Holland Park and it has been because the Eighties. Our house is one thing that is essential to me. It’s a house, not only a home.

Claridge’s in fact — it’s an overused phrase, however it’s actually iconic. Even earlier than visiting I’d heard a lot about its historical past, that as quickly as I stepped into the polished revolving doorways I knew I used to be coming into someplace very particular. I first stayed about 25 years in the past however had been going there for drinks or dinner for a while earlier than that. I’m not a giant drinker however tea within the Studying Room is a good deal with for anybody visiting London. My spouse Pauline and I’ve been collectively since I used to be 21 however we nonetheless wish to go on dates. Claridge’s is someplace we like to go, significantly if we’re celebrating.

Rising up as a child in Nottingham, music was initially the rationale I’d come right down to London — for gigs. So earlier than I had a flat right here I keep in mind crashing on the ground of a mate’s home when Notting Hill Carnival first began in 1966. At the moment London was so stuffed with artistic vitality.

I’d come down for a couple of days and would exit to completely different gigs each night time. Typically I’d print up a couple of T-shirts again house and convey them with me to the gigs and attempt to promote them to individuals within the viewers. Any cash I’d make would go in direction of paying for the petrol to get me down. Does that depend as a job?

A day visiting among the metropolis’s sensible museums like Tate Trendy, the Nationwide Gallery or the Royal Academy after which a pint in one in every of our nice pubs. There’s additionally Sir John Soane’s Museum, which is a should for anybody visiting London date or not. It’s most likely one in every of my favorite museums in the entire world. It is fantastic as a result of it is simply this mad, eclectic mixture of items collected by Soane himself. He was a traveller and was somebody who simply cherished accumulating objects and artefacts from all around the world.

My flagship store on Albemarle Avenue in Mayfair; I work a shift almost each Saturday. Poilâne bakery for the perfect bread. We now have so many various markets in London. Portobello is nice for classic garments, Columbia Street is known for its flowers. Borough is one in every of my favourites.