survey of the Competition in 2016, Mingus came up with colourful life of Princess for a performance of the reflective, nostalgic Margaret, part-factual, part- The Fair Maid of the Mill, Mingus Ah Um. At the parodic, with the boundary composed by Schubert end of the year, the Dave between the two not always in 1823. Brubeck Quartet’s Time entirely clear. Welch, an Out introduced the world expert on Romanov Russia Wigmore Hall to the classic Paul Desmond will be discussing The 36 Wigmore Street, composition Take Five. Imperial Tea Party, which W1U 2BP At this concert, part of The tells the story of three wigmore-hall.org.uk Cockpit’s Jazz in the Round extraordinary meetings series, saxophonist Dan between the royal families Forshaw and his highly of Britain and Russia in talented sextet will pay the years before that whole homage to the year that messy business of 1917. changed jazz forever.
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adaptation of one of the star’s life. Adapted by EXHIBITION THEATRE Hollywood’s greatest films. Ivo van Hove from Joseph 6th—18th APRIL 25th APRIL Starring Gillian Anderson, L Mankiewicz’s Oscar- WOMAN OF ALL ABOUT one of the most consistently winning 1950 film, itself CYPRUS EVE: NATIONAL compelling performers based on Mary Orr’s short THEATRE LIVE currently at work on stage story The Wisdom of Eve, This exhibition and screen, All About Eve it is a timeless story of age It seems fitting that Regent tells the story of theatrical and youth, jealousy and of oil paintings, Street Cinema—a beautiful legend Margo Channing ambition. watercolours, old venue given a new lease and the beautiful and engravings, of life a few years ago— seemingly endearing Regent Street Cinema lithographs, should play host to a live young fan Eve, played by 307 Regent Street, screening of the National Lily James, who manages W1B 2HW photographs, books Theatre’s sparkling new to insinuate herself into regentstreetcinema.com and documents explores the representation of women in Cypriot art, from the ancient era of the goddess Aphrodite to the present day. Exhibited in chronological order, these artworks provide a unique perspective on the long and often troubled history of this small island nation, reflecting the frequent arrival of powerful aggressors and the demanding situations faced by female inhabitants across the centuries.
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EXHIBITION EXHIBITION EXHIBITION EVENT UNTIL 27th APRIL UNTIL 27th APRIL UNTIL 27th APRIL 24th—28th APRIL A HARMLESS MAKING IT AT HOME MARYLEBONE TREASURE HAPPEN: NEW FOOD A collection of This exhibition explores COMMUNITY FESTIVAL the RSM Library’s ARCHITECTURE creations that blend historical collection of In recent years, many expressive creativity herbal books, written in the public buildings in Britain with domestic 16th and 17th centuries. have faced an uncertain functionality, Produced in an era when future as a result of the classical theory of government cuts or the including Tom humours was still central withdrawal of private Faulkner’s design- to mainstream medicine, funding. In response, led statement meaning that all edible communities have come furniture, Camilla plants were perceived together to keep public to have a range of direct buildings open and and Leo Riviere’s influences, either positive functioning; campaigning handcrafted or negative, on the health and fundraising in the Tibetan wool of those who consumed face of closure. In this and Chinese them, these highly exploration of community influential books collated architecture, RIBA silk rugs, Tim exhaustive information on presents four immersive Walker’s inventive the character and expected installations, representing homewares and effects of fruit, vegetables recent projects from lighting, Andrea and herbs, including many around the UK in which of the new species then architects and local Zarraluqui’s arriving in Europe from communities have worked porcelain creations; Asia and the Americas. The together to create new or and Yasemen stunning books on display reimagined public spaces, Hussein’s intricate include a 1511 edition of despite challenging Ortus sanitatis, produced economic circumstances. copper pieces. in Germany, as well as Jaggedart works by the great English RIBA 28A Devonshire Street, herbalists John Parkinson 66 Portland Place, W1G 6PS and John Gerard. W1B 1AD jaggedart.com architecture.com Royal Society of Medicine Library 1 Wimpole Street, W1G 0AE rsm.ac.uk/the-library
Workshops in Old Manor Park Library
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The Marylebone Food Texture, Trishna, a pasta-making workshop The Baker Street Quarter Festival returns in The Providores, Xier, at Carousel, a Palestinian Partnership and Marble April with a truly Chiltern Firehouse, Roux and Israeli wine-tasting Arch London are mouthwatering lineup at the Landau, Bernardi’s, afternoon at Delamina or organising food tours of activities and offers. La Fromagerie, Gail’s a candlelit seafood and and masterclasses, and Organised by The Bakery, Rococo Chocolates champagne banquet at dozens of restaurants, Portman Estate and The and Marylebone Gin. Fucina, all on 27th April; cafes and bars are Howard de Walden Estate, Indeed, so spectacular is bask in a Basque Txakoli providing special menus the festival kicks off with the offering, every single festival at Lurra on 28th; and offers. Check the The Marylebone Menu— ticket sold out within 24 or enjoy the contrast of a website for all the details. a spectacular dinner hours! There is, however, vegan supperclub at dished up by an no shortage of other The Gate and a feast of Marylebone Food extraordinary rollcall of entertainment still on spring lamb and barolo at Festival restaurants and retailers: offer. Book yourself in for Boxcar that same evening. marylebonefoodfestival.com
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EXHIBITION EVENT UNTIL 4th MAY 8th—12th MAY CHANNA LONDON CRAFT HORWITZ: WEEK RULES OF THE London Craft Week GAME returns for its fourth Most creative types like to edition, celebrating present themselves as free British and international spirits, bound by nothing creativity with a long list but the vagaries of their of activities, workshops muse. But for Channa and exclusive designs. Horwitz, an LA-based Look out for The Conran artist who died in 2013, Shop’s presentation of inspiration came not from Jo Nagasaka’s ColoRing freedom but from complex collection for Artek, self-imposed rules, the designed in celebration of restrictions of which the centenary of Finnish- she used as a catalyst for Japanese relations, and an exploring her fascination exhibition at Asia House with space, movement of the traditional crafts and time. Each series of of the Chinese coastal works—including intricate province of Zhejiang. On drawings, paintings, 9th May at Savoir Beds on moving sculptures and Wigmore Street, master performances—would craftsman TJ Brown will be defined by a new set be creating a new bed, of rigorous conceptual designed in collaboration strictures. The results can with New York-based at times appear closer in interior designer Nicole character to maths and Fuller. Guests will be able computer science than to watch this bespoke bed the visual arts, but all of take shape, from inception Horwitz’s algorithms were to completion, while entirely self-generated learning about the arts of and the resulting pieces star-lashing and tufting. resolutely hand-made and non-technological. London Craft Week londoncraftweek.com Lisson Gallery 27 Bell Street, NW1 5DA lissongallery.com
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EXHIBITION EXHIBITION THEATRE EVENT UNTIL 18th MAY 8th—25th MAY 16th MAY 8th JUNE FLORENCE MHAIRI —8th JUNE THE HENRI MCGREGOR OUR TOWN AMBASSADORS’ BALL 2019 Born in New York in 1893, Mhairi McGregor’s When American but on the move from playwright Thornton Organised by Kids for the age of two, Florence new exhibition Wilder’s Our Town Kids, a charity which Henri was a woman of the features strikingly debuted in New Jersey raises funds for grassroots world who, by the time colourful in 1938, it defied genre projects designed to she enrolled at Germany’s landscapes painted categorisation. Set in the improve the lives of famous Bauhaus university quiet, fictional town of children living in a state at the age of 34, had lived over the past two Grover’s Corners, New of extreme deprivation in London, trained as a years, reflecting Hampshire, it tells a simple in Darfur, Sudan, the pianist in Rome, worked as the Scottish artist’s tale of two lovers and annual Ambassadors’ a musician in Berlin and extensive travels the bonds that tie their Ball, which takes place studied painting in Paris community together, but at Marylebone’s Hyatt under Fernand Léger. It as well as her does so while constantly Regency London—The was at the Bauhaus, with enduring love of the breaking the fourth wall, Churchill, is a social event the encouragement and Highlands. with the main character with a truly international guidance of László Moholy- purporting to be the flavour. Attended by Nagy, that Henri turned Thompson’s Gallery stage manager of the London’s diplomatic herself into one of the most 3 Seymour Place, theatre in which it’s being community, including distinctive and adventurous W1H 5AZ performed. The play, ambassadors from around photographers of the thompsonsgallery.co.uk which takes place on a the world, but open to the 1930s. The Atlas Gallery’s mostly bare stage and public, the ball features exhibition offers a rare without the use of props, a champagne reception, opportunity to explore this should be a fascinating a three-course dinner, a pioneering artist’s work. addition to the Open Air charity auction and gala Theatre’s increasingly raffle, and dancing until Atlas Gallery adventurous bill. the early hours. 49 Dorset Street, W1U 7NF Regent’s Park Open Air The Ambassadors’ Ball atlasgallery.com Theatre Hyatt Regency London Inner Circle, —The Churchill, NW1 4NU 30 Portman Square, openairtheatre.com W1H 7BH kidsforkids.org.uk
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I’ve been doodling for as during the process it EXHIBITION INSIDE VIEW long as I can remember: changes completely. I’m 29th APRIL 11th—13th APRIL faces, figures, costumes. telling myself a story as I —11th JUNE I’ve been interested in work on a piece, so I might THE PURE fashion, period films, start with an elephant and GILL SHAW: DECADENCE theatre and musicals from end up with two women in EVERYONE IN ARTIST ANNA a young age and those a changing room. That’s THE WORLD MAZZOTTA ON themes run through all how diverse it gets. DESERVES WHAT WE CAN my work. I’m fascinated For me, drawing is the FRESH RUNNING EXPECT FROM by the era of the 1920s to purest form of art, and WATER HER FIRST 1940s—Ginger Rogers, I love it. When you’re As well as being EXHIBITION AT Valentino—and very drawing, everything that a professional A&D GALLERY interested in expression, comes into your head can photographer, Gill Shaw which is one of the reasons be put down on paper is a trustee of WellFound, I’m such a great fan of silent so fast; with painting, a charity that works to movies—the expressions when you stop to mix the increase access to safe are so exaggerated. It’s colours or step back from water and sanitation in all about the human the canvas, your thought poor rural communities condition, happiness, process is broken. With in Africa. Last year, Shaw sadness, joy. Humour is also drawing it’s continuous— travelled to Guinea- a very important element of it’s like the charcoal’s an Bissau in west Africa my work. extension of my fingers. to spend time meeting The Pure Decadence is It’s very expressive, very and photographing my first exhibition at A&D passionate, I give it my all. impoverished villagers Gallery and it’s a selection whose lives have of both old and new works, A&D Gallery been affected by the paintings and drawings. 51 Chiltern Street, transformative power When I paint, I start with W1U 6LY of clean water. This a very vague sketch but aanddgallery.com exhibition presents the fruits of that journey.
