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Cover: Christmas spirit 40. Whisky galore
34. 04-19. Up front 04. Forward thinking 12. Local lives 04. 26. 16. My perfect day FORWARD RAMBLING MAN 18-45. Features THINKING HOW PETER 18. Musical youth YOUR GUIDE ELIA’S TRAVELS 26. Rambling man TO DECEMBER TURNED HIM 34. The king of AND JANUARY IN INTO A SOCIAL Marylebone Plains MARYLEBONE MEDIA STAR 40. Whisky galore
46-51. Culture 46. Q&A: Valeria Carullo & Pete Collard, RIBA 18. 26. curators 50. Book reviews 52-59. Food 52. Q&A: The Templeton 40. cousins, founders of WHISKY GALORE Carousel MARYLEBONE’S 58. Food philosophy EXPERTS ON 60-65. Style THE GROWING 60. Q&A: Monica Vinader QUALITY AND of Monica Vinader DIVERSITY OF 64. The look WHISKIES FROM 65. Inside knowledge BOTH NEAR 66-73. Life AND FAR 66. Q&A: Dr Adrian Whiteson of Teenage Cancer Trust 70. Gift guide 74-79. Health 74. Q &A: Dr John 18. 34. 52. Goldstone of MUSICAL YOUTH THE KING OF THE The London Clinic SOME OF THE MARYLEBONE TEMPLETONS 78. Screen time FUTURE STARS PLAINS THE FOUR 80-83. Space OF THE WEST THE VIOLENT COUSINS BEHIND 80. Ask the experts END STAGE TELL TALE OF JAMES CAROUSEL ON 82. Q&A: Sukey Brecher THEIR STORIES FIGG, GEORGIAN FIVE YEARS OF of Druce Marylebone LONDON’S GUEST CHEFS GREATEST AND LOYAL FIGHTER LOCALS
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Editor For this issue of the magazine, I’ve spent an Mark Riddaway [email protected] unhealthy amount of time worrying about the Deputy editors Viel Richardson spelling of ‘whisky’. Scotch whisky has no ‘e’. Irish [email protected] Clare Finney or American whiskey has an ‘e’. I’m okay with [email protected] Managing editor that rule—I don’t understand its genesis, but I Ellie Costigan [email protected] appreciate its obtuseness. The problem is that Editorial desk one of our features is about the entire genre. Are 020 7401 7297 Advertising sales they generically whiskies or whiskeys? Should I Donna Earrey 020 7401 2772 painstakingly differentiate based on geography? [email protected] What if the drink is Japanese? And what kind of Publisher LSC Publishing syntactical jumble might result from all that? In the 13.2.1 The Leathermarket Weston Street end, for the sake of consistency and ease, I’ve gone London SE1 3ER with no ‘e’ throughout. Anyone who takes issue lscpublishing.com Contributers with my choice should contact the press regulator. Jean-Paul Aubin-Parvu, Sasha Garwood, Orlando Gili, Matthew Hancock, Emily Jupp, Jackie Modlinger, Christopher Far too much of my brain is taken up by this L Proctor
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famous name, Sherlock FORWARD WALK Holmes. Four clusters of EVENT THINKING 4th DECEMBER lamp columns are topped 5th DECEMBER YOUR GUIDE TO with illuminated geese, DECEMBER AND CHRISTMAS inspired by Arthur Conan MARYLEBONE JANUARY LIGHTS WALK Doyle’s Christmas story, LANE IN MARYLEBONE The Baker Street Quarter The Adventure of the Blue CHRISTMAS Partnership leads a free Carbuncle. SHOPPING walk around its impressive EVENING new Christmas lights, Portman Square Garden For one special evening, revealing the stories behind The blue and gold the retailers of one of the displays. The tour, which decorations behind the Marylebone’s most sets off from 55 Baker Street garden’s arched gates atmospheric streets are at 6pm, includes: and the uplighters on the coming together to make larger trees offer a subtle the act of Christmas 55 Baker Street nod to the 18th century Shopping as enjoyable This was once home to ‘blue stocking parties’ as possible. From 5-8pm, the Baker Street Bazaar, held in Montagu House accompanied by live music which in its 19th century on Portman Square by from the Marylebone prime featured as many the philanthropist, writer Music Festival, many of as 400 stalls, including and literary critic Lady the lane’s shops, including Marie Tussaud’s waxworks Montagu, to which the most Dinny Hall, Theory, Tracey collection. The trees prominent intellectuals of Neuls, KJ’s Laundry, in front of the building the era were invited. Papouelli and John Bell & are lit with decorations Croyden will be offering showcasing some of the Manchester Square special discounts, while its eccentric items available at Garden bars and restaurants will the bazaar: a bird, a horse, a To highlight the beauty be providing a variety of cog (suggestive of Victorian of Manchester Square offers and festive menus. automata), a crown (for and provide an echo of The Golden Eagle’s the casts of royalty created the candle-lit elegance of much-loved resident piano by Madame Tussaud) and an 18th century pleasure player, Tony Pearson, ice skates (an ice rink was garden, the five most will be tinkling his way constructed here in 1845). prominent trees feature through some festive 4,000 LED lights. classics, and the evening Baker Street / Marylebone will feature a programme Road junction Baker Street Quarter of free activities and Here, a quirky installation Partnership workshops. alludes to the area’s most bakerstreetq.co.uk Marylebone Lane Portman Square Garden Christmas Shopping Evening marylebonevillage.com
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TALK EXHIBITION THEATRE MUSIC 5th DECEMBER UNTIL 7th 6th—7th 9th DECEMBER THE ULTIMATE DECEMBER DECEMBER CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS MARCUS THE F WORD CHRISTMAS AT CRACKER: HARRIS: ST MARYLEBONE ARTEMIS RESPONSES Dorcas, Rachel and PARISH CHURCH COOPER WITH Louise are all broken. London-based Dorcas is a survivor of As part of its Sponsor a ANTONY sex-trafficking, Rachel a Veteran appeal, King BEEVOR stone carver and victim of a 10-year abusive Edward VII’s Hospital In 1969, popular historian sculptor Marcus marriage, and Louise a is hosting an evening John Julius Norwich Harris returns to mother of a son who is the of carols, readings and gathered together his the A&D Gallery most recent victim of the music in the beautiful favourite observations and rampant knife crime crisis St Marylebone Parish anecdotes of the previous for his second threatening to devour Church. Among the many 12 months and compiled solo exhibition, London’s youths. What celebrity contributors will them in his first Christmas which examines happens when each of be Sir Derek Jacobi and Cracker, which he shared our personal and them comes face to face Jermain Jackman, winner with family and friends. with their wrongdoers? of The Voice. Tickets cost Such was his natural collective responses The F Word is a showcase £25, including mulled wit and eye for a story, it to the external of three thematically- wine and mince pies, rapidly turned into a huge landscape. The connected short plays, with all proceeds going word-of-mouth success viewer is encouraged devised by YiA theatre towards the provision of and an annual tradition. company, all of which life-changing medical When Lord Norwich died to touch Harris’s explore the concept of treatments for the men in 2018, he had almost work as a way of forgiveness—the word and women who have finished his 50th Cracker. reconnecting with in question—within served in the country’s The work has now been the self. seemingly unforgiveable military. completed with the input situations. On both nights, of his daughter, the writer A&D Gallery the production will be St Marylebone Parish Artemis Cooper, and to 51 Chiltern Street, followed by a post-show Church mark its launch, she will W1U 6LY discussion. 17 Marylebone Road, be appearing at Daunt aanddgallery.com NW1 5LT Books with Antony Beevor The Cockpit kingedwardvii.co.uk/ to talk about her father’s Gateforth Street, the-charity/events contribution to Christmas NW8 8EH merriment. thecockpit.org.uk
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FILM EXHIBITION MUSIC MUSIC 12th DECEMBER 11th—24th 3rd DECEMBER 19th JANUARY THE STREET DECEMBER —11th JANUARY BACH AND SMALL WONDER STEPHEN POLITICS Photographer Zed Nelson HOUGH makes his first foray into This new group The Royal Academy feature-length directing RESIDENCY of Music kicks off its with this documentary exhibition, perfectly Across five different dates 2020 series of Bach focussing on a single timed for Christmas in December and January, The European midday street in East London. gift buying, the British-born pianist concerts with an afternoon Filmed over four years, features many and composer Stephen focussed on Bach and his Nelson examines the Hough will perform his political connections. The lives of Hoxton Street’s of Thompson’s own work and that of a performance, directed most impoverished Gallery’s most wide range of composers, by Masaaki Suzuki and and dispossessed popular painters of which Brahms is a staple performed on historical inhabitants as they and sculptors, all of feature, accompanied instruments, showcases weather gentrification, by a variety of highly two pieces associated austerity, the aftermath whom have reacted accomplished musicians. with the Saxon royal of the Grenfell Tower to a prompt to make Ahead of the third concert, family in Dresden. Both tragedy and the chaos of a ‘small wonder’, on 6th January, Hough— were commissioned by Brexit. The viewing will be limited in size to a remarkable polymath the University of Leipzig followed by a Q&A session who paints and writes and demonstrate Bach’s with the director. under 16 square literature as well as unwavering ability to inches. performing and creating outshine his Dresden The Regent Street music—will discuss the contemporaries even in Cinema Thompson’s Gallery inspiration behind his their own musical style. 307 Regent Street, 3 Seymour Place, programme in an on-stage W1B 2HW W1H 5AZ interview. Royal Academy of Music regentstreetcinema.com thompsonsgallery.co.uk Marylebone Road, Wigmore Hall NW1 1HT 36 Wigmore Street, ram.ac.uk W1U 2BP wigmore-hall.org.uk
The Street Stephen Hough
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Rachael Nee EXHIBITION EXHIBITION EXHIBITION UNTIL UNTIL UNTIL 31st JANUARY 1st FEBRUARY 1st FEBRUARY HIROE SAEKI: BEYOND LIFE COSMOGENESIS BAUHAUS: Following its relaunch in Born in Osaka, Japan, but MODERNISM 1936 under the ownership now living and working IN BRITAIN of Henry Luce, Life in Berlin, Hiroe Saeki 1933 TO 1966 magazine would become produces monochromatic Marking the centenary a repository for some of explorations of the subject of the creation of the the greatest photography of beauty in nature. For Bauhaus, the German of the 20th century. this exhibition, her first design school that would Over several decades, in the UK, she has created become an extraordinary the likes of Andreas a body of work based crucible of modernist Feininger, Joe Rosenthal, on one of her signature design, this exhibition Margaret Bourke-White techniques: using looks afresh at its influence and Alfred Eisenstaedt, capillaries of water to on Britain, particularly the among many others, propel powdered graphite impact of three notable documented some of the onto Japanese paper, Bauhaus émigrés, Walter most important events allowing the pigment to Gropius, Marcel Breuer and memorable lives of settle where and when and László Moholy-Nagy, the recent past, creating a the water evaporates. The all of whom were uprooted canon of photojournalism resulting drawings, which to the UK after the Nazis unmatched by any she embellishes with pencil came to power. Drawing other publication. This lines, resemble biological on RIBA’s world-class exhibition commemorates or mineral forms, such as collections, rarely shown the magazine’s golden geological sediments or works by the three ex- age, including portraits of water-carved planetary Bauhaus tutors will be the Kennedy brothers, the landscapes. displayed alongside those Beatles and Frank Sinatra, of the young British as well as iconic images The Daiwa Anglo- architects they inspired. from the 1945 VJ Day Japanese Foundation See pp46 for an interview celebration and the 1968 13-14 Cornwall Terrace, with the exhibition’s Olympics. NW1 4QP curators. dajf.org.uk Atlas Gallery RIBA 49 Dorset Street, 66 Portland Place, W1U 7NF W1B 1AD atlasgallery.com architecture.com
Hiroe Saeki
Alfred Eisenstaedt
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EXHIBITION 23rd JANUARY —8th FEBRUARY CUT, FOLD, BURN This group exhibition, which features a trio of Cube Gallery’s regular artists, Peter Monaghan, Tony Blackmore and Rachael Nee, is named after the three highly distinctive creative techniques used by each of the three contributors to produce their respective works.
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EXHIBITION EXHIBITION UNTIL 4th DECEMBER 29th FEBRUARY —19th APRIL TONY CRAGG: FORGOTTEN STACKS MASTERS: For his 15th Lisson Gallery INDIAN show, Tony Cragg presents PAINTING FOR a selection of complex THE EAST INDIA polymorphic sculptures, COMPANY rendered in bronze, Guest curated by writer wood and steel, and historian William many of which offer Dalrymple, whose recent insights into the book The Anarchy traces sculptor’s repeated the remarkable rise of the and ever-evolving East India Company, this use of ‘stacking’ exhibition brings together methods—the works by Indian master creation of solid, painters, commissioned cohesive forms out in the late 18th and 19th of small, disparate centuries by officials of the parts. Across five trading company whose decades of work, pursuit of profits became starting in the an engine of British 1970s, Cragg has colonialism. “Forgotten variously stacked, Masters showcases gathered and layered the work of a series of a variety of materials, extraordinary Indian deploying various artists, each with their own acts of stratification, style and tastes and agency, compilation, accrual whose brilliance has been and accumulation frequently overlooked and drawing upon until now,” promises his fascination with Dalrymple. geology, archaeology, biology, chemistry, The Wallace Collection natural history, Manchester Square, psychology and W1U 3BN anthropology. wallacecollection.org
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dated to my 17th birthday. for two days a week is I read a couple of months like a childhood dream LOCAL ago that somebody may come true. I deal only have broken that record, with books, which is great but I’m not quite sure how, because I could never pass LIVES unless they’ve changed the a bookshop without going HELEN PLUMMER law. inside. We have a specialist I flew a lot both to who goes through our Helen is a volunteer at Oxfam on the UK and France. book donations to pick out Marylebone High Street. A flying Sometimes we’d fly from any that are collectable, ace during her teens, the now Guernsey to Cherbourg, so anything valuable have lunch, then fly back. I will usually have been retired finance lawyer lives on also did a short aerobatics taken out by the time I York Street and is at least the fourth course in a Pitts Special get to them. I divide my generation of her family to reside plane, doing hammerhead time between sorting in the Marylebone area turns, loop the loops and the donations according inverted flat spins where to genre, down in the INTERVIEW: JEAN PAUL AUBIN-PARVU you just fall out of the sky stockroom, and filling PORTRAIT: ORLANDO GILI like a stone—it’s quite the shelves upstairs in the impressive. shop. Every few weeks we Having studied for try to refresh the books on a degree in economic the shelves. history at Liverpool Sometimes I get to University I decided to curate specific collections, switch to law and spent which we put up when two years at the law college there’s room. In recent in Guildford. After my months I’ve been Law Society finals, I gathering books and moved to London, did memorabilia that could my articles and stayed at be termed ‘nostalgic’, My father, his parents and in the Channel Islands. I the same firm. Clifford including old Blue Peter grandparents all lived love Guernsey. A lot of my Chance is one of those big annuals, Asterix and in Marylebone, up by family are still there and I international law firms, Tintin books, old comics what is now the flyover on go home whenever I can. a factory farm of lawyers. and a great collection of Marylebone Road. There I have a foot in two camps. I did finance law and was model railway magazines were lots of cousins, aunts Guernsey is home and there for around 15 years from the 1970s. and uncles also living in London is home, I couldn’t until I was lucky enough to At this shop customers the area, with many of really put one over the take early retirement. seem to be particularly the family working on the other. One day I walked past hungry for designer railways in some capacity. Flying became my Oxfam on Marylebone clothing, but within My father and his hobby growing up and I High Street and noticed reason we’ll basically take parents actually got was the youngest person a sign outside asking anything that we can make bombed out during the ever to get their private for volunteers, so I money on. One thing I war. The bomb didn’t hit pilot’s license in the UK. went in and signed up. should say about donations their house, but it took out But that was really as a I could tell you that I is that Oxfam does the gift the surrounding area and result of a quirk of law or have a highly developed aid scheme, so if people so they had to move out a loophole. At the time social conscience and can donate something to the suburbs to live with you could take your flying want to give back to the that can be gift aided then relatives. test in the UK at 16 but community, but what keeps obviously, we get more out I was born in you couldn’t fly solo until me here is it’s just so much of the donation. Edgware—famous for you were 17 and you need fun. I do two afternoons a At the moment, our the terminus of the 113 some solo hours to get week and get to work with focus is on Christmas and bus—and spent my first your license. In the US you smart, funny, interesting we have advent calendars, few years up in Harrow. My could go solo at 16, but you people from every walk of cards, decorations and family then moved back couldn’t take your flying life. Everybody has a story Christmas books, and to this area for a few years, test until you were 17. So, to tell and we have a lot of upcycled items such as just off Sussex Gardens, I did my solo hours over fun, with plenty of friendly shopping bags made out but when I was 11 years in America and then had banter. of saris, which make ideal old we moved to Guernsey my pilot’s license forward Getting to play shop presents. We also have
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from one disaster to the next and we’re continually asking for money for a specific disaster or humanitarian crisis. That’s a very important part of what we do: bringing hope to people in dire need. But Oxfam is a really optimistic organisation, because at its core it’s an anti-poverty charity. If you look on the website, you get deluged with really upbeat stories of people who, with Oxfam funding, have managed to bring themselves out of whatever troubles they were in. I came back to Marylebone 30 years ago because my father kept telling me it was an up and coming area. I suppose it has finally up and come. I sometimes think it’s a bit too chic for me these days and I’m expecting the locals to tell me that I don’t really fit in anymore. the Oxfam Unwrapped jumbled up bits of wood But although Marylebone scheme which is great: that she thought made up has changed a lot over the One of the most unusual you can buy gift vouchers, two children’s toys. That years, some things have items donated to the worth as much or as little was all the information stayed the same. And I shop was a rare, beautiful as you want, for a specific we had to go on. It turned really like that. The same and quite large framed purpose. For example, into an episode of the guy has cut my hair for historical map of Peking. buying bikes for children Krypton Factor with 30 years and some of the We sold it at auction for so they can get to school, three of us scratching businesses have been here £1,500. We also had a big or equipment or animals our heads. There was for as long as I have. sculpture of a brain that for farmers, that sort of me with my law degree, I like to while away an was knocking around for thing. If you are looking a colleague with a PhD afternoon at the Wallace a while for an unusual Christmas in quantum mechanics Collection and also spend present, I think a pig or a and another chap with at a lot of time in Paddington goat really fits the bill. least two masters degrees Street Gardens. Those are One of the most trying desperately to work the places where you’ll unusual items donated out which bits of wood find me the most. Or else to the shop was a rare, went where. Given the I’ll be busy gardening. I beautiful and quite large amount of brain power, we am a keen gardener but framed historical map of took entirely too long to have very limited space. My Peking. We knew it was establish that it was in fact courtyard doesn’t get any valuable and that we might a doll’s crib and high chair. sun, so I have to grow all not be able to sell it in the Many people think of my plants on my doorstep, shop and so we sold it at Oxfam as a charity that which is south-facing. I auction for £1,500. We also only deals with disaster also grow a few food crops, had a big sculpture of a relief and emergency but they are only good for brain that was knocking response. I think it can get summertime, because you around for a while. quite depressing in that can’t really grow cabbages Last Christmas, a lady respect, because the world and potatoes on your came in with a bag full of is continually lurching doorstep.
