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Loewe Relaunch
Now with UK fashion talent Jonathan Anderson at its helm, Spanish luxury fashion and leather goods brand is getting a serious shake up. Loewe’s first advertising campaign and brand identity – by Anderson in collaboration with M/M Paris – was recently unveiled. The “reinterpreted” Mount Street boutique
(see page 25) features archival advertising images by Steven Meisel and presents the designer’s Pre Launch Capsule Collection, as well as cushions from the Loewe archive and a selection of Loewe accessories. You can also discover a new London space for the brand inside Dover Street Market. www.loewe.com
Designers continue to flock to Mount Street
London-based Serbian designer Roksanda Ilincic, known for her artsy-modern pieces, opened her very first store on Mount Street in June (pg 27). Joining her on the same strip will be another London Fashion Week darling the Scottish designer Christopher Kane, set to open his first stand-alone before the end of 2014. Like their high-profile neighbours Céline, Nicholas Kirkwood, Loewe, Pringle of Scotland and Marc Jacobs etc., they've all chosen to eschew the moreestablished nearby shopping mecca Bond Street.
Spring opens in Somerset House
Skye Gyngell’s first solo venture will open inside Somerset House on 14 October. The restaurant will bring the Australian chef’s acclaimed ingredientled cooking to an elegant 19th-century drawing room. It is the first time that the
space will have been open to the public for over 150 years. Skye and her team will be guided by the seasons, creating daily menus that present the best produce simply and memorably. On the launch of Spring, Skye said: “I’m thrilled to be opening a restaurant in the very centre of London that will remain deeply in tune with the land and the seasons. My cooking has always been driven by a respect for beautiful ingredients, and I feel truly privileged that my first solo venture will allow me to share that pleasure with others every day in this historic setting.” springrestaurant.co.uk
Turbine Hall reopens
The most iconic space in Tate Modern, located in a former power station, is the gaping five-story hall where electricity generators once lived. Closed since May (due to construction work for an extension to the museum set to open in 2016), the Turbine Hall, as it's known, will reopen 14 October to host American sculptor Richard Tuttle’s largest-ever work (see pg 9). The brightly coloured textile piece will be the most recent in a line of fantastic commissions created for the hall, including Ai Weiwei's millions of handcrafted porcelain seeds and Olafur Eliasson’s mesmerising Weather Project.
Hackney Wick booming
The farther reaches of east London are luring more than just budding artists these days. Microbrews and pizza at Crate Brewery in a canal-side former print factory (pg 55), all-night dance parties at Number 90 Main Yard (pg 59), or Hackney WickED, a food truck–strewn summer festival throwing open art studios' doors, have all made the neighborhood Londoners’ new choice up-and-coming destination.
Victoria Beckham opens a shop
Only blocks away from Mount Street, Sexy Spice (we'll never forget!) has announced that she'll be opening her first standalone at 36 Dover Street. The three-story, 2,000m2 flagship will be built across from cult trendsetting concept shop Dover Street Market (which, by the way, is celebrating 10 years in biz). www.victoriabeckham.com
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Alan Yau expands food empire
The man behind luxe Chinese eatery Hakkasan (pg 19), sleekly designed dim sum spot Yauatcha (pg 21), noodle bar Cha Cha Moon (pg 18) and ubiquitous and reliable Busaba Eathai and Wagamama will add another two restaurants to his roster this year. Alan Yau will debut Chinese gastropub Duck & Rice in the epicenter of Soho at 90 Berwick Street in 2014 . And nearby on bustling Shaftesbury Avenue, Babaji Pide will offer Turkish pide topped with Asian ingredients, starting later this year.
Autumn Hotel Openings
A life-size bronze statue of beloved English singer Amy Winehouse will stand in the centre of Camden’s busy Stables Market in north London, not far from where the soulful singer-songwriter died tragically in 2011. The commemorative statue will be revealed on 14 September, on what would have been her 31st birthday.