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myself as either bilingual or trilingual—not yet, LOCAL LIVES anyway! I have a really good PABLO PERROT French vocabulary and let’s say that I can manage with Pablo is a year nine student at EIFA International School English. I have been slowly London on Duchess Street. The 13-year-old joined the improving—before I came senior school in January 2018 after his family relocated to London, my English was probably about two out from France to London. Pablo lives in Marylebone with his of 10, and now it’s maybe parents and two sisters a seven! But my Spanish INTERVIEW: JEAN-PAUL AUBIN-PARVU isn’t much good yet. Even PORTRAIT: ORLANDO GILI though my mother is Spanish, at home we only really speak French. My father is French and my I joined the EIFA be properly organised I really enjoy drama mother is Spanish and I senior school in January for exams. My favourite lessons. With Mr have two sisters, one older 2018. Everybody here has subjects include French MacDonald we are and one younger. I was been really friendly—my and English, and I also currently doing a lot of born in France, in the town classmates were really find history fascinating, acting and trying to learn of Dourdan, which is close nice, and they helped me learning how humans our lines, because on the to Paris. My parents and to get to know more about have developed over the last day of school we are older sister had been living the school and the city. centuries. We are currently putting on a show for the out in China but returned When I arrived, my spoken studying the French parents. We also have to France for my birth. We English was far worse than Revolution, which is really music lessons. Our new went back to China until it is today, so being at this interesting. music teacher, Miss Rosal, my little sister was born, school has really helped my I study three languages: is teaching my class the then came back to France language to improve. At my English, French and ukulele. It’s not an easy again and remained there previous school in France Spanish. We are doing instrument to play because during my early years. there were 28 students a lot of work in Spanish you need good finger My father is a train in my class, but here the at the moment and our reflexes. designer and eventually classes are much smaller, teacher has been giving I love sport and each needed to relocate for which I think makes us plenty of exercises to term we do a different one. work. My parents had the learning easier. help us progress. There Last term it was running, choice of moving to either The teachers are are different groups: one and now we’re doing London or Buenos Aires— excellent and try to help is for those students who ultimate frisbee. We go they decided on London. us to be more confident, have never learnt Spanish to a sports centre in Swiss We now live in Marylebone, to be able to manage lots before; we then have a Cottage to play football fairly close to Baker Street. of things and to really group who have spoken and this term we are also London is a huge, busy city, prepare us for our iGCSEs. Spanish and who know the doing pop dance. We are which was totally new to For example, we have basics, like me; and there’s learning all the moves and me because I’d only ever methodology lessons that the iGCSE Spanish group, then we’ll be able to create lived in a town before, but I teach us how to analyse who are excellent. our own choreography. think I’ve adapted quickly. documents and how to I wouldn’t describe Obviously EIFA is an
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international school, so the students come from all over the world. There are only nine students in Obviously EIFA is an my class and we are many different nationalities. We have two Swedish pupils, international school, one Russian, one Austrian and two from African countries—and that’s just so the students come in one class. We speak a lot of English, but because mine isn’t very good yet I from all over the world. tend to speak French with my friends. There are only nine London is one of the best cities in the world and I’m really enjoying living students in my class and here with my family. This city isn’t perfect but it’s better than the average and we are many different the people are actually very friendly—much friendlier than they are in Paris. One nationalities. We have of the great things about living in Marylebone is that two Swedish pupils, one it’s so central. Baker Street station connects with so many different tube lines, Russian, one Austrian which means you can get anywhere in London so easily. and two from African I love going to the National Gallery in countries—and that’s Trafalgar Square. I find it really interesting and also believe that it helps to just in one class improve your imagination. We have art lessons at school and though I really enjoy the subject, I can’t draw very well. The Sea Life London Aquarium on the South Bank is another of my favourite places. The aquarium is right beside like Paddington Street who won the World Cup the London Eye, which I’ve Gardens, which is a much last year. That was just actually been on five times. smaller park but still very wonderful. I watched all of Luckily my family live nice. their games and enjoyed fairly close to Regent’s I love football. Luka every moment. Park. It’s a wonderful Modric´ is my favourite In later life I would place. I don’t get to spend player and I support like to live close to Paris, as much time in the park Manchester City. Paris because my ambition is to as I’d like because we do Saint-Germain are my be a football commentator get a lot of homework, favourite French team, for France’s Ligue 1. but once I’m finished with Edinson Cavani being that’s where I usually go. my favourite player at the EIFA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Duchess House, 10 Duchess Street, I don’t have a bike, but I club. I also support the W1G 9AB do have a scooter. I also French national team, eifaschool.com
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“Charity shops are the only place in of the tide on the way we think about homewares, both the new and the retail now where customers talk to getting dressed. charmingly retro, and even the air each other,” declares Paul Cleary, the It has to. The stats are alarming: is fragranced—not with the musty charismatic manager of Marylebone’s around 300,000 tonnes of textile tang of yellowing paperbacks, but a Cancer Research UK store. “It’s waste are thrown away each year in fig-scented reed diffuser. incredible. If somebody comes out of the UK, with £140 million-worth Of course, while bargain-hunters the fitting room and they’re wearing ending up in landfill, and only one love their thrill and potential, charity something that really suits them, other per cent recycled. With the fashion shops have long had an image customers can’t stop themselves saying, industry reported to be the planet’s problem. “I think there’s this idea of ‘That’s really lovely!’ If you’re an avid second biggest polluter (after oil), dirty old charity shop clothes. ‘Dead charity shop shopper, you appreciate shoppers are beginning to wake up to people’s clothes’,” Paul rolls his eyes. somebody else’s find almost as much as the true cost of all those hardly-worn “Or people think, I’ll never find you appreciate your own.” outfits languishing in the back of anything that’s fashionable.” Ask any volunteer or devotee and the wardrobe. Dressing well, we are But it’s the misconceptions that we’ll tell you likewise. A good charity realising, shouldn’t cost the earth. are outdated, not the stock. Cherry- shop can be a community hub, a picked by staff and volunteers with social support network and a port in But there’s an answer, and you’ll an eye for quality and detail, the new the storm to while away an idle half find it on Marylebone High Street, boutique sells a selection that ranges hour. They spark unlikely meetings among the neighbourhood’s from last season’s high street to half- and lively debate in a way that the salubrious boutiques and minutes a-century-old heritage vintage. As average fast fashion outlet rarely can. from Oxford Street’s hordes of in most charity shops, everything is In a charity shop everyone’s welcome, tourists toting Primark bags. Cancer meticulously steamed and checked regardless of background or budget, Research UK has had a makeover. for flaws before it hits the shop floor. free from pressure, scrutiny or Already one of 35 premium So, you can un-wrinkle your nose, the glare of an underworked sales stores among the charity’s 600 UK thank you. assistant. They’re about so much outlets, the shop has been chosen as “Technically it’s cleaner than most more than just clothes. the guinea pig for a new ‘boutique’ of the stock sold in mainstream shops,” But of course, the clothes concept, hoping to reel in more style- says Paul, who worked in high street matter too. And with a new mood savvy shoppers. Now, at first glance, retail for 11 years before switching to of conscious consumerism in the you might not even realise it’s a the charity sector. “We’re very proud of air, there’s never been a better charity shop. In the window there’s a our shop and we like to keep standards time to step off the fast fashion traffic-stopping, tomato red vintage as high as possible.” So do the shop’s treadmill and embrace slower, more suit. The label? Dior. On the walls, a supporters, many of whom will go out sustainable shopping. Just as last photoshoot that looks fresh out of a of their way to ensure their cast-offs year saw ‘single-use plastic’ enter the Sunday supplement magazine. And raise money for a cause close to their vernacular, and worried Londoners on the racks, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, heart. Fashionistas as far away as began switching to travel cups Céline and Alexander McQueen Cornwall, Devon and the Isle of Wight quicker than you can say ‘oat milk nestle up against Whistles, Mango save up their best designer garb for macchiato’, 2019 may see a turning and & Other Stories. There are trips to London, or post it direct to the
I think there’s this idea of dirty old charity shop clothes. ‘Dead people’s clothes’. Or people think, there’s no way I’ll ever find anything that’s fashionable
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store. “I’ve even got a lady who comes will be buying pieces that are made shops—or at the very least donating from Gibraltar three times a year with better and will last longer. You’re their unwanted items to charity,” says stock to donate,” says Paul. “People not contributing to the demand Julie Byard, director of trading at want to know that if they’re donating for over-production and you’re Cancer Research UK, who hopes to something nice, it’s making the most it making a conscious move away from roll out the boutique concept to more can for the charity they give it to.” One harming the planet. There’s the stores across the UK soon. of his prize spoils was a vintage Chanel added feelgood element, knowing handbag, sold for £1,700 but worth the money you’re spending is going Up the road at the Barnardo’s Shop thousands more. “The customer who to a good cause. And maybe best on George Street, it’s a similar story. bought it skipped out of the shop.” of all, when you buy secondhand, “We’ve revamped our Marylebone Last year, Cancer Research took in you’re not being spoon-fed your store to reflect the look and feel of more than 4.4 million bags of items style. You’re challenging yourself to the surrounding community. It now that could otherwise have been sent cultivate an individual look.” emanates a modern yet eclectic feel, to landfill. But for 21st century charity Together with interior designer showcasing amazing one-off pieces retail, the biggest challenge isn’t Nadia Themistocleous, Emma worked around the store,” says Laura Grant, drumming up donations—it’s keeping her magic on Cancer Research UK assistant director of marketing and everyone happy. Shops need to cater to create “the ultimate feelgood communications for the charity’s for loyal regulars, many of whom buy shopping experience”. All brushed retail arm. secondhand out of necessity rather brass hardware, modernist light A quick flick through the than choice, while also drawing in a fittings, blush pink walls and on- Barnardo’s rails throws up Reiss new, fashion-forward customer base. trend terrazzo surfaces, the result is a knitwear, Pringle cashmere, Joseph, “Some people don’t consider calming, polished space with room to Jaeger and a Zara dress that’s a dead charity shopping to be ‘something for breathe. Less clutter, more mirrors, ringer for 1960s vintage (this is the them’,” says Emma Slade Edmondson, pink velvet fitting room curtains that special trick of charity shops—items a creative director and consultant actually function properly. An all- you wouldn’t give a second glance on specialising in ethical retail, and important chair for weary, shopped- the high street suddenly look cool one of the brains behind Cancer out spouses. And a large central table, and alluring without context). Here Research’s new look. She blames a used for display by day, which could too, the traditional ‘pile ’em high’ generation bred on fast fashion and soon host evening events. approach has gradually been swapped a craving for “constant newness”, It seems Marylebone’s on board. for space to browse, with curated Saturday night outfits from bargain Tills are ringing (or rather, card displays and a glass case which houses retailers which are now so cheap, readers are bleeping), the shop’s the most premium treasures. they’re almost as disposable as those weekly sales total is well above average It’s an approach that Mary’s coffee cups. and customer praise spills forth on Living & Giving Shops for Save The “I want to change that by proving social media. “Our aim is to increase Children have been using since that the items you can find in the awareness of the role we can play in 2009, masterminded by retail guru charity shop can be just as relevant reducing consumption of new goods, Mary Portas, with a new breed of as designer, high street and online and to encourage younger fast fashion airy charity ‘boutique’ now popping brands,” she tells me. “Often you fans to consider shopping in charity up across London in their wake.
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Last month saw the opening of print midi dresses from Diane Von stock with other stores every couple Boutique by Shelter at Coal Drops Furstenberg and niche New York label of weeks and listening to customer Yard in King’s Cross, designed by slow Suno. But if a £3 silver bumbag is your demand. fashion and sustainability champion heart’s desire, you can find that too. “We have the ability to buck a Wayne Hemingway. All polished James tells me that growing trend, to stand out, to do something concrete, millennial greenery and awareness of the preloved market that’s not seasonal,” he says. Victoria industrial-chic fittings, the space sits is gradually drawing in a younger Beckham’s London Fashion Week comfortably alongside neighbours crowd. “They understand that even show in February prompted a line like Paul Smith, Cubitts and Cos. But if high end labels are not necessarily of mannequins in roll neck jumpers more importantly, as a hunk of prime cheap, they represent great value.” and wide-leg trousers. Unlike high real estate in one of London’s coolest If ‘quality over quantity’ is going to street chains, charity shops can be new developments, it represents an be our new shopping mantra, then responsive—whether that’s led by the exciting sea change for the sector. charity shops have the power to level red carpet, or the weather forecast. Because while shoppers from all the playing field and give us all a Freak April snowstorm? They’ll be the walks of life might love a good charity sartorial knees-up. only ones on the street with a window shop, councils and developers have Then there’s the element of luck full of scarves and ski jackets. tended to view them as a marker of and destiny. In our age of excessive But just like the perfect outfit, deprivation—until now. choice, where we complain of charity shops are also an exercise ‘decision fatigue’ and streamline our in balance. The old with the new, Still, there remains a lot of love for lives to reduce ‘cognitive overhead’, traditional with trendy. The loyal, the traditional charity shop too; the secondhand shopping is a mindful regular customers with a new charmingly chaotic, jumble sale no-brainer. You either find something, influx of label-loving magpies. type where you might find a secret or you don’t. It either fits you, or it Both running them and shopping heirloom buried beneath a flurry of doesn’t. And if it doesn’t... well, you in them can be a labour of love, but 1980s St Michael. Anyone who has grit your teeth and tell the next person it’s worth it. Because while a ‘new’ rootled around in George Street’s how lovely they look in it instead. dress might give you a buzz for a day enigmatic Geranium Shop, run by “Charity shops are one of the few or two, charity shops spread good Greater London Fund for the Blind, areas in life at the moment where you vibes in every direction. The cause, will probably agree. still have the thrill of the chase,” says the community, the planet, your “It’s important that people know Paul. Back at Cancer Research UK, pocket—everybody wins. that bargains can still be found,” says he’s taking me on a tour of the shop’s CANCER RESEARCH UK James Johnson, deputy manager of basement stockroom. Upstairs might 24 Marylebone High Street, W1U 4PQ Oxfam Marylebone, who spends be all edited calm, but downstairs, cancerresearchuk.org his days sorting through a wealth of like the proverbial swan, is where the BARNARDO’S high-end, vintage and high street hard graft happens. There are bags 7 George Street, W1U 3QH donations. Dolce and Gabbana, and bags of donations, all sorted barnardos.org.uk Chanel, Jimmy Choo and Christian and filed by colour, season, style or OXFAM Louboutin all find their way onto the price point. Staff and volunteers 91 Marylebone High Street, W1U 4RB colour-coordinated racks, alongside have to think on their feet, rotating oxfam.org.uk
Often you will be buying pieces that are made better and will last longer. You’re not contributing to over- production. And maybe best of all, when you buy secondhand, you’re not being spoon-fed your style
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The world was a very different place potentially profitable. It was a style
in 2008. A little-known senator from of dining that spoke to Karam and The vibe in high-end Indian Chicago named Barack Obama was his siblings. The Indian tradition of restaurants didn’t appeal to us. named as the Democratic Party’s dining, the tradition with which he It was really stiff, there was no candidate for the presidency of had been raised, is based upon an character and the interior design the United States, the collapse of informal family-centred experience, felt sterile. There was none of the the Lehman Brothers bank led to with everyone sharing communal energy, vibrancy and life that I have the financial world almost literally dishes of excellent food. Karam had always associated with India and running out of money, and just as always believed that informality and its food importantly (for us, at least) a new unimpeachable quality did not have Indian restaurant called Trishna to be mutually exclusive and thought opened its doors for the first time on that the approach to dining espoused Blandford Street. by Russell Norman could be a perfect “You could say that it was fit for the Indian food he loved. a challenging time to open a However, the British Indian restaurant,” says Karam Sethi, dining scene was not a promising smiling, as he casts his mind back landscape for such an idea. On over a decade. He had taken this the one hand you had the local bold decision along with his sister restaurants where people went for a Sunaina and brother Jyotin. “It limited selection of cheap Anglicised was tough, but also a time of great dishes, washed down by pints of opportunity. Back then, the big lager. On the other were some hotel and expensive fine-dining expensive, starchy, overly-formal restaurants were dominating the high-end restaurants reserved scene. There seemed no space for for special occasions. Neither of people to open on a smaller scale these appealed to our budding or try something new. The credit restauranteurs. crunch changed everything, as “The vibe in high-end restaurants people were suddenly looking for didn’t appeal to us. It was really new types of investments. Then stiff, there was no character and the Russell Norman opened Polpo, interior design felt sterile. There which was a new style of restaurant, was none of the energy, vibrancy and his success showed what was and life that I have always associated possible. He was a real inspiration to with India and its food,” Karam a lot of people, including us.” explains. “The food we wanted to What Polpo demonstrated was that serve was food inspired by home restaurants serving well-designed, cooking, the food we have grown up beautifully cooked but keenly priced eating both in London and on our small plates was not only viable but visits to our grandparents in India.