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Orrery Epicerie shop here. At the weekend, I live in France, in Lyon, so when I am here I am always working. My days are really packed.
Drinks I would go to Chiltern Firehouse, probably for a manhattan or an old fashioned—or maybe I’d have a glass or two of wine at my place, Blandford Comptoir. We have about 50 or 60 wines by the glass now. My sommelier, Roma, is in charge of everything, and there is always something new and interesting.
Eating out I love Fairuz, the Lebanese restaurant on Blandford Street. It’s not a fashionable place, but when you talk about hospitality, this is what it is all about. It’s not a fancy restaurant, but you feel Breakfast welcome, you have a good MY I have six restaurants now, time, you get good food. I love Fairuz, the Lebanese so I am very busy. I usually I love those guys. PERFECT restaurant on Blandford do breakfast at home, Street. It’s not fancy, but DAY but if I am here, I go to Eating in you feel welcome, you have XAVIER ROUSSET the Orrery Epicerie: just I would head to La a good time, you get good a croissant and jam, or a Fromagerie for a cheeky The restaurateur food. I love those guys piece of toast with jam, plate of cheese—they behind Blandford something very simple. have been a good supplier Comptoir and for Blandford Comptoir the reopened Coffee for many years and they Gunmakers pub A single espresso at will be supplying The Monocle. I stopped Gunmakers too. I think describes his perfect drinking lattes years the Natural Kitchen has Marylebone day ago—I just have espressos some very good produce INTERVIEW: CLARE FINNEY now. About five a day. Fresh air as well, and then there’s Regent’s Park is the best my friend Laurent at Le Shopping park in London, no doubt Vieux Comptoir for really I love Rococo chocolates. at all. I would have a walk good French wine. You The Ultimate Party Space I picked up a box the other around there, see the can have a great time in day, and they were just squirrels, the swans— Marylebone. You can eat amazing. I love Conran when you are there you can really well. for window shopping. It is hardly hear anything at all. beautiful. It’s perfect. Anything else If I could have one thing, Culture Outfit it would be to get rid of the It has to be the Wallace I wouldn’t know! Food any cars! It would be so nice to Collection. A beautiful time, drinks any time, but pedestrianise Marylebone. place. I rarely get the chance to The traffic is terrible.
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I was studying conducting in Germany when I ran out of money. They needed a conductor for a German production of Cats—I don’t think I even knew what the hell that was—so I went along for an audition and found myself being hired
Daniel Bowling
Daniel Bowling, head of musical theatre at the Royal Academy of Music I am originally from Portland, MUSICAL Oregon, but grew up mainly in the southwestern part of the United States. My father worked for the Indian health service and his job required us to move to anywhere there was an YOUTH Indian reservation. I was very lucky to This year, the Royal Academy of Music is marking the be surrounded by music. My mum is a brilliant musician and my aunt was 25th anniversary of its musical theatre programme a piano professor and composer, and with a museum exhibition devoted to the genre. some of my earliest memories are of The Journal meets some of the people involved in the hanging out underneath our grand prestigious postgraduate course and the exhibition piano, just listening. At my Catholic grade school in INTERVIEWS: JEAN-PAUL AUBIN-PARVU Arizona, a retired couple had offered IMAGES: ORLANDO GILI to head up the school band. They
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were both brilliant musicians. The once I was working for Cameron, that badly they want it. You have to be husband had been the principal then led to doing a huge number of absolutely singular in your focus. clarinettist for John Philip Sousa, and his productions as music supervisor. Seeing students becoming his wife had been a trumpet player on I became head of musical theatre successful in the industry is an the vaudevillian circuit in America— at the Royal Academy of Music in incredible feeling. And it’s gratifying back then it was most unusual for a 2016. Mary Hammond, an old friend in a way that working in the woman to play the trumpet. Together, and colleague, founded this course professional world never could be. they developed the school band into 25 years ago. We’d had a couple Here our students are like sponges something incredible. My brother of conversations in the past about and they want it so badly. Their was a member and I was desperate teaching. My career had got to the desire to learn and to enter into the to be part of it. I was around six or stage where everything began to feel profession is really inspirational. seven and wanted to play trombone, like a repetition, so I told Mary that if There have been so many success but they told me my arm was too the right situation ever presented itself, stories. We have been very, very lucky. short and handed me a cornet. I later I’d certainly think about it. I was in switched to trumpet and by the age of New York when she phoned to tell me Gabrielle Gale, about 14 was at a level that was quite that this was coming up. And I kind of Royal Academy of Music museum unusual. I ended up studying trumpet just did it on a whim. curator at the Curtis Institute of Music in Our musical theatre postgraduate What a Song and Dance: Celebrating Philadelphia, got my degree and then programme is a performance course Musical Theatre is a free exhibition went down the classical music road. rather than an academic one—I’m marking the 25th anniversary of our I was a professional trumpet player not an academic in any way, shape or musical theatre programme. The for a while, but became a bit unhappy form. Our aim is to hone the students exhibition is in two parts. Act one is in that world. I had always been into top notch musical theatre artists. all of the historical archive material, interested in conducting, so decided We try to do everything at the highest moving through a potted history of to see if I could turn that into a career. possible level. For example, we put on musical theatre. Act two displays items I was studying conducting in Germany productions across the year and I tell that help pick apart the different when I ran out of money. They needed our students that my goal isn’t for us to elements that go together to make a a conductor for a German production do something as good as a West End show, including set design, lighting, of Cats—I don’t think I even knew production—my goal is for us to do it costume, choreography and the roles what the hell that was—so I went along a hell of a lot better. of the director and producer. for an audition and found myself being To have a sustained career in People always think that musical hired. If the boot had been on the musical theatre takes, first and theatre is the poor man’s version of other foot, I wouldn’t have given me a foremost, desire. One thing I’ve opera, but in actual fact the origins second look: I didn’t have a clue. But seen time and time again in this are the other way around—opera the one thing I could do was stand up profession is that it’s not necessarily stems from early musical theatre, in front of an orchestra and get them the most talented people who which goes right back to Greek and from A to Z, which luckily was what succeed. When I audition each Roman times. The tipping point they asked me to do at the audition. student, I sit and talk to them about came in the golden age of Broadway Back in 1993, that was my introduction that, and just try to get a sense of how musicals, where Americans really to musical theatre, a world I barely even knew existed. And I loved it. From there, things just snowballed. To have a sustained career in musical Again I was just very lucky. For theatre takes, first and foremost, example, on that first production desire. One thing I’ve seen time and I met Gillian Lynne, an incredible time again in this profession is that human being and artist, and the it’s not necessarily the most talented first woman to have a theatre named people who succeed after her in the West End. And I started having some interactions Daniel Bowling with the offices of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh. When Cameron brought the first production of Miss Saigon to Germany I was hired to be the associate music director. I landed on my feet. I don’t know how or why, but straight away I was working with the world’s biggest producer of musicals. The gods were smiling on me. And
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took the genre and made it their own. the Beast and my eyes just lit up. I’ve the first week where I felt like I just That became the template for all probably seen Wicked 10 times. My shouldn’t be here. But everyone is musical theatre. parents wanted me to do something so supportive and because you can The exhibition includes items from academic, so I went to university see yourself improve week on week, our collection, which I supplemented to study social policy with crime. I you realise that you can do this. You with loans from the Cameron absolutely loved university but hated know you’re just going to get better Macintosh archive to really flesh out my course, so after six months I because you’re in such great hands. the narrative. The star piece from returned home to Surrey and told my I have always acted, sung and our collection is Arthur Sullivan’s parents that I was either switching danced, but never to a standard composing piano. He was the father to drama or dropping out. The that you’d see in the West End or on of English operetta and had been following September, I started my Broadway. And that’s the standard I a student at the Royal Academy of drama degree at Birmingham. want to be able to hit and sustain, not Music. My favourite exhibit is the red After graduating, everybody just for one performance, but to last flag from Les Miserables, which was started applying for drama school, an entire run. One of my ambitions used in the West End production but I didn’t think I stood a chance is to be Nala in The Lion King. That’s from 2010 to 2015. It reminds me of and decided to get a job instead. I been my dream for a very long time, the most dramatic moment in the spent last year working for a radio like my whole life. show, when the character Enjolras and television content creation dies on the barricade and the red flag company, but sitting behind a desk Rafal Supinski, student drapes dramatically from the top. It just wasn’t for me. When I started Back home in Poland, I was working is slightly tatty and really makes me thinking about what I really wanted at the opera house in Bialystok as an think how many times it must have to do, the answer was musical actor, singer and assistant director. lived through that evocative moment. theatre. I came to the open day here But it wasn’t enough for me because There are all sorts of innovations and saw a performance by Paige, a I’d been dreaming about the Royal happening in musical theatre these former graduate who’s now on The Academy of Music ever since I was a days, which I think makes it a hugely Lion King tour. She is a black girl like drama school student in Krakow. I exciting genre. The performers me and has been really successful, so believed that this would be the best have to be able to sing, dance and I decided to apply. And here we are. place in the world to develop my act, which is both really exciting for It feels incredible to be a member musical theatre skills. the audience and very challenging of the musical theatre company. The It’s an incredible feeling to be able for the performers. So I’m in awe of other students are the most amazing to share your ideas and the emotions them, basically. We hear our students people in the world. We’ve only been of your character with the audience. practising in the rehearsal studios here a few months and are already I also believe that theatre can be a downstairs. They really are incredibly like a family—we call ourselves the type of therapy for people, because talented. RAM Fam. The talent here, it’s crazy. everyone has problems. When they You walk down the hallway and come to the theatre, they can feel a Stephanie Lindo, student hear people belting out the Wicked connection with the artists, which I have always loved musical theatre. classics—you’ve got legit singers in is why they feel relief after the show. At the age of four I saw Beauty and here. It got to the point at the end of Theatre is cathartic.
The performers have to be able to The other students are the most sing, dance and act, which is both amazing people in the world. We’ve really exciting for the audience and only been here a few months and very challenging for the performers. are already like a family—we call So I’m in awe of them, basically ourselves the RAM Fam
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The teachers are amazing. They wanted to be the best that I could be. are trying to push our limits more WHAT A SONG AND I think singing is my strength, and more. The programme covers DANCE: CELEBRATING because it’s where I’m most absolutely everything, from singing, MUSICAL THEATRE comfortable. But the dancing acting, spoken word, dancing FREE has always been my achilles heel. and movement through to voice UNTIL 22nd FEBRUARY I’ve never been able to maintain tutorials. I have my strengths and choreography beyond a certain Royal Academy of Music Museum weaknesses. Tap is definitely one of point—I can keep about five counts THE PORTMAN ESTATE Marylebone Road, NW1 5HT my weaknesses, and as my English is of eight in mind, but then I’m just ram.ac.uk/museum still weak, I can find it hard to express completely confused. I’m trying WISHES YOU A VERY myself. You just have to focus and to get to a place where I’m only overcome each obstacle. We need to minimally confused! be focussed on every single lesson. My ambition is to be on Broadway. I am enjoying being in London, That’s been my dream since I was though it’s a very hectic city. a kid. But I also want to open a rep Everything is so fast. I do miss theatre company where you spit out MERRY CHRISTMAS Poland. There’s still a part of my shows quickly—a new show every soul that feels I could be back in my week or fortnight. That sounds comfort zone, working as an actor amazing to me, because the process at my opera house, and nothing’s is almost my favourite part of theatre. changed. But it was my decision to it started. After graduating college I like being on stage, don’t get me make a switch and go further. I started performing in community wrong, but the process of figuring I have only just opened my theatre and regional theatre in out what the character wants, why dream book, so I don’t know what Florida and have been working they walked over there, why they will happen in the future. Maybe ever since. picked up that cup—I love that part. I will go back to Poland and share Two years ago I came to Europe my knowledge with my colleagues for the first time and met an Tom Stephens, student there, or perhaps I will stay here. But American actor who was really good, I studied materials engineering at right now I just want to be part of the but in ways that I couldn’t quite put Imperial College and then did a company. my finger on—he had real nuances masters in science journalism, and in his acting. He told me that he’d I spent the past year freelancing in Khadija Sallet, student been to grad school in London. I science radio for the BBC. So why I’m from New York City, born found out about this course at the the switch to musical theatre? Music and raised. In 1996, I saw the Royal Academy of Music and came has always been a massive part of my musical Beauty and the Beast with to London to meet the company life. I’ve been playing violin since Toni Braxton as Belle. That was manager, Katie Blumenblatt. When I was five and just fell in love with groundbreaking for my little six- she asked why I’d want to come to the music more and more—and not year-old self and it made me want to programme, being that I was already just classical music. I remember the do what she was doing. That’s where a working actor, I told her that I first time my parents put on Sweet Child o’ Mine by Guns and Roses. Something in my brain just went: “Boof! What is this?” So I took up The process is almost my favourite the guitar. Since then, I’ve been part. I like being on stage, don’t get dreaming about making music the me wrong, but figuring out what the main fixture in my life. character wants, why they walked I was so overcome with emotion over there, why they picked up that when I found out I’d been accepted cup—I love that part onto this course. It feels incredible to be part of this company and I’m Khadija Sallet so grateful to be taught by world experts. They see something in me that I’m trying to find. The course is full-on, for sure, and by the end of the day you’re exhausted, but because you are doing something you love it just zips by. ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC Marylebone Road, NW1 5HT ram.ac.uk WWW.PORTMANESTATE.CO.UK
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A mathematician who works in a Kok Kiya Valley, Kyrgyzstan Cinque Terre, Italy Kyrgyzstan was definitely the The Cinque Terre is a string of museum; a city boy who spends all most isolationist hiking I’ve five old seaside villages perched his leave in the countryside; a self- done. I was part of a small on five rocky outcrops of the described people-person who takes group—walking on your own Italian coastline. I went there is not permitted by law, it’s too in December 2018, and I would himself off hiking for days on end, dangerous because of bears encourage everyone to do these despite having “a terrible sense of and so on —but we were the first hikes in the winter, because it’s direction”. Labelling someone a westerners to hike this trail. so much cheaper, and it’s not too It opened in September 2018, hot—about 15C, which is perfect ‘mass of contradictions’ seemed and we were the guinea pigs. hiking weather for a Brit! There lazy and glib until I met Peter Elia: We were walking with nomads, are so many lovely restaurants worker at The Wallace Collection by who showed us how they lived and cafes along the way, where without a permeant home or you can sit and watch the world go day, and by holiday a cult Instagram electricity. As you can see, there by. Not all of them are open out of sensation. Entitled The Man Who is no infrastructure, no pylons: season, of course, but those that Hiked the World, his dazzlingly there is nothing. The nearest are will be full of locals, so you hospital is a 10-hour drive away. have a really good regional food colourful chronicle of photography This certainly appeals to a rather than tourist fare, and you and scribblings from the globe’s “great certain type of follower, though get to eat with them. This is a nice walking routes” has garnered 91,000 increasingly, people do like to feel weekend walk, too; it’s not too like pioneers. Everyone likes to technical, and it’s all on the coast. followers at the time of writing—I be the first to discover a ‘hidden hope, by the time you have finished treasure’. this, it will at least be 91,001—making it one of the largest hiking Instagram accounts on the internet. “I set up this Instagram page in 2016 mainly because I liked the David Bowie song, The Man Who Sold the World,” he recalls. “I did like hiking, but in a kind of Cotswolds, spot of afternoon tea, nice hotel kind of way.” Though he’d hiked in Nepal, Peru and India on his gap year, at 44 years old it was a slightly spontaneous trip to Greenland that launched Peter’s it was Peter himself who was going out.” He doesn’t need to elaborate: an parallel life. “I first thought, when my viral, as hundreds of largely Danish image above my head of the echoing friend asked me to come, that’s a bit readers flocked towards his Instagram mountains and wind-whistling plains too next-level for me,” he laughs. “But page. He put two and two together of southern Kyrgyzstan, where he I fancied a change, so I went with it. I quickly—he is a maths graduate, after hiked with nomads last year, is all the didn’t even take a camera, just took my all—and “got the idea of this being a convincing I need. mobile.” On the way he made a video good formula: contacting magazine Endearing and epic, awe-inspiring diary and uploaded it to YouTube, “for editors, offering photos, getting yet conversational, Peter’s Instagram myself as much as anyone. It’s not every publicity, and building a platform” account is a mirror of the man. Heart- day you hike round Greenland.” Nor to follow his hiking endeavours. “I’d stopping photos of cobalt lakes and is it every day a fair-weather hiker’s love to say I’d been found organically, snowy peaks are captioned with song video diary is picked up by the editor but after the initial rush it’s been quite lyrics like ‘Cold as Ice’ or ‘Get It On’, of a Danish magazine, who finds it hard work to get to 91,000 followers,” complete with musical note emojis. entertaining enough to ask for an he says openly. “You don’t get to that Landscapes from Svalbard, the article: but fortune favours the brave— level without work unless you’ve Norwegian wilderness where there especially when they come with a managed to get tea with Kate and are more polar bears than people, are self-deprecating sense of humour and Will or something like that.” indiscriminately interspersed with an eye for epic landscape shots. shots of the South Downs, where I The rest is social media history. That he walks great distances was walking only last weekend. The “This editor asked me to write about carrying his camera and camping resulting impression is—fittingly the experience for an article, and equipment gives him, he says, “a for an information assistant at The supply some photos, and I said yes, unique perspective”. “It’s easy to park Wallace Collection—exactly that of a not really thinking about it. I didn’t the car and get a snap of a nice view knowledgeable attendant guiding you realise his Greenland Facebook page from the road,” he explains when we through a gallery; someone friendly had 250,000 followers.” Fast forward meet, over coffee in Souli Foods, the and engaging, who assumes neither to the hours immediately following Marylebone cafe that is currently ignorance nor expertise. It is accessible the article’s publication and his phone exhibiting some of his work. “But I will in every sense of the word. “Anyone was “going mad with notifications. I hike for 100 miles to get pictures not of decent fitness can do the hikes I thought it had a virus,” he laughs—but seen before, and that makes me stand do. I don’t use ropes, there’s nothing
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Oxnadal, Iceland Wadi Rum, Jordan Laghi Di Fuisine, Italy Though the navigation app I The big appeal of Wadi Rum is It was local knowledge that use, Maps.me, is about 95 per that you can get an EasyJet flight brought me here. I arrived in Italy cent accurate, I do still get lost to Aqaba, nearby—so although early in the morning and didn’t occasionally. It’s worrying of it looks remote and exotic, it is need to catch my connecting course, but sometimes it’s a actually very accessible. That flight until late afternoon, so I blessing in disguise. This was said, it is the desert, so it’s one decided to go for a walk. A local one of those times. While we of the ones where you do really told me, you’ve got to check out were trying to find our way, I saw need a guide. I was there for four this lake, so I set off, and I’d only this beautiful shot with the white nights, in the Wadi Rum camp, walked two kilometres from house, and I put it on Instagram and caught this beautiful sunset. the bus stop when I found this with the caption “Please tell extraordinary place. I loved me where I am!” I got so many the greenery, palatial lake, and responses from all these the fact that it’s two countries Icelanders arguing as to where in one: those mountains in the I was. Then this lady contacted background are in Slovenia. me: she’d been brought up in the white house, she said, and could tell me exactly where I was standing.
