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Spring 2020 Art & Culture Food Travel THE SQUARE - ISSUE 9 SPRING 09 SPRING 2020 ART & CULTURE FOOD TRAVEL News and views from Pimlico Celebrate Cecil Beaton’s Bright How to make the most of Jersey Our writer heads to Japan’s and beyond, featuring the best Young Things and meet Jermyn Royals, including a recipe for mountainous Hokkaido to test openings and upcoming events Street’s artisans potato and tarragon salad a handmade snowboard 1 THE SQUARE - ISSUE 9 SPRING THE SQUARE - ISSUE 9 SPRING Welcome Craftsmanship has the ability to transform our experience of life. It can Perfectly Located turn household essentials into works of art, elevate a homely ingredient to a Apartments in Michelin-worthy meal and metamorphose us, Cinderella style, into the most modish versions of ourselves. In Pimlico we’re lucky to have some of London’s Central London top artisans on our doorstep, which is why we’ve chosen creativity and craftsmanship as the theme for our spring issue. Meet family-run shirt makers on Jermyn Street and a carpenter who creates snowboards by hand. Learn new STUDIO, ONE, TWO, THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS skills at London’s best craft courses and stimulate your imagination with Cecil Located in Pimlico, Central London, Beaton’s portraits of the Bright Young Things. Note: this issue was produced Zone 1, Dolphin Square is an all rental before the lockdown and therefore some of the stories are no longer accurate. development with 24/7 security and We hope it provides a little escapism and a comforting reminder that, although on-site management team. Rental we may be physically distanced, this community remains as vibrant as ever. apartments available, furnished or unfurnished, to suit all budgets. From £300+ per week. Call: 020 7798 8591 Neil Miller-Chalk Editorial Director Contributors: Imogen Lepere Andrew Eames Fleur Rollet-Manus Nick Savage Editor Contributor Contributor Contributor After four years as senior Andrew Eames is a writer Two years of backpacking London-based author and writer at Food and Travel, and journalist based in was enough for Fleur Rollet- journalist Nick Savage was Imogen Lepere is making London. With one parent Manus to realise that she raised on an island off Maine, the most of freelance life from the Hebrides and the preferred luxury linen and a childhood that instilled a by travelling everywhere other from the Channel Michelin starred grub. Now lifelong obsession with writing from Melbourne to Islands, he was born with you’ll find her reviewing and the outdoors. In this issue Mongolia. This issue, she his suitcase packed. In this the latest design-driven he travels from a ski-maker’s explores parallels between issue, he heads to Jermyn bolthole in far-flung corners workshop on Caledonian youth movements in Street (p.8) to meet the of the world for SUITCASE Road to the snowy peaks London today and in 1920 traditional artisans and Magazine. This issue she gets of northern Japan in search (p.14) and praises Jersey craftspeople who call hands on at some of London’s of the perfect powder Royal potatos (p.20). Mayfair home. best craft courses (p.26). experience (p.34). Dolphin Square Chichester Street, London SW1V 3LX 2 [email protected] Design & Art Direction: Hutton Farquhar www.huttonfarquhar.com 3 THE SQUARE - ISSUE 9 SPRING THE SQUARE - ISSUE 9 SPRING Contents Inside this issue: 26 HONING YOUR CRAFT From taxidermy to tailoring and even precious ring carving, Fleur Rollet-Manus rounds up London’s most creative craft courses. 14 BURNING BRIGHT We delve into the technicoloured world of the Bright Young Things with a photo essay of Cecil Beaton’s portraits. 40 HOW TO SPEND T H E P E R F E C T 8 DAY IN BRIXTON Discover colourful, charismatic Brixton, THE GENTEEL 34 where the food scene is JERMYN electric and Caribbean Without craftsmanship, Join Andrew Eames SWAGGER ON culture oozes from for a sophisticated THE SLOPES every corner. stroll down Jermyn inspiration is a mere reed Street, meeting the Make tracks to the craftspeople and 20 Hokkaido region of shaken in the wind. artisans that make Japan, where Nick Mayfair unique. Savage tests a bespoke BURIED snowboard that’s made TREASURE by hand in London. by Johannes Brahms Spring is in the air, which means new potatoes are back on shelves. Chef Tom Booton shares his spud secrets. Photo by: Ritesh Sing / Unsplash 4 5 LOCAL NEWS, OUT & ABOUT LOCAL NEWS, OUT & ABOUT PIMLICO PIMLICO Ultimate Easter FLAVOUR OF Although it’s always tempting to leave London over THE MONTH a long weekend, Pimlico actually comes into its own during Easter. St Gabriel’s and St. Saviour’s are both Gather your pals, roll up your filled with flowers and have several services to