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24-year old Philippa Guy is the first senior bartender to be appointed to the famous American bar in The Savoy in over 100 years.

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Pippa learnt her trade tending bar while studying at Leeds University and it was while hosting 'Leeds Love Cocktails' that Pippa met Declan McGurk of the American Bar. A few weeks later and Pippa had relocated and was starting out as a server at the bar in London. Female bartenders are in the minority and Pippa has managed to work her way up to senior bartender at one of the world's most prestigious institutions. We find out what life is life for this glass-ceiling smashing, cocktail-shaking inspiration... What time do you get up?

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I love to be up early in the morning; if possible by 8am in order to catch the best part of the day. With the hours I work sometimes that’s not always possible, if I arrive home at 3am I try to be up and about by10am. What’s the first thing you do when you get up? Make a cup of Yorkshire tea! Do you have breakfast/workout/meditate in the morning? I love running in the morning, or going to the gym, it’s a great feeling to start your day with an achievement early it gives you a great energy for the day ahead. I have recently started to get into Yoga; it’s been helping me stretch off when shaking a few hundred cocktails during a night shift, we never cool down as you ordinarily would after exercise so in the morning I can have stiff shoulders. What do you have for breakfast? I’m not really a big breakfast person, I've recently got into smoothies and smoothie bowls as it is an easy way to pack some fruit and veg in first thing. What do you wear to work? In the 1930s our head bartender Harry Craddock introduced white jackets to the bar and since then it has become an iconic piece of the bar’s heritage. The Savoy is currently having a custom white jacket made for me to wear behind the bar and I cannot wait to wear it! I’m so excited for the day I first get to put my jacket on and be a part of the bar’s iconic history as a female behind the bar in a white jacket, just like Ada Coleman. What do you do on the commute? It takes me about 40 minutes to get to work. I like to get off the overground early and walk as much as possible, or run in if I have time. On the train I listen to music, do the sudoku in the paper or read The Savoy cocktail book. What happens when you arrive at work? I get changed and head straight up to the bar; we're a very small team and most of us see each other more than we see any of our families so there’s lots of hugs and handshakes and laughter on arrival. What’s your workspace like – is it a desk etc? My workspace is a beautiful art deco bar, within The Savoy. I could never work behind a desk, I don't think I would be able to sit there for long enough. I love being the first person in the bar in the morning to sit for a few minutes in peace before watching as it get busier and busier through the day. What does you day at work look like?

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My day at work consists of doing what I enjoy most in the world, making drinks and engaging with my guests. I love meeting new people and I meet people daily from different walks of life with completely differing reasons for visiting the American Bar, to me it’s fascinating. Do you enjoy your work? I love my job, I've worked very hard to get to where I am and I consider myself one of very few, extremely lucky, people that can say I genuinely love what I do. I look forward to going to work every day. What do you have for lunch? I try to stick to lighter foods if possible! I enjoy eating healthily, when eating and going straight back behind the bar you don't want a big meal to weigh you down; you need to get back from a break and be energised and ready to go. What time do you leave work? A day shift will finish around 8pm and a night shift anywhere between 12am depending on how tired we are! Sometimes the team enjoys sitting in the bar after everything is clean and the guests are all at home, we get a bit of time to unwind and talk about our evening and enjoy each other’s company. What do you do in the evening? If I have time to be at home my boyfriend and I will often cook together (actually he does most of the cooking, it’s not one of my best skills so I get told to stick to the drinks!) and just relax, sometimes watch a film. I’m not really a big TV watcher; again it requires sitting still for too long! If I'm tired and need to relax I'll take a nap and try to catch up on sleep. It’s very important in hospitality to take time to unwind before sleeping, if you try to sleep whilst your brain is still operating at 100mph I get crazy dreams! Sometimes I’ll read and that'll send me to sleep very quickly, if that’s not working I have a Spotify playlist I've built up over the last few years that chills me out. What time do you go to bed? It depends what my body clock is on, it’s very difficult to get any routine in what we do as our shifts can change daily to different times. It’s important to just know your body and when it’s telling you that you need to get some sleep then go to bed!