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La Palma, Tenerife On the opposite end of the spectrum to Kyrgyzstan is this, near La Palma in Tenerife. This hiking trail is just 30 minutes from the resort. It’s the tree that’s the star here: this is El Drago, the oldest and largest living specimen of the dragon tree. It is said to be a thousand years old. I really liked it: it’s like a fairy tale, but it is so easily reached.
technical, and it’s not expensive.” On sit comfortably with yourself if you’re Though the idea of drawing a line the contrary, enabling his followers to hike comfortably with yourself.” between The Wallace Collection’s to circumvent overpriced tour If hiking has made Peter a better galleries and Peter’s Instagram page companies is a key part of his mission. person—and he insists it has—it’s feels glib, it’s hard not to broach the Whether you’re scrolling through because he has spent so much time subject. After all, Peter has spent the his Instagram, or venturing into The outside, moving. “There’s a reason past seven years surrounded by some Wallace Collection, Peter’s happy that, when people are upset or angry, of the greatest paintings of the 18th confidence makes everyone feel at they say they are going for a walk to and 19th centuries. “I don’t have an ease. ‘clear their head’.” arts background, but I’ve been there Besides, he smiles, you are rarely a long time. I’ve given a few talks. Which is why, to a monophobic alone for long. “In most places I hike, I If you take an interest, you get to city mouse like me, his decision to have a conversation with every person know the pieces pretty well,” he says spend hours alone, without signal or I bump into.” In that respect, it is the modestly. “My favourite area is the streaming services, can seem baffling. opposite of London, where “even if 19th century gallery, which covers Peter is personable. He grew up in you see someone you know on the the Romantic period. It’s all about London, with parents who both tube, you tend to keep your head down being apprehensive about modern hailed from large cities. How has he because you’re busy. Walking in the technology and looking back at learnt to love hiking solo? “At first, it countryside on your own is actually simpler times—toward nature, and was very difficult—because you’re the vehicle that allows you to speak to pastoral scenes.” Though Peter happily on your own, with no excuses. It’s just everyone freely, without distractions,” acknowledges that his success, and you and your thoughts, and you have he continues. “People have shared indeed his sense of direction, depends to start confronting yourself about their food with me. I’ve even shared on his iPhone, “this is the art that has things—because what else are you mine, on occasion.” He prefers to influenced my photography most”. going to do?” If the job’s not right, you steer clear of social media while We’re still in this cycle, he continues. have to address it. If the relationship’s hiking, in order to fully engage with “Donald Trump, Brexit, the climate not working, you have to think about the experience. He uses his phone for crisis—it’s all making us all nostalgic it, he explains. “In London, it’s easy to Maps.me, a navigation app you can use for the simplicity and beauty of nature. distract yourself with friends and work offline, but his Instagram page can That’s the sort of relief I hope to offer and so on, but out there, you have to wait until he gets home. in my photography.”
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The colourful, violent tale of James Figg, a fighter without equal in early Georgian London, who from his Marylebone amphitheatre punched, cudgelled and hacked his way to national celebrity WORDS: MARK RIDDAWAY ILLUSTRATIONS: MATTHEW HANCOCK
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Nobody really knows exactly when distinctly menacing. And there he is recommended that boxers aim their James Figg was born. Being from a again in Southwark Fair—a depiction punches between the eyebrows as this poor, illiterate agricultural family of the annual festival in Borough at causes the eyelids to swell, obstructing in the small Oxfordshire town of which Figg would earn easy money the sight. “The man thus indecently Thame, his birth wasn’t notable by offering to fight any member of treated and artfully hoodwinked,” enough to be properly recorded. It the public cocky enough and drunk he wrote, “is then beat about at his was probably 1695, maybe earlier. enough to want to take him on. In adversary’s discretion.” He also But by the time of his death in 1734, Hogarth’s painting Figg can be advised that blows to the stomach and his burial in the grounds of the seen wielding a sword while sitting “may be attended with a vomiting of St Marylebone parish church, Figg on a horse, waiting patiently for a blood”. Queensbury Rules this wasn’t. had managed to batter his way firmly challenge. Back-sword fighting was a brutal into the national consciousness as pursuit which made bare knuckle the most brutal and successful prize Figg was a big man with a shaven brawling look like a bit of a picnic. fighter in Britain. head and an imposingly muscular The back-sword was a small one- Details of his early life are scarce, physique. Pierce Egan, one of the sided blade designed for slashing but it seems that Figg initially made first historians of pugilism, described and cutting, far removed from the a living fighting for money at local the fighter in his 1812 Boxiana as elegant movements associated with fairs, before his growing reputation being “more indebted to strength fencing. Fighters wore no protective and the diminishing ranks of local and courage for his success in the clothing, with the result that Figg’s lads stupid enough to share a ring battlefield than to the effects of body was a web of scar tissue. Godfrey with him forced the young bruiser to genius”. At a time when prize fights recounts a back-sword bout between head for London. The first mention often consisted of a round of sword William Gill—one of Figg’s pupils— of his exploits in the capital comes fighting, a round of cudgels and and an Irishman named Butler. from an advert in the Daily Courant a round of boxing, Figg was far Gill was renowned for aiming at his from June 1714, which suggests that more technically accomplished opponents’ legs, and on this occasion he was a pupil of one Timothy Buck with weaponry than he was with he wounded the Irishman with a cut of Clare Market, off The Strand. his fists. Captain John Godfrey, “more severe and deep” than Godfrey Around the same time, he appeared, who was taught to fight by Figg and had ever seen before. “His leg was muscles rippling, in a sketch by the was himself a talented swordsman, laid quite open, his calf falling down portrait artist Jonathan Richardson. wrote of his mentor: “Figg was to his ankle.” Butler was stitched Figg soon caught the eye of the the Atlas of the sword, and may up but surgeons who operated on Earl of Peterborough, under whose he remain the gladiating statue! lowly brawlers weren’t up to much. patronage he was able to open an In him, strength, resolution and The wound became infected and arena in Marylebone Fields, just unparalleled judgement conspired to after a botched amputation the north of Oxford Street. The arena, form a matchless master.” He heaped Irishman “soon expired”. In such known as either Figg’s Amphitheatre praise upon Figg’s use of “time and circumstances, the fact that Figg or the Boarded House, became home measure” and described his way with retired with all his limbs in place was to an academy at which Figg taught a sword as “charming”. proof of his considerable skill. other young fighters. In the centre According to Egan, Figg’s way The most famous of Figg’s was a ring—demarcated with wooden with his fists was far less elegant: “If hundreds of fights were with boards rather than ropes—in which his methods of fighting were subject Ned Sutton, a pipe maker from Figg fought regular bouts in front of to the criticism of the present day, Gravesend—“a resolute, pushing, large, noisy, blood-thirsty, drunken he would be denominated more of a awkward swordsman,” according to crowds. slaughterer than a neat and finished Godfrey. Figg vs Sutton was the Ali During the 1720s Figg became a pugilist.” But early 18th century vs Frazier of its day. The first time celebrity of huge public standing. boxing wasn’t the subtle chess match they fought, Sutton won—the only This was the result partly of the savage of gloved fists and tight defences recorded instance of Figg ever losing beatings he handed out to most of his that characterise the modern sport. a fight. A rematch was arranged opponents, and partly of his publicity Instead it was a brutal bare-knuckle in which Figg exacted his revenge, material being produced by the great brawl in which fighters were expected setting up a third bout in 1725, to be painter, engraver and satirist William to use their elbows and fingers, throw held at the Boarded House. Hogarth. Hogarth not only designed their opponents to the floor and land The fight was attended by John Figg’s flyers (“James Figg—Master punches and kicks even after their Byrom, a well-known poet whose of the Noble Science of Defence”) opponents were down and out. works were often published in the but also managed to sneak Figg’s This was a form of boxing in Spectator. According to Byrom, in likeness into some of his most famous which blood and broken bones a poem published soon afterwards works of art. There he is in the second were accepted, even demanded. and reprinted in the London Journal plate of A Rake’s Progress, holding Godfrey, in his book A Treatise in 1727 to mark yet another epic a pair of quarterstaffs and looking Upon the Useful Science of Defence, rematch, the bout started with a
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have fought on, but Jove would not permit him; / ‘Twas his fate, not his fault, that constrain’d him to yield, / And thus the great Figg became lord of the field.” Figg retired from fighting in 1730, after which he devoted his time to passing on some of his skills to the students who flooded to his academy. Godfrey rated him as the best teacher around: “I chose to go mostly to Figg partly as I knew him to be the ablest master and partly as he was of a rugged temper and would spare no man, high or low, who took up stick against him.” It was a painful experience: “I purchased my knowledge with many a broken head and bruise in every part of me.”