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Karam Sethi
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With Trishna, we opened the type of restaurant that we wanted to eat in ourselves. No pretensions, no stiffness and good food. For me, Indian food should be served in the middle of the table and shared
There, we would dine in clubs such that a change needed to be made, as with that star comes pressure. You as the gymkhanas and golf clubs, and Karam himself went into the are now in the spotlight, especially as where the food was great and the kitchen. “I decided to make just one an Indian restaurant. Suddenly, there atmosphere more relaxed. Those major adjustment, but to apply it was a curiosity among the public to dining experiences as children to everything,” he says. “From the see what a Michelin-starred Indian still very much inform the type of start. we had adapted the spicing to restaurant has to offer. We started food and style of restaurants we what we thought the British palate pushing ourselves even harder to like. With Trishna, we opened the preferred, and in hindsight this had make sure we didn’t only keep it for a type of restaurant that we wanted been a mistake. I made the spicing year. Everyone’s hard work means it is to eat in ourselves. No pretensions, bolder, punchier and more complex, still on the door today.” no stiffness and good food. For me, much more reminiscent of how these Indian food should be served in the dishes would be served in their native That was seven years ago and much middle of the table and shared.” regions. It was not a case of making has changed. Trishna has now grown That consuming food should be a things hotter—too much chilli heat into JKS Restaurants, the group sociable and enjoyable experience is overwhelms the flavours, and the taking its name from the first initial deeply important to Karam. For him, main ingredient still has to sing on of each of the three siblings. What the excitement and pleasure that you the plate. You just need to use the began as a risky punt at the start of a revelled in when being taken out for a spices with confidence. The dishes recession has led to the Sethis being meal as a child should not disappear retained a modern twist, but at their some of the most influential figures just because you are old enough to core was the idea of honouring the on the London dining scene. The have children yourself. However, skills of those who had created this group is involved with 17 restaurants everything had to start with the food. cuisine, and trusting that our diners across London, split into two distinct And that, he thought, had to be tasty, would appreciate the dishes they areas. One is based around the consistent and authentic. had created.” cuisine of the Indian subcontinent Quite how important authenticity That faith paid off—the following and is made up of Trishna, would be was something that year Trishna was awarded Michelin’s Gymkhana, Hoppers, a delivery Karam and his siblings perhaps Bib Gourmand, which recognises service called Motu, which focuses underestimated at first. “From the restaurants that serve outstanding on Indian street food, and Brigadier. start, we were serving dishes based food at affordable prices. But there Then there are the ‘partner’ on the cuisine from the south-west was more to come. In 2012 Trishna restaurants including places such as coast of India. We were confident became one of the few Indian Lyle’s, Bubbledogs and Bao. that it was something that would restaurants in the country to gain a “Jyotin, Sunaina and I actively be new to many diners and that coveted Michelin star. “I thought that run the Indian restaurants, they would enjoy it as much as we it was a wind-up,” says Karam. “I first whereas we are investors in the did,” Karam explains. “But while heard on the morning of my 28th partner restaurants,” says Karam. things were going alright, the birthday, due to the list being leaked “Throughout our expansion of the restaurant hadn’t really sparked early. When we realised it was true, Indian cuisine offerings, the ethos into life. Something was missing.” there was a real sense of pride as well has remained the same: punchy, After two years, the Sethis decided as surprise. It was also a bit daunting, bold flavours inspired by authentic
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though he has stepped back from
the daily grind of the restaurant My thinking on food is still very kitchen. His time behind the stove much the same. I’m inspired by is now spent alongside the group’s old, rare and classic recipes and other chefs as they develop menus creating our takes on those recipes. for new restaurants or work on We never ‘fancy them up’, but stay new recipes for the existing ones. close to the roots of where the food “We will hire a chef three to six originates months before the project opens and I am in the kitchen pretty much every day with them. During that time, we will be testing dishes, testing ingredients, creating the menu. We will very much go through the whole process together. The great thing is that we can create much more creative and adventurous menus than you once would,” Karam reveals. “I wouldn’t call myself a chef anymore. While I still go into the regional cooking. Along the way we is the diminishing of the ‘curry and kitchen during the set-up phase, have expanded the variety of regions a pint’ culture that had become I have to take a holistic view of the we cover. In Gymkhana, the food has the dominant form of Indian food. whole restaurant concept. I look a wider range but is more from the Now, the suggestion that Indian at layout, decoration, menu, staff, north of the country; in Hoppers, food and good wine might be uniforms. But my thinking on food is dishes are inspired by the food of paired together is no longer met still very much the same. I’m inspired Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu; and with the scepticism of old. “They by old, rare and classic recipes and Brigadier is probably the most pan- were definitely not seen as a things creating our takes on those recipes. Indian.” Karam explains. that belonged together. We were We never ‘fancy them up’, but stay That early lesson in authenticity working against a culture that said close to the roots of where the food has not been forgotten, and nor Indian food was not fine enough originates. Bold, indulgent spicing has a commitment to using the best to warrant good wine, but we knew with a sense of fun and a sense of produce available. “We import a lot from our own experience that this occasion defines our food. It has to of the spices and the chillies we use was not true,” Karam recalls. “This create conversation, be convivial. from India—Kashmiri chillies being was a perception we really wanted to That is what I think our food is and a big one. We also import some other change and we put a lot of hard work should always be.” things like alphonso and Pakistani into this from the beginning. We TRISHNA mangoes, and other produce we were sending out a message about 15-17 Blandford Street, W1U 3DG just cannot source outside India. the sophistication of good Indian trishnalondon.com However, we buy in as much as we cuisine. I believe Trishna was the first can from British producers,” Karam Indian restaurant to have every dish explains. on the menu paired with a carefully MARYLEBONE FOOD chosen wine. We also had a wine FESTIVAL Things are going well, but there is flight option for our tasting menu. 24TH—28TH APRIL no resting on laurels being planned Sunaina has to take a huge amount Five days of activities, events, supper any time soon. The differences of credit for this. She took on the job clubs, offers and special menus, in regional Indian cuisine can be of building the wine list and worked involving dozens of Marylebone’s huge, and this is an area that Karam, incredibly hard at finding the right restaurants, cafes, bars, hotels and Sunaina and Jyotin are keen to wines and working on the pairings— food retailers. Visit the website EVENT SPACES REIMAGINED continue exploring. “The cuisines she was a real pioneer in this area. for details. in Goa and Delhi are as different Funnily enough, we have now come as those in England and Portugal. full circle. At Brigadiers, the food marylebonefoodfestival.com There’s a huge amount to discover. is being matched with carefully It is very much at the forefront of our chosen and interesting beers that minds to continue to create a wide we are brewing ourselves. Matching 47 Welbeck St, Marylebone, London W1G 8DN variety of authentic, complex and carefully great drinks with Indian T +44 20 7486 6600 E [email protected] themarylebonerooms.com flavourful dishes.” food no longer raises eyebrows.” One sign of the change that Karam is still very much involved TheMaryleboneRooms themarylebonerooms Trishna’s success has helped inspire with the food side of the business,
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TOUCH How, for several glorious decades at the start of the 20th century, the Maskelyne family’s unique brand of magic— irreverent, funny and technologically audacious —turned a Marylebone theatre into one of London’s most compelling attractions WORDS: GLYN BROWN ILLUSTRATIONS: MATTHEW HANCOCK
Long ago, not too far away, there was watchmaker with a gift for and promised to duplicate every an astonishing building known for constructing mechanical illusions part of the act within three months. the best part of its life as Maskelyne’s such as singing canaries in cages or And he did, at a performance at Theatre of Mystery. Like any truly clockwork beetles, which were all the the Aviary Gardens, with the loyal enchanted thing, it had taken other rage in the early Victorian era. He Cooke assisting. That night, drunk guises in the past and would be met the quiet and reserved George on applause, the pair decided to transformed again in the future, but Cooke, a perfect straight man with an chuck in their jobs and change for nearly 30 years it boasted scenes of interest in sleight of hand, with whom modern magic forever—because jaw-dropping, spine-tingling sorcery. he developed an amateur conjuring instead of solemn hocus-pocus done The man responsible was John Nevil show. But when JN was 26, the hugely in dramatic silence, they planned to Maskelyne, known to most as JN, a famous Davenport Brothers, sons deliver amusing playlets, a mixture of debonair dandy who would make of a Buffalo cop, arrived from the stories, banter and the breath-taking the young Albus Dumbledore seem United States with their cavalcade, mechanics at which they were gifted. uncharismatic. He took Marylebone’s claiming to be able to enlist the At first, this looked like a big decrepit, crumbling St George’s spirits of the dead. JN was incensed mistake. A series of hot summers Hall and turned it—presto!—into a by this chicanery. A born showman, meant audiences were virtually wondrous place. he stood up in the audience, insisted invisible. But things picked up, and Born in 1839 in Cheltenham, that the Americans’ tricks were all in May 1873 the pair took over the the young JN became a trainee about dexterity, not the supernatural, Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly. JN’s
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And then a Lincolnshire farmer took over St George’s Hall. The only turned up, saying he’d invented a thing that made JN any cash was his ‘mechanical man’. JN went to the novel idea for the pay toilet. Thanks a farm, couldn’t believe his eyes, bundle, pal. paid a high price for the robot, and In 1893, the retiring Mr Cooke improved it in his workshop for two retired, and his place as Maskelyne’s years. He named the little metal partner was taken by the charismatic figure Psycho, but Psycho had the rock star type (there actually is a band life of Reilly. He sat on the stage, named after him) David Devant, without wires, tubes or anything, whose eventual obituary in The and would nod in a friendly manner, Times would call him “the foremost perform minor conjuring tricks, magician of all time”. Ten years later, multiply and divide on paper, spell, this crack team were so successful that smoke cigarettes and play whist. Oh they left the Egyptian Hall, where yes, and give a Masonic handshake. they were tenants, and moved into a Not a healthy lifestyle, but he theatre they could call their own: the seemed happy. London went wild. elaborate 1,500-seater St George’s Racehorses, overcoats and assorted Hall, Langham Place. products were named after him. A theatre devoted to magic had Psycho. Oh well. never been attempted before, but JN was unstoppable. He refurbished
In 1875, JN’s fame was such that he the hall, added the house next door There was a walking stick that lived and his troupe were invited to present to the building, framed the stage up to its name, prancing about a Royal Command performance, the with 300 electric bulbs and called it the stage unaccompanied, and JN first time magic had been performed Maskelyne’s Theatre of Mystery. After even levitated his shy young wife at Sandringham since the days of a shaky start, he opened with a show Elizabeth, floating bouquets from court jugglers. With the bit between entitled A Feast of Magic. His son the audience up to her in the air his teeth, JN decided to come up Nevil performed with him, and acts with more robots. There was Zoe, an included knife-throwing tricks, a skit artist, disgracefully reviewed in the in which JN vanished while actually Morning Post: “Mr Maskelyne, more being held down by members of complacent than Frankenstein, has the audience, and a charming little created a Titania for his Oberon. illusion where a beautiful girl, Cassie Psycho is to be envied. A lovely Bruce, leapt out of a pie and did an companion, always smiling, never ‘oriental’ dance. contradicting him, never troubling Cassie, who demonstrated total him about bills or talking of the last cool, began to feature in more sweet thing in bonnets…” She could and more performances. Said one draw like Whistler, actually. Why was review: “Miss Cassie Bruce mounts that not said? After Zoe there were an apparently ordinary wooden grandson Jasper, in his 1936 book musicians—Fanfair and, I’m afraid, table in the centre of the stage. A White Magic, describes one or two Labial. Writes Jasper, “Fanfare played cloak is thrown over her, a pistol early efforts. “In the plate-spinning the cornet, Labial the euphonium. fired, and Miss Bruce, who instantly trick, JN spun a couple of score of They were scholarly little men, with disappears, exclaims from the back ordinary dinner plates, one after the the long locks and dreamy eyes of true of the hall, ‘Well, I’m here.’” After other, with inconceivable rapidity, musicians.” leaving university, JN’s younger son, and away they went, spinning down a JN may not have been all that good Archie, became the hall’s manager. four inch-wide gangway, then round with names, but he was a stupendous There, he met and married Cassie (at and round up a spiral, mounting inventor. He produced a prototype Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone). the sides of a sort of miniature Eiffel typewriter that no one then saw a She was five years older than him, Tower, the plates climbing to a height need for, though he used it in his but by some alchemy never looked it. two or three feet above that of the office. He came up with a neat bus One newspaper reported, “Wizard’s table top from which they had set ticket checker, but no one wanted Wedding: Mr Maskelyne to Marry out.” There was a walking stick that it. Later, he even invented a wireless Disappearing Lady.” Actually, she lived up to its name, prancing about that might broadcast entertainment adored Archie and never left his side. the stage unaccompanied, and JN in every home. The trouble was, no JN was still furious with spiritualists, even levitated his shy young wife broadcast company existed to send who insisted they could party with Elizabeth, floating bouquets from the out programmes. Ironic that, around the undead. He decided to play them audience up to her in the air. 15 years after his death, the BBC at their own game and, as he’d done
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face.” He walked round the fly-rails
and back, and his watching friend The machinery of magic is insisted that he walked right through extraordinarily interesting. Tricks the ghost. Clearly, wrote Jasper, it that seem quite impossible become was an optical illusion caused by elementary. You can make dead lights shining through the ropes... hands write and skulls speak, Still, others saw the figure each night cause a lamp to fly through the air, when the house lights went on at the catch a bullet between your teeth start of a performance; when the lights went out, it vanished.
Jasper loved this big old hall. For many years he lived, first on his own and then with his wife and soon their two children, in a flat above the auditorium. When the hall grew threadbare, he redecorated it himself with two volunteer assistants to save money: “I bought 15 gallons of grey paint, a gallon of gold, four before, debunk the whole thing. One because it always does. As Jasper was dozen brushes, and a very doggish- night he took to the stage, closed his about to take the stage one night, looking cap. Then I hired an electric eyes as if in a trance, and thickening a frantic magician said his donkey spray, laid in several hundred mist, like steam from a kettle, issued had escaped through the back cigarettes, and really got going...” from his torso. Finally, to gasps, a door. Assisted by two clowns in full This makes it even more painful hand, then an arm, then a golden- make-up, Jasper raced into Langham that in 1933, a family feud meant haired spirit materialised from his Place. “We were soon joined by five his two older brothers—a wireless chest. According to White Magic, policemen, and presently ran the engineer and an expert on lifts— “The spirit turned her feet to the donkey to ground in Berners Street, took control of Maskelyne’s Theatre, ground, spoke to the audience where he was walking sedately along, despite all Jasper’s blood, sweat in a clear and intelligent way, ate apparently wondering whether and tears. He went freelance in a baked apple if requested to do Oxford Street itself would be a bit too what was, he admits, “truly a tragic so, then vanished before our very hectic.” The donkey, accompanied and terrifying” situation, and eyes.” Onstage JN uttered a cry and by five constables, two clowns and managed to make a go of things apparently woke up; meanwhile Jasper, reached the hall just in time on his own. His brothers failed, of Cassie, in the wings now, shrugged on to do his act immaculately and then course, and sold the hall that same a jumper and went to have a cup of tea. have a lovely rest. year to the BBC, which made all When Nevil himself died, Jasper sorts of alterations to the building Manipulative and moral as Albus took the reins—at 24, he was to accommodate its comedies and Dumbledore, JN wasn’t a real wizard, London’s youngest theatre manager. revues, displacing the previous and couldn’t go on forever. When It’s probably fair to say he felt lights and shadows. The sadness was he died, the hall was draped briefly haunted by the urbane grandfather evidently still raw when Jasper wrote in black, then Nevil took control. (“a genius”) he idolised, but was still his book. “I was broadcasting from Nevil’s youngest son, Jasper, after a surprised when an assistant came St George’s Hall some months ago,” AN AWARD WINNING GRADE II LISTED GEORGIAN TOWNHOUSE hilariously failed attempt at farming, to him in the wings to say, “My God, he muses, “and went up into the OFFERING OVER 20 EVENT SPACES FOR 2-300 GUESTS became an apprentice magician, Jasper—your grandfather’s standing flies to see if the ghostly figure of JN finally learning the secrets, as he up there in the flies.” Jasper followed Maskelyne still kept his quiet ward. IN THE HEART OF LONDON’S WEST END explained: “The machinery of magic him up a series of ladders until they But he had gone.” is extraordinarily interesting. Tricks were directly above the footlights And soon the hall had, too, that seem quite impossible become far below. “Standing opposite us, bombed to bits in March 1943 during elementary. You can apparently make against the back wall of the theatre, the war and demolished completely To arrange a private show around call our venue team dead hands write and skulls speak, about 40 feet above the stage with his in 1966. You could say the hall missed cause a lamp to fly lighted through arm on the fly-rail, and apparently the Maskelynes too much to put up on 020 7307 2474 or email [email protected] the air, make a watch disappear from intently watching the actors on the a fight and, with outside help, just a man’s pocket and appear tied round boards, was the figure of a man in let itself vanish. But hang on. If you the neck of a rabbit somewhere else full evening dress—undoubtedly actually look, maybe pick up a corner entirely, catch a bullet between your my grandfather. Through the forest of pavement in Langham Place, a WWW.11CAVENDISHSQ.COM teeth... but why go on?” Oh yes, why? of ropes that intervened I could see little sparkle of magic dust might Stuff went wrong, of course, his characteristic pose and absorbed just appear.