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Given that it opened in 1828, you'd expect Simpson's to have required the odd face-lift. And their most recent has made it look – and feel – some decades younger than its most venerable age. This has always been the sort of place your dad or, indeed, your grandparents might take you. And while there's nothing wrong with that, the gentle lightening and brightening of both the interiors and menu mean that, whilst meals here remain an undoubtedly smart affair (as one might expect from one of Winston Churchill's old haunts – his favourite table is all the way at the back, by the fireplace), you no longer run the risk of sitting wriggling with inadequacy at either your sartorial inadequacy or simple youth. Book in for old-school glamour and service, with a carvery trolley serving properly juicy beef every day of the week, right at your table. Aside from traditional comforts like steak and kidney pudding and an epic fish pie, there are daintier options like the chicken breast and ballotine with charred sweetcorn, and a refreshingly chilled pea soup to start.

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An eclectic mix of diners congregates at this 350-year-old inn; Goretex-clad birdwatchers who have come to Pagham Harbour, breeding ground for over 200 bird species, sit among well-heeled locals fuelling up after a day at nearby Goodwood. All are united, however, in search of the superb seafood caught by nearby Selsey fishermen, deftly dished up with inspiration from much further afield, like calamari with charred corn and kimchi (though their best dishes are the simplest; plaice with saffron potatoes, for example). Just two things to remember: if it’s warm, claim a table outside for views over the wetland nature reserve, and don’t forget to look at the blackboard, the specials really are that. Dinner for two, around £80. crab-lobster.co.uk Martha Ortiz comes to London

Dinner in a five-star hotel restaurant in Mayfair sounds like it’s going to be a stuffy affair but The Stafford’s new establishment has all the character of its namesake, Nancy Wake, a resistance fighter who holed up in the American Bar during WWII. It’s a tongue-in-cheek reimagining of a gentleman’s club, where the staff sport hot pink ties feathered with grouse illustrations, the sauce for the wood pigeon is poured from a hip flask with a conspiratorial wink from the waiter and the kiev is presented with a black leather apron in case the truffle butter filling spurts into your lap. Flavours are boisterous and unabashed, much like the 380-year-old, 8,000-bottle strong cellar, which leans towards grand cru Burgundy wines. Bottoms up! Dinner for two, around £180. thestaffordlondon.com

DISHES OF THE MONTH… 1 Buccleuch Estate beef tartare at Simpson’s in the Strand, reopening after a three-month hiatus (simpsonsinthestrand.co.uk). 2 Crispy pork and amaranth tamal at Martha Ortiz’s first Mexican restaurant in London (ellacanta.com). 3 Jollof rice with smoked bone marrow at Ikoyi, where West African dishes are tuned for fine dining (ikoyilondon.com).

NEO BISTRO, W1 You might expect Anjou pigeon to come roasted with porcini, but Alex Harper, the former chef of Fulham’s Michelin-starred pub The Harwood Arms, has other ideas. At this new West End dining room it’s served classically with lentils and celeriac, but with the inspired addition of strawberries (green not red, of course). Finger-lickingly sacrilegious. neobistro.co.uk

ROTH BAR AND GRILL, SOMERSET If you fancy yourself a lone-ranger, try to catch the end of Rashid Johnson’s exhibition about outsiders at Hauser & Wirth (ends 10 September), the culmination of a two-month residency. It’s also the perfect excuse to sample the Roth Bar & Grill’s loin of roe deer at lunch, served super light with cherry tomatoes, horseradish with peas, radicchio, capers and watercress. rothbarandgrill.co.uk

THE TEST KITCHEN, W1 How do you like your eggs? At his year-long pop-up Adam Simmonds makes pheasant eggs with kohlrabi, girolles and truffle. Cracking. Get in quick though, it might not be on the menu next week as the dishes constantly evolve in reaction to diners’ feedback. The final menu at the end of the pop-up will form the basis of his permanent site. thetestkitchen.uk

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He may be too young to order at the bar, but boy wizard Harry Potter is to be immortalised in cocktail form as part of The Beaufort Bar’s ‘Cocktail of the Moment’ series.