As well as being a fighter, teacher and national celebrity, Figg was also a bit of a promoter—an early Don King, but with far less hair. One of the most famous fights of the era was arranged by Figg in 1725—an epic scrap between a boxer from Venice known imaginatively as Gondolier and a grazier named Bob Whitaker. The fight came about through a wager made at Slaughter’s coffee house between a foreigner, who was talking up the Venetian, and an English gentleman who thought this a slight on Blighty. The Englishman “sent for Figg to procure a proper man for him”. On arriving at the coffee shop, Figg was warned that the Venetian was a “man of extraordinary strength and round of the back-sword, during famous for breaking the jaw-bone
which Figg—after breaking his own in boxing”. His response was almost Today, a pub debate would result sword with a stroke so brutal it would King-like in its sass: “I do not know, in a few spilled pints and an have “discarded” Sutton’s head had master, but he may break one of his agreement to disagree. In 18th it not been deflected—soon found own countrymen’s jawbones with his century London it led instead to the himself wounded in the side, an fist; but I will bring him a man and procuring of a panther (god knows injury he treated with “sullen disdain” he shall not break his jaw-bone with a where from), the hiring of an arena and some smart-mouthed banter with sledge-hammer in his hand.” and the collection of a £300 purse the crowd. After breaking for a quick Figg chose Whitaker—“a hardy dram of strong booze, the fighters fellow and would bear a deal of resumed, with Sutton taking a cut on beating”. According to the London the arm. Following a further break, Journal, Whitaker was “entertained they returned with cudgels. Finally, at Mr Figg’s house for instruction after a punishing exchange of blows, and proper diet till the day of Figg made the breakthrough: “So Jove battle”. The fight caught the public told the gods he had made a decree, imagination, and thousands of / That Figg should hit Sutton a stroke pounds were wagered: “In a word, on the knee. / Tho’ Sutton, disabled the public daily enter into this affair as soon as he hit him, / Would still with so much passion for the event,
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debate would result in a few spilled Figg’s fighters weren’t always men. pints and an agreement to disagree. Fights between women were a huge In 18th century London it led draw, with the most famous female instead to the procuring of a panther brawler being Mrs Stokes, the (god knows where from), the hiring self-proclaimed ‘Invincible City of an arena and the collection of a Championess’ £300 purse. The advertisement then spirals off into a tragicomic list of the other entertainments on offer in the arena on the same evening. “NB, also a bear to be baited and a mad green CHRISTMAS bull to be turn’d loose in the gaming place with fireworks all over him and bull dogs after him, a dog to be drawn up with fireworks in the middle of the yard and an ass to be CONCERT baited on the same stage.” Let me run that by you again: after watching and gentlemen are so warm on both the self-proclaimed ‘Invincible City a panther fight 12 dogs, the crowd sides, that it looks like a national Championess’. In 1725, Figg hosted would be entertained by a bear being IN ASSOCIATION WITH concern.” a battle between Mrs Stokes and attacked, a bull being killed by dogs, On the night of the fight, Figg’s an Irish boxer. An advertisement and then a dog being blown apart Amphitheatre was filled to the brim in Mist’s Journal ramped up the with fireworks. And finally, for a with what Godfrey called “a splendid excitement: “The gentlemen of nice gentle coda, a donkey would be company, the politest house of that Ireland have been long picking out slaughtered. Happy days. kind I ever saw”. The high class of an Hibernian heroine to match All this violence did have its the crowd at first worked painfully Mrs Stokes; there is now one arrived critics and there were frequent to Whitaker’s disadvantage. Early in here, who, by her make and stature, bouts of moral panic played out in the fight the muscular Italian struck seems mighty enough to eat her up.” London’s burgeoning new journals the Englishman so hard that he was It was expected to be a well-attended and newspapers. In 1724 the Daily knocked off the stage. “Whitaker’s fight: “This being like to prove a Journal attacked the boxing arenas misfortune,” wrote Godfrey, “was notable and diverting engagement, “for calling raw tradesmen out of then the grandeur of the company, it’s not doubted but abundance of their shops, students from their Concert starts at 7pm on which account they suffered no gentlemen will crowd to Mr Figg’s books, apprentices and hired Thursday 12th December 2019 common people in, that usually sit Amphitheatre.” servants, and even his Majesty’s on the ground and line the stage soldiers from their duty, to attend St Marylebone Parish Church, London round. It was then all clear and Boxing wasn’t the only show on at the rude and savage diversions, Whitaker had nothing to stop him the bill at Figg’s place. Paying where prophaneness reigns but the bottom.” customers were also entertained by triumphantly, vollies of the most After scrambling back into the extraordinary displays of barbarity dreadful oaths being pour’d out Join us for an evening of festivities in the ring the Englishman soon twigged against animals. An advertisement in incessantly, and picking of pockets that Gondolier’s superior reach was a 1721 edition of the Weekly News—a practic’d openly with impunity”. stunning setting of St Marylebone Parish Church causing him trouble, so he moved journal specialising in foreign The Journal’s solution to this inside to fight up close. “He, with a affairs coverage—promises a mind growing social problem was a novel Along with the opportunity to join in and sing some well-known carols, little stoop, ran boldly in beyond the boggling spectacle: “At the Boarded one, and one that was never likely the programme will also feature special readings from renowned Hollywood actors heavy mallet, and with one English House in Marybone-Fields on to succeed: “Mr Jones, the famous and Prince’s Trust Ambassadors, Jeremy Irons and Joely Richardson and an exclusive peg in the stomach (quite a new Monday 24 of this infant July will be High-Constable of Holborn, in performance from Award-Winning Classical Soprano, Katie Marshall. thing to foreigners) brought him on a match fought between the wild and whose division this nuisance chiefly his breech.” The Italian decided that savage panther and 12 English dogs.” lies, will speedily be commission’d “the blow carried too much of the The ad goes on to explain that this to take one single bout at staff with Special Marylebone Journal Readers Offer: £20 for a standard English rudeness for him to bear”, bout resulted from the boasts of an this terrible Mr Figg, he being as seated ticket using code MARYLEBONE19 and the yellow-bellied foreigner unnamed foreigner who had been well vers’d in the true exercise of threw in the towel. putting it about around London that weapon as Mr Figg, or any of Figg’s fighters weren’t always that a panther could easily take on his fraternity.” But Mr Jones and BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW! men. 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“What really fascinated me was the £4.7 billion in 2018, with the United WHISKY kind of people who were asking for States becoming the first country to whisky,” says Sukinder Singh, co- import over £1 billion-worth. GALORE founder of the Whisky Exchange, “I can understand this growth recalling his days growing up in his in popularity. One of the wonderful In recent years, the quality parents’ shop. “They seemed a bit things about whisky is that there are more interesting, more considered. now thousands of different options and diversity of whiskies There was less of the ‘I just want a out there,” Sukinder explains. “It being produced around the drink’ that I would hear from some means that the phrase ‘whisky is not world, both in its traditional of the people who were buying for me’ is not quite as sustainable as it heartlands and far beyond, other spirits. I would find myself used to be. One can be very elegant, wondering about what kind of lives another more peaty and robust, some has been growing at pace. they led once they left the shop.” have heavy sherry notes from being With the help of some It is rather apt that the spirit that matured in sherry casks. There is just local experts, the Journal captured his imagination is also so much variety, people almost always explores the current state of known as the ‘water of life’—‘uisge- find something they like.” beatha’—in the Gaelic speaking this most evocative of drinks lands from which it emerged, a birth Scotch whisky has maintained its WORDS: VIEL RICHARDSON that is itself shrouded in mystery place at the top table, but the growth and myth. Nobody knows exactly of ‘world whisky’—the industry term when or where the first whiskies were for spirits made outside of the drink’s made. The earliest references to its traditional heartlands—is one of the production come from Scotland. stories of the moment. Every year, Some think the art of distilling the Whisky Exchange organises a came across from mainland Europe, trade show that showcases the work others that it arrived with monks of distillers from all over the world, from Ireland, and there is nothing and the list of exhibitors has been to suggest the Scots didn’t figure out growing. “In the last show there was the process all by themselves on some whisky from Israel, Switzerland, shrouded highland glen. Denmark, Sweden, France, Taiwan, The earliest documentary India, as well as established countries evidence of whisky being produced like America and Japan,” Sukinder dates from 1494 when an entry in says. Of these, one in particular has the Scottish royal exchequer rolls of had a notable impact, he explains: James IV stated: “To Friar John Cor, “There is no doubt that Japan has had by order of the King, to make aqua a significant role to play in the way vitae VIII bolls of malt.” A ‘boll’ was that world whisky has evolved.” an old Scottish measure, and while The story began with Masataka conversion into modern units can Taketsuru, a chemist and be difficult, historians generally businessman, who became the first agree that this quantity of malt Japanese master whisky distiller. would have made around 1,500 70cl His family had been brewing sake bottles today. Whisky was clearly very in Hiroshima since 1733, so the popular at court. drinks business was not new to him. The drink became so popular After studying organic chemistry that the Scottish government in Glasgow, he joined Longmorn imposed its first ‘whisky tax’ in 1664. distillery in Strathspey in 1919, then While reliable taxation of alcohol moved to the Bo’ness distillery and producers has proved challenging finally the Hazelburn distillery in the subsequent three centuries, before returning to Japan. There, tax records remain the best source he became master distiller for for estimating whisky production. Kotobukiya, later renamed Suntory, In recent years, demand for scotch and produced Japan’s first ever whisky—a name that can only be Scottish style whisky. In 1934, he used to describe whisky made in left to found his own distillery, Dai Scotland—has been soaring, from Nippon Kaju KK, in Hokkaido, every corner of the globe. According which he identified as the area of to HM Revenue and Customs, Japan that was most like Scotland. exports of scotch reached a record He later renamed the company
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For Cadenhead’s, it’s not about being a ‘disruptor’ in the market or ‘getting ahead of the curve’. We try to stay true to the philosophies we have always had. But what that cannot mean is stagnation
Steve Worrall, Cadenhead’s
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we can make use of new knowledge, processes and materials to do it better.” The aim, Steve says, is to produce whiskies that are complex, balanced and have new nuances, but which still retain the old spirit of Cadenhead’s. There is one area in particular in which innovative thinking can pay dividends: barrel management. When whisky first comes out of the still, it is a colourless liquid devoid of the complex array of flavours we know and love. It is then aged in barrels that have been used to store other drinks. As it matures, the whisky reacts with the wood, drawing out the flavours embedded within it. “Whisky makers have become so much better at understanding and managing their barrels in recent years and this is Nikka. Today, it is Japan’s second created a drink that was very fruity having a great effect on the whisky we largest distillery. and elegant and which crucially had are producing,” Steve explains. “The “Japanese whisky opened people’s its own distinct character.” main thing is not allowing the barrels minds to the possibility of great to become exhausted. You might do whisky coming from new places,” says So, how has the old country responded this by re-charring them—literally Sukinder. “I guarantee if India or to this wave of newcomers, with their setting the inside alight to char the Israel had launched whiskies before fresh ideas and perspectives? Scotland inner surface and then washing the Japanese, it would not have been has been the undisputed epicentre out the soot with water—or you received in the same way as it is today. of the whisky world for centuries, but might send the barrels away to have World whisky has a great deal to thank that position is now being challenged. something like a rum stored in them the Japanese for.” According to Steve Worrall from again for a while.” And it has started to thank them Cadenhead’s, Scotland’s oldest Drinks like cachaça, cognac, profusely. In 2003, a bottle of Yamazaki independent bottler, whose shop and calvados and a wide variety of 12-year-old single malt, produced by tasting room can be found on Chiltern different rums are all stored in Suntory, became the first Japanese Street, the Scottish distilleries cannot barrels, and Steve believes the whisky to win the gold medal at the afford to be sitting on their laurels. industry should be looking at these International Spirits Challenge, “I would definitely say that we are at as a resource, experimenting with the world’s most prestigious drinks the more traditional end of the whisky them, seeing what they can bring to competition. The year before, Hibiki, spectrum,” Steve explains. “For us, it’s the new whiskies. Barrel management another Suntory label, had won the not about being a ‘disruptor’ in the is a change that can be managed in World’s Best Blended Whisky prize market or ‘getting ahead of the curve’. a systematic way, making it easy to at the World Whiskies Awards for the We try to stay true to the philosophies control, assess and then replicate fourth time. It took nearly 70 years of we have always had. But what that the results—the only problem being hard work, but Japanese whisky has cannot mean is stagnation.” that it takes upward of a decade for very much arrived. Cadenhead’s continues to innovate, the results to be known. “We have “The Japanese were very clever in but according to Steve that means one whisky that is being matured in the way they went about developing “looking at the things we do well and mescal casks. We are going to bottle their whisky,” Sukinder continues. finding ways to do them even better”. it in Mexico to keep its provenance,” “While they were learning, they didn’t Anyone who has been on a tour of a Steve reveals. “For me, this is a really publicise or export anything they whisky distillery will know that the exciting area and is only going to get made. They also created whiskies process is essentially a simple one, more so. For example, we currently aimed at the Japanese consumer. but like most simple processes it is have some whisky that is being aged They developed a whisky to be drunk extremely difficult to do well. There for 10 years in casks that held some with food, the way the Japanese have are a million small things that need exquisite cachaça—we’ll be finding traditionally drunk sake. Japanese to go right, and while improving out the results in the next five years.” food is very delicate—things like these can have an impact on the While Steve and his colleagues sushi, yakitori and tempura, all of final drink. “We need to get a better do have a space in which they can which are light and flavoursome. In understanding of what we have done innovate, they must do so within developing their whisky this way, they in the past, why it works, and see if the stringent guidelines that govern
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The Bauhaus is one of the the exhibition in RIBA’s was that they didn’t have most iconic names in the architectural gallery. to be separated anymore worlds of architecture and Why? and work one against the design. Set up initially as PC: The idea was to try other. Gropius wanted to an art school in Berlin to connect with some of gather together people QA in 1919, it was part of the the beliefs of the Bauhaus who believed in technology modernist movement that regarding the cross- and what it could do for swept Europe in the early pollination of art and humanity; people who 20th century, as people architecture. Also, we were socially engaged and looked for ways to reshape are not just keen to talk thought that together they VALERIA the physical and social about architecture, but could create a new type CARULLO & structures ravaged by the to experiment and even of design for the modern PETE COLLARD first world war. challenge the way that it is world. They believed The interwar years were presented and displayed. that the marriage of art The curators of the a crucial time for new ideas Pezo Von Ellrichshausen is and industry could be Beyond Bauhaus in British architecture, as a young practice that works transformative. The end exhibition at RIBA young architects battled across both fields and they product Gropius imagined to make headway against offered a fresh approach. was a new approach to and on the lasting the classical norms. Their They wanted to create style of building, but you impact of the cause was given a boost more of an installation did not go to the Bauhaus Bauhaus school’s when several key members than a series of displays. and learn to be ‘a Bauhaus visionary teachers of the legendary art school For example, they used the architect’. His message was arrived in the early 1930s, colours the Bauhaus was “come here to develop a INTERVIEW: VIEL RICHARDSON making Britain, for a short primarily associated with— new philosophy”. IMAGES: EDMUND SUMNER, RIBA COLLECTIONS moment, the epicentre of red, yellow and blue—but the modernist world. diffused them with other What was the Bauhaus colours. The idea is that it approach to teaching? Tell us about the reflects the fact that when PC: I think it was probably exhibition. those colours came to different for each teacher Pete Collard: The Britain, they were mixed because they came from exhibition has three with the British tones of different fields. Before central figures. There the time and a secondary teaching, Breuer was is Walter Gropius, who layer of colours emerged. actually a student at the was the founder of the The exhibition shows the school, mainly worked on Bauhaus school, and two Bauhaus through the lens furniture design. László of the school’s tutors: of this transformational Moholy-Nagy was what we furniture designer and engagement with British would now call a mixed- architect Marcel Breuer, culture. media artist. He taught a furniture designer and the foundation course, architect, and László Why did Gropius start the where the key aim was to Moholy-Nagy, who was Bauhaus? stimulate the students’ an artist, photographer, Valeria Carullo: When creativity. It was about graphic designer and the school was founded in visual communication and interior designer—he 1919, it was not envisioned Moholy-Nagy was a genius covered all the creative as a school of architecture. in terms of understanding disciplines. The exhibition In fact, in the first few how people engaged with has been split into two years architecture was materials. He was a brilliant locations. The first floor not taught at all. Gropius and innovative educator gallery is solely focused on attracted an incredible who believed everyone had the work of Moholy-Nagy. range of remarkably the ability to be an artist. In the architectural gallery avant-garde teachers: VC: Moholy-Nagy was on the ground floor, the people like the artist Paul very much in favour of focus is more on Gropius Klee, who created cubist students working across and Breuer, looking at the and surrealist work, the disciplines. Collaboration projects they undertook painter Wassily Kandinsky, was very important to while in this country. as well as László Moholy- him. In terms of creating Nagy. The intention of a final product, it was less You chose an architecture the school was to unite about having a superstar and art practice to design art and industry. The idea leader and far more about
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The idea was to connect with some of the beliefs of the Bauhaus regarding the cross-pollination of art and architecture. We are not just keen to talk about architecture, but to challenge the way that it is presented and displayed
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the collaborative process his teachers were trying to of creating something do. I would say it is much extraordinary. In a way, more accurate to say there Moholy-Nagy was the was a Bauhaus attitude embodiment of the spirit of and philosophy. This the school—he genuinely involved engaging with new did not distinguish materials, engaging with between the disciplines. new forms of technology. He was constantly looking It was a multimedia around him and looking approach to the creative ahead, trying to develop arts, of which architectural new ideas for representing design was one. space. I think that may be VC: If one was to simplify one of the reasons that it, people would probably he remained so closely think of flat roofs, connected with architects symmetrical buildings, throughout his life. He metal windows, roof was interested in looking terraces, glass. The design at the same problem from tends towards the abstract, different perspectives. but the functional values of the building are very Why have you dedicated a important. It was about section of the exhibition creating an architecture to his photography? of the time, which would VC: He was one of the evolve as new materials and pioneers of modern needs developed. It was also photography. He was modular—the idea that an iconoclast, but his parts of a building could photographs could be seen be made in a factory and as part of the New Vision assembled on-site. It is to movement in photography. do with efficiency and very and while modernism When he came to the much to do with the now. was happening, it was Gropius wanted to gather UK, you can see there struggling to make an together people who were changes in the way Why did so many impact especially in terms believed in technology he worked. It was not the Bauhaus teachers come to of finding clients. The and what it could do for case of just keeping his Britain? modernists were definitely humanity; people who head down and chasing a VC: The school was closed hoping at the time that were socially engaged and singular vision, so I wanted by the Nazis in 1933, who their ideas could contribute thought that together they to show some of the work he hated its progressive to a shift in the direction of could create a new type did here in Britain. agenda. Before that, it had the architecture in Britain, of design for the modern had to move several times because the debate about world How would you describe due to state harassment. the direction in which the Bauhaus aesthetic It started at Weimar then architecture was going was and how is it now moved to Dessau, where in full flow. There was not understood? Gropius built the famous a great deal of modernist PC: From an architectural Bauhaus campus, and building going on. Of perspective, it is clearly ended its life in Berlin. BEYOND course, any emigre will find tied with modernism and BAUHAUS: getting work difficult, but the modernist movement. How were they received MODERNISM modernists on the whole Modernism encompasses here? IN BRITAIN were struggling to get such a broad portfolio VC: They were received 1933–66 commissions. of influences and ideas, with open arms by the UNTIL though, that it is really modernist community 1st FEBRUARY Do you think their ideas hard to undertake a single here, who were trying to disseminated into wider RIBA thread. I don’t think it is build and push things British culture? 66 Portland Place possible to say there is a in that direction. Of PC: Moholy-Nagy’s W1B 1AD specific Bauhaus visual course, any avant-garde graphic design had a architecture.com aesthetic because of the movement will draw significant impact. If you nature of what Gropius and some negative responses look at the work he did,
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Clockwise from top right: Designs for a house, for M P Horsley Esq by Leslie Martin & Sadie Speight (1935) 66 Old Church Street, Chelsea, by Gropius & Fry (1936) Electricity showrooms, Regent Street, by Gropius & Fry (1938) Flat in Highpoint One, Highgate, by Lubetkin & Tecton, with furniture by Marcel Breuer (1937) PE Gane pavilion at the Bristol Royal Show by Breuer & Yorke (1936)