Opening 30 September 2014 at South Bank, Mondrian London at Sea Containers is the first Mondrian branded hotel outside the United States. It brings the energy of the original Hollywood hotel to the iconic Sea Containers building, just walking distance from the Tate Modern, Borough Market and the Southbank Centre. Fave Farringdon townhouse hotel the Zetter Townhouse opens a new address in Marylebone soon, on Seymour Street. From the restauranteurs behind The Ivy, J.Sheekey, The Wolseley, Delaunay and more, The Beaumont is a new 5-star affair in Mayfair, “an independent, distinctive hotel in the classic tradition,” taking reservations for October. And Soho House has approval to start work on a new 252 bedroom hotel located in the City at 27 Poultry St, in a listed building built between 1925 and 1937 and the former headquarters of Midland Bank, whose vault was the set for the Fort Knox scenes in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger. The hotel will comprise a number of restaurants and bars, event spaces, health and leisure facilities, rooftop terraces and a pool.
New lines and f irst flagship for Hunter
Dishoom sets up in Granary Square
Amy Winehouse statue unveiled
The heritage Wellington rubber boot company – as seen on the feet of celebs including Kate Moss at muddy Brit music fests – today has (Stella McCartney’s hubby) Alasdhair Willis at the helm. This autumn will see the opening of a first flagship worldwide at 83 Regent Street. The huge space will also showcase new fashion line Hunter Original and Hunter Field, a collection of specialised performance wear set to launch later this year. hunter-boot.com
Damian Hirst museum to open in spring 2015
The opening date for Damian Hirst’s forthcoming museum has been pushed back, and should now open in spring 2015. As we reported in the last edition,
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King's Cross continues its revival with super-popular Indian restaurant Dishoom opening a third branch here, following destinations in Covent Garden and Shoreditch. The Bombaystyle café will be located in booming Granary Square, a former industrial
area overlooking Regent's Canal and today home to Central Saint Martins' impressive new campus, vegetablecentric restaurants Caravan (pg 45) and Grain Store (pg 45), street food market KERB (pg 45), communityoriented Skip Garden and the museum House of Illustration, open since spring '14.
Bogs to Bars
Trend alert. After cocktails served in teapots the latest craze on the London bar and café scene seems to be setting up establishments in old public toilets. That’s right. The Attendant (pg 17) in Fitrovia today is a unique espresso & food bar designed around original porcelain urinals, and the new Bermondsey Arts Club (pg 73) upcycled the old marble toilet cubicle separators into bar and table tops. We’re also eagerly awaiting the opening of the stylish underground bar Lady & Gents in Kentish Town soon.
the most notorious of the YBAs is preparing to open a huge public gallery in Vauxhall displaying his personal collection of around 2,000 pieces, including works by Banksy and Jeff Koons. The gallery will occupy the whole
length of Newport Street, with three listed buildings flanked by new ones at either end. There’ll be a café too. Love him or hate him, you’ll want to see who the world’s richest artist likes to collect. www.damienhirst.com
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WHAt's on Richard Tuttle at Whitechapel Gallery & Tate Modern
The UK’s largest-ever exhibition of the American postminimalist artist – whose work exists in the space between painting, sculpture, poetry, assemblage, and drawing – includes both a 5-decade career survey at Whitechapel and a colourful commission in Tate Modern’s immense Turbine Hall (14 Oct–6 Apr). The project – entitled I Don’t Know, Or The Weave of Textile Language – focuses on Tuttle's play with everyday fabrics, threads and fibres. Tue 14 Oct–Sun 14 Dec · www.whitechapelgallery.org
Constructing Worlds at the Barbican