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Last year, Scott Mitchell revealed to the world RUN that his wife, Barbara Windsor, has Alzheimer’s disease. This year, he’s running the London Marathon to raise money for FOR dementia research. He talks to the Journal about Barbara’s slow and painful decline, YOUR the challenges of being a carer, and the brief respite to be found in pounding the pavement WIFE WORDS: MARK RIDDAWAY
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Six members of the Barbara’s Revolutionaries team, clockwise from front centre: Scott Mitchell Kellie Shirley, Tanya Franks, Emma Barton, Jamie Borthwick, Jane Slaughter
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Under any other circumstances, once, but then stubbornly refused own voice. I can answer myself, I can Scott Mitchell would not be running to leave. This year, the charity process everything that’s happening the London Marathon—not a partner of the London Marathon is around me. It’s been like a revelation.” chance. “My whole life, the only Dementia Revolution, a collaboration running I’ve ever done is in the between the Alzheimer’s Society Right now, Scott’s brain has more opposite direction to the idea of and Alzheimer’s Research UK, than enough to process. As an being a runner,” he says with a grin. which is raising money to help fund Alzheimer’s patient’s primary carer, “I never had the slightest interest. dementia research. The campaign the very worst days can leave both Not even been on a treadmill.” approached Scott and asked whether of you in pieces—like the time he In recent times, though, Scott he and Barbara would be willing to went to help Barbara out of the bath, has been confronted by a challenge encourage her former EastEnders and she looked at him, shocked and more daunting than any road race; castmates to run in the marathon. “So frightened, and demanded to know when your days and nights are spent that’s exactly what we did,” says Scott, who he was. “That was the thing I’d caring for the woman you love as and a starry team began to assemble. always dreaded happening, and it she slowly falls apart, pounding “But I suddenly thought to myself, it’s happened. I said, ‘It’s me, Scott, your 26.2 miles of hard tarmac is a walk going to be a really poor show if I’m husband.’ Instantly she realised what in the park. For 19 years, Scott has just standing at the finishing line while she’d done, she felt awful, got very been married to Barbara Windsor, a they all come crawling through.” upset. She broke down, and it was woman whose charismatic presence That idle thought quickly such a horrible moment for both of on screens both large and small, escalated. “The next day, I went out us. In bed that night, I just cried. from the bra-popping ingenue of with Jake Wood and his wife; we took I couldn’t hold onto it any longer— the Carry On films to the matriarch Barbara to the theatre. Jake, who my biggest fear had been realised.” of Albert Square, has made her a plays Max Branning on the show, is a Almost as upsetting as the most gold-plated national treasure. She’s fit guy who ran a marathon years ago, horrific moments are the sudden a local treasure, too—a Marylebone but he’d told me his running days are sunbursts of normality that even at resident for three decades, Barbara is over. At dinner, though, he suddenly an advanced stage of the disease can a familiar, friendly face around these looked at me and said, ‘If you do it, still occasionally break through the parts. “She’s part of the fabric here,” I’ll do it with you.’ And that was it. We fug, offering tantalising reflections says Scott. “Walking up and down shook hands over a knickerbocker of past happiness. “Even now, at times the high street, everyone knows glory, and it went from there. I woke there’s so much clarity in her—it’s the her. At the moment, though, she’s up the next morning horrified at the old Barbara,” says Scott. “I’ll be sitting pretty convinced we live in Stoke commitment I’d made—I thought having a conversation with her and Newington.” He laughs. Sometimes, about the reality of running 26.2 it’s beautiful, like old times. Then in you have to. miles, which is a hell of a long way— the next sentence she’ll say something but by then it was too late.” that’ll take me straight back into the Barbara has Alzheimer’s disease. And On his first run, just last October, reality of today, and it’s just crushing.” Scott, like hundreds of thousands Scott managed to stagger about a Part of the cruelty of Alzheimer’s of other people in the UK who are mile and a half. “I was panting, out disease is the glacial pace of the currently living with a partner or of breath, dizzy, feeling a bit sick, patient’s decline. As the condition parent in the grip of severe dementia, and I thought, oh boy, what have progresses, amyloid proteins slowly has had his life turned upside down, I done?” Now, though, he’s a man clump together between the brain’s as a world that once brought his transformed. “Something happened,” neurons, disrupting cell function, wife such joy becomes increasingly he says. “I just took to it. I just love it.” while tangles of tau protein collect unfamiliar and distressing to her. “I’m He raves about how much stronger inside those neurons, blocking not complaining—the vow says ‘for and healthier he now feels—but by synaptic communication. Day by day, better, for worse’—but being a carer far the most important benefits have week by week, along it creeps, like the doesn’t come without its challenges,” been felt in his head, not his legs. erosion of a coastline. “It’s such a slow he says. “Anyone in this position will When people take up running, after process, that’s the awful thing,” says tell you, you need the patience of a those first brutal, breathless weeks of Scott. “You watch the person you love saint. When you’ve told somebody the grim slog, something changes. Once being stripped away bit by bit before same thing 15 times, and 30 seconds the lungs and heart have adjusted to your eyes and there’s nothing you later they ask you again—of course, the toil, and the muscles and joints can do to stop it.” you’re only human and you want to roll have found a rhythm, that dull, Some of the earliest symptoms— your eyes, your stomach is twisting up percussive repetition of motion flicks the misplaced keys, the struggle inside, but you can’t get frustrated or a switch in the brain. A few miles in, with a word or a name, the anxiety annoyed. For them, it’s the first time the pain and boredom abate, the over disrupted routines—look not the thought’s even entered their head.” mind clears and a quiet serenity takes unlike the frustrating but benign The thought of running a over. “When I run, after a while I go manifestations of a long life, well marathon only entered Scott’s head into this place where I can hear my lived. “At first, particularly with
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Clockwise from left: Emma Barton, Jamie Borthwick, Kellie Shirley, Tanya Franks
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The reason I speak so openly about Barbara’s symptoms is that people are reluctant to. The more dementia is talked about, the more acceptable it becomes to talk about it
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someone of Barbara’s age, you just think, well, she’s getting on a bit— you would never say that, because it’s BARBARA’S REVOLUTIONARIES insulting, but that’s what you hope,” says Scott. “You don’t want to imagine people working for it; they need 700. How much do you know about that it’s anything worse.” Then, This is why are we all trying to do what things begin to happen that become we can for Dementia Revolution.” harder to shrug off. “I noticed that The wide impact of dementia is occasionally objects would end up in reflected in the fact that of the eight your liver? Did you know… very odd places—for instance, I can EastEnders actors who are running remember a television remote control with Scott in the London Marathon on being in the fridge. That’s more than 28th April, three have seen its horrors just getting a bit older.” up close. He says: “There’s Emma • Liver disease is the fifth Certain things we enjoy Through our purpose-built A time eventually comes when Barton, who plays Honey Mitchell, biggest killer in the UK, the harsh reality can be avoided no Scott is raising money for Dementia who lost her uncle to this disease can be harmful to the liver, London Digestive Centre longer. “One day, Barbara went down Revolution, which provides much- only last year. There’s Tanya Franks, with the vast majority of such as too much alcohol or we can provide you with a to the dry cleaners, Johnson’s. She needed funding for the UK Dementia who plays Rainie Cross, her stepdad cases being preventable fatty food. At The Princess comprehensive liver screening suddenly phoned me and said, ‘Scott Research Institute. He says: “For the is living with it. Jane Slaughter— you’re going to have to come and get 850,000 people currently living with Tracey the barmaid—she lost a • Not having alcohol for Grace Hospital, part of HCA package, where all tests and me. I’ve had one of those moments. dementia—and that’s just the ones relative to it, too.” Joining them are two or three consecutive Healthcare UK, we believe consultations can be booked I didn’t know who I was or where who have a diagnosis—there are Adam Woodyatt, Jake Wood, Natalie I was.’ That was an early warning. 850,000 families living with it as well. Cassidy, Kellie Shirley and Jamie days a week can help that checking the health of and arranged at a time to The human cost is immense and the Borthwick. Together, they will be Maybe at that stage I still thought repair the liver your liver at an early stage suit you. it would be okay, but you can’t hide cost to the NHS is also astronomical, running as Barbara’s Revolutionaries. from the inevitable. It’ll come and but the funding is way under that • The early symptoms of will help in treating any To book your screening, of other big illnesses. We all know Barbara’s Revolutionaries it’ll wreak havoc with your life.” liver disease are silent conditions that may arise. call: 020 3993 5731 that something has to be done. The virginmoneygiving.com/ In 2014, 18 months after Scott had Dementia Research Institute has 250 Barbarasrevolutionaries first persuaded his reluctant wife to talk to a doctor about her misfiring memory, a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Very few people were aware of talked about, the more acceptable disease was delivered. For a woman Barbara’s illness until last May, it becomes to talk about it.” It also who most of the time was still entirely when Scott went public about her gives solace to Barbara. “Whenever lucid and who has, as her legion of diagnosis—a major step for the pair I discuss it with her, in that moment fans would attest, tended to tackle life of them. “In truth,” he says, “we did it she takes great comfort from the Discover the ‘Health with a spring in her step and a sparkle because we couldn’t hide it any longer. knowledge that she’s helping people. How healthy Status’ of your liver in her eyes, this was a horrific thing When Barbara goes out, people Barbara has always been big on with our comprehensive to digest. “From that day on, Barbara gravitate towards her, they love to see helping people. It means she feels screening package, went to a place where she didn’t want her, and I needed them to know of some use—even though it’s a which includes: to talk about it anymore. She just why she was acting the way she was.” conversation I have to have with her is your liver? wanted to get on with her life.” Now, as he attempts to raise over and over again.” • An initial And that’s what she did, as best she £100,000 for Dementia Revolution, No amount of fundraising will consultation could. After her diagnosis, Barbara this naturally private, publicity-shy make Barbara well, but that is continued to work. She even returned man is having to speak openly to the absolutely not the point. “People keep • Full blood test to our TV screens to see off her most media about Barbara and the disease seeing me, and Barbara’s name— • Liver function test famous creation. “Obviously learning that’s destroying her. “The three years but this is not about her,” says Scott. lines was becoming more and more I spent at drama school have come in “We’re talking about something that • Fibroscan and liver difficult for her, but she went back handy—putting on that front—but affects our entire society. It’s too late score test to EastEnders and killed Peggy off,” it’s not where I’m comfortable,” he for her anyway, we know that. But let’s
says Scott. “I think subconsciously, says, but he knows that if his candour think about future generations. I’ve Book your test although she wasn’t talking about prompts donors to click on his got two great-nephews, Nico and Joey. it at the time, she knew what was fundraising link while also offering I hope they never have to witness what happening within her, and I think some small connection to other I’m witnessing with someone I love. 020 3993 5731 she wanted to lay Peggy to rest on her people who find themselves in the If all of us can be a part of that, make own terms. The producer at the time same distressing circumstances, his a little contribution, then we’re doing hcahealthcare.co.uk/liverscreening was reluctant to kill off such an iconic discomfort is a minor consideration. a great thing.” His contribution will character, but it was an important “The reason I speak so openly about be to run a marathon just six months decision for Barbara, and they her symptoms is that people are after his first attempt at jogging. Yours allowed her to do it.” reluctant to,” he says. “The more it is might be to sponsor him to do so.
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am better prepared when good outlet for young I talk to our visitors; I people? If I know what it’s like to can make the art in the As an arms and armour ride with armour and get collections about real person, I can’t help hit in the face with lances, people and real lives rather noticing there’s an I can make the art in the than objects sitting in glass unhealthy trend towards collections about real boxes. blaming the tool—we people and real lives hear more young people rather than objects in How did that start? are killed today by knives, glass boxes The first time I wore as though the knives armour was when I was 16 are floating in the air or in the Mardi Gras ball at something. But with edged my high school in Seattle. weapons, swords, knives, I rented it from a costume up close and personal, shop. It was made from a gesture that would aluminium and it was as otherwise be a punch can good as anything I’d ever become a killing blow with seen at that point. It was the addition of a knife. eight sizes too big, but I All young people have wore it anyway and I made violence, but there is a How did your interest in extra chainmail to go with such a thing as a healthy armour begin? it. Later, I started fighting violence, where you can My origin story is the in armour. I’d been riding hurt each other in a non- fascination of a four- horses since I was 11 and threatening way. If you year-old child that got my first proper joust was set up boxing clubs across QA out of control. Four-year- in the summer of 1993. I London, your knife crime old me got taken to the would have been 20. I was problems would go away. Metropolitan Museum in front of 5,000 people I have fought hundreds of Art in New York by my and I was unhorsed in the of people in full armour grandmother—and the first course. It was a double with axes and they are TOBIAS CAPWELL Met has one of the world’s unhorsing. The thing the closest friends that I greatest collections of about a double unhorsing have. When someone is The resident arms and armour. It is you don’t know it’s a able to hit me in the face curator of arms was beautifully lit by the double unhorsing; you’re at a closing speed of 40 and armour at the skylights and it drove lying on the ground miles per hour, I have me wild. I wanted to be thinking, I’ve just had my nothing but respect for Wallace Collection a knight long before I ass handed to me. Then them. Violence needs to on jousting, the wanted to be a curator there’s this beautiful have a culture of honesty expressive power of a museum. moment where, as you and respect and needs to of armour, and the stand up, you see the other be mitigated by a cultural So, what made you give guy get up off the floor framework, which is what gallery’s impressive up on being a knight? at the opposite end of a traditional boxing club exhibition of Henry I didn’t. I am a knight— the field, and you realise would have, and what Moore’s Helmet in all but title. I was one of you have not disgraced jousting has. But if you Head sculptures the armoured horsemen yourself, your opponent don’t have good role in the burial of Richard was unhorsed as well. models and the support INTERVIEW: EMILY JUPP III [and also designed the It’s a tie basically—it’s of your community, the IMAGES: THE HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION & THE WALLACE functioning armour for a wonderful jubilant violence is still there—but COLLECTION the event], I’m a founding moment. it comes out in blind rage. member of the modern competitive jousting Sadiq Khan’s £2.5m Henry Moore: The community and have fund to support anti- Helmet Heads brings been for 25 years. To knife crime initiatives together all of Henry understand armour, you in London includes Moore’s helmet really need to experience investment in physical sculptures together for it from the inside. If I initiatives for young the first and only time, know what it’s like to ride people. Do you think displayed alongside with armour and get hit jousting or something the Wallace Collection in the face with lances, I similar could offer a armour that inspired
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Maquette for Helmet Head No.2, by Henry Moore (1950) Right: Sallet, Milan, Italy (1470)
them. What was it like was aware of its expressive Armour was closely the 1980s—the golden working with a 20th power, but to have a great intertwined with all of age of his career—he was century artist for the first 20th century artist coming Moore’s other major making helmets. When time in your career? at this from a totally themes, including you see them gathered I am a medieval and different direction, where I upright-standing, internal- together here, you feel renaissance historian. I know what he is seeing and external forms, reclining his presence. For me, it’s am used to trying to make feeling, is wonderful. figures and the mother a demonstration that a everything I can out of and child. Armour is the person truly does survive three tiny fragments: a bit Henry Moore was a fourth theme that Moore through their work. of a manuscript that mostly frequent visitor to the returned to throughout got burnt in the 18th Wallace Collection. his career and it is related Do you have a favourite century, an arm broken Was it the armour that to all these other themes, work in the exhibition? off a sculpture that didn’t attracted him? including the mother I am partial to Helmet survive, a rusty piece of Whenever Henry Moore and child, which you may Head No 1, No 2 and No iron oxide that used to be came to the Wallace, he not think is obvious but 5, because those are the a helmet. I can’t talk to the came for the armour. The when you see his helmet ones that are most helmet- armourers that were there, Wallace Collection is 44 works, it is. Even his giant like! As they progress in I can’t watch videos on per cent arms and armour. sculptures, conventionally time, they evolve, but that YouTube. But with Moore, I That’s why he came. He associated with is what good ideas should can watch his BBC archive, could see naturally and biomorphic shapes and the do. In Helmet Head No his interviews, his writing. implicitly that armour mother-child, are related 3, you see an organic It is like drinking from a was not just equipment for to the helmet motif. The transmutation, a hard shell firehose, but really mind- fighting, but an artform— mother is a protective force with an organic creature expanding. I never would and not just a decorative enveloping the child—as inside but in No 4, the shell have thought as a medieval artform but an extremely you will see throughout the becomes plant-like and the historian that I would have expressive one. show, that relates deeply internal shape becomes anything to contribute to to the protective form of hard and mechanical, then 20th century art. I always How significant is armour the helmet. From 1950 he returns to this distilled knew armour was art and as a theme for Moore? up to the time he died in helmet form in No 5.