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in terms of magazine ideals in their work. layout and photography, VC: You don’t see a BOOK you can see his influence sudden shift in the REVIEWS in publications beyond direction or pace of the WORDS: SASHA GARWOOD the architectural world. movement with their 56 However it is important arrival. I think that it was Anthony Schepper The ‘frommelier’ LIE WITH ME to remember that the more about the inspiration at Orrery on his PHILIPPE BESSON dissemination of ideas was they offered to existing stewardship of one Penguin, £8.99 a two-way process. and new architects. One of London’s most famous cheese VC: Yes it was, some of biography of Marcel trolleys Lie With Me is an aching, quiet, the traditions of British Breuer says that their shattering novel about desire, young architecture certainly physical presence in the love, and the conflicts of age and influenced their thinking. country mattered much experience. I have a weakness for The ideas Gropius, Breuer, more that any building queer love stories at the best of times, Mies Van der Rohe and they personally worked on but Lie with Me is pared down to the others took to America, while living here. bones, eloquent and agonising. where they had a real It is narrated by ‘Philippe’, a famous impact, definitely carried Would a person who writer, and dedicated to a Thomas influences of their time in considers themself a Andrieu, who died in 2016 just as Britain. child of the Bauhaus his fictional counterpart did. Even today design a different without the press articles elucidating What was their impact, building to someone the fact, which are several, Besson looking back? who considered themself is inviting us to read Lie with Me PC: Their arrival did so 30 years ago? autobiograpically. It is sometimes hard spark a wider in interest VC: I believe so. to disentangle the neat, tidy constructs in modernism. Gropius There have been so of fiction from the potential messiness was a star of the movement many technological of Besson’s presumably real emotional even then, so their mere advances and also, the history. How did the present-day bits arrival here was important. understanding of what of this novel play out? I won’t spoil It is difficult, however, to we want from a building the (deeply moving) ending, but this judge the specific impact has evolved. The tension between a readerly desire for of each person in the winner of this year’s narrative resolution, and awareness long term. Maxwell Fry, a Stirling Prize has of the ways in which real life rarely leading architect who was used technology provides neat and tidy answers, adds prominent in the British to create extremely another layer to what is already an modernist movement, environmentally involving and affecting story. formed a partnership friendly buildings. Besson, via Molly Ringwald’s spare with Gropius, completing This isn’t necessarily and simple translation, captures the several projects here. He something the breathless intensity of adolescence wrote a wonderful text Bauhaus would and its sense of time as elongated recalling the first time he have thought of, but and utterly absorbing. The early- saw Gropius lecture here it is undoubtably 1980s social context—homophobia, at RIBA in 1934. He was something they would secrecy, less geographical mobility, struck by the real clarity have embraced. These no mobile phones—adds to the of message, one that Fry are modern concerns poignancy of this essentially as an architect wanted to and followers of their beautiful but tragic story. Philippe follow, not simply as a task philosophy are using is a bookish misfit who “moves like for the “here and now” but modern technology to a girl sometimes”—anathema to a “mission that would last a meet them. I like to his schoolmates—and knew from lifetime”. think that more than an early age that he “prefers boys”. The Bauhaus emigres anything else, that is the “Out of instinct”, he tells us, of his brought with them the idea legacy of the Bauhaus sexuality but also his life choices, that architecture could be school. “I despised packs. That has never a force for helping wider changed.” Comfortable with BEYOND BAUHAUS: MODERNISM society. For the younger IN BRITAIN his queerness, he nevertheless generation of architects 1933 TO 1966 “sticks to who I am... in silence”. this message was an Until 1st February That silence is redoubled when RIBA awakening, giving them the 66 Portland Place, W1B 1AD his unspoken obsession with confidence to pursue these architecture.com slender, serious-faced Thomas
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is unexpectedly rewarded, first with younger Ashton Kutcher. It’s hard an assignation and then with an not to sympathise with Moore finally ultimately tender, overwhelming building the family she’d always sexual relationship. “Why me?” wanted, but also with Kutcher, Philippe asks, early on. Thomas replies suddenly swept up in a world of private that it is his very difference: “Because jets and multiple houses and co- you will leave and we will stay.” parenting with Hollywood royalty. Thomas, who is bound to inherit If you’re interested in Moore’s his father’s farm in rural Bordeaux career, or even in Hollywood and support his family and his developments over the last 40 years, disabled sister, makes absolute secrecy Inside Out is a fascinating document. the condition for their relationship. It’s also pretty good if you’re just in it Another tragedy is expressed here, for the gossip and the glamour. besides separation and loss: Philippe describes Thomas’s fear and panic not ABC OF TYPOGRAPHY just of being caught, but “of himself, DAVID RAULT ET AL and what he is”. Psychologically, it’s Self Made Hero, £14.99 very acute, and perhaps captures a different moment in queer history, an Despite being a shameless book intervening point between illegality nerd, I have never really learned and whatever it is we have now. much about (or, to be honest, been This said, Lie With Me’s yearning, particularly interested in) the history its intimacy and its narrative of There is a lot of trauma here. From of typography, despite it being compelling, obsessive desire and loss a mother who used her as “bait” in fundamental to the medium I adore. and restitution are as accessible to bars and literally sold “permission” Fortunately, Marylebone’s own those with other experiences of love as to rape her for $500, to her own comic publishers Self-Made Hero anything so profoundly sexual can be. troubled relationship with her have stepped into the breach with As a love story, a coming-of-age story, daughters, Moore shares a lot. Her David Rault’s ABC of Typography, and also a story of aging and change father committed suicide; she reacted a collaboration with some excellent and memory, Lie With Me is pretty to this with an unsuitable marriage comic artists that takes the curious close to many metaphorical knuckles. and a coke addiction, before getting reader from Mesopotamia 3,500 years sober, shifting “all her anxieties onto ago via ancient Egypt and Phoenician INSIDE OUT food”, and developing a serious eating traders to theinternet and beyond. DEMI MOORE disorder (prompted, of course, by Each section is drawn by a different Fourth Estate, £20 some Hollywood executive telling her artist, accompanied by typologist she needs to lose weight. His size goes (typographist?) Rault’s brief analysis. Inside Out is Demi Moore’s no-holds- unrecorded). My personal favourites are Seyan barred account of her life and her Alongside Hollywood misogyny, Argun’s section on the Gutenberg years in Hollywood, and honestly it’s a fatphobia and body dysmorphia, the bible, all sepia colours and grey hell of a ride. Everything is here—an thing that bothered me most about shading, or Olivier Deloye’s spare, abusive childhood, kidney disease, the environment Moore describes is spacious, immersive images, with fonts her Hollywood marriages, her acting the shameless sexual interest in and floating in the background, but a lot of career, drug addiction and eating abuse of teenagers by young adults. the art here is intelligent and arresting. disorders and emotional trauma. It’s Moore moves in with a 28-year-old For this newbie, ABC of Typography also a fascinating insight into—or, boyfriend at 16 and ditches him for is informative and interesting without alternatively, searing indictment of— her first husband Freddy less than being didactic, pushy, or patronising. the inner workings of Hollywood. a year later; this ex promptly hooks It’s pretty accessible, too—terms and What it makes up for in drama, up with a 14-year-old; Moore herself important figures are explained, and it perhaps lacks in detail. Simply describes her adult friends as attracted the typefaces under discussion are written, to the point of sparseness, to her 16-year-old brother. For those literally visually available on the page. big developments and relationships of a different generation, this is pretty There are funny moments, some are skipped over in a couple of difficult stuff, especially when allied more intentional than others, and I pages, or disappear before abruptly with the sexual double standard that admit that some of the typefaces used resurfacing at a crisis point. Which is still prevails in mainstream Hollywood for the explanatory text (particularly absolutely fine—Moore hardly owes representations of relationships. Delphine Panique’s cursive) could us detail—but can feel unsatisfying, In this context, it’s particularly be difficult to read, which seems particularly when the developments interesting to have the emotional pretty ironic in context. But that’s a she describes are interesting and inside scoop on her most famous minor complaint about a pleasingly emotional ones, as many are. recent relationship, with the much engaging, instructive, eclectic work.
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Carousel began by what it was we were doing. You’ve managed to create hosting immersive pop We started with the a space with the slickness ups, then evolved into an network we had. The first of a restaurant, but the all-singing, all-dancing chef who came was an intimacy of a supperclub. restaurant, gallery and Argentinian guy called Was that deliberate? QA event space. How did that Javier Rodriguez, who Ed: From the very first, we happen? was a friend of a friend wanted to create a sense of Ollie: This site was shown of Anna’s. Then we had shared experience, with to us and we were like, oh a chef from Paris who we everyone sitting at a long my god. The opportunity had some connection table. One of the most THE was insane: five years, with. Eventually we ran out rewarding things that TEMPLETONS central London. It needed of people we knew—we we’ve found is all these a lot of work, but we didn’t have the biggest little connections that The four cousins thought it was worth it. pool to draw on—so it happen just by bringing behind Carousel— Previous to this we’d done meant approaching people people together. Ed, Ollie, Will and a few pop ups where we’d we were excited about and Ollie: We wanted it to invited different chefs inviting them in. The more feel like you were going Anna—reflect on to do cooking battles, a who came, the more of a into someone’s house. We five years of guest thing called Rumble in reputation we built. had a base in Spain where chefs, loyal locals the Deli, and it was really Will: There’s definitely we’d all go on holiday and one exploded fun collaborating with been a shift. People were together, it’s where I grew different people, so we familiar with pop ups, up, and we’d always be in appendix riffed on that. but what we’re doing is the kitchen around this INTERVIEW: ELLIE COSTIGAN Opening a site was very different—more big table. The long tables IMAGES: CAROLINE CICCOTTI, new territory for us and manicured and controlled were actually born out of HANNAH INDIA, JOE OKPAKO even though I’d worked and there’s a level of wanting to recreate that in restaurants, I was only excellence that we stand feeling. 22 so I didn’t really feel by. Now you see the Anna: We also realised the like I could do my own idea of a chef residency service had to be on-point restaurant with my own everywhere. because if you’re asking food. We developed the Ed: There’s a massive people to get to know a idea of collaborating with distinction. People would new chef every two weeks, chefs into a model that often say, “Oh, so and you need everything else to worked as a restaurant, so is doing a takeover at be completely consistent: constantly inviting Carousel”—I was always really friendly, well trained different chefs from all frustrated by that, because staff and also the quality of over the world. It was an it didn’t tell the full story, food needs to always be of opportunity for us to which is what we bring to a high level. I don’t think learn; to bring unique the table not only in the ‘slick’ is a word that comes experiences into the city, kitchen, in that the guest to mind when you think of make connections and chefs are cooking with our the Templetons, but it was eventually be able to travel team, but the whole front definitely the case that we ourselves. of house, the experience, wanted to make everyone the atmosphere, the feel welcome, comfortable You’ve had some setting. That stuff doesn’t and looked after. amazing chefs here. How change, week in, week out. do you go about getting The menus are also very You offer a really high them in? collaborative. Our chefs quality of food, from Ed: At the beginning it work with the guest chef some of the world’s best was pretty challenging. to source ingredients, chefs, at a relatively The whole idea of a chef advise what’s in season in accessible price point. doing a residency was the UK, make tweaks and Can that be challenging? new—there are a lot more suggestions based on what Ed: It was always our people doing that now, so we know people want to eat intention that it would people understand what here. I think that’s a part of be a place that we would it is, but back then, both the story that gets lost a bit. choose to go to ourselves. from the chef’s perspective Over time, that’s become It’s paid off; we get a real and the customer’s, people clearer and now chefs are mix of people here. We get didn’t really understand just as excited to be here. so many locals who come
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It can be complicated behind the scenes, but ultimately we want to make something simple. I like to cook things that are very natural and very focused on one ingredient
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Right (left to right): Ed, Ollie, Anna, Will
in a lot, but we might also The opportunity come in the first week and get a younger crowd for a you provide for then rebook with different We wanted this to feel particular chef or it might chefs shouldn’t be friends the second week. like you were going to be people who are passing underestimated. You’ve That’s the mark of a really someone’s house. We had through London and have helped shape or indeed good residency. a base in Spain where we’d read about us. Accessibility make the careers of Ed: We get to know what all go on holiday together, is really important, but some. That must be people like and don’t like. and we’d always be in the it does also throw up rewarding. Our best customer, who kitchen around this big challenges. Ed: Massively. It is also lives locally, is a French table. The long tables here Ollie: There have been hugely rewarding to lady and she doesn’t eat a were born out of wanting weeks where we’ve been know that we provided particular ingredient, so to recreate that feeling serving arguably some of a platform for chefs like whenever she’s coming in, the best sushi in London, Romy Gill, Selin Kiazim we make a note and the for 40 quid! and Tom Brown. It adds to chefs will cook something Anna: Carousel is a that sense of community— different just for her. Little creative hub, it’s not just a and our credibility, too. restaurant? things like that—that’s restaurant or event space or It doesn’t do any harm to Ollie: You’re eating in the what keeps people coming art gallery and if we didn’t give people the feeling that same setting, the same back. have all those elements, it this is a place where they people are serving you, you Anna: I think the price just wouldn’t work. There’s might find the next big have your favourite drinks. point also comes into it. We no way a central London thing. We really get to know didn’t want a restaurant restaurant with just one people. There are people full of really rich people, sitting and 46 covers, You mentioned the who book in the whole we wanted a restaurant offering five courses at number of locals you time because they just with lots of different 35 pounds a head at first, get here. How do you trust us—they don’t look people. You know when would still be open five think you’ve gone about into it that much, they’re you go to a wedding years later otherwise. None creating a place that’s going to come regardless. and there are people of of it would work if it stood at once a ‘destination’ When we do two-weekers, completely different ages alone. and a neighbourhood we often have regulars who and with different lives
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sitting together, but what advantages. We’ve had something else. It can feel you have in common is our moments of childish like failure but it’s just part It’s a rocky road running you love these people who arguments—that was of the process. your own business, so are getting married and one of the biggest having people beside you you just have a really jolly learning curves when What have been who you love and really time? I think we wanted to we started employing the highlights? care about makes you bring that to it. We didn’t people; we’d talk to each Any disasters? stronger want price to get in the other like family and we Ed: We had a chef whose way. We wanted people to realised that’s not always appendix exploded two come because they love appropriate. But it’s a days into his residency. He the food. Whenever I eat rocky road running your went to hospital, we had at Carousel, I feel so proud own business, so having to cancel the reservations of the buzz in the room. people beside you who for that night and There’s an energy. you love and really care miraculously, he was back about makes you stronger. in the next night, clutching Carousel also does its Equally, having a four is his side. own lunch, and now a great because if someone Anna: Even though it was a Christmas menu. How is thinking, god, I can’t collaboration, he wouldn’t would you describe your cope, there’s always at least let any of the guys he was cooking style? one other who’s on the working with deliver his Ed: Predominantly the other end of the spectrum food—so he came in. ingredients are from UK to say, “What are you on Ollie: We once set the suppliers—the guys are about? This is amazing curtains on fire. working with a farm now we can make this work.” It Anna: Turns out halogen in London who grow stuff also meant our values were lights shouldn’t sit under a just for us. There’s a lot unwritten and I feel like curtain. of foraging. Also, a lot of that made us grow such Ed: A friend of mine came things even respected a strong culture. People in and the chair collapsed kitchens will buy in, the really bought into it and to underneath him. I just team will make ourselves: being part of our family. thought, thank god that crème fraiche, cheese, Marylebone is a really Ed: The good thing is, we was you! charcuterie, bread, pasta. special place. do say what we think to Anna: The highlights Ollie: It can be very Will: It gives it a legitimacy each other and if we do fall in terms of chefs are complicated behind the that you perhaps wouldn’t out, everything is forgiven the ones who’ve really scenes but ultimately we get in other postcodes. We really quickly. become part of the want to make something work with international family. There are some that’s simple to look at, brands, and they need You’ve just celebrated who you idolise because that’s delicious—it could be to be in the middle your five-year they do amazing things cabbage that’s had 10 things of town, they need to anniversary. What have in their restaurants, like done to it to make it into a be in a respectable you learned in that time? Niklas Ekstedt, who’s just dish that tastes amazing. neighbourhood and they Anna: One of our definite inspiring in terms of what I like to cook things that need to be in touching strengths is that we’re he brought to Swedish are very natural and very distance of the media. always looking at what we cooking and the world, but focused on one specific Ed: Marylebone is a can do better and what others have become really ingredient at a time. neighbourhood. That’s we can do to add to the good friends. One chef why it’s cool; it feels like a experience—what can we came with his mum and Do you think the fact little community but it’s do to make it even more then took everyone out you’re in Marylebone slap bang in the middle extraordinary? It’s a hard afterwards for drinks has helped make it the of London. We don’t ever market, London, so we and karaoke. success that it is? want to leave. There’s should be and are proud Ed: We’ve hosted loads Anna: We feel extremely something about what of the fact we’ve made it of weddings here too, lucky to be in Marylebone, we’re doing that just kind five years. There is a lot for locals and people we all love it. It’s central, of clicks. of appreciation for how who’ve been customers without being way too fantastic our team is. We’ve in the restaurant. There’s busy. It’s cool and there’s Does the fact you’re also learnt that it’s okay if something lovely about lots of interesting stuff a family have its it doesn’t work; to not be that. going on, but without advantages—or afraid to try something CAROUSEL the showmanship of disadvantages?! and then if it’s not working, 71 Blandford Street, W1U 8AB east London. I think Anna: Luckily, it’s mainly do it differently or do carousel-london.com
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A ‘frommelier’ isn’t really TROLLEY an official profession— DOLLY my job is that of a cheesemonger, or cheese Anthony Schepper, specialist. I work with Orrery’s ‘frommelier’, suppliers, prepare the on his stewardship cheese trolley, guide the of one of London’s customers through their cheese course and organise most famous cheese our monthly cheese trolleys tastings here at Orrery. I’ve INTERVIEW: CLARE FINNEY been working in the cheese business for 15 years now: I attended a specialist school in France for a time, but most of what I’ve learnt I have learnt from scratch at various restaurants in London, France and Spain. For French people, cheese is often the best part of the meal: they have it before, they have it during, they have it after, they have it just on its own with wine—they have it any time. When I first came to this country I worked at the Savoy hotel, and I started to learn about British cheese. Stinking Bishop was one of the first British cheeses I learned about, but there are more and more all the time: people used to just buy French cheese in this country, but there are more varieties of cheese in the UK than there are in France these days. Only last week, a supplier came in to do a small tasting with me and the chef, and we discovered a new cheese, Lancashire Bomber. It’s a creamy cheese, wrapped olive oil and sweet trolley is a dream come true for in black wax and it looks too—and it was there that me. Just like some people like a bomb. I’d never seen I learned about manchego, can spend hours in a shoe anything like it before. cabrales and other Spanish shop, I can spend hours in Working in Barcelona, cheeses. I returned to La Fromagerie looking at I discovered a new culture London in 2010, and since cheese. of food: partly rustic, partly then have got into cheese At Orrery, we work with innovative, and I worked more and more, visiting Fromagerie Beillevaire: with both types of chef producers, suppliers and one of the oldest cheese during my time there. I cheesemongers all over the companies in France, worked at Restaurant Gaig, country. To work across the located in the Loire valley. a very old, Michelin-starred road from what I believe is They source the classics— restaurant which didn’t just the best cheese shop in all comté, roquefort, brie and have a cheese trolley, but an of London, La Fromagerie, so on—but they get trendy
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cheeses from Italy, Spain, FOUR Wales, Ireland, England, FESTIVE DRINKS Switzerland, France, of course, and I am looking 1. Christmas pudding to get some cheese from vodka Belgium. Funnily enough, red The Grazing Goat has come wine is not always the best up with the ideal after-dinner partner to cheese. If I got drink—vodka steeped in cheese from Belgium, I’d cinnamon, nutmeg, citrus be tempted to pair it with beer. The best with comté and a blend of dried fruits. is champagne, or a buttery All the tastiness of a boozy Burgundy white. Blue Christmas pudding, but cheeses go beautifully with without the hassle of setting white port, and last year we did a pairing of whisky, it alight. chocolate and cheese, which was very interesting. 2. Moscow yule A good guide is to choose Keep the sniffles at bay with alcohol from the same region the cheese is from. The Wigmore’s perfect It can take a good five combination of hot toddy minutes for guests to choose and classic cocktail flavours: from the cheese trolley. crisp Finlandia vodka, It’s a really fun, interactive experience—like choosing angostura bitters, lime, wine, but with cheese you honey and ginger brewed can see it and try it. We ask together and served warm. the guests if they are drawn to anything visually, and what their favourite cheeses 3. Hot chocolate mulled It can take a good five are. Then we describe the wine minutes for guests to cheeses, and offer them a choose from the cheese Les 110 du Taillevant has taste, and allow them to say 60 trolley. It’s a really fun, somehow combined two what they like—or don’t Monica Vinader interactive experience— The jewellery like—about it, so we can winter classics to create like choosing wine, but designer on cutting help them find a selection gemstones, the perfect festive warmer: with cheese you can see they will really enjoy. We collaborating with Valrhone Guanaja hot it and try it Caroline Issa and encourage our guests to working with her chocolate and cinammon, be open-minded: we’ve 30 sister cheeses in total, and there muddled with sangria jelly, is a range in each ‘family’: orange zest and a secret blue, soft, hard, and so on. blend of Christmas spices. Sometimes, if a group is cheeses too, like Brillat- having the tasting menu, Savarin, which we like to when it comes to the cheese 4. Chocolate orange serve with truffle inside as a course we ask them to negroni special treat. We try to keep choose the first plate, and Negroni staples Belsazar it interesting for people— allow us to choose a second, red vermouth and Campari especially our French so they can compare their customers—by having selection with ours. Some of combine with Sipsmith cheese from eight different our guests regularly come orange and cacao gin are countries, and changing in just for the cheese—some the basis of The Ivy Café’s our selection from season of them know more about cosy twist on a classic, to season. The stilton is cheese than me! really good at the moment: finished off with chocolate ORRERY we scoop it out of the wheel 55 Marylebone High Street, W1U 5RB bitters, chocolate flakes with a spoon. We have orrery-restaurant.co.uk and a fresh orange twist.
