Bloomsbury with my husband Mattias. We’ve got associates within the space like Tracey Emin, Erdem Moralıoğlu and Philip Joseph, which is gorgeous. We moved there this summer time, and proper across the nook from the halls of residence the place I lived after I first moved to London 25 years in the past to check — so I’ve come full circle!

I haven’t stayed in lots of lodges in London, however I did keep at The Londoner lodge in June 2023, across the reopening of the Nationwide Portrait Gallery, the place I used to be director till this yr. I used to be there all hours of the day, and that made it much more civilised — particularly their pool and the views throughout the London skyline.

In Borough with college associates in 2001 — it started my love affair with south London.

Boots Opticians on Kensington Excessive Avenue each Saturday and Sunday whereas I studied on the Courtauld (and 7 days every week throughout holidays). It paid for my levels and was certainly one of a number of part-time jobs whereas I studied, working entrance of home on the Nationwide Portrait Gallery, which was an effective way to start out.

The British Museum in fact; the place else can you’ll be able to go around the globe in your first date?

Lina Shops on Brewer Avenue for ravioli (and apparently negronis downstairs, though I’ve but to do that), Kipper & Chalk and Dunhill for tailoring, Jack Corbett for floral preparations and backyard design, and the gorgeous Cornelissen store for artists provides.

The River Café is all the time very particular however a very memorable meal is one I had there with associates this March after being awarded the OBE at Windsor Citadel (and simply after I bought the telephone name from George Osborne to say I’d bought the British Museum job). It was a giant day.