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How has Moore’s family Clockwise from top: Helmet Head Head Cyclops, by Henry Moore displays at the Wallace Collection; (1963) reacted to seeing the Helmet Head No.1 (helmet only), exhibition? by Henry Moore (1950); Head His daughter Mary came Studies, by Henry Moore (c.1935); Helmet Head No.1, by Hxenry last week and said Helmet Moore (1950) Head No 6 looks like an apple that’s had a slice taken out, so you can see the core and see what’s inside. It returns to that theme of generation and regeneration. The theme of armour has its dark side, but it has something optimistic and deeply positive about it as well, and as an art lover you HENRY MOORE: have to hold those THE HELMET things in your mind. HEADS Human beings aren’t UNTIL 23RD all good or bad, they JUNE are somewhere in the The Wallace Collection middle—that’s part of Manchester Square, the human experience W1U 3BN and that’s what Moore is wallacecollection.org getting at here. THE WALLACE COLLECTION Manchester Square, W1U 3BN wallacecollection.org
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rough and the last was murdered shapes a job that’s both high profile in her bed; that several were drunk and very expensive. Gallop makes a and thus less alert; and that only two powerful case for thoroughness over of the women had any history of sex cost-cutting and outlines her attempts work at all. to redress this balance. As a specialist This is significant because the in cold cases, her experience of some idea that Jack the Ripper targeted gross miscarriages of justice are pretty sex workers contributes both to his chilling. But as an insight into police valorisation (if not fetishisation) as a procedure, the legal system and the dark antihero of the London night, science of forensics, When the Dogs and to perpetuating the Madonna Don’t Bark is absolutely unmissable. / whore polarity that punishes female sexuality while abrogating THE AGE OF LIGHT male responsibility for violence WHITNEY SCHARER against women. Sadly, responses £12.99, Picador to Rubenhold put paid to any optimistic notion that contemporary I first encountered Lee Miller at the views on sex work, or even on the Man Ray Portraits exhibition at the murder of women, are any more National Portrait Gallery in 2013. enlightened than those of the That the exhibition focused on Man Victorian period. One Ripperologist Ray rather than Miller—despite her suggests the Ripper’s victims were seminal career as a photographer— lucky to have “got intimate with one tells you something about the of the most famous men on earth”; ideological tensions that underlie several others speculate on their WHEN THE DOGS Scharer’s debut novel, an absorbing, relative attractiveness and sexual DON’T BARK delicate and incisive look at Miller’s life habits before condemning them as ANGELA GALLOP and her relationship with Man Ray. “moribund, drunken trug-moldies” £20, Hodder & Stoughton It’s a compelling story. Miller’s whose brutal murders were merely journey—from top New York model, “executions”. You can see why There seems to be a vogue right now to Paris photography assistant, to Man Rubenhold’s righteous insistence for people with interesting jobs in Ray’s lover, to war photographer, to that these women “were daughters, crime and law enforcement writing English gentry—is rendered evocative wives, mothers, sisters and lovers... memoirs. I blame the hard-hitting and powerful, and her relationships They were human beings” is and best-selling combination of likewise. Scharer is very good on the necessary. anthropologist Sue Black’s All That emotional detail of how relationships In many ways, The Five is a Remains and pathologist Richard build and break, the vulnerabilities we sad book: not just because the Shephard’s Unnatural Causes. When bring to intimacy, and how they shape reader knows how the women’s lives the Dogs Don’t Bark might not reach us. Her rendition of the sexual tension end, but also because their stories the latter’s elevated status as a literary between Miller and Ray is immediate are those of distress, addiction, meditation upon the meaning and poignant. Even Miller’s eventual desperation, and misfortune. of death, but it’s nevertheless an alcoholism becomes understandable, Rubenhold expertly delineates absolutely fascinating exploration of a juxtaposed as it is with the horrors the realities of working-class and world few of us have access to but which of her wartime experiences and the destitute life at this period—the impacts profoundly upon our lives. intensity of her artistry and grief. workhouses, the grimy boarding- From a 40-year career as a forensic Scharer has a neat, expressive houses, the rough sleeping, the scientist, working for the police, as turn of phrase: “He doesn’t ask for brutal anti-sex work laws, the relaxed the head of her own agency, and anything of her, unlike Man, who attitude of poor communities as a consultant, Gallop offers an wanted everything, and the war, to serial monogamy outside overview of developments in the which took it all.” She’s also good at wedlock, the tensions between field and detailed accounts of the emotional flashpoints, the tension families on financial, religious cases she’s worked on, including between two independent-minded and moral grounds. In doing so, such high-profile monstrosities as lovers and artistic collaborators she weaves a fascinating social the Stephen Lawrence and James eventually exploding in a welter of history that delivers a powerful Bulger murders. Although her focus jealousy and resentment. Although counterargument to current is the work, there are some glimpses the novel diverges from the historical cultural focus on the oft-dramatised of what it was like to be a woman in record, sometimes significantly, it’s figure of the Ripper himself, a male-dominated field. There are still an engaging, informative and restoring a little dignity and integrity also some intriguing insights into atmospheric insight into a city and art to his victims. the inevitable political context that scene whose influence is still being felt.
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want a menu that people feel they can eat from two It isn’t the ingredients or three times a week. We that make a cuisine, but want to become the kind the culture in which those of community restaurant ingredients are found. that people visit for a casual Once you begin to learn lunch or a special occasion. about a culture then you The prices are inexpensive, begin to understand how and we do give generous the people cook portions. In XR, the idea is that you can have a meal and a glass of wine in an hour and leave feeling satisfied.
You have mentioned the global influence in your cooking. Where does that come from? Travels through Asia, Japan and the US have been a big part of my culinary journey. Working in a high- quality restaurant kitchen gives you technique, but creativity comes from within and you find the place where that comes from. For me that means travelling. You need to see what the world has to offer. Your restaurant is Here, we will combine split into two distinct ingredients you would not Is travel about sections—Xier and XR. usually find together. So, for discovering new What is the thinking example, I have a salmon ingredients? behind that? and foie gras dish. It sounds Actually, for me it isn’t the QA My vision with Xier and unusual but I promise you it ingredients that make the XR is to tell the complete is insanely good. Downstairs cuisine, but the culture in story of the food we serve at XR, things are more which those ingredients are to the customers. The informal and relaxed, with found. Once you begin to dishes should represent an a la carte offering. The learn about a culture then CARLO SCOTTO the suppliers, farmers, atmosphere will be casual, you begin to understand artisanal producers as well the food will have a more how people cook, which The chef-patron as me as a chef. Each one familiar feel, and you can determines how their of Xier and XR of us has been involved in combine the food as you dishes have evolved and talks about global every plate of food, and wish. But we still wanted how they approach their their hard work and skill to tell the story of the ingredient choices. I try influences, the needs to be represented on ingredients. to bring that knowledge importance of each plate. If a customer back to my kitchen. I always experimentation, understands this story, What kind of atmosphere say that the cultures of the and why he might then we have done our job. can diners expect? world are the ingredients The two floors will have I want it to feel accessible—a and the world itself is the be a bad Italian the same concept, which neighbourhood restaurant kitchen. The more I know INTERVIEW: VIEL RICHARDSON is modern European with where people are happy about different cultures global influences, but to come from Monday to and how they eat, the there will be different Sunday for lunch or for deeper my understanding presentations. Xier on the dinner. I don’t use a lot of of the ingredients and the upper floor will only serve heavy ingredients, the food more interesting the ways a tasting menu designed to does not have a lot sugar, these influences appear on be a culinary experience. fat or too much gluten. We my menu.
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So, more travel is Talk to people, watch I want to represent. If you clams. So, you can say I was important? the sunsets, eat with new look around the world, born in the sea. Absolutely, there will friends in their homes. you see so many spices, definitely be more These experiences stay herbs, ingredients. Why You lived with your exploration in the future. with you for life, they allow define yourself by only one grandmother for a while. My wife is Scandinavian, you to grow as a person tradition? That is not for What do you remember and I really want to get a and a chef. Then they will me. Cooking is also about about her cooking? deep understanding of come out in your cooking. pushing the boundaries. The dish that stands out the culture and food of The menu at XR will be most was her ragu with the whole Nordic region. So, are you still an less experimental then meat and tomato sauce. Every time I go there is very ‘Italian’ chef? Xier, but it will still change I used to wake up to the inspirational—the way Not at all. I think I am the every two weeks. That is a smell of coffee brewing and they eat there is so healthy only Italian chef in London big challenge, but it is what the ragu cooking. It was and clean. I think my who does not do Italian we want to give to diners. this very thick, bubbling travels will be in Europe food. I also don’t eat pasta, tomato sauce. I remember for the near future, but I though I love cooking it, You come from Naples. sneaking into the kitchen would love to go back to and I don’t like football. What was the food you and dipping bread in the Japan, for example, and Maybe I’m a bad Italian. grew up on? sauce, which was lovely. other places. Neapolitan food is not But the real memories What do your Italian chef only pizza, even though were not the food, but the Did you work in kitchens friends say? Neapolitan pizza is the best company. One thing in when you travelled? They tell me all the time in the world. I came from Italian culture is that you I did some kitchen that I should stick with my just outside Naples, by the never eat alone. Family and work, but mainly went roots and do Italian cuisine, coast, so eating seafood friends are always there. as a traveller. Working but I don’t agree. There was a daily thing. I grew up Our family dinners could in different kitchens is is nothing wrong with eating mussels, sea urchins, turn into 20 people around important for a chef, but so Italian cuisine, it is one of clams, fish, octopus. My the table. For me, that is is going abroad to expand the best in the world. But dad used to take me with the best thing about the your horizons as a person. it is not who I am or what him to gather mussels and Italian food tradition, the
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fact that the table was a very people can be intimidated knock an element out of communal place. by that intensity, but for place and ruin the dish. some reason I wasn’t. I didn’t realise, but it was You were washing up in The first time I put on the chef’s way of seeing if I a Michelin-starred that chef’s jacket, those really understood what we kitchen aged 13. How did monsters in my mind were trying to achieve. Of that happen? that were driving me to course, I made mistakes, The family suffered a tragic be rebellious seemed to but I gained his trust and death when I was a child, melt away. The kitchen felt was started on small food which hit us all very hard. like a safe space from the preparation tasks. Cooking Home became a difficult beginning, and that has is one thing, but cooking place and I became never changed. Apart from to achieve excellence is withdrawn and rebellious. time with my family, the completely different. That I wanted some money and kitchen is the place in the is something I was taught heard that a restaurant world where I feel most from the very beginning. needed help in the kitchen, at ease. so asked for a job washing What’s your approach to I think I am the only up. The chef said he wasn’t Can you remember the creating a dish? Italian chef in London who interested in someone switch from washing up to When I am in the kitchen, does not do Italian food. who just wanted a wage, he working with the food? I will think about how I I also don’t eat pasta and wanted someone who really Absolutely. I was on the can combine something I don’t like football. wanted to be in the kitchen, pass next to the chef. I had like an Asian citrus with Maybe I’m a bad Italian but he gave me a chance. to clean the plates with the European ingredients, On my first day I saw people dishes already plated up, because my instinct says shouting, screaming, just before they went out to that something is there rushing around. There was the guest. It sounds simple to be discovered. Usually this really intense energy but I was 14 years old and calamansi, a Filipino as they tried to achieve it was terrifying. One slip citrus, and stracciatella, something great. Other of a finger and you could a soft fresh cheese from
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the heart of a burrata, wouldn’t go together, but often it is not the essence of the ingredients that is the problem, but the ratio. Combined in equal parts they do not work, but if you experiment with different ratios then things start to become interesting. New flavours and textures emerge. Use a small amount of calamansi to slightly raise the acidity in the creamy stracciatella and you taste something interesting. It is about understanding why ingredients are seen as not working together and using that knowledge to see if you can blend them in a harmonious way.
How do you find suppliers? Over time you get introduced to many suppliers. The key is getting to know them and choosing the best ones. It is about understanding what they do and how they work. When you visit their farms or their workshops you realise how hard and skilfully they are working to get you the best produce. This is why I feel a responsibility to showcase their hard work. SAVE THE DATE Without them we couldn’t marylebonesummerfestival.com do what we do.