choose sleeves and prepare to linger – from; there is a giant egg hunt in Battersea Park this season is all about casual Children’s Zoo and Gail’s does a killer hot cross bun. dining, with a spate of relaxed new openings that are low on fuss and big on flavour. First up is Bancone, the buzzy, all-day fresh pasta restaurant that has opened its second site on Lower James Street in the heart of Soho. The menu features traditional dishes from most of Italy’s 20 regions and all are delicious, but our pick has to be THREE CHEERS FOR PUBS handkerchiefs with walnut butter and confit egg yolk. These silken The number of pubs in the UK has risen for the first time folds glisten with gooey goodness, in over a decade according to the Office for National a beautiful foil to a glass of crisp, morning, so quality is guaranteed alongside unusual wines from Statistics (ONS). In 2019, 315 new boozers burst onto zesty Italian white. in every cup. Turkey, Georgia and Armenia. the scene with food sales helping to drive the growth. What better way to toast the health of the pub industry On to Ecclestone Yards in Over in Fitzrovia, Selin Kiazim For juicy British meat and punchy than with a pint in one of your locals? The Queen’s Belgravia, where Morena has opened Oklava Bakery and French cheeses in a bun, look no Arms is a solid Victorian boozer with a heated terrace, celebrates sisterhood as well Wine on the site of what used further than Big Fernand. One of the Marquis of Westminster regularly hosts live bands as fragrant Colombian coffee. to be Kyseri. Nibble on Turkish- Paris’ favourite burger restaurants and The Orange is a tasteful gastro pub that’s full Juliana and Valentina Beleno roast inspired flavours such as medjool has arrived in South Kensington of beautiful people sipping Aperol spritz come the single-origin beans on site every date butter and muhammara, and it’s a must for meat lovers. weekend. They also serve boozy brunches. Chin-chin. bancone.co.uk oklava.co.uk bigfernand.com marquisofwestminster.co.uk | theorange.co.uk FACTORY-MADE Spring diary dates Cambridge row four miles from chance to perform the Coronation A shy gay man who became the Putney to Mortlake. Try watching it Anthems with Laurence Cummings. hub of New York’s social scene from The Rutland Arms, which has 5 Mar-10 Apr. Various prices. and who embraced celebrity and excellent views of the middle of the consumerism in a way that no course from its waterfront terrace london-handel-festival.com other artist had before him, Warhol and opens from 10AM so you redefined the landscape of modern Chelsea Flower Show can bag the best spot. Line your art. In April a new exhibition at the stomach with a bacon sandwich or The shop fronts around Chelsea Tate Modern, the first major Warhol two. 29 March. Free. donning their floral best and retrospective there for 20 years, will marquees popping up on the gather together pop images such as theboatrace.org lawns of the Royal Hospital can those of Marilyn Monroe, portraits only herald one thing: the return from his Ladies and Gentlemen The London Handel Festival of the UK’s most prestigious flower series as well as several works never An annual celebration of the work show. This year’s show gardens before exhibited in the UK. A Warhol- of George Frideric Handel, the will be designed to a theme of inspired menu featuring dishes such festival programme ranges from environment and sustainability and The Boat Race as 'Tuna Fish Disaster' and 'Pâté for intimate concerts to the Handel the results should be spectacular. the Cat' will be served at the gallery’s One of the world’s most infamous singing competition. You can give £40. 19-23 May. restaurant. 12 Mar - 6 Sep. £22. inter-varsity rivalries comes to a your own voice box a little exercise head every spring in the boat race, at the Come and Sing event, which rhs.org.uk tate.org.uk which sees the pride of Oxford and will offer members of the public the 6 7 THE SQUARE - ISSUE 9 SPRING THE SQUARE - ISSUE 9 SPRING In the heart of St James’s, tucked away discreetly behind those purveyors of posh groceries, messrs Fortnum & Mason, is one of London’s most distinctive retail streets, and one that has long been a magnet for the kind of people who are otherwise fairly allergic to shopping. You’ve only got to walk its modest length, down a corridor echoing with double-barrelled names such as Crockett & Jones, Hilditch & Key and Turnbull & Asser, to appreciate that what’s going on here is far removed from the stuff of typical high streets. Its focused retail inventory - shirts, shoes, leather goods, shaving equipment, fragrances, wine, silk scarves, top hats, cigars and even guns – adds up to one thing: this is a man’s world.
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