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FOOD as much as they can PHILOSOPHY about each product: not NIC RASECLE just where it comes from HOSPITAL and how it was fished, but The owner of La also what to do with it. Petite Poissonnerie Though I would say the FOOD menu is mainly influenced on his relationship by Japan and France, I with food also like my staff to share their own recipes. One REIMAGINED INTERVIEW: CLARE FINNEY IMAGES: CHRISTOPHER L of the women who works PROCTOR for us is Brazilian, so the Brazilian coley dish is her inspiration. Today we are cooking coley with 80 per cent of our cabbages and potatoes, fish comes from which our Irish member of British shores, and we staff loves. encourage day boat fishing—small, family- Though France and owned boats which only go Japan have very different out for a day and bring in cuisines and techniques, what they catch that day— they are both passionate as much as we can. about food, and seafood in particular. I am French, There is nothing worse but I wanted to be the best than waste: our wastage fishmonger in London is less than two per and for me the most logical cent, which is very good way to do that was to serve for a fishmonger. One sashimi-quality produce. Christmas a few years We are what I call a customers sharing those And if I was going to do ago, I over-ordered, and I ‘fishmonger plus’. From dishes that don’t seem to that, then I may as well really suffered because of the beginning, the idea lend themselves to sharing, have nigiri, uramaki and it. It ruined my wasteage was that customers could like fish soup. We can offer so on. figures for the whole buy fish here to prepare to put a portion in two year. I hated it. From themselves, but could also bowls to make it easier, After 20 years in the that day, I was even more buy it in a pre-marinated but some couples find it business, I have very determined to buy just or pre-cooked way. Now romantic to share a bowl. good relationships with the right amount, and we have developed into the fisheries. These days I sell or use everything. a seafood tapas bar as We try to stock more buy at least half of my fish We do cod cheeks and well, where you can eat sustainable fish, like directly from fishermen in smoked cod’s liver, we in—but the menu is still coley, which has a very Dorset, Devon, Cornwall give the bones away if quite simple, focused on bad reputation here in and the Shetland Islands, people ask for them, and quality. We don’t have a the UK. People tell me five days a week. The the rest is collected for proper restaurant kitchen, they give their cat coley, quality of water in those the pharmaceutical and we have to be creative and and I say, well in that case areas is exceptional. cosmetic industries. cook the sort of food that your cat does very well. The rest I buy from AWARD-WINNING CHEF The London Clinic is the UK’s largest independent private hospital, PAUL O’BRIEN doesn’t need cooking, It is a great fish—and, Billingsgate—I have to for with some of the best medical experts, facilities and services available. I try to keep my prices or can be cooked using because it’s cheaper, you certain items. Head Chef as low as I can without household equipment— get a bigger portion. I have “When a patient tells me That includes an acclaimed head chef and kitchen team who are compromising on humble, but delicious. it on the menu at least I like people to feel like my food made a positive redefining hospital food, creating mouth-watering dishes with all quality, which generally once a week, served they are at home here. difference to their stay, that the nutrients needed to aid recovery. means buying fish in Sharing is caring. I have Brazilian style with But also like they are surpasses all the accolades season, and not buying it a little boy, so I say that a coconut, tomato and on the seaside, on the in the world.” if stocks are low. We are lot at the moment, but it is coriander, or in a stew. Mediterranean coast of To find out how we can help you,call very blessed in England, true of tapas. It makes for a France, where I am from. 0208 108 9622, email [email protected] though: the stocks are very very friendly atmosphere, I encourage my staff to LA PETITE POISSONNERIE well controlled, and the having so many sharing try everything, to eat 19 New Quebec Street, W1H 7RY or visit thelondonclinic.co.uk water quality is good. dishes. We even see everything, and to know lapetitepoissonnerie.com
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friendship bracelets, entrepreneurial and very She also sold and collected whose coloured cords dynamic, with strong, antique objects in gold have different meanings: shared values. We are vermeil, a form of gold- red represents luck; gold, also very different, with on-silver craftsmanship generosity; silver, strength; different interests and made popular in the 19th QA rose gold, harmony. complementary skills.” century. She introduced me Stacking rings are set with Initially schooled at to it when I started making vibrant gemstones, while the Lycée Français de jewellery. medallion pendants dangle Madrid, the Vinader sisters from adjustable chain link then moved to the UK, How did you adjust to the MONICA bracelets and necklaces. continuing their education move from Spain to the VINADER Ethically sourced in Oxfordshire. In 2002, UK? adjustable diamond rings while working in South It was a pretty organic The jewellery twinkle from chains of America with husband transition. We had a very designer and sterling silver, 18 carat gold Nick Zoll, Monica started international education, founder of the or rose gold vermeil. There making bespoke pieces for attending the French are, too, alphabet letters, private clients. In 2000, Lycée —French was my eponymous ID tags and charms— the couple had bought second language after brand on cutting take your pick from over a home in Norfolk, and Spanish—and we spent lots gemstones, 300 designs, the newest Monica began selling of time in London, where collaborating with addition being Ronnie jewellery at the annual my father lectured at the the Rat, symbolising the Burnham Market craft London Business School Caroline Issa and Chinese year of the rat. fair. The couple moved and my mother was buying working with her The defining qualities back there permanently in antiques for her business. sister that underpin the 2006 after their daughter I spent summers with an collection—an eye for Scarlett, now 13, was born. English family to learn INTERVIEW: JACKIE MODLINGER PORTRAIT: MARK LUSCOMBE- design and a ceaseless “She loves jewellery, and the language and did my WHYTE drive to create—were has her very own style, A-levels here. I moved here embedded in Monica but no interest in my when I was 16 and I’m a during her childhood in business,” says Monica. British national. I have a Suitably, in the heart of San Sebastián, in Spain’s Despite her own daughter’s company in the UK and my Marylebone Village, the Basque region. “Both my indifference, there is no daughter is British. initials MV slot seamlessly parents were a very strong shortage of people who into one another, denoting influence on me growing are extremely interested in When did you begin the monogram of jewellery up,” she says. “They had a Monica Vinader’s jewellery. designing jewellery? designer Monica Vinader, huge work ethic and ran So, over to her. I have always had a passion whose eponymous boutique an antique and auction for art and jewellery, but opened on Marylebone house business specialising Where did your penchant at art school I focused High Street in August—the in British pieces to sell for jewellery come from? on sculpture, drawing newest of a select portfolio back in Spain. I got their Growing up, my mother and decorative arts, so I of London stores. entrepreneurial gene.” had a very bold collection only started designing MV aficionados include So too did her younger of Art Deco and 1940s jewellery with my first job. the likes of the Duchess of sister Gabriela, who jewellery; she was very After studying decorative Cambridge, actors Kate has taken on the role of generous, letting me wear and fine arts at the City & Winslet, Emma Watson chief operating officer them at an early age and Guilds art school for four and Naomi Watts, and of the business. “We had sharing her appreciation years, I went to work in supermodel Bella Hadid, an amazing childhood, and enthusiasm for design an art gallery, because I but this is not a jewellery very loving parents who and craftsmanship. Mum thought I wanted to be in brand whose appeal is encouraged us to be was never too precious the art world. By chance, limited to those with ourselves, which I think about them herself. I then got a job with a the means of a royal or gave us huge confidence She encouraged me to jewellery company, which a Hollywood doyenne. to do anything we set our enjoy and engage with is when I really started Think not much in- mind to,” says Monica. them normally, and this learning how to produce your-face bling, rather “They also gave us generous attitude has and market jewellery. affordable, delicate incredible opportunities had a profound effect on That job also took me to collectables. A visit to the to travel and open our my outlook, shaping my Birmingham’s jewellery- boutique is a fun, playful horizons. I think our brand vision of designing making district to learn experience. Monica’s partnership has worked and creating accessible, about casting and cutting. signature pieces include because we are both very instantly wearable jewellery. Afterwards, I continued
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Below: Alta Capture large link Right: Riva hoop cocktail bracelet with Marie pendant, £375 necklace, £375 Matching earrings, £475
Travel, art and architecture are my sources of inspiration. They all feed the creative process. I carry a sketchbook with me everywhere I go
making my own pieces, bit more put-together, but it was always part of the and take away links and selling them privately, still fun. The whole premise plan, so over the years we charms, so can really adapt before I opened a small of my brand is about have become much better them to lots of occasions. studio in Norfolk. everyday luxury, wearing at getting the right quality Also my new Riva diamond jewellery every day. of rough gems, from the adjustable chain ring, as I Can you remember the right mines and the right can wear it on all my fingers first piece you designed? What inspires you? sources. We work with the depending on what else I In the beginning, I was Travel, art and architecture same artisan cutters that want to style it with. making mostly bespoke are my sources of we did 10 years ago, so they pieces for friends and inspiration. They all feed understand our cut and Tell us about your family; I had so many the creative process. I carry signature, but the rough collaboration with women come through our a sketchbook with me aquamarine and lemon Caroline Issa—how did doors looking through everywhere I go, so when quartz nugget pendants this come about? my drawers of gemstones, I travel locally or go to from our Caroline Issa The collaboration is rooted and we would create pieces exhibitions and museums, collaboration are truly in our shared love for together. I think that this that’s when I often get special. colour, self-expression and really gave me a flavour of to sketch rough ideas or joyous style. We’ve been what women wanted and concepts. I have travelled Do you have any personal friends for a long time, and how they wished to shop quite extensively, exploring favourites in the new have a mutual admiration for jewellery. Our first landscapes, colours, collection? for each other’s work and designs were the friendship architecture and sculpture It is hard to pick favourites, aesthetic. I’ve worked bracelets—the idea of unique to India, Mexico, as nothing is launching with Caroline’s creative the cord was inspired by Argentina or Italy. that I do not absolutely agency, Tank, for years holiday finds in the streets love and want to wear, but now on brand campaigns, of Mallorca, when you What are you favourite I am slightly obsessed by because I trust her eye and come back with armloads gemstones to work with? the rough-cut gemstones her understanding of my of corded bracelets. I It’s so hard to choose! We of our Caroline Issa brand implicitly. As my wanted to incorporate that have been cutting our own collaboration, and our new team were playing around look into something a little stones since the beginning; Alta earrings, as I can add with the idea of doing a
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collaboration for the first Do you intend to do bigger, and consumers have time, it felt natural for me further collaborations? really embraced it. We had an amazing to work with Caroline, as Yes, we have a very childhood, very loving I knew we could create exciting one which we will Are there other designers parents who encouraged something really special announce in a couple of you particularly admire? us to be ourselves, which together that was different months. Line Vautrin—I love the I think gave us huge from anything I would have power of her sculptural confidence to do anything designed on my own but What are your pieces. we set our mind to still felt connected to the bestsellers? brand’s identity, and I think The Fiji and the Linear Why did you choose that really comes across in friendship bracelets Marylebone as the the collection. are right up there, as is location for your newest The vision for the our Alta collection with store? collaboration was for it to clasping links which you To be honest, Marylebone be a vibrant celebration of can customize. The Riva was top of my list from day the raw beauty and colour diamond kite ring is a one. It has taken me 10 of natural gemstones. From constant favourite. years to be able to open ametrine to aquamarine, here, so this is a special each stone is rough-cut by Where do you see the location for me. I love the hand meaning that every brand in the jewellery village atmosphere of the piece is completely unique market? area and the curation of and full of personality. When we launched our stores. Also, Marylebone We drew inspiration brand, our aim was to fill a High Street is home to one from playing with a gap between fashion and of my all-time favourite variety of raw gemstones; fine jewellery for women shops in the world: Daunt there is something very to self-purchase jewellery Books. mesmerising, calming and they could wear every day. MONICA VINADER energising all at once when I think that demi-fine 15 Marylebone High Street, W1U4NU in contact with gemstones. jewellery space is now much monicavinader.com
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providing creche and early education facilities so that women who have a family can remain in work. 70 The cashmere itself is sustainably Gift guide Christmas sourced from Mongolia, also in gift ideas from some of Marylebone’s the Himalayas. There are other exceptional retailers suppliers where good cashmere can be found, particularly China, but we spoke to the ateliers and trusted their judgement. We wanted to guarantee traceability.
The fabric is dyed in the ateliers, by hand, using all-natural dyes. There are no big chemical vats or anything like that. We try to provide a balance of bright, contemporary colours, and more muted natural shades that are versatile too. INSIDE It is a humbling place to visit. KNOWLEDGE We go there, sit down with them, SUSTAINABLE and go through the files to find CASHMERE ancient techniques we could put Maicke and Miguel Garguz a contemporary twist on, to make them suitable for the British on Zuggar London’s quality, market. For example, there is a sustainable cashmere simple herringbone weave in our current collection. The weave itself There is no substitute for touching is ancient, but the threads have been the product. You could give all the dyed separately before being woven reasons in the world why a material together, and the colour combination is of the highest quality, but until you is modern. We have multifunctional have the wow factor of something shrugs, with pockets or suede patches. so soft in your hands, you cannot understand it. We have a lovely example in next year’s spring summer collection, That said, there is a UK Cashmere inspired by the writings of Toni Institute, to which we send a Morrison. She spoke a lot about sample of our cashmere off every women having a voice—or not, as is the other year for certification. They case in so many places in the world. On look at the quality of the fibre, the this particular scarf, we’ve developed length, the thickness and a number the profile of a woman’s face. “I have of other criteria. By the time we get a voice” will be embroidered on the the sample back it is full of holes! bottom. It is subtle, but powerful. GARGUZ STUDIO The collection is designed in 2 Hinde Street, W1U 2AZ London and woven in Nepal, in two zuggar.com women-led ateliers just outside Kathmandu. They are small scale, with an emphasis on supporting social and educational facilities.