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I wanted to see if we could meats—and I think it THE buy some to try. It turned would pair well with some TOOLS WINE LIST out that the shop’s owners Indian flavours. We only OF THE SERAFINI & were thinking along the stated selling it late last VIDOTTO same lines, so we ordered a year and it has proved very TRADE RECANTINA few cases. popular with people who Tomas Vykopal, bar The moment I poured have tried it. One customer Angelique van some into the glass, I knew who had some in one of manager of 108 Bar, Bommel of Philglas I was going to like this our mixed wine boxes on an unusual form & Swiggot picks out wine. It had this deep, immediately called up and of a drinks-making a favourite wine rich, ruby red colour, asked to buy a whole case. essential but also a transparency The really nice thing INTERVIEW: VIEL RICHARDSON when you held it up to the is that we are still getting INTERVIEW: VIEL RICHARDSON light. It also had a lovely to know this wine and flowery, spicy aroma with discovering its potential. Recantina, Serafini & cherries and old berries, It is a lovely winter wine, On the surface it might Vidotto, Veneto, Italy, which promised a good and at first I might not have seem simple, but if you 2017 wine. And when I drank thought about drinking want to prepare and serve I first came across this it, I wasn’t disappointed. it on a warm summer’s drinks in the right way, wine when reading a wine It is a fruity but well- afternoon—but it goes so using the right ice is a magazine. The article was balanced wine with tons of well with different types crucial part of the whole talking about a wine made personality. of meat that it might be process. In our bar, we use from grape variety that Treviso is well known perfect for a barbecue. I’m crushed ice, shaved ice, had been grown in Italy for its powerful, complex going to have to wait for ice cubes and block ice. for thousands of years but wines, like amarone the weather to warm up so Each of these forms has a which had fallen out of and some merlots. The that I can try it out. different set of properties, favour and was in danger recantina grape, while Whatever happens, and the right one needs of being lost altogether. having the recognisable this is always going to be to be used for a particular One of the great things terroir of the region, has its a wine I have time for, drink to be made well. about the wine world is own distinctive properties, mainly because it is so The key thing with that varieties that have so it produces wines nice to drink, but also block ice is that it melts been overlooked by that are a bit different because it represents much more slowly than commercial growers can from those you normally the re-emergence of an the usual ice cubes you get still survive for a time in associate with the area. I older grape with a unique from an ice machine. This small pockets, sometimes always tell people, it is a bit flavour profile. It can be property is very useful to in individual vineyards. In like if a syrah and a malbec easy to get stuck drinking a bartender. For example, the case of the recantina had a baby. the same group of wines. when serving a good grape, which is native to For me, it is a very social Recantina shows there are whisky, we may wish to chill the Treviso province of wine—definitely a wine still some treasures waiting the drink and dilute it the Veneto, in northern Italy, I would reach for when to be discovered if you take required amount using a it was only being grown I’m having a few friends the time to look. tiny bit of water. What we by a tiny number of small around. It goes very well don’t want is for the ice to PHILGLAS & SWIGGOT producers. The idea of with food—particularly 22 New Quebec Street, W1H 7SB be doing both jobs, as that this wine intrigued me, so with duck and other red philglas-swiggot.com way we lose control of the
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dilution process. So, to pretty much everything, FOUR cool a good whisky, we will but here and in other MARTINIS always use ice carved from European bars, we tend to an ice block. save it for specific drinks 1. Grind espresso martini Block ice is ice that has where we want to have 76 A simple but effective been made from purified, control of the dilution. Inside knowledge Jay Patel of the triumvirate from 31 Below: distilled water. The purity For example, in a cocktail Japanese Knife of the water is important made using a shaker, the Company on quality East London because the chemicals ice is not in contact with buying and caring for knives Liquor Company vodka in tap water, which are the drink for very long, (made in Bow with 100 per there to keep us safe, will and the act of shaking the prevent block ice from cocktail speeds up the cent British wheat), a shot forming properly. Making cooling process as well as of Grind espresso from it involves a freezing unit blending the ingredients, Shoreditch, and a splash that can move the water so for those drinks we use of gomme (sugar syrup) to around in such a way that ice cubes made from tap it freezes evenly from all water. We do use it in some sweeten it up a touch. sides, while bringing the cocktails, though—if temperature of the water we’re making an old 2. Camomile martini to well below 0C before it fashioned with a good Smooth, delicately sweet fully freezes. If you look whisky, we will use block at the block itself, it is very ice, because we believe the camomile gin from The clear—there are not even drink demands it. Drink Factory meets extra any bubbles in it. So, while block ice is dry vermouth in Seymour’s It comes in 25kg not something we use Parlour’s pleasingly simple blocks, which we break all the time—it is quite into smaller blocks with a expensive and requires and worryingly quaffable saw. We then break these time and skill to work take on the classic, smaller blocks down by with—you simply cannot garnished with an elegant hand using an ice pick to have a top class bar without lemon peel twist. create the size and shape of it. We have all heard of the ice we want. If you see a ball phrase ‘use the right tool of ice in one of our whiskys, for the job’. If the drink 3. French martini it will have been carefully needs the slow melting Despite being neither carved from ice cut from a properties of block ice, discernibly French nor really block. This is a technique nothing else will do. that originally came a martini, this sweet, vibrant 108 BAR from Japan, where they 108 Marylebone Lane, W1U 2QE combination of vodka, like to use block ice for 108brasserie.com pineapple and raspberry, available at Coco Momo, is so- named for its traditional use of Chambord—and invented in New York. Obviously.
4. 108 martini Made with a combination of 108 Bar’s own gin, a splash of Noilly Prat dry vermouth and home-made grapefruit oleo saccharum (‘oleo’ being olive oil, here infused with coriander; ‘saccharum’ meaning sugar). Stirred, not shaken, and served with a twist of orange.
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FOOD feel like friends and family. mushrooms, preparing 15 minutes. Here, you’ll PHILOSOPHY Some people we don’t mushrooms, eating give me the order, I’ll go GIANPAUL BECCI give menus to, because mushrooms. to the bar, I’ll get it and we know what they’re come straight back with The owner of having, down to the small 6. I am the maintenance it. That’s it. I think that’s details like if they want man, the cleaner, human appreciated. Casa Becci on his cucumber on their salad. resources, accounts. relationship with We know what wine they I’m the sommelier. I do 10. We don’t give you a food like—if they’ve booked, everything basically. limited time slot, unless the bottle will be ready on I choose the wine. And you book at the very last INTERVIEW: ELLIE COSTIGAN their table. I drink a lot of the wine. minute and I know I’m That’s one of my favourite going to need the table 4. There was a period, bits of the job. back. Otherwise, I don’t when all the chain think it’s fair. Kicking restaurants were sprouting 7. Everything on the menu people off a table is just 1. We’re one of the oldest up, when I was asked: is stuff that I like. If I don’t wrong—it’s against my businesses in the area— “When are you going like it, it’s not on the menu. principles of what dining this has been in my family’s to change it, when are Apart from one thing: out should be. hands for about 30 years. you going to modernise, liver. It’s hugely popular When we first got it, it was when are you going to with my customers, but I 11. One street down a traditional greasy spoon. introduce pizzas?” I’m not. can’t stand it. there’s another restaurant We changed it two or It’s gone full circle now: very similar to ourselves, three years later. Closed it, people aren’t interested in 8. Almost all the produce a traditional Italian renovated it, and turned it chains, they’re interested we use is Italian. We use restaurant that’s been into a restaurant. in traditional restaurants. very good ingredients: there maybe even longer Good food, good service, fresh lobsters, fresh fish, than us. We’re on very 2. I was born and brought at a good price. No extra virgin olive oil. I good terms: if I run out of up in Marylebone. I went bullshit. could increase my profits something, we get it from to primary school in the by buying cheaper stuff, them, or if I’m busy I’ll area and my kids now go to 5. We are from close to but I just won’t. I’d rather send them customers and that same primary school. Parma, in the north of not do it. vice versa. We all worked here from Italy. We used to spend all an early age, my sister, summer there, with the 9. We’re quite a small 12. Our spaghetti my brother and me. We grandparents. There’s a restaurant. In large bolognese is great: we’ve might be buttering bread specific area called Borgo restaurants, if you ask got one guy who’s been before we went to school or Val di Taro which is known for a bottle of wine, they chief exec of several big making scotch eggs. Then for having the best porcini might write it down, go companies, so he’s been after school we’d come here mushrooms in the world. to a computer, type it in, around, and he swears and have our dinner. We’d In the season, people talk that goes to the bar, the it’s the best spaghetti be working then, involved, about mushrooms from barman gets the bottle bolognese in the whole always talking to customers. the beginning of the of wine and puts it on the of England. morning, to the night. All side, then the waiter has to CASA BECCI 3. We’ve got lots of day long, talking about go and get it and bring it 32 Paddington Street, W1U 4HE regulars—a lot of them mushrooms, drying to the table. That can take 020 7935 7031
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that is why Nu has been I know our fabric suppliers, so successful in Europe: I have visited them, I We have no standpoint at because we are small know the owners of most Nu beyond being who we and niche, and we of the companies. They are and expressing it challenge ourselves. come to Turkey and visit in a way that we know. Our materials come from us here. And because, I think every good designer many places all around the from the moment we is the same world—Spain, Italy, the receive the materials, Netherlands, Japan—but all the production takes the most important thing is place here, we only have how we shape the material. a very short supply chain. We do a lot of research and Our manifesto is about development on fabrics constant improvement, and processes, we invest through research, in manufacturing to the learning, using your point of madness, and our senses, knowing your production is entirely in- limits, but knowing how house, here in Istanbul. much you can force them.
Concentrating research, Where does Nu sit design and production in a world ever more in one place is highly concerned with the unusual for this day environment, slow and age. What are the fashion, recycling and advantages? reusing? We are like a family here. If Since day one, Nu has you visit us, you will find we been against fast fashion. are less like a factory, more We reject any kind of a big family home. We have fast consuming, be it fast the passion of a family, the eating or fast dressing. Why the name, Nu? energy of family, and this Fortunately, the world Quite simply, it is the first comes through in what we is at a stage now where two letters of my name, create. If you think about many of the pre- Nurcin Sebuk. My friends it, you spend more of your established values are have always called me Nu, life with your colleagues being questioned and QA ever since I was in fashion than with blood relatives. re-evaluated. More and college, and our founder That binds us in different more people are being and creative director, dimensions, across mindful of the origin Hunkan Tellioglu, said: pattern-makers, designers and manufacture of “This must be our brand”. and manufacturing teams. products. I am so proud NURCIN SEBUK Lower case, the n and the that we have clients asking u are the opposite of each Presumably there is for the same trousers we The head designer other, and they interlock. an important ethical made almost 20 years ago, at Nu on slow Hunkan wanted to reflect dimension to this way of because they have finally fashion, the what he thought was my working as well... worn out. We still go on most powerful asset, which Being ethical is about making them when they breaking down of is combining unexpected respecting yourself as well ask. I really regret the rise gendered dressing, things. It was something as others. At Nu, we focus a of fast fashion, and I hope and the discovery of we had always joked about lot on wellbeing, and on the everything will change in beauty in disorder together—and I think it high morality of everyone time. Otherwise we will eat works for our clothes and in the company—because the world. INTERVIEW: CLARE FINNEY our brand. it effects everyone: our employers, our customers Making clothes for both Does this element and ourselves. men and women, how of unexpectedness do you tread the line manifest itself in your How does this high between the two genders? clothes? morality come into the I actually think Nu is I think our clothes are manufacturing of the genderless. We make unexpected—I believe clothing? garments for people.
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They are simple garments. People think simplicity Yohji Yamamoto, who is like is easy, but to do it well is a guru to me, once told me not. It is an attitude that perfection is an ugly thing, cannot be learned. We that everything must have see the masculine and the disorder in it. I thought he feminine coming together was crazy at the time, but more and more, looking now I think he is right more and more like each other. Sensuality is no longer feminine. Strength is no longer masculine. We know men who buy things from the ladies’ section of our boutiques. The first time the sales assistants saw this they were shocked—but I said, “Why are you shocked? If they want to dress like that, they can dress like that.” Fashion is a way of self- expression, not definition. It shouldn’t dictate how you are treated—that is in how you carry yourself. Determining anything with strict lines and rules is counter to the spirit of life and counter to nature. The designer Yohji Yamamoto, who is like a guru to me, once told me perfection is an ugly thing, that everything must have disorder in it. I thought he was crazy at the time, but now I think he is right. Real perfection is in the harmony of what you don’t expect—no rules and no prescriptions.
What was the gap you saw in the fashion market in 2002? If I had seen a gap, I didn’t know I had seen it. I think I just subconsciously didn’t want to reproduce what was expected. We have no standpoint at Nu beyond being who we are and expressing it in a way that we know. I think every good designer is the same. I don’t think they are looking to produce exactly what you think
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wear. We encourage our customers to wear whatever they love and feel their most confident in 84 It’s about designing clothes Hanging together that make women look and feel A collaboration that has transformed a fabulous. That means exclusive Marylebone hotel styles, bespoke prints and new drops into a gallery space every two weeks. But above all, it means clothes that truly fit. We look into trends, colour and good quality fabrication. We have also added collaborations with amazing brands such as Karl Lagerfeld Paris, which adds an exciting dimension to seasonal launches.
The sustainability movement and the use of natural fibres is also significant in our design INSIDE process. We have introduced 100 per cent linen, tencel and cotton KNOWLEDGE pieces into our range, with a TALL WOMEN significant focus on natural fibres Cathy Carrington Burch of for AW19. Long Tall Sally on designing Our design team fully understand clothes for tall women a tall woman’s needs. We spend so much time interacting and communicating with our Our brand was born from listening customers—from holding customer to and understanding tall panel days, to online forum and women. Since 1976 we’ve lived and weekly fit models of all shapes and breathed style for tall women. Ours sizes—we are experts in our field. is more than a clothes brand, it’s a celebration. This is a ‘we’ brand—it was born from listening to and Put simply, the clothes in regular understanding tall women, sized shops won’t fit. Even those who wanted more from the ‘tall’ ranges don’t cut it. ‘Tall’ to industry. It’s their brand as much mainstream fashion brands means as it is ours. We create tall fashion adding an extra couple of inches to to celebrate their styling wants and hemlines. To us it means starting needs. To take them to new heights, at the drawing board to design the colour and quality, personality and perfect-fitting piece—one with joy. To stand up for choice, confident longer body length, lowered waist, and playful, elegant and bold. To repositioned bust, millimetre- stand up for expression, so they can perfect waistline, and elbows and be who they want to be, when and knees exactly where they should where they want to be it. be. It’s only when it fits that it feels good. And when it feels good, it looks Every week we hear from it too. customers across the globe who have just found their perfect fitting The ‘rules’ that you might read jeans or dress or swimsuit or kitten about what tall women should heels. To be in a business that brings or shouldn’t wear are all myths. joy is a wonderful thing. There’s a reason that supermodels LONG TALL SALLY are all above 5’10”—it’s because they 19-25 Chiltern Street, W1U 7PH look amazing in everything they longtallsally.com
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We sometimes get prescriptions for things that we’ve never dispensed before—that might involve looking into a treatment that isn’t allowed on the NHS yet because it’s still at clinical trial stage
Tell us about your comes the pharmacy The newer generation background: how did you lines, which are specific of anti-coagulants being come to be a pharmacist? to pharmacies only. We prescribed over the past I’ve always had a passion have the general NHS five, six years are far better for healthcare and I love dispenser, as well as a with regards to patient QA helping people—the large base of private tolerance—it’s now a front end, primary care prescriptions. We also simple daily or twice-daily approach to patients. have a consulting room dosing and requires less I was born and raised in which we run a travel monitoring. That improves in Kenya, then moved vaccine clinic, including patient compliance and RAHUL to Norwich to do my yellow fever and winter flu the overall effect of the MORJARIA master’s degree. A lot jabs. We do blood pressure treatment. At the end of of people ask me, why checks, cholesterol the day, that’s what we’re Pharmacist at Norwich? I have no idea, checks. If patients have looking for—patient Madesil Pharmacie but I don’t regret it. Their manual dexterity issues satisfaction, patient safety on keeping school of pharmacy was or trouble taking their and effective treatment. very different to other medicines, we dispense Every year or two abreast of medical established schools. We them in a little plastic there are also medicines developments, have family in London and wallet labelled Monday to that are switched from working with GPs, the previous owner of this Friday, morning, lunch, prescription-only, to and the mysterious shop is a really good friend evening and night. Some pharmacy lines, which of my cousin’s. I needed pharmacies don’t do it, means where initially allure of Norwich some experience, so we but I think it’s part of the the doctor would have INTERVIEW: ELLIE COSTIGAN were introduced and he service we should provide to prescribe it, we can PORTRAIT: CHRISTOPHER L offered me a Christmas for the community, now potentially sell it to PROCTOR temp job. Marylebone especially for the elderly. you. One recent example is lovely at Christmas, I is esomeprazole—the absolutely love it. The In the 10 years common brand name is experience was great, so you’ve worked in Nexium—which is for the following year when pharmaceuticals, have patients who suffer from I had to start my pre- there been any notable gastrointestinal ulcers. registration, I always had developments in the sorts That esomeprazole can in the back of my mind of medicines you’re able now be bought over the I’d like to do it here— to prescribe? counter saves the patient and I did. I’ve been at There are heaps of going into the surgery and Madesil Pharmacie for examples I could give potentially saves the NHS 10 years now. you. New prescription money. If the patient is medicines come out often, satisfied the product What services do you especially because we’re works for them, they can offer here? private-orientated. For get on with it. We have general example, warfarin is a medicines—simple commonly prescribed anti- How do you keep paracetamols, ibuprofens, coagulant used by patients on top of medical things like that—then to help thin their blood. developments?
