It was the summer of 1997 and Downing Street had turned into a nightclub. Tony Blair, barely weeks into his premiership, was playing host not to diplomats but to designers, artists, models, and rock stars. In the garden, Kate Moss smoked cigarettes with Noel Gallagher of Oasis. Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst, the enfant terriblesContinue reading “Cool Britannia: Art, Attitude, and the London of the 1990s”
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London’s Best Independent Bookshops
London is a city of great libraries and vast chains, but its soul belongs to the independents. These bookshops are sanctuaries of thought and discovery, where browsing is as important as buying and a good recommendation is always personal. Here is a guide to some of the best. John Sandoe Books, Chelsea Address: 10–12 BlacklandsContinue reading “London’s Best Independent Bookshops”
V&A East Storehouse: A Backstage Pass to the World’s Great Collections
That old model is changing – and nowhere more boldly than at the V&A East Storehouse, which opened in May 2025 in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
My World of Interiors 