Exhibited inside the Brutalist masterpiece of the Barbican, more than 250 images – from the likes of Andreas Gursky, Stephen Shore, Berenice Abbott and Bernd and Hilla Becher – of architecture across the globe, by Le Corbusier, Charles and Ray Eames, Frank Lloyd Wright and more, are sure to please architecture and photo fans alike. Thu 25 Sep–Sun 11 Jan · www.barbican.org.uk
London Fashion Week Women's SS15 collections 12–16 Sep www.londonfashionweek.co.uk
David Mamet’s Speed-the-Plow with Lindsay Lohan 24 Sep–29 Nov · Playhouse Theatre www.playhousetheatrelondon.com
Frieze London 15–18 Oct · friezelondon.com
Turner at Tate Britain
The first-ever major show focusing on the final works by the Romantic landscape painter J.M.W. Turner, one of Britain's greatest and most-beloved artists, an inspired painter of light and and the elemental forces of nature. Created from 1835 to 1851, the year he died, the oil paintings, drawings, prints and watercolours also depict modern science and technology as well as religion, history and mythology. Until 25 Jan · www.tate.org.uk
William Morris at National Portrait Gallery
Explore the mind of this Victorian artist, writer and visionary thinker as well as contemporaries he continues to influence. Illustrating his concept of "art for the people," furniture and textiles designed and owned by Morris will be on display, along with books, jewellery, ceramics and clothing by craftspeople of today. Thu 16 Oct–Sun 11 Jan · www.npg.org.uk
Thu 13 Nov–Sun 25 Jan · www.royalacademy.org.uk
8 Nov · www.lordmayorsshow.org
Skate at Somerset House Nov–Jan · www.somersethouse.org.uk
Kate Bush Wed 27 Aug–Wed 1 Oct · eventim apollo
CHVRCHES Thu 30 Oct · brixton academy
Katy B & Dizzee Rascal Mon 3 Nov · o2 arena
Klaxons Tue 4 Nov · shepherd's bush empire
Damon Albarn Sat 15–Sun 16 Nov · royal albert hall
Metronomy
Allen Jones at the Royal Academy
The first major UK retrospective of the British pop artist, celebrated since his days as a student in the '60s, will cover his prints, paintings and figurative sculptures from then to now, showcasing his attraction to performance and advertising imagery and emphasising the importance of drawing in his creative process.
The Lord Mayor’s Show
Fri 5 Dec · alexandra palace
Foxes Tue 9 Dec · shepherd's bush empire
Disobedient Objects at the V&A
From pocket-sized "bust cards" explaining legal rights to altered Burmese currency, the objects in this show demonstrate how political activism drives design ingenuity and creativity, and how the objects themselves have advanced movements for social change. Until 1 Feb · www.vam.ac.uk
Lily Allen Fri 12 Dec · brixton academy
alt-J Sat 24 Jan · o2 arena
Kaiser Chiefs Fri 13 Feb · o2 arena
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The Oxford & Regent St area is a SHOPPING nexus, flaunting major flagships including a vast Topshop. Piccadilly’s THEATRES & classic arcades attract tourists, while the newly buzzing shopping hub of Carnaby St runs parallel into nearby SOHO. Famous GALLERIES are to be found around Trafalgar Square, while the delights of theatreland & the tourist-friendly COVENT GARDEN are a short stroll south of Shaftesbury Ave. West of Oxford Circus, MONIED Bond St & Mayfair host leading UK galleries, LUXE department stores like Selfridges & Comme des Garçon’s avantgarde temple Dover Street Market. Respite is to be had north in Marylebone Village, a continental cluster of restaurants & shopping that pivots around the charming High St, or in LEAFY MECCA Bloomsbury, home to the British Museum & literary London. Continue east to the grown-up delights of Clerkenwell, CHICHI Exmouth Market or the Brutalist arts’ complex the Barbican Centre.
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Shoppers should get out at bond st and head to Selfridges before nipping down quaint marylebone Lane towards the high st for lunch. Loop back down to oxford circus for the major chains, then either head south towards piccadilly via Dover St or take carnaby street into the maze of soho, pausing for coffee at greek st. Get out at holborn for museums and sights, where it’s a short stroll past covent garden’s seven dials on into trafalgar square, or north towards the british museum and idyllic russell square.