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questions with you, before generating a digital Patients in the local prescription. This can be neighbourhood know us pinged across to us, we for who we are and I feel download it, and we can we are very approachable. give you an emergency Having those people skills supply. is really important—it’s as important as clinical Madesil Pharmacie knowledge is embedded in the Marylebone community. How have you achieved that? The pharmacy has been here, under three That’s really important. What is the relationship and it’s increasing our life different owners, for It’s part of our yearly between pharmacists expectancy significantly— more than 30 years. training and the and GPs? but it’s overwhelmed, I personally know the revalidation procedure We’re in a very crucial over-pressured and under- previous owner, and of the council. We position and our staffed. There have been the owner before him. encourage all members responsibilities are lots of cuts and we are I actually deliver his of staff to engage in increasing. If you come feeling the ramifications medicines to him. I continuous learning. into the pharmacy of that. think that continuity Because we deal with with a list of medicines makes it feel like a family private care as well, prescribed by the GP, Is there anything business, even though it’s we sometimes get we can counsel you— pharmacists offer that not. Patients in the local prescriptions for things reassure you if you the public perhaps isn’t neighbourhood know us that we’ve never dispensed have any concerns and aware of? for who we are and I feel before, which intrigues discuss any potential NHS England has invested we are very approachable. us—that might involve side effects. Where our a lot of money in becoming Having those people skills looking into a treatment role is really important digital. Recently we’ve is really important—it’s that isn’t allowed on the is, if the combination of been given access to as important as clinical NHS yet because it’s still medicines prescribed have something called SCR, knowledge. There are at clinical trial stage. It a potentially unwanted summary care records. loads of regular faces gives us an upper hand interaction, we will flag Pharmacists now have and it’s so pleasant seeing because when it eventually that up to the doctor. the ability—with consent them. I go out of my way to gets released into the They may have decided from the patient—to look help: they’ve picked us, so market, we are ahead of the benefits outweigh the at their medical records. we have to provide the best the curve. risks, but we will bring it If you’ve come down to service. Because we’re on the to their attention to make London from Manchester A lot of the time high street we also have a sure they are aware, and let and you’ve forgotten people walk in with a bit lot of footfall, so there’s the patient know that we your daily pills, we can of concern and we will a lot of counter sales— are raising a concern. potentially log on to your make sure they walk out people coming in to Pressures on doctors summary care record and with a smile. The regular buy regular painkillers, are far more than we could see what you’re taking. walk in trade, the locals, remedies, cold and flu, ever realise at the moment, If it’s something we can it’s all there. It’s just like so we’ve also got to be which is why they’re supply to you over the any other community up to scratch with that, trying to encourage counter we will do that, if pharmacy, but we’re which again is part of the pharmacists to work in it’s prescription only, we based in central London. procedure. But again, we doctor’s surgeries and care will recommend you go to Marylebone is like a village like to be a step ahead. homes, as well as improve an A&E or a walk-in doctor within the city, which We always go out of our our prescribing lists. to get a prescription, or if makes it very different. way to find out as much Our role in community it’s something general we It’s really special. It makes information as we can pharmacy in particular can help you otherwise. you want to come to about a new medicine. can significantly improve There’s also the 111 work—it really does. We have knowledge about if the medicines we can service, which is run by a lot of different products prescribe are broadened. the NHS. You can call MADESIL PHARMACIE 20 Marylebone High Street, and that’s what makes us We love the NHS—it is the 111, and a person there W1U 4PB special. forefront of the country will go through a set of madesil.com
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MY MARYLEBONE From a cultural art. The staff are incredibly JACKIE BRANSTON perspective, there is knowledgeable and helpful. The associate at Parklands Wigmore Hall, which has One of the services we offer Concierge on her life in an international reputation that people may not realise is Marylebone for the quality of its music. available is schools research, I head the Parklands Group’s Then there is Daunt Books, and this is a location that is concierge service. The idea a marvellous bookshop—it very well served by schools. was born out of requests we is a Marylebone institution People often relocate for were getting from customers which, apart from having work and bring the family of our property consultancy a wonderfully interesting with them. We can talk to once we had fulfilled their collection of books, hosts a them about their education property needs. As they series of entertaining and needs: their children may were often new to the city, informative events featuring be very musical or sporty— clients were asking if the visiting authors. If you like we can advise them on agency could help with things nightlife, there are the bars which schools have the best such as a housekeeper, a and party vibe at Home programmes and would cater nanny, a good chauffeur House, or The Barracuda to their children’s interests. service. Starting Parklands casino if you like a flutter. We give them a complete Concierge as a separate There is so much to find set of options and hopefully business allowed us to focus here if you explore. Whether help to get them into the best on providing a very high you want to sit in a relaxed school as quickly as possible. standard of experience. environment listening to jazz I think you need to really I love Marylebone. What and smoking a cigar or sit in know and love the area to sets it apart is that unique Regent’s Park catching up do my job. A good concierge atmosphere—it really does with friends over coffee, you needs to be rooted in the feel like a village in the can do it here. If it’s a nice community, with good middle of the city. Things like spring day, I head to The relationships. We depend the Marylebone Summer Wallace Collection. It gives on word of mouth. Our Festival and Christmas me great joy. It is a wonderful clients have busy lives, and us Lights are lovely events space with beautifully releasing some of their time that help foster that sense managed collections of and enhancing their family
of community. The food Home House lifestyle is of real benefit. scene here is wonderful, We get that feedback from with restaurants like Royal customers all the time. I like China Club on Baker Street, knowing that I’m helping Côte and The Ivy brasseries people get the best out of which are nice for a light their time in London, and I meal, or Fischer’s, which believe that doing so helps is a lovely place to go to for improve their lives in some a more formal occasion. small way. I get to know Daylesford has a wonderful their families very well on organic pedigree. For a a personal level. Knowing divine steak go to Le Relais that I am doing something de Venise L’Entrecôte, and genuinely helpful is very The Golden Hind has been satisfying.
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INSIDE through any bone that isn’t KNOWLEDGE broken. KNIFE CARE Knives should always be Jay Patel of the cold when you sharpen them. There are three Japanese Knife basic ways of doing it: a Company on water sharpener, a steel buying and caring rod, or a water stone. for knives Agedashi sharpening, INTERVIEW: ELLIE COSTIGAN which is the ultimate IMAGE: CHRISTOPHER L PROCTOR sharpening, requires that you use eight stones on a blade. If I were to use that and you were to then cut yourself, you would not know it until you saw the blood. It’s used for cutting things like live eels so they don’t feel anything.
‘Stainless’ means just that—it stains less. It isn’t stain-proof. Even stainless steel will rust if left in water. It’s better to wash and wipe the blade dry straight away.
One good knife will do 70 15 to 20 seconds and Avoid any kind of storage to 80 per cent of the work should be done as often as that requires you to When you buy a pair of in the kitchen. If I had a every three to four days, pull the knife in and out shoes, you’ve got to try budget of £100 for all my depending on the quality of a block at an angle. them on, otherwise how knives, I would certainly of the knife and amount The blade is cutting the are you going to know look to be spending £70-80 it’s used. If you do this, wood each time. If you’re whether they fit you or not? pounds on the one knife I you will only need to use a going to use a knife block It’s the same with a knife use most of the time. sharpener to re-establish like that, turn your blades the edge every now and upside down. The ideal When buying a knife, then. way to store it is to have a insist that you can block or a strip on the actually hold it in your Always buy a knife that’s wall that is magnetic. The hand. It’s like buying a easy to sharpen, rather other way is to buy some pair of shoes: you’ve got to than one that stays sharp kind of pouch or sleeve you try the shoes on, otherwise for longer. It’s better to can put your knife into, how are you going to know have a knife you can bring The most common then you can put it into whether they fit you or not? back to sharpness yourself. reason for damage to a a drawer. I would never It’s the same with a knife. knife is using force to recommend putting your If I cut an onion with a try to cut something very knife in the dishwasher. If you take a newspaper very sharp knife, it won’t hard. The mistake people If you’ve ever seen knives or a piece of leather and tear the cells, it will slice often make is using a knife that have splits or bits put it flat on a surface, them. If you bring that like a cleaver. If you want broken off around the then stroke the knife onion up to your eye, you to separate a chicken thigh rivets of the handle, 99 blade over it backwards won’t feel a thing—there from the drumstick, you times out of 100, that’s the and forwards—a process will be no tears. There will should hold the thigh in result of putting it in the called ‘stropping’—it be more acid in the onion, one hand, the drum in the dishwasher. will realign the edge more sugar, it’ll caramelise other, and lever them until THE JAPANESE KNIFE COMPANY and bring it back to at a lower temperature and you hear a crack. Then 36 Baker Street, W1U 3EU full sharpness. It takes it’ll taste a lot sweeter. very gently use a knife to go japaneseknifecompany.com
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getting breathless or If that is done well, you endoscopic colonoscopy is constantly feeling weak can identify even very the most intrusive option or tired. small polyps. The third and also requires a strong method is an endoscopic laxative. In most cases, it What is the best way to examination of the bowel, also requires the patient QA combat bowel cancer? which is my field. This is to have some sedation in Screening is key. With where we pass a flexible order to relax enough for bowel cancer, we are endoscopic telescope the procedure. However, not only looking for through the bowel, visually it is extremely accurate the disease, but also inspecting it for any and gives us the ability DR SIWAN its precursors. What I anomalies. This can either to remove growths we THOMAS-GIBSON find very exciting is that be a full colonoscopy, find during that initial an effective screening where the camera is examination, so only one Consultant programme can prevent passing all the way around procedure is required. gastroenterologist a great many people from the bowel, or what we call a at The London developing this cancer at ‘sigmoidoscopy’, where you How does a cancerous all, as well as helping us examine the highest risk growth present inside Clinic on the to catch it early in others. part of the bowel. the body? importance of bowel While we call it ‘bowel The bowel wall should cancer screening cancer screening’, we are Are there any side effects be quite smooth, with a and her work on also looking for non- or other issues with these uniform colour and some cancerous abnormalities tests? folds along it. An anomaly raising endoscopic that might develop into They are all very safe, would usually appear like standards cancer. but as with any medical a raspberry or strawberry INTERVIEW: VIEL RICHARDSON procedure there will protruding from the PORTRAIT: CHRISTOPHER L What are those be some drawbacks for surface. Often a cancerous PROCTOR abnormalities? different people. Some feel growth will be found Bowel cancer usually extremely uncomfortable among a number of non- develops from a growth about being asked to cancerous polyps. called a polyp, and these provide stool samples, even April is Bowel Cancer will often go through though we have developed What do you do with Awareness Month. What several stages, from benign very quick and easy ways those other polyps? are the signs that people through precancerous of doing so. Also, while That will be quite a should be aware of? to cancerous. Polyps can they are the least intrusive, complex decision, made The bowel can produce a be anything from 2-3mm stool samples are not 100 on a case by case basis. We lot of different symptoms; to 3-4cm in size. One per cent accurate and tend will always aim to remove luckily many of them are of the most important to only pick up polyps or all the polyps, but the not suggestive of serious things about bowel tumours that are already decision on when and how illness. However, there are cancer screening, and bleeding. to proceed will be dictated some that we call ‘alarm an important part of Undergoing a CT scan by the medical priorities. symptoms’, and any person endoscopy, is this ability is a bit more invasive, as If, for example, there is a suffering from these to pick up growths and it involves exposure to very large tumour that is should visit their doctor remove them before they radiation and requires a blocking the bowel, the as a matter of urgency. become cancerous. strong laxative to be taken priority will be to remove These are: bleeding from to clear out the bowels. that and we can return at the bottom, either fresh What tests do you use in However, it doesn’t involve a later date to remove any red bleeding or blood the screening? any sedation and will find non-cancerous polyps. mixed in with the stool; The screening programme even very small polyps. a significant change in in the United Kingdom One real advantage is that Is there a demographic bowel movements that makes use of three if the scan comes back and that is most at risk? persists for more than a different tests. There are the results are completely Bowel cancer is slightly couple of weeks; a mass ‘stool tests’, where the clear, you can rule out more common in men, or lump in the stomach patient provides a stool the possibility of bowel but is one of the most area that does not go away; sample and we check for cancer. The disadvantage common cancers in both or unexplained weight traces of blood or cancer of this scan is that if a men and women. After the loss over a period of a few markers. Another test polyp is found, then you age of 50, everyone should months. Bowel cancer uses a CT scanner to give will need to return for an consider having some can also cause anaemia, the patient what we call a endoscopic examination form of screening. While leading to the patient virtual colonoscopy. to examine the polyp. An the most common age for
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In the vast majority of cases, I can talk to my patients, which is a really pleasing aspect of the procedure. I always say that colonoscopy is a true team effort, with the patient being part of the team
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developing bowel cancer is be performed in units room for improvement. in the seventies or eighties, where the necessary We need to be better at The endoscopy unit here at we know that there is expertise and experience getting the message out to The London Clinic is a real Est.1964 an increasing instance are available. If you are at-risk groups, because the exemplar of the best the of this form of cancer a patient, you want your wider the system, the more private system can offer. developing in younger procedure to be done effective it is. And we need It is one of the oldest and people in their thirties and by an endoscopist in a to ensure that everything London’s Leading Ear Care & Wax Removal Clinic most established. It has forties. If you’re young and unit that carries out the is in place for the first class staff, using the exhibit any of the alarm procedure on a regular examination to go well the latest technology symptoms, you need to basis. Private medicine first time around—that The production of wax is completely natural. However, if left to accumulate over time, go and see your doctor does not automatically the patient understands it can become impacted and obstruct your ear canal which can a ect your hearing. urgently, as being young is equal superb quality, the necessary preparation, no longer the protection it but JAG is working so when they arrive, they There is no proven way to prevent wax and we strongly advise against using ear buds. once appeared to be. 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This cancer, particularly if it has that they may need and most established, of embarrassment that allows us to use a ne low pressure suction to safely remove ear wax, debris & foreign occurred in more than one extra training to raise having been set up by sometimes keep people first-degree relative, their standards. Are Dr Christopher Williams, from being screened at all. bodies. The session also includes a full outer and middle ear health check. or if a sibling or parents the nurses in the units a doyen of British Technical innovations will has developed bowel given enough training? colonoscopy, and it has always play a part, but real Ear Care & Microsuction is carried out onsite at our New Cavendish Street premises cancer under the age Are the endoscopes de- first class staff, using the innovation in screening of 50. For these people, contaminated properly latest technology. programmes is about by appointment only on: screening at a much earlier between uses? 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GLAND an endocrinologist, a radiologist and an ENT DESIGNS surgeon—and a lot of Mr Khalid Ghufoor, information has to be communicated between consultant ENT them. When spread over and head & neck different clinics, this can surgeon at Harley lead to delays and errors. Street Medical Ideally, we want to be able to take all the diagnostic and Centre, on how the treatment decisions in one treatment of thyroid clinic. I work in one of the conditions is set to very few of those facilities evolve in the country—if we can move the whole field in that INTERVIEW: VIEL RICHARDSON direction, it will make a huge difference to patients.