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The Beaufort, itself one of our favourite reasons to visit The Savoy, is launching the magical potion to celebrate the fantastical world of JK Rowling. The concoction, dubbed The Chosen One, is a mix of beetroot cordial, Benedictine, silver and salted butter. It sounds to us like Potions Master Professor Snape would be proud.

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5. For a New Pre-Theatre Menu: Kaspar’s at The Savoy

What: Kaspar’s at The Savoy has devised a new pre-theatre menu to delight all food-loving theatregoers, featuring enticing fare such as salmon gravlax, John Dory, and English cherries. Their glamorous setting, complemented by the finest ingredients, ensures your show begins before the curtain even goes up. Why: Head Chef Igor Kabatsikov who oversees the renowned restaurant and its 18-strong brigade of chefs, has designed the new menu. Available from 4.30pm to 6.30pm, seven days a week, Kaspar’s new Pre-Theatre menu is priced at £36 for two courses and £42 for three courses. Dishes include: Iberico ham hock with peach chutney, grelot onion and crackling; Angus Beef Fillet served with purple broccoli, lovage and shallot crumble; and English Cherry Almond Tart with raspberry sorbet. Where: Strand, London WC2R 0EU

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Philippa Guy, who has recently been appointed as senior bartender at The Savoy’s famous American Bar, the first female in this role for 100 years. This prestigious role, which was held previously by the renowned cocktail figure Ada Coleman, was awarded to the Branbury- born 24 year old after she spent two years working her way up the ranks in this world famous bar. During the time preceding The Savoy, Pippa honed her bar tending skills initially working part time at Leeds University for Arc Inspirations. Here, she learnt how to make cocktails and over two years was promoted to bar supervisor by the time she graduated. Fully immersed into the Leeds bar scene, Pippa decided to move to Oporto, a bar industry institution which for the last 21 years has produced many of the UK’s finest bar tenders, before embarking on a year’s travels throughout the Southern Hemisphere. Upon returning to Leeds, she secured the role of bar manager. Whilst hosting for ‘Leeds Loves Cocktails’ (LLC) 2015, Pippa met Declan McGurk and, impressed with her hospitality, he offered her a job at the American Bar a few weeks later. Pippa started at The Savoy’s American Bar on the 17th August 2015 and worked as a server learning five-star service, increasing her knowledge and honing her skills. In December 2016, she was appointed the role of junior bartender and began working behind the bar. In a city where female bartenders are the minority, impressively, Pippa has managed to break gender barriers at such a young age, through sheer determination and considerable passion.

The Savoy’s world-renowned American Bar has appointed its first female senior bartender in 100 years, Phillipa ‘Pippa’ Guy.The last woman to hold such a role at the American Bar was Ada Coleman in the early 1900s, where she created the Hanky Panky cocktail. The prestigious role was awarded to the Branbury-born 24-year old Guy after she has spent the last two years working her way up the ladder at the Savoy. Working part-time for Arc Inspirations during her time studying at the University of Leeds, Guy fell in love with the industry, learning to make cocktails and quickly being promoted to bar supervisor. Following her time at Arc, she moved on to Leeds’ Oporto, before meeting American Bar bar manager Declan McGurk while she was hosting at Leeds Loves Cocktails. He soon offered her a job and she packed up for London.Promoted to junior bartender from the floor in 2016, Guy has gone from strength to strength. We wish her luck in her new role. Monthly Unique Browsers: 27, 898