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Ape & Bird, Aquascutum, Ask for Janice, The Attendant, Barbour International, Barnyard, Berners Tavern, Brompton Junction, Céline, Chiltern Firehouse, City Social, Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels, Disco, Ember Yard, Gymkhana, Holborn Dining Room, Linda Farrow Gallery, Mouki Mou, The Palomar, Polpetto, Pringle of Scotland, Roksanda Ilincic, The Scotch...
Art CuLture design Barbican Centre art / dance / FiLm / Late / Live music / WoW
No longer viewed as a Brutalist monstrosity, the ‘60s arts complex has become a much-loved icon. Consistently great exhibitions, dance and concerts plus a delightful indoor greenhouse. The City: Silk St, EC2 · 9am (noon Sun)–11pm · www.barbican.org.uk
British Museum Lates / museum
Vast and eternal as Norman Foster’s domed Great Court piazza, with a collection spanning prehistoric and modern culture. Don’t miss the Chinese ceramics, Egyptian mummies and star exhibits like the Rosetta stone and Parthenon marbles. Bloomsbury: Great Russell St, WC1 · 10am–5.30pm (8.30pm Fri) · www.britishmuseum.org
Curzon Soho don’t miss FiLm
The independent cinema chain may have branded bar snacks now, but the Soho branch continues to charm with its appealing underground bar (witness to the soliloquy of many a drunken actor) and consistently thoughtful programming. Sunday double bills. Soho: 99 Shaftesbury Ave, W1 (+ branches) · www.curzoncinemas.com
David Zwirner
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The pioneering New York gallery opened in London in 2012. Enjoy three gorgeous floors of exhibition space inside a
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quintessential London townhouse in the city’s historic fine arts district. Mayfair: 24 Grafton St, W1 · 10am–6pm. Closed Sun, Mon · www.davidzwirner.com
Hauser & Wirth art
With owner Iwan Wirth frequently topping the art world’s power lists, the London supergallery continues to flex the curatorial muscle, showing artists from Martin Creed and Paul McCarthy through to the estate of Louise Bourgeois. Mayfair: 23 Savile Row, W1 · 10am–6pm. Closed Sun, Mon · www.hauserwirth.com
ICA art / FiLm / Late / Live music / WiFi
The cult arts institution with the not-forprofit ethos beats the experimental drum. Muse in the bookshop, cinema and galleries, then get down with the cultural elite at the bar or arty club nights. St James’s: The Mall, SW1 · 11am–11pm. Closed Mon · www.ica.org.uk
Lazarides art
London’s pre-eminent street art gallery. Two floors curated by Steve Lazarides, the man who was a catapult for Banksy’s career. Fitzrovia: 11 Rathbone Place, W1 · 11am–7pm. Closed Sun, Mon · www.lazinc.com
Museum of London
Trafalgar Square: Trafalgar Square, WC2 · 10am–6pm (9pm Fri) · www.nationalgallery.org.uk
National Portrait Gallery art / museum / photo
Royals, scientists, artists… footballers: observe the changing times in this temple to significant Brits. Don’t miss the haunting Chandos portrait of Shakespeare. Trafalgar Square: 2 Saint Martin’s Place, WC2 · 10am–6pm (9pm Thu, Fri) · www.npg.org.uk
The Photographers’ Gallery don’t miss / art / photo
London’s premier public photography gallery reopened in mid 2012 after an ambitious renovation. It’s a slick showcase dedicated to high-profile artists and emerging talent. It also hosts talks and the annual Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. Soho: 16-18 Ramillies Street, W1 · 10am–6pm (8pm Thu); Sun 11.30am–6pm · thephotographersgallery.org.uk
Royal Academy of Arts museum
Offering loan exhibitions on a par with the building’s Palladian splendour, the RA has dropped its stuffy image and even enticed provocatrice Tracey Emin onto the governing board. Piccadilly: Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1 · 10am-6pm (10pm Fri) · www.royalacademy.org.uk
Sadie Coles HQ don’t miss
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After a £20 million revamp, five new interactive galleries trace London’s history from 1666 to the present. The fashion display is enticing (galleon hats by Philip Treacy) and continues in the shop with Westwood and Tatty Devine.