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Below: My Side of the Story, by Luci Maclaren HANGING Opposite: Churchill, by Paul Wright TOGETHER Arnaud de Saint-Exupéry of Hyatt Regency London—The Churchill and Megan Thompson of Thompson’s Gallery on a collaboration that has transformed the hotel into a gallery space INTERVIEW: VIEL RICHARDSON
Hyatt Regency London— Arnaud de Saint- The Churchill has for Exupéry: Following our many years enjoyed a close long partnership with and fruitful relationship Saatchi, we thought it with the world of art. In was time to look again 2012, the hotel launched at what The Churchill is a partnership with the about. We believe there Saatchi Gallery, its aim are two very important being to create a “cultural themes running through playground throughout our DNA. The first is our the hotel”. Since then, says strong connection with UK area VP and general Sir Winston Churchill and manager Arnaud de Saint- the legacy that comes with Exupéry, art has become that. The second is our a core part of the The location in Marylebone, Churchill’s identity. “We a wonderful and unique want to give our guests a area of London, with unique experience,” he its genuine village explains. “Staying in a hotel atmosphere in the centre like ours should be about of this great city. We want discovering this city and this to emphasise these two country, it should be about elements in imaginative stimulating your senses. ways, and for us art is one Through the art we display of the key methods we here, we strive to inspire can use to show this to our our guests on a visual and guests. intellectual level, as well as In line with this, we felt share our story about who that our new partner had we are as a hotel.” to share the same values. It After working with the needed to be locally based Saatchi Gallery for seven and represent British this vibrant community. working with someone who very successful years, artists. Together with our Megan Thompson: understands the potential Arnaud decided that marketing team, we agreed I found it an interesting of art to change an the time had come for a that Thompson’s Gallery, proposition when the environment is absolutely change of direction. The specialising in Modern hotel approached us with vital. If they don’t have decision was made to find British art, was the right the idea of a potential that understanding, the a new gallery partner, choice. We believed that relationship. The gallery artworks are treated like so Marylebone stalwart having a gallery that was has enjoyed successful background decoration— Thompson’s Gallery more locally connected collaborations in the simply an aspect of the on Seymour Place was would give us something past, so I knew that this interior design—and approached to see whether different—someone who was something that could people don’t engage with a collaboration between would be our neighbour work well for both of us if it. This wouldn’t work for these two local institutions and could work very closely the partnership was right. us as a gallery. After some might bear fruit. with us in being a part of From my perspective, initial talks, I visited the
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hotel and spoke to some with our ethos, and the with a curator’s eye. of the staff. When I saw prospect of a partnership MT: People ask me, “How Working with someone the environment, the was very exciting—even does art impact on a space? who understands the style of the hotel and the more so after seeing how How does it help shape an potential of art to way the existing art was quickly Megan understood environment?” I might be change an environment respected, I knew that the what we were trying to biased, but I think it is the is absolutely vital. If relationship could work. achieve. We wanted to most important factor. I’ve they don’t have that AS: I loved the fact that reflect Winston Churchill’s grown up surrounded by understanding, the Thompson’s is a family- passions through art: his art. When I go into a room artworks are treated like owned gallery, started by love of the countryside, with no art, the space feels background decoration Megan’s parents in 1982, horses, Kent and painting. naked, like something and that it has been part It was clear to us from the essential is missing. I think of Marylebone for so many beginning that she was that the potential of a work years. That really chimed thinking about the space of art, whether on a wall or
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on a plinth, to engage you, the final selection and she what I saw, and that gave more about an individual draw you in and tell you a will arrange for the pieces me real confidence in piece of art and make it story, is what I miss. That’s to be hung. the partnership. Arnaud very easy to get in touch what art is—a way of telling MT: One of the things I and his team are really with us. The hotel team a story. was assessing during my engaged with the idea of understand that part of the AS: When it comes to initial site visit was how the treating the hotel as a true idea of the collaboration selecting the art, Megan art was presented—things exhibition space—as a is to sell work, and they do will make an initial like how the paintings were gallery to properly display their best to facilitate that selection and show it to framed. People often don’t the artist’s work. We label process. us, telling us about the realise this, but the way you every picture to highlight AS: Every location has a pieces themselves, about frame a piece is crucial— the artist and gallery and different purpose, and the artists, and how they it can really enhance the we have also produced the art reflects that. For fit into our overall themes. work, or else completely promotional materials that example, the entrance and We then agree together on negate its impact. I liked allow guests to find out lobby space will feel more
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Opposite: The Queen, by Paul Wright to reflect the fact that selling also shows that Below: The Silver Horse III, we are a contemporary, we are selecting the I remember going to by Jo Taylor sophisticated hotel. right pieces, which is the hotel at about 5am The art will be figurative very satisfying. I remember to hang Paul Wright’s to a degree, but there us being at the hotel at portrait of the Queen. is room for more about 5am one morning, Even before I’d come experimental work and hanging Paul Wright’s down the ladder, a guest for modern takes on portrait of the Queen. had taken a photograph traditional subjects. Even before I’d come of the piece and put it MT: One of the artists down the ladder, a guest on Instagram whose works have had photographed worked particularly well the piece and put it on is Paul Wright. He has Instagram. I saw it as had a long-time interest proof of the developing in Churchill and has relationship between the produced some very art and the guests of the interesting paintings hotel—which is great, based on Churchill and as our aim is to present his life. He painted this several exhibitions wonderful piece that throughout the year. featured Churchill and AS: I can really see the Roosevelt, having tea in partnership getting a room with portraits closer as time progresses. of Stalin and the We have bought the Queen hanging in the Churchill portrait by background. He called Paul Wright and plan it the Yalta Tea Party. It to relocate it from its was brilliant, and it sold original hanging place to in December, which was somewhere more central. fantastic for us and for the The feedback from the space. Two other pieces guests has been very we have there are his large positive, and the fact that black and white portraits the art is being sold and of the Queen and of the artists Thompson’s Churchill himself. represents want to exhibit AS: We are extremely here is wonderful. We have happy when pieces sell just agreed on a selection because it shows that the of new artworks to go on partnership between the display from April, which two parties is working. we feel will bring a fresh It tells us that our guests feel to the space, and we’re are engaging with the also exploring other ways art, which in turn feeds we can collaborate to into their understanding bring art to life for local of who we are as a hotel. residents and guests. The inspired by Churchill as Also, it shows that the decision to partner with a a whole—his personality, relationship is benefitting gallery rooted in the local and passions—whereas Thompson’s Gallery, community has proved to around the restaurant which is important to us, be an excellent one and we and lounge area we want as any relationship works hope it will entice those in to evoke the feeling of best when it is benefitting the area to visit and witness Kent, the countryside all the partners. the art for themselves. and the British landscape MT: The partnership that Churchill loved so has been gratifying in HYATT REGENCY LONDON —THE CHURCHILL much. The idea is to use two ways. Firstly, there is 30 Portman Square, W1H 7BH the space to look forward the financial aspect, hyatt.com while respecting our past. which is clearly very THOMPSON’S GALLERY We are displaying British important—but the 3 Seymour Place, W1H 5AZ contemporary artists fact that the art has been thompsonsgallery.co.uk
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A fabulous, two bedroom apartment situated on the An immaculately presented, three bedroom, penthouse fi rst fl oor of this period building located moments from apartment with an impressive roof terrace, ideally located in Marylebone High Street. the heart of Marylebone Village.
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Wesley Street, W1 Bond Street Underground Station: 0.5 miles A stunning blend of period and contemporary features with a focus on natural light and family living at the heart of the design. Reception room, kitchen/family room, dining room, master bedroom en suite, 4 double bedrooms, 2 further bathrooms, 2 studies, guest cloakroom, patio, 2 terraces. EPC = D Freehold | 3,092 sq ft | Guide £5.5 million UPPER MONTAGU STREET £675 Per Week BICKENHALL MANSIONS £2000 Per Week MARYLEBONE W1 MARYLEBONE W1
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A fabulous, two bedroom apartment situated on the An immaculately presented, three bedroom, penthouse fi rst fl oor of this period building located moments from apartment with an impressive roof terrace, ideally located in Marylebone High Street. the heart of Marylebone Village.
Superb freehold townhouse
Wesley Street, W1 Bond Street Underground Station: 0.5 miles A stunning blend of period and contemporary features with a focus on natural light and family living at the heart of the design. Reception room, kitchen/family room, dining room, master bedroom en suite, 4 double bedrooms, 2 further bathrooms, 2 studies, guest cloakroom, patio, 2 terraces. EPC = D Freehold | 3,092 sq ft | Guide £5.5 million UPPER MONTAGU STREET £675 Per Week BICKENHALL MANSIONS £2000 Per Week MARYLEBONE W1 MARYLEBONE W1
Alex Ross A recently refurbished, two double bedroom, duplex An extremely spacious, three bedroom, two storey Savills Marylebone apartment situated on the second and third fl oors of this penthouse apartment set within this popular purpose built 020 3527 0402 period building in Marylebone. block in Marylebone. [email protected]
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Cato Street is a quiet no through road leading off Crawford Place. It is ideally Ali Mathews looks forward to helping you. Combining traditional coach house architecture with an individual contemporary Craig Draper looks forward to helping you.
located for the boutique shops and eateries of Portman Village and is mews house interior this unique triple aspect house sits almost alone in the quiet no [email protected] [email protected] equidistant between the green open spaces of both Hyde and Regent's Park. through traffic part of Weymouth Mews between Harley Street and Portland Place. 020 3641 5853 020 3641 5853 • Exceptionally presented throughout 07968 622503 • Extensive and comprehensive refurbishment throughout 07823 416354
• Wonderful roof terrace • Internally and externally designed by an internationally acclaimed designer • Peaceful escape from the hustle and bustle • Approximately 2,196 sq ft (204 sq m)
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Guide price Guide price £2,599,000 Freehold £4,750,000 Leasehold: approximately 933 years remaining knightfrank.co.uk knightfrank.co.uk Connecting people & property, perfectly. Connecting people & property, perfectly.
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Cato Street is a quiet no through road leading off Crawford Place. It is ideally Ali Mathews looks forward to helping you. Combining traditional coach house architecture with an individual contemporary Craig Draper looks forward to helping you. located for the boutique shops and eateries of Portman Village and is mews house interior this unique triple aspect house sits almost alone in the quiet no [email protected] [email protected] equidistant between the green open spaces of both Hyde and Regent's Park. through traffic part of Weymouth Mews between Harley Street and Portland Place. 020 3641 5853 020 3641 5853 • Exceptionally presented throughout 07968 622503 • Extensive and comprehensive refurbishment throughout 07823 416354
• Wonderful roof terrace • Internally and externally designed by an internationally acclaimed designer • Peaceful escape from the hustle and bustle • Approximately 2,196 sq ft (204 sq m)
• Approximately 1,560 sq ft (144.9 sq m)
Guide price Guide price £2,599,000 Freehold £4,750,000 Leasehold: approximately 933 years remaining knightfrank.co.uk knightfrank.co.uk Connecting people & property, perfectly. Connecting people & property, perfectly.
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Bryanston Mansions is superbly located in the heart of Marylebone with all the Ali Mathews looks forward to helping you. The Park Crescent is ideally located within close proximity to the restaurants and Craig Draper looks forward to helping you.
amenities and benefits of Central London, with Regent's Park to the north, and boutiques on Marylebone High Street, the trendy neighbourhood of Fitzrovia and [email protected] [email protected] the shops, bars and restaurants of Oxford Street to the south. hustle and bustle of the West End. 020 3641 5853 020 3641 5853 • Beautifully presented throughout 07968 622503 • Benefiting from its own private entrance 07823 416354
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• Approximately 860 sq ft (79.9 sq m) • Approximately 2,012 sq ft (186.9 sq m)
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This apartment is located on the second floor served by a passenger lift. The flat is currently being used for dentistry purposes and has the opportunity in using it for residential purposes. The building benefits from a porter and the apartment has an area of approximately 1,339 sq ft (124.4 sq m). This purpose-built building is located on the west of Portland Place close to the junction with Langham Place. This apartment would suit a purchaser in the medical field and or for residential use. Please see website for full details LEASEHOLD £1,450,000
MARYLEBONE STREET, MARYLEBONE VILLAGE, LONDON W1
This delightful two bedroom garden apartment is situated just a few moments walk from Marylebone High Street with its fabulous boutiques and busy restaurants and bars. The accommodation comprises of two bedrooms, a modern bathroom, separate kitchen and reception room with direct access to the garden. The flat boasts wooden floors and is offered furnished or unfurnished. Bond Street Underground Station is a short walk away and the open spaces of Regent`s Park are close by. Please see website for full details £650 PER WEEK
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NEW CAVENDISH STREET Marylebone W1G A recently refurbished apartment with fantastic views owing to its corner aspect and great location a stone’s throw from the shops and restaurants of Marylebone High Street.
Reception room • 2 bedrooms • Bathroom • Furnished/unfurnished • Approx 747 sq ft (69 sq m)
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Marylebone & Regent’s Park 020 7486 8866 [email protected]
WEYMOUTH STREET Marylebone W1G A fantastic two bedroom apartment that has been newly renovated to a wonderful standard, located in this popular mansion block with porter, a stone’s throw from Baker Street station and Regent’s Park.
Reception room • 2 bedrooms • 2 bathrooms • Open-plan reception • All wood floors • Raised ground floor • Furnished
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Marylebone & Regent’s Park 020 7486 8866 [email protected]
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