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comprises a holy trinity of Empire-era, Rule Britannia British dining. It has just reopened after a spruce-up, and entering the stained-glass and tiled lobby is like stepping into the booking hall of a gothic Victorian railway station. The dining room itself (or ‘Grand Divan’, to give it its proper title) is even more of a spectacle, a Grade II-listed showstopper of lustrous wood panelling and wedding-cake plaster moulding, oil paintings and leather banquettes, illuminated by chandeliers (there is no natural light) and, minus the cigar smoke, immediately recognisable to former patrons Charles Dickens and Winston Churchill. The food (from a British ‘bill of fare’ rather than a French ‘menu’) has been gently updated for modern appetites, losing some of its trencherman appeal along the way. A prettily presented pulled ham-hock salad, artfully arranged beef Wellington and a light gooseberry trifle all seemed aimed more at guests from the neighbouring Savoy (of which Simpsons is part) than Billy Bunter-ish City gents, although gently warmed potted shrimps to spread onto toast and sirloin with a slab of mushroom were in the comfort food tradition of old. And we were surprised that for a restaurant that prides itself on its trolley service (roast beef and Yorkshire pud, cocktails mixed tableside), the

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Best London Cocktail Bars And What To Wear To Them Beaufort Bar For an evening of opulence, head to the Savoy Hotel’s Beaufort Bar. Each drink is unique to the bar and made to intrigue and excite guests. In a theatrical art deco setting, with cocktails served in era-specific glassware, every detail is accounted for. Escape the hustle and bustle of real life and immerse yourself in all the glitz and glamour.

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The Savoy, Strand The height of Jazz-Age glamour with its renowned Savoy Orpheans Band and American Bar, this hotel was also the perfect place to demonstrate one's membership of the international elite. That was what Jacob Kirchenstein and his wife Vallie wanted to achieve when they stayed there after arriving in London on an ocean liner from New York in late 1922. Jacob was posing as a shipping agent and wanted to look wealthy and sophisticated. In reality, he was preparing to work as a Soviet secret agent. Moscow had sent him to Britain in order to coordinate a network of spies across the British Empire and to steal military secrets. Thanks to the cover he created with the help of the Savoy, he was able to operate undetected by MI5 and other intelligence agencies for several years.

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‘My son seemed so bright. Then it was like his computer crashed’ Kathy Lette’s new novel is about a woman who tries to hire a prostitute for her autistic son. She almost did it for hers, she tells Catherine Nixey

t was when he turned round that she saw it. Kathy Lette’s autistic teenage son, Jules, had just come home from school. He moved and there it was: a note pinned to his back. It said: “Kick me, I’m a retard”. A version of this has found its way into Lette’s latest novel, Best Laid Plans, about a mother of an autistic boy. In the book the mother remembers her son coming home with a sign on his back saying: “Spit on the spaz”. The mother is devastated. How did Lette feel? What? When he came back “with a sign on his back saying, ‘Kick me, I’m a retard’?” she repeats, as if to make sure of the question. It was perhaps unnecessary. “Well just imagine that, as a mother. You felt like your heart had been ripped out of your chest and thrown on the ground and stomped on. It still makes me upset to think about it. Because you can’t protect them all the time.” Here’s the thing about Lette, the “comic” author: she is really quite serious. She’s serious about autism. She’s really serious about feminism. And she’s a serious hitter: her books have shifted more than three million copies worldwide. Little about Lette’s image prepares you for this. Her book covers are frequently pink. Pint-sized and pixiefaced, she will sometimes strike a pose