A London institution since the mid ’90s, Sadie (wife of Juergen Teller) shows Richard Prince, Matthew Barney and a host of high-end Brits, including a generous crop of the (now not so) Young British Artists, many of whom she ushered onto the international scene.
The City: 150 London Wall, EC2 · 10am–6pm · www.museumoflondon.org.uk
National Gallery art / museum
Boasting over 2,300 of Western Europe’s finest artworks covering the Middle Ages to the 20th century, the National Gallery is one of the most visited art museums in the world – and for good reason. Don’t miss masterpieces by artists including Da Vinci, Botticelli, Rembrandt, Turner, Renoir or Van Gogh.
Mayfair: 69 South Audley St, W1 & 62 Kingly St, W1 · 11am–6pm. Closed Sun, Mon · www.sadiecoles.com
Sir John Soane’s Museum don’t miss / museum
Maintained just as it was on the eponymous architect’s death, this series of intricate interconnected rooms is a treasure trove stuffed with models, sculptures and cultural curiosities like the Seti sarcophagus in the basement. A place to lose hours.
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Holborn: 13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2 · 10am–5pm. Closed Sun, Mon · www.soane.org
Somerset House don’t miss art / WiFi
A Neoclassical dream set around a breathtaking courtyard off the Strand. Peruse the Courtauld Gallery’s old masters and Impressionists then get your skates on in winter for a whizz around London’s favourite ice rink. Charing Cross: The Strand, WC2 · 10am–6pm · www.somersethouse.org.uk
Stephen Friedman art
One of the leaders on the contemporary art scene presents his artists, including the emblematic Brit talent David Shrigley, behind a huge shop window. Mayfair: 11 & 25–28 Old Burlington St, W1 · 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–5pm. Closed Sun, Mon · www.stephenfriedman.com
Stuart Shave / Modern Art art
A leading light on the conceptual art scene, this gallery continues to take risks, supporting some of the edgier artists on the international scene. Fitzrovia: 6 Fitzroy Square, W1 · 11am–6pm. Closed Sun, Mon · www.modernart.net
The Wallace Collection museum
A sumptuous but approachable collection of Louis XIV furniture and18th-century masters including Frans Hals’s The Laughing Cavalier. Marylebone: Hertford House, Manchester Square, W1 · 10am–5pm · www.wallacecollection.org
White Cube Mason’s Yard don’t miss / art
This contemporary gallery promotes international talents including Steve McQueen, Kelley Walker, Glenn Ligon and Abraham Cruzvillegas. St James’s: 25-26 Mason’s Yard, SW1 · 10am–6pm. Closed Sun, Mon · whitecube.com
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Barraf ina ££ don’t miss
The Ape & Bird ££ neW
Grab a stool at the elegant bar and gorge yourself on London’s finest tapas.
bar / british / pub
The first foray into the contemporary (gastro) pub from the brains behind Polpo is a 3-floor extravaganza boasting 4 bars, a restaurant, a funked-up décor and great British grub. Covent Garden: 142 Shaftesbury Ave, WC2 · 020 7836 3119 · 10am–11.30pm; Sun noon–10.30pm · apeandbird.com
Ask for Janice £ neW bar / breaKFast / british / cocKtaiLs
A modish distressed décor for this all-day café that takes pride in everything it serves, from the modern Brit small plates menu, to the long list of gin cocktails and craft beers in the hidden basement bar.