Nepal has the third highest rate of childhood marriage in Asia. These ateliers help keep women employed and supported and away from early marriages, while at the same time
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Dr Adrian Whiteson is the going to marry that young holiday. We camped near co-founder and president lady. When I turned 23, Machu Picchu and the of Teenage Cancer Trust in 1958, 51 years ago, we last night of the trek we (TCT), The Howard de got married. I managed to were tenting in a field of Walden Estate’s chosen qualify as a doctor in the llama dung. Every time you QA charity for this year’s April of the next year. rolled over you’d feel the Christmas light switch dung squelch underneath on, which took place on You do a lot of treks you. I have always been 13th November. Deeply to raise money and prepared to put my fitness interwoven with the awareness for TCT. on the line. If I am going DR ADRIAN community in Marylebone, Yes. We’ve been to South to ask someone to climb WHITESON Adrian’s office for his America, North America, a mountain then I have private practice has for India and Outer Mongolia. to join them. Call me The Marylebone many years been on It’s a challenge, it’s not a obstinate, but there we are. doctor and co- Welbeck Street. Next founder of Teenage year will mark the 20th anniversary of the TCT Cancer Trust on his Royal Albert Hall gigs and charity’s efforts to 30 years of the Teenage make the treatment Cancer Trust. of young people Where did you grow up? with cancer more I was born in Cricklewood. attuned to their During the war, I was needs evacuated to a tiny little village called Pilton with my INTERVIEW: EMILY JUPP IMAGES: LLOYD STURDY, twin sister and my mum, I KRIS PIOTROWSKI spent many of my early years living next to Worthy Farm, where the Glastonbury festival is held, but I’ve Tough love unpaid carers whose work never actually been. I was a Adrian Whiteson, with is of such vital importance skinny little rat and I got in his frequent treks up to some of society’s most everybody’s way, but I had mountains, isn’t the only vulnerable people. a great time down there. denizen of Marylebone Also in September, A wonderful time. After the prepared to push The Howard de Walden war I came back to London. himself for a cause. In Estate completed a September, The Portman community fundraising You founded TCT with Estate persuaded a mission that, if anything, your wife Myrna. How did remarkable array of its sounds even more the pair of you meet? contacts—in total, 26 gruelling. Over three long I was invited at the age of teams of either three or days, a team consisting 17 to a party, which I went nine competitors—to of 10 of the Estate’s staff to with my twin sister, and participate in a punishing and 33 of its customers there was a gorgeous young triathlon, involving and partners tested lady on the other side of the swimming in the their lungs and legs to room. I tried to chat her up Serpentine, running in the limits by cycling the and she told me where to Hyde Park, then cycling 330km from Marylebone go, so I persuaded my sister on exercise bikes in to Paris. Thanks to their to go over to her and tell Portman Square. The efforts, over £50,000 her we were having a party dozens of contestants who has been raised for the and would she like to come? braved the rain, geese and West London Mission, And she got her number. aching muscles raised a local Marylebone There was no party. I rang an impressive £63,000 charitythat works to her up later and over the for Carers Network, the empower people affected course of three hours I Estate’s charity partner by homelessness, poverty managed to persuade her for the past three years, and trauma to live more to come on one date with which supports the many fulfilling lives. me. Just one. I thought, I’m
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To what extent is Teenage through, and come out What were the origins of a son with jaw cancer. Cancer Trust at the heart the other side unscarred. Teenage Cancer Trust? He was being treated at of everything you do? I spend two hours a day There was a charity called the Middlesex hospital I work as a GP here in networking. This evening the Sportsman’s Aid alongside babies, and Marylebone, and I have I have Roger Daltrey from Society and they asked me he really didn’t like that always wanted to be a The Who coming in. We to be their medical officer. because he was a fish out good and sympathetic will talk about the concerts They were good people, of water, so they then doctor, but it’s true that we have planned for next but they didn’t really transferred him into the my driving passion is to year because, it will be a have a specific direction. adult ward, where many of ensure that young people very important year. It’s Our wives decided rather them were my age, which with malignancies get every the 30th anniversary of than just waiting about, is 84, and they were dying advantage. I want them to when the Teenage Cancer they would set up a ladies of cancer. His mother had come through a journey Trust started and the 20th committee as well. One a word with his doctor I would never wish to go anniversary of the concerts. of the ladies’ group had and the ladies committee
The Howa rd de Walden Estate’s Marylebone Christmas Lights event, which raised money for Teenage Cancer Trust
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Myrna and Adrian Whiteson were enough teenagers to is the biggest problem we justify these units being have, not just with young built. We had to do a lot of people but with everyone. persuading. Fortunately, If we can get them at an early the first unit was opened enough stage into our units, by Sarah, the Duchess of we can get them successfully York, which gave us some treated. publicity, and she has been there for the opening of Describe one of your most of our units. In fact, units. Princess Beatrice’s 18th The young people design birthday was spent in one of our units alongside top the units. architects. If you see the one at University College What kind of Hospital, it’s amazing. It’s considerations do you divided into a treatment need to give young people area and another area. In with cancer? the other area, the young Myrna always tells the story people can study, hang out of when a young man with or make their own meals. cancer told her that the The most important thing worst thing to happen to is to give them the right to him was that he lost his be themselves. If you have hair. “I’m a punk and I that philosophy, they are had green hair. I’ve lost going to do better. They my identity,” he said. It’s support each other as well; incredibly important to it’s a buddy thing, where consider those things. It’s they hold each other’s no good if we are treating hands. Someone who has young people but taking been through it and is decided to work with him away their identity. You at the end stages of their to raise funds to build a need to help them get that treatment will support It’s no good if we are ward for teenagers at the identity back. It’s about someone who is just about treating young people but Middlesex. The men’s getting to know them to go through what they taking away their identity. group became interested as individuals. We have went through. You need to help them and the unit was opened 30 occupational therapists The young people get that identity back. It’s years ago. It cost £250,000 and education experts came up with an idea for a about getting to know to create. We now have 28 alongside the doctors and residential weekend away them as individuals cancer units around the nurses to help and support with other young people UK and they cost upward of the young people through who have or have had MARYLEBONE LANE £3.5 million for each ward. their journey and to really cancer, called Find Your CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EVENING listen to them. Sense of Tumour, and they What barriers did you support each other there. 5 December 2019 5-8PM have to overcome in those How much of a problem is When we have our famous early days? late diagnosis? concerts at the Royal Albert When my wife Myrna The parents were Young people will not go to Hall, we have 20 young 20 independent shops and restaurants will offer one-off and I set up the Teenage delighted and we got a lot the doctor unless they really people each night come on promotions including; personal gift buying advice, in-store Cancer Trust, along with of support from them. The have to. Basically they go to stage during the concert, so activities, discounts and exclusive gifts with purchase. the ladies, there was no attitude in the medical the GP because they are not they are an integral part of real understanding. If you profession was that they are well. It is important that as a it. We have an international Visit marylebonevillage.com to see the full list of were aged 17 or under, you being treated anyway, why doctor you take time to find conference that Myrna were in paediatrics; if you do they need somewhere out why. The difficulty is started too. She is more of a participating stores. were 18 or over, you were different to be treated? that 10 minutes per patient hero than I am. She and the with geriatrics. There was And what do teenagers is roughly the amount of ladies started something no place for young people. do? They just sit on street time a GP in the NHS will amazing. It was pioneering MARYLEBONEVILLAGE.COM #MARYLEBONELANECHRISTMAS These young people were corners drinking too much have with a patient, but if a work. Marylebonevillage Marylebonevillage Marylebonevllge being totally defined out of and they aren’t very nice. GP isn’t sure, they should This event is organised and funded by The Howard de Walden Estate existence. So we upset the Others in the profession refer the patient on, because TEENAGE CANCER TRUST apple cart. definitely didn’t think there late diagnosis of cancer teenagecancertrust.org
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Many people will be pain, and these are directly appropriate or whether the unfamiliar with the term translatable into intensive patient’s situation is more ‘intensivist’. Can you care. serious. Occasionally, explain what it is? someone comes in with a Intensivists are specialists How did that progression serious illness and they are QA who, through our intensive come about? deteriorating quickly. The care work, have become Anaesthetists were fact that the initial triage expert in dealing with really good at keeping is being done by staff who the acute sides of general people’s respiratory are very experienced medicine. This could, for systems supported, but in acute medicine is DR JOHN example, mean supporting patients who require extremely reassuring for GOLDSTONE somebody who is having that level of support may the referring doctor, as it breathing difficulties, also need rehabilitation allows these patients to be The consultant using drugs and fluids as following their illness. stabilised in the MAU intensivist at The opposed to a mechanical They need to rebuild and then moved straight London Clinic support, or treating a their muscle strength and to the ICU. This means patient who is not passing psychological strength. time is not lost by sending talks about the enough urine and is now at Their rehabilitation needs them to the ward and then development of this serious risk of developing to be mapped out and it having to move them to new speciality and kidney complications. needs to begin while they the ICU later once the how it has changed The speciality has are in the intensive care seriousness of the patient’s arisen because of a change unit (ICU), so that when condition has been the way patients are in the role of intensive they leave they are in the recognised. treated beyond the care in recent years and best possible condition. intensive care unit developments in the way Some anaesthetists saw Is that the end of the hospitals operate. There this and began training MAU involvement? INTERVIEW: VIEL RICHARDSON PORTRAIT: ALICE MANN is now a greater need for to improve their acute Not necessarily. When us to provide acute care to medicine skills. they get to the ward, they patients who would never will be looked after by a have been in intensive care Do you have a specific team of specialists who 20 or 30 years ago. This intensivist unit at The are available 24 hours a could include patients who London Clinic? day, seven days a week. have had very complex and Yes, it is called the All of the consultants invasive procedures and medical admissions unit involved are experts require extra observation (MAU)—it is an area in acute medicine, so and support. Or it could with the facilities for they see a wide range of be patients who are patients who need high diagnoses. There are desperately ill and require dependency care. The specialists in infectious multiple levels of support team of consultants and disease, cardiology, for various failing organ nurses in the unit are gastroenterology, systems—people who all experienced in acute hepatology and so on. several decades ago we medicine. The unit itself There’s a broad group could have done very little is simply a room with of consultants who are for. monitoring equipment— going to be looking the key thing is the after these patients on What is the core personnel. the ward. Treatment specialty? and investigations will It developed out of the Where does this sit in the naturally be happening specialty of anaesthesia, patient pathway? at the same time as the which some may find a It is there from the patients are being looked little surprising. However, moment the patient enters after, in the MAU initially the skills that you acquire the hospital. What makes but eventually on the ward. in anaesthesia are about the MAU here so effective Once a diagnosis has been keeping people alive for is that the staff are highly made and a treatment plan hours in the operating trained and most of their designed, the patient will theatre or in casualty. It days are focused on acute be discharged back to the is about managing their medicine. Right from the care of their GP after they levels of consciousness outset, they are assessing begin responding well to and dealing with levels of whether ward-level care is the treatment.
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At this point self-refer—you’ve had an Is this a speciality that and specialised, but the their GP might decide that accident or are feeling you can see growing? skills gained looking after they don’t think this can very unwell and you’ve Definitely. I think there somebody who is terribly be managed at home, so either made your way to will be an expansion in sick are translatable into they call our MAU. We can hospital, been brought this area because there’s looking after patients on immediately facilitate a in by someone else who a population of patients other wards. Our MAU bed and the transfer into isn’t a clinician or you’ve who are ageing. This has a team of outreach hospital, where the patient been picked up by an means acute medicine nurses who take the skills would then be assessed ambulance. 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SCREEN cancer: cancer of the for blood. There is also colon, which is the large sigmoidoscopy, which looks By the time confirmed TIME intestine, and cancer of the at the lower part of the symptoms appear, the rectum, which is the lower bowel and has been shown Lisa Das, consultant cancer is already late- part of the colon and has a to reduce your mortality stage and the five year gastroenterologist different biology. Though risk by 30 per cent. You survival rate is less than at OneWelbeck different, they are treated as can also have a bowel- 10 per cent. That is why related diseases under the specific CT scan or CT Digestive Health, screening is so important banner of colorectal cancer. colonography. Urgent on the importance Symptoms are difficult to If your scan is clear, of bowel cancer distinguish—the obvious you can still develop screening and how ones are abdominal polyps later, so you youth does not make pain, unexplained and should continue to be you immune sustained weight loss, screened every two years some rectal bleeding or on the bowel cancer INTERVIEW: VIEL RICHARDSON a distended tummy, but screening programme. Care Centre all of these can also be If the screening finds caused by a wide variety of a probable cancer, you other conditions, such as will very quickly be irritable bowel syndrome referred to a cancer or coeliac disease. By the multidisciplinary team, for Children time confirmed symptoms which usually contains appear, the cancer is gastroenterologists, already late-stage and the oncologists, surgeons and five year survival rate is less radiologists. They would than 10 per cent. That is why run further tests and then screening is so important. decide upon the best With screening, you treatment option, be it are not investigating surgery, chemotherapy or because of symptoms that radiotherapy. Bowel cancer is the fourth have already appeared; cancer in many parts Spotting bowel cancer The Portland Hospital most common cancer in instead, you are testing of the world. We don’t early is key. Even if we the UK and the second asymptomatic people of a understand the reasons, find a stage one cancer, biggest cancer killer. By the certain age to ensure they but they are very complex the five year survival is 205-209 Great Portland St, age of 50, the risk of getting don’t develop bowel cancer. and some can probably be over 90 per cent with it is one in 18 for men Of all the people in the traced back to childhood the right treatment. and one in 22 for women. bowel cancer screening exposures. People need If we find a stage four London W1W 5AH This does sound scary, programme, about 40 per to be aware—clinicians cancer, it is less than 10 but the most important cent will have polyps. If you as well as the public—that per cent. The message thing to remember is have multiple polyps or if this is not just a ‘disease of is clear: get screened. that unlike some other they are of a certain type, the elderly’. Make sure you take up the 8.00am-8.00pm, 365 days a year cancers, bowel cancer is we can then stratify how There are different invitation you get from largely preventable. This often the patient needs a methods of screening. A the national screening is because of the long colonoscopy to keep on colonoscopy, where we use programme. If you are Initial consultation £150. Patients must be aged between 0-17 years old. lead time between the top of it and prevent bowel an endoscope to visually younger and the symptoms first appearance of polyps cancer developing. examine all five feet of the of haemorrhoids or IBS and their mutation into Age is a big factor with bowel, is what we call the do not improve with cancerous lesions. Most bowel cancer risk. Over the gold standard treatment, treatment, ask for a polyps do not become age of 50, the risk increases because this gives you the referral. Caught early and cancerous, and they take exponentially, which is best chance of spotting any with the right treatment, many years to grow and why we have been focusing problems. If you were to ask bowel cancer can be Just walk in or call 020 3993 5642 develop. Even polyps in a over the past two decades 100 gastroenterologists, managed or even cured precancerous state can take on screening people aged we would all have a altogether. Caught late, years before they become a 50 and upwards. However, colonoscopy by the age it is an altogether more www.urgentcarecentre.co.uk serious problem. This gives there is now real concern of 45. There is a new worrying prospect. us an opportunity to do about young people test called the fecal something about them. between the ages of 20 and immunochemical test ONEWELBECK DIGESTIVE HEALTH There are two 49, where we are seeing (FIT), which is used to 1 Welbeck Street, W1G 0AR presentations of bowel an increase in colorectal test the patient’s stool onewelbeck.com
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How did you come to property had even come more English purchasers. work at Druce? to the market. Prices have People automatically think I worked in banking for definitely come off since that because we’re in the 10 years, but I found it the peak of 2014 and 2015. West End, we’re selling rather dull. I’ve always It’s much harder now than to people from overseas. QA loved property, so when I it has been. This is central That’s not the case. A was introduced to Simon London, there are always typical buyer is somebody Hedley, the owner of people who are looking who’s looking for a pied a Druce, he asked me to buy, but because of the terre; who might live in the to come in for a three- current uncertain political UK but outside London SUKEY BRECHER month trial. Roll the clock landscape, purchasers are and comes into town maybe forward 18 years and I’m generally very cautious two or three days a week to Sales negotiator at still here. I think he’s still and if they don’t have to work. Before, those sorts of Druce Marylebone trialling me out! buy, they won’t. It’s now buyers were after studios on off-market much more dependent or one-bedroom flats, but Was it a learning curve on the skill of the agent to they are now investing much transactions, coming from banking to get deals done, which is larger sums of money typical buyers property? where our experience of for more substantial and the appeal of You need a certain skillset the area comes in. We have properties. Often, they’re Marylebone to sell, which I didn’t have an extensive client list, so buying with a view to this a problem with—what I we are able to do off-market being a base for their INTERVIEW: ELLIE COSTIGAN didn’t have a clue about transactions. People love children, who might be PORTRAIT: ORLANDO GILI was the area. I would go to buy things before they coming here for university on viewings and instead come to the market and or have just started of turning right out of the sellers are often happy to working in London. building I would turn left; work on that discrete basis. People have invested in I would just get lost all the It’s thinking outside the the Marylebone market time. That’s no longer box and knowing when a because they’ve seen the case, of course! Being person matches a property. incredible capital growth an agent is really people- That’s how we transact over the years, they know focused, and once you know much of the time. it is a safe place to put their your stock and understand Marylebone itself has money—and of course the area, you can advise with also massively changed— they have the benefits that real confidence and build for the better. There is come with living here. trust. Over the years, I’ve an increasing number got involved in all aspects of of restaurants, bars and What sorts of properties sales: going on valuations cafes. The high street has do you deal with? and dealing with clients, hugely improved. It’s now All across the board: from from the low end to the a really popular place to fairly small flats all the way high end. Having built up a be, whereas when I started up to larger houses, as well huge contacts base, I’m now almost 20 years ago it as new developments. We responsible for bringing in didn’t have the same vibe cover the full spectrum; a large proportion of new or cachet it now possesses. nothing is too small, business to the office. It was very much regarded nothing is too big. We find then as the poor relation of that the new developments The area and the market Mayfair. But it has its own mainly appeal to two types must have changed clear identity now. of buyer: the foreign market, considerably during your because they like to have time here. What have been Has your client based full facilities, the 24-hour the most noticeable shifts? changed much because concierge, very much like For a number of years, it of that? a hotel, and so when they was a rapidly rising market, Not necessarily. Because leave the country for several which was exciting to work I’ve worked here for so many months they know their in: really fast paced and years, I have got to know a homes are safe. The others it was very easy to place lot of our clients on a person are what we call downsizers, people in properties within level. In terms of buyers, who are coming from their days of being instructed. In for a long time they were large suburban homes and fact, in its heyday we would very heavily foreign based, wanting lateral space in often agree sales before the whereas now we have many town. Period properties
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are always popular: high section of different types ceilings, ornate features. of properties, which suit People have invested in People are prepared to varying tastes. the Marylebone market pay over the odds for those, because they’ve seen even at times like this. Have you had any incredible capital growth We also do really well with particular stand-out over the years, they know mews houses. Again, they’re properties on your books it is a safe place to put their really sought after. When recently? money—and of course people know the area, We had a first and second they have the benefits that they can be very specific floor duplex in Montagu come with living here as to where they want to Square, which is highly be. But that’s the great sought after. We managed thing about Marylebone: to achieve a very favourable you have the whole cross price for our clients, and it went under offer very quickly. That standard and type of property is few and far between. We’ve also recently had a really fabulous apartment in the W1, which is a boutique apartment block on Marylebone High Street— it was the former offices of the BBC. It’s a fifth floor, 2,500 square foot lateral apartment with floor to ceiling sliding glass doors, great outside space. That was really ‘wow’.