in photos; kick up a heel, perhaps, or smile brightly. In the publicity shot for her present tour, Girls’ Night Out, she is wearing a dress with a heart on it. This is not authorial behaviour: most authors look serious to the point of glum. If they are feeling sprightly they might rest their chin on their hand. Even so, Lette loathes being classed as lightweight, and the lack of serious attention that she and other female comic authors get enrages her. “I hate the term ‘chick lit’,” she says. “I find [it] so loathsome. It’s demeaning and belittling. Women who write firstperson contemporary funny fiction get sidelined. We don’t get reviewed properly.” And, she adds, “I’m not a chick. I’m a chook. At least at my age.” Chook meaning chicken in Australian. We meet in the Savoy Hotel, in London, where in 2003 Lette was writer in residence (Stephen Fry was the next incumbent) and where there is a cocktail named after her: the Kathy cassis. (Less glamorously there was also a dish: the ome-lette.) Say her name to the hotel’s staff and they say “Ah, Ms Lette” in the sort of cosy way that they presumably used to say “Ah, Ms Parker” in the Algonquin. When I arrive Lette is sitting in a corner booth that has a bay window and curtains that can be shut to screen

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Turning back the clock on ocean travel Treasured items from P&O’s 180-year history offer a unique window on the golden age of cruising, writes David Atkinson

othing about the all-glass corporate facade of DP World in London’s Victoria hints at the treasures inside. Not even the sign on the door gives it away. But step into the reception area and the first thing you notice is a large silver clock, dating from 1865 and intricately adorned with carved hieroglyphics, housed in a giant display cabinet. This was a gift from the then ruler of Egypt to the directors of a shipping firm in appreciation of the part it played in the development of his country. That company, P&O, would become, for a time, the largest shipping concern in the world and this year celebrates its 180th anniversary. The French-movement clock is just one artefact from the P&O Heritage Collection, a treasure trove of British shipping. DP World

bought P&O in 2006, the only change of ownership in the company’s history, and continues to maintain and preserve the collection. P&O Cruises is now a separate business (owned by Carnival Corporation). The rest of the archive is on permanent loan to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. The collection is not open to the public but items are often loaned to major museums. In fact, some are to feature in a 2018 exhibition at

London’s V&A Museum, from February 3 to June 10. Ocean Liners: Speed & Style celebrates the golden age of ocean travel from the mid 19th to the late 20th century, with an emphasis on design – from engineering and interiors to fashion and lifestyle aboard. “There’s a huge romance around ocean liners and their aesthetics: the posters, fashion and visuals are all fantastic,” says the collection’s senior curator, Susie Cox. “That’s why we call it the golden age.” The Peninsular Steam Navigation Company (Oriental was added to the company name in 1840) signed the agreement to deliver mail to the Iberian Peninsula on August 22, 1837. The first mail ship on the contract, Don Juan, set sail from London on September 1 that year with passengers including one of the company’s founders, Arthur Anderson, and cargo bound for Cadiz on board. The collection documents the company’s history from then to the present day, highlighting the personal stories behind the artefacts. “P&O dominated routes east of Suez and rapidly established itself at the heart of the British Empire. Its ships carried millions of passengers to new lives in foreign lands,” explains Cox, who has a background in art and architectural history and 20 years of experience in looking after the collection. “It’s that personal

connection to the company,” she adds, “that makes this more than just a business collection.” Tracing a route around corporate corridors, many lined with maritime treasures in display cabinets, while artwork hangs in boardrooms, leads us to the Conservation Studio, a one-woman department stacked high with boxes of printed ephemera. Here the company’s conservator, Anna-Klara Hahn, is restoring a book of handwritten letters to Egyptian shipping agents, dating from 1861. It is decorative items from the Thirties, such as menus, postcards and almanacs, that add glamour and hint at the future. A menu from the centenary dinner at the Savoy in 1937, for example, includes oysters and lamb washed down with claret – a Château Margaux 1928. A guest list of 435 invitees included the great and good of British shipping. Later I learn from digital curator Beth Ellis how the heritage team is increasingly digitising the collection. The P&O Heritage website offers access to more than 2,000 ship factsheets and around 1,800 items from the collection, including ephemera from shipping lines that the company has absorbed over the years, plus online exhibitions and galleries. Archive footage is hosted by YouTube. Cox is keen to maintain the

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