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Soho: 54 Frith St, W1 (+ branches) · No reservations · Noon–3pm, 5–11pm; Sun 1–3.30pm, 5.30–10pm · www.barrafina.co.uk
Berners Tavern £££ neW / don’t miss bar / breaKFast / modern euro
The all-day restaurant (‘a new kind of gathering place’) belonging to new luxe hotel The London Edition. Jaws drop upon entering the gorgeous space, overloaded with mouldings and art. The modern Brit menu was devised by the hyperactive and Michelin-starred Jason Atherton. Fitzrovia: 10 Berners Street, W1 · 020 7908 7979 · 7am–midnight · www.bernerstavern.com
Farringdon: 50–52 Long Lane, EC1 · 020 7600 2255 · 7.30am–12.30am. Closed Sat, Sun · askforjanice.co.uk
Bird of Smithf ield £££
The Attendant £ neW
A club with no members. Over 5 floors of an old Georgian townhouse, chef Alan Bird (ex The Ivy) brings together great modern Brit cuisine across two different dining areas, a basement cocktail bar The Birdcage and a fantastic rooftop terrace.
breaKFast / brunch / coFFee
Formerly a Victorian toilet, built circa 1890 and mothballed in the ’60s, today a unique espresso & food bar designed around the original porcelain urinals. Fitzrovia: 27a Foley Street, W1 · No reservations · 8am–6pm; Sat 10am–5pm. Closed Sun · www.the-attendant.com
Bar Italia £ budget / coFFee / itaLian / Late / mYthic / terrace / WiFi
The Soho institution has been serving up a slice of authentic Italy to Mods, coffee afficionados and star fans like Francis Ford Coppola since 1949. The coffee, prepared with an ancient Gaggia machine, is best sipped at a pavement table made for watching the girls and boys go by. Soho: 22 Frith Street, W1 · 020 7437 4520 · Open 24/7 · www.baritaliasoho.co.uk
Barnyard ££ neW british / cocKtaiLs
The second restaurant from Michelinstarred chef Ollie Dabbous and mixologist Oskar Kinberg is a relaxed, no-reservations affair serving Brit comfort food – like bubble and squeak with black pudding, apple chutney and fried egg – within a distressed farm setting in Fitzrovia. Fitzrovia: 18 Charlotte St, W1 · No reservations · Noon–midnight (4pm Sun) · www.barnyard-london.com
bar / breaKFast / british / cocKtaiLs / terrace / WiFi
Clerkenwell: 26 Smithfield St, EC1 · 020 7559 5100 · 7.30am–midnight (2am Thu-Sat); Sun 9am–5pm · www.birdofsmithfield.com
Bistrot Bruno Loubet £££ breaKFast / brunch / cocKtaiLs / modern / euro
Snaring masterchef Loubet was a stroke of genius for the Zetter’s formerly underachieving restaurant. Spot him toiling in the open kitchen over artisanal bistro fare, or grab a window seat to scope the charming views. Clerkenwell: 86-88 Clerkenwell Rd, EC1 · 020 7324 4455 · 7–10.30am (11am Sat, Sun), noon–2.30pm, 6–10.30pm · www.thezetter.com
Bob Bob Ricard £££ brunch / burgers / WoW
Wildy flamboyant décor and a surreal all-day menu that serves up an Orient Express-style kitsch in the sober heart of Mayfair. Lie back and order via high-tech table-top buttons in the booths then watch as the turquoise-clad staff ferry you more champagne. Mayfair: 1 Upper James St, W1 · 020 3145 1000 · 12.30–3pm, 6pm– midnight; Sat 5.30pm–midnight. Closed Sun · www.bobbobricard.com
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Urban Outf itters Fashion / mens / muLtibrand / interiors
Quieter than the Oxford Circus branch but featuring the same selection of edgy but affordable clothing and accessories alongside boutique collections from the likes of Acne, Vanesso Bruno and Peter Jensen. Covent Garden: 42-56 Earlham St, WC2 (+ branches) · 10am–7pm (8pm Thu, Fri); Sun noon–6pm · www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk
The Vintage Showroom don’t miss / mens / vintage