What appeals to people most about Marylebone? Some people are absolutely sure that they want to be in Marylebone, while others are considering three or four different areas as well—but once they’ve spent some time walking around, they pick up very quickly that it’s like a charming little village. The whole vibe is very different in Marylebone to elsewhere in central London. There is something that’s more sophisticated about the area. It feels a bit more genteel. There are some really beautiful buildings and very pretty streets, which are well maintained and looked after. It’s smart, without being stuffy. DRUCE 61 Weymouth Street, W1G 8NR druce.com
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Michelle Sharma Mark Nash Head of Lettings MONTAGU MEWS WEST £3,250 PW Associate Director CUMBERLAND TERRACE £3,750,000 [email protected] LONDON, W1 FURNISHED/UNFURNISHED [email protected] REGENT’S PARK, NW1 LEASEHOLD
213-215 Gloucester Place An exceptional, newly refurbished, three story, four bedroom Mews House with a roof terrace 213-215 Gloucester Place We are delighted to offer for sale a stunning three bedroom apartment situated in one of the Regent’s Park and garage in Marylebone W1. Regent’s Park Crown Estate’s most picturesque and sought after white stucco terraces, designed by John Nash London NW1 6BU London NW1 6BU and completed in 1826. T: 020 7223 9988 Montagu Mews West is quietly located between Montagu Square and Bryanston Square. T: 020 7723 9988 This property offers luxurious living accommodation which has been redeveloped to create This elegant apartment comprises an entrance hall, a spectacular dual aspect reception room E: [email protected] E: [email protected] a sophisticated contemporary family home. with breathtaking views across the communal gardens and over Regent’s Park, a separate dining The property offers a fully equipped kitchen benefiting from a dishwasher, oven and a central room, a master bedroom with an en suite bathroom, two further bedrooms (one of which is breakfast bar, wine fridge, excellent storage, Miele appliances and a separate laundry room. used as a study), a family bathroom and a kitchen. The property benefits from a garage, off Each of the three bedrooms are double in size and have ample built-in wardrobe space and street parking, a 24-hour porter and a store room. en suite bathrooms. The master bedroom has a walk-in wardrobe which leads on to the Cumberland Terrace is located on the eastern side of Regent’s Park’s outer circle, between master en suite bathroom offering underfloor heating, a double basin, bath and separate walk St. Katharine’s Precinct and Chester Terrace and is within walking distance of Marylebone High in rain shower. The property also benefits from a roof terrace and a separate guest bathroom. Street and Primrose Hill. There are excellent transport facilities with both Great Portland Street Ideally located a short walk away are the shops and cafés of Bond Street and Marble Arch, and Regent’s Park underground stations close by. There is also easy access to the A40M. as well as Baker Street Underground Station (Bakerloo, Jubilee, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Central Lines).
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info@concord - london.com | concord - london.com MJ Dec 19p86&87 Concord& Mcglashans.indd 2 hall, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, lift, daytime porter, EPC rating -E rating EPC porter, daytime lift, bathroom, 2bedrooms, kitchen, hall, dining room, Living apartment. bright and light refurbished recently A super HighMarylebone W1 Street, Marylebone £ -D rating EPC bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, room, Living flooring. wood with apartment loft-style floor second contemporary and modern A bright Lane,Marylebone W1 Marylebone pw £625 / £2,708pm -D rating EPC mews, gated (1 suite), private en 2bathrooms 3 bedrooms, kitchen, room, Living/dining house. mews refurbished newly A charming W1 Marylebone Mews, Beverston 107 Crawford Street, London W1H 2JA £1,375pw /£5,958pm £1,375pw 775pw /£3,358pm 775pw For Tenancy Info please refer to the website the to refer please Info Tenancy For dining/kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, garage, EPC rating -E rating EPC garage, 2bathrooms, 3bedrooms, dining/kitchen, room/ living plan Open house. mews refurbished newly A beautiful W1 Marylebone West, Mews Bryanston Clarges Street, Mayfair W1 W1 Mayfair Street, Clarges –C rating EPC patio, room, utility 3bathrooms, 4bedrooms, kitchen, in eat room, dining room, reception Double house. period facing south refurbished completely A stylish, £ W1 Marylebone Street, Harrowby porter, underground parking, EPC rating –C rating EPC parking, underground porter, cloakroom, guest storage, excellent 2bathrooms, 2bedrooms, kitchen, room, Living/dining block. aportered in apartment floor first elegant An [email protected] @mcglashans.co.uk / lettings Executive Specialists Property www.mcglashans.co.uk 020 7486 6711 2,500pw /£10,833pm 2,500pw £1,295pw /£5,612pm £1,295pw £1,250pw /£5,417pm £1,250pw 18/11/2019 17:45:46
Rent a property in Marylebone directly from The Howard de Walden Estate
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The Howard de Walden Estate owns, manages and leases one of the largest property portfolios within Marylebone
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MJ Dec 19 p88&89 HdeW & Druce.indd 1 20/11/2019 12:29:03 MARBLE ARCH, W1 An Excellent Three Double Bedroom, Three Bathroom Lateral Apartment
Rent a property in Marylebone directly from The Howard de Walden Estate
A three double bedroom, three bathroom lateral apartment on the 2nd floor of this contemporary purpose built apartment block, with MEDICAL OFFICE RETAIL & LEISURE RESIDENTIAL EDUCATION the benefit of an underground secure parking space, porterage and Share of Freehold. The property is presented in very good condition, +44 (0) 20 7290 0970 +44 (0) 20 7290 0970 +44 (0) 20 7580 3163 +44 (0) 20 7290 0912 +44 (0) 20 7290 0970 boasting a soft neutral palette and has a large reception room with double doors opening on to a good sized balcony offering views over [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] the communal gardens. The layout of the flat works very well and is a perfect choice for someone wanting a secure and spacious London home close to Selfridges and Marble Arch. Internal viewing highly recommended. ACCOMMODATION & AMENITIES Entrance Hall * Reception Room/Dining Room * Kitchen * Master Bedroom with Ensuite Dressing Room & Bathroom * 2nd Double Bedroom The Howard de Walden Estate owns, with Ensuite Bathroom * 3rd Double Bedroom * Bathroom * Guest WC * Balcony * Porterage * Passenger Lift * Secure Underground Parking manages and leases one of the largest Space * EPC Rating B property portfolios within Marylebone SHARE OF FREEHOLD £2,595,000 STC
RESIDENTIAL SALES, [email protected] hdwe.co.uk LETTINGS AND DRUCE druce.com PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PRIME RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY 020 7935 6535
MJ Dec 19 p88&89 HdeW & Druce.indd 2 20/11/2019 12:29:36 Exceptional townhouse with Contemporary luxury in connecting mews home. the heart of Marylebone.
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Upper Wimpole Street, Marylebone Welbeck Street, Marylebone W1
Ideally located in the heart of Marylebone Village just moments away from the wonderful Christian Lock-Necrews would be delighted to help you Perfectly positioned in Marylebone bordering Mayfair, Welbeck House is ideally Christian Lock-Necrews would be delighted to help you.
boutique shops and cafes of Marylebone High Street. The wide open space of Regent's located for the boutique shops and restaurants the areas have to offer as well as [email protected] [email protected] Park are to the north and the vibrant hustle and bustle of Oxford Street to the south. the world-renowned Oxford Street. 020 3544 0655 020 3544 0655
• 6 Bedroom Georgian townhouse set across five floors • Situated on the fourth floor of a sought-after, classical mansion block. • Charming 3 bedroom mews house and garage connected to the main • Modern, open-plan layout featuring leading edge technology
house via the ground floor • Excellent 24 hour concierge service in the building • Combined area of approximately 9053 sq ft (841 sqm) • Approximately 3,143 sq ft (292 sqm)
Guide price Guide price £14,750,000 £7,950,000 knightfrank.co.uk knightfrank.co.uk Connecting people & property, perfectly. Connecting people & property, perfectly.
MJ Dec 19 p90-95 Knight Frank.indd 1 18/11/2019 17:46:23 Exceptional townhouse with Contemporary luxury in connecting mews home. the heart of Marylebone.
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Upper Wimpole Street, Marylebone Welbeck Street, Marylebone W1
Ideally located in the heart of Marylebone Village just moments away from the wonderful Christian Lock-Necrews would be delighted to help you Perfectly positioned in Marylebone bordering Mayfair, Welbeck House is ideally Christian Lock-Necrews would be delighted to help you. boutique shops and cafes of Marylebone High Street. The wide open space of Regent's located for the boutique shops and restaurants the areas have to offer as well as [email protected] [email protected] Park are to the north and the vibrant hustle and bustle of Oxford Street to the south. the world-renowned Oxford Street. 020 3544 0655 020 3544 0655
• 6 Bedroom Georgian townhouse set across five floors • Situated on the fourth floor of a sought-after, classical mansion block. • Charming 3 bedroom mews house and garage connected to the main • Modern, open-plan layout featuring leading edge technology
house via the ground floor • Excellent 24 hour concierge service in the building • Combined area of approximately 9053 sq ft (841 sqm) • Approximately 3,143 sq ft (292 sqm)
Guide price Guide price £14,750,000 £7,950,000 knightfrank.co.uk knightfrank.co.uk Connecting people & property, perfectly. Connecting people & property, perfectly.
MJ Dec 19 p90-95 Knight Frank.indd 2 18/11/2019 17:46:24 The ultimate in modern Stylish living in the heart city living. of Marylebone Village.
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Bickenhall Street, Marylebone, W1 Cecil House, Marylebone, W1
Located in the heart Marylebone with the boutique shops and restaurants of the Ali Mathews looks forward to helping you. Conveniently located amongst the boutique shops and restaurants provided on the Ali Mathews would be delighted to help you.
High Street to the east, the green open spaces of Regent's Park to the North and popular Marylebone High Street. The green, open spaces of Regent's Park are close by as [email protected] [email protected] the world renowned shopping of Mayfair and Oxford Street to the south. is the world-renowned shopping of Oxford Street and the entertainment of the West End. 020 3544 0655 020 3544 0655
• Sleek and contemporary interiors • Cleverly designed to maximise light & spaciousness throughout • Superb natural light • Benefiting from high ceilings & large windows
• Spacious open plan reception area • Finished to an excellent standard • Approximately 1434 sq ft • Approximately 913 sq ft (84.8 sqm)
Guide price Guide price £3,195,000 £1,995,000 knightfrank.co.uk knightfrank.co.uk Connecting people & property, perfectly. Connecting people & property, perfectly.
MJ Dec 19 p90-95 Knight Frank.indd 3 18/11/2019 17:46:25 The ultimate in modern Stylish living in the heart city living. of Marylebone Village.
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Bickenhall Street, Marylebone, W1 Cecil House, Marylebone, W1
Located in the heart Marylebone with the boutique shops and restaurants of the Ali Mathews looks forward to helping you. Conveniently located amongst the boutique shops and restaurants provided on the Ali Mathews would be delighted to help you.
High Street to the east, the green open spaces of Regent's Park to the North and popular Marylebone High Street. The green, open spaces of Regent's Park are close by as [email protected] [email protected] the world renowned shopping of Mayfair and Oxford Street to the south. is the world-renowned shopping of Oxford Street and the entertainment of the West End. 020 3544 0655 020 3544 0655
• Sleek and contemporary interiors • Cleverly designed to maximise light & spaciousness throughout • Superb natural light • Benefiting from high ceilings & large windows
• Spacious open plan reception area • Finished to an excellent standard • Approximately 1434 sq ft • Approximately 913 sq ft (84.8 sqm)
Guide price Guide price £3,195,000 £1,995,000 knightfrank.co.uk knightfrank.co.uk Connecting people & property, perfectly. Connecting people & property, perfectly.
MJ Dec 19 p90-95 Knight Frank.indd 4 18/11/2019 17:46:25 South facing apartment in a sought-after garden square.
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Bryanston Square, Marylebone W1
Situated in a beautiful Georgian garden square in the heart of Marylebone, this apartment is Ali Mathews would be delighted to help you.
perfectly located for the amenities of the nearby High Street as well as Hyde Park and Regent's Park. [email protected] Residents of the square also have access to the private garden (available for a small annual fee). 020 3544 0655
• Newly refurbished • Large windows allowing an abundance of natural light
• Situated on the third floor of a beautiful period building • Approximately 1167 sq ft (108.4 sqm)
Guide price £2,075,000 knightfrank.com knightfrank.co.uk Connecting people & property, perfectly. *Source: Lonres sales statistics. Properties listed as sold on LonRes between 1st January and 31st October 2019. Correct at time of going to press: 13th November 2019. Postcodes used: W1
MJ Dec 19 p90-95 Knight Frank.indd 5 18/11/2019 17:46:26 RESID2-31 Marylebone Journal Advert_200x250mm_AW.indd 1 05/11/2019 16:35 South facing apartment in a sought-after garden square.
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Bryanston Square, Marylebone W1
Situated in a beautiful Georgian garden square in the heart of Marylebone, this apartment is Ali Mathews would be delighted to help you. perfectly located for the amenities of the nearby High Street as well as Hyde Park and Regent's Park. [email protected] Residents of the square also have access to the private garden (available for a small annual fee). 020 3544 0655
• Newly refurbished • Large windows allowing an abundance of natural light
• Situated on the third floor of a beautiful period building • Approximately 1167 sq ft (108.4 sqm)
Guide price £2,075,000 knightfrank.com knightfrank.co.uk Connecting people & property, perfectly. *Source: Lonres sales statistics. Properties listed as sold on LonRes between 1st January and 31st October 2019. Correct at time of going to press: 13th November 2019. Postcodes used: W1
MJRESID2-31 Dec 19 p90-95 Marylebone Knight Frank.indd Journal Advert_200x250mm_AW.indd 6 1 18/11/201905/11/2019 17:46:27 16:35 30 Years Experience in J &Co Jeremy James and Company Marylebone J Jeremy James and CompanyVillage
HARLEY STREET, MARYLEBONE VILLAGE, LONDON W1
Jeremy James and Company are delighted to offer this apartment for sale. The apartment is situated on the first floor of this listed building located in the heart of Marylebone Village. The apartment comprises of an entrance hall, reception room, kitchen, two double bedrooms and bathroom. The apartment benefits from an abundance of natural light through floor to ceiling windows. This grade II listed building is located on the east side of Harley Street at the junction with New Cavendish Street. Both Oxford Circus and Bond Street underground stations are within close proximity with the open spaces of Regent Park also nearby. Please see website for full details SHARE OF FREEHOLD: £2,640,000
WIMPOLE MEWS, MARYLEBONE VILLAGE, LONDON W1
This lovely two bedroom Mews House is situated in the heart of Marylebone Village, within easy walking distance to Marylebone High Street. The house is arranged over three floors and recently redecorated. The first floor comprises of two double bedrooms one with en suite bathroom, second bathroom. The second floor offers ample living space, boasting wooden floors with access to the kitchen and balcony. Part Secondary Glazed. It has the added benefit of a secure courtyard and a storage cupboard. Garage available under separate negotiation. Please see website for full details £895 PER WEEK
+44 (0) 20 7486 4111 www.jeremy-james.co.uk [email protected]
MJ Dec 19 p96 Jeremy james.indd 1 18/11/2019 17:54:15 carterjonas.co.uk
MONTAGU Rare opportunity to rent a totally Marylebone & Regent’s Park renovated property with its own 020 7299 2447 SQUARE private entrance on the sought-after [email protected] Marylebone W1H Montagu Square.
Reception room • 2 bedrooms • 2 bathrooms • Balcony • EPC rating D
£1,950 pw/£8,459 pcm DM-MaryleboneJournal Oct2019.indd 2 15/10/19 15:32:17