December 2019/January 2020 Volume 15/06 FREE 108 Marylebone Lane, London W1U 2QE +44 207 969 3900 [email protected] 108Brasserie.com 01. Contents 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 mj_2019_volume15_06_UpFront_01.indd 1 21/11/2019 09:09 02. Editor’s letter Marylebone Journal Web: marylebonejournal.com TO ‘E’ OR NOT TO ‘E’ Twitter: @MaryleboneJrnl MARK RIDDAWAY Instagram: marylebonejrnl Facebook: Marylebone Journal 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 nonsense. Capitalisation is the real killer. Capital Design and art direction Em-Project Limited letters hinder legibility and seem a bit shouty [email protected] Distribution (Trump loves to pepper them randomly through Letterbox Printing his tweets), so I avoid using them as much as Warwick Celebrating 10 years in possible, but the grey areas are a constant source of Owned and supported by The Howard de Walden Estate Marylebone with a move stress. Are those tasty little potatoes Jersey Royals, 27 Baker Street, W1U 8EQ 020 7580 3163 Jersey royals or jersey royals? Should we capitalise hdwe.co.uk around the corner to Chianti, because it’s a place, but not capitalise [email protected] The Portman Estate barolo, because it’s not? These are the choices I have 40 Portman Square, W1H 6LT 020 7563 1400 to make. While the reality is that very few readers portmanestate.co.uk will care—or even notice—if we refer to the 80s [email protected] or the eighties, and which spelling of hummus we decide to use, being vexed about the small stuff [email protected] is part of my job. I genuinely did wake up at 4am . +44 (0) 7919 84 48 53 stressing about the whisky / whiskey thing, though, and that’s just sad. Or, as Trump would have it, Sad. ) Hope Montessori School.com mj_2019_volume15_06_UpFront_01.indd 2 21/11/2019 11:40 Celebrating 10 years in Marylebone with a move around the corner to [email protected] . +44 (0) 7919 84 48 53 ) Hope Montessori School.com mj_2019_volume15_06_UpFront_01.indd 3 21/11/2019 09:09 04. Up front 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 mj_2019_volume15_06_UpFront_01.indd 4 21/11/2019 09:09 05. Up front 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 Daunt Books 83 Marylebone High Street, W1U 4QW dauntbooks.co.uk The F Word mj_2019_volume15_06_UpFront_01.indd 5 21/11/2019 09:09 06.