Forget tatty retro, this impeccable Covent Garden boutique stocks prime vintage menswear, with an archive covering earlyto mid- 20th-century workwear, military garb and English tailoring. Covent Garden: 14 Earlham St, WC2 · 11am–7.30pm; Sun noon–6pm · www.thevintageshowroom.com
Windle & Moodie hair
With its tagline ‘from catwalk to the kerb’, Windle & Moodie is much loved for its speed-styling service – namely fashion-savvy cuts from hairdressers who also work backstage at shows. Covent Garden: 41-45 Shorts Gardens, WC2 · 10am–6.15pm (7.15pm Wed–Fri); Sat 9.30am–5.30pm. Closed Sun · www.windleandmoodie.com
Burlington Arcade Fashion / mYthic / shoes / WoW
Luxury runway meets historic gem in this gorgeous arcade from 1819. Enjoy luxury leather from Monocle faves Thomas Lyte, vintage Rolexes and Jimmy Choo’s first standalone menswear shop. And watch out for the top-hatted beadles who keep the peace. Piccadilly: Burlington Arcade, W1 · 10am–6.30pm. Sun 11am–5pm · www.burlington-arcade.co.uk
Carnaby Street mYthic
Having a second wind after its ’60s Pop Art and Mod heyday, the regenerated shopping district now features classy chains on the main strip and interesting independents hidden in the three-tiered Kingly Court complex.
Charing Cross Road Bookshops art / booKs / budget / design
A cluster of secondhand bookshops that stretch south down Charing Cross Rd, between Shaftesbury Ave and Leicester Square, this is one stretch of London that (mercifully) hasn’t changed in decades. Expect everything from rare poetry first editions to hip typography tomes.
St. James’s Park parKs & gardens
Skirted by Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament, this is London’s prettiest and most genteel green stretch. Stop for lunch at Oliver Peyton’s idyllic café/brasserie Inn the Park.
St. Paul’s Cathedral monument / vieW / WoW
‘If you seek a monument, look around you’ is inscribed on architect Sir Christopher Wren’s tomb in the crypt. Sights include a memorial to Lawrence of Arabia and vertiginous views of the capital from the Golden Gallery. The City: St Paul’s Churchyard, EC4 · 8.30am–4pm · Sun services only www.stpauls.co.uk
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Geoffrey Finch Based in London since 2004, Geoffrey is Creative Director of women’s fashion label Antipodium, and also Creative Design Consultant at Topshop. A fixture on the London fashion week calendar, Antipodium does a fine line in subverted classics as well as modern basics with a very London sensibility. www.antipodium.com · www.topshop.com
Kew Gardens Witness the majesty of the British Empire at its peak in Kew Garden's spectacular glasshouses. Or a 10-storey pagoda built in 1762 as a surprise? Or metre-wide lily pads? Marvellous. www.kew.org
Raven Row A space so perfectly executed I am obsessed with moving in. Great shows too. Treat yourself to post-refreshments at neighbouring St John Bread & Wine. www.ravenrow.org
The River Cafe A buzzy vibe, enormously satisfying interior (although it is divisive), lovely service and truly delicious Italian fare by the woman who introduced olive oil to the UK. www.rivercafe.co.uk
Elliot’s Cafe My home away from home. Seasonal and sustainable produce prepared with compelling flare – and extraordinarily eatable. Biodynamic wines. Tick. Cocktails by Charlie. Tick. Risk of overindulgence: quite high. www.elliotscafe.com
Goodhood Purveyors of dangerously buyable wares for ladies, gents and home. I can't wait to check out their new home on Curtain Rd with a cafe by the aforementioned Elliot’s. goodhoodstore.com
Foot Patrol Guaranteed to have all the latest kicks and smiling service to boot. www.footpatrol.co.uk
Machine A A wonderful selection of London’s infamous young designers with a delectable edit of international talent to create a vibe which is the fashion side of street. www.machine-a.com
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