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Absolutely meets the queen of retro 41 MOODBOARD Ducie Keam-George reveals her inspirations

This month’s hottest trends and products

10 things we’re coveting this month Diary dates for November

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All the most glamorous people and places

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46 BEAUTY CONFIDENTIAL The month’s best beauty buys

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All the best travel companions Food & Drink

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58 RECIPES FROM FORTNUMS The rebirth of the Savoury

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he long wait is over. By far the most exciting thing about this month is that the Design Museum is due to open the doors to its new home in Kensington.

Architect John Pawson (himself a Notting Hill local) has redesigned the iconic but sadly neglected Commonwealth Institute to create a wonderful new home for the musuem that outgrew its Shad Thames home long ago, allowing it for the first time to display its permanent collection. This is widely deemed to be great news for Kensington High Street, where nothing exciting has happened for many years, and great news for the museum – but one of its original founders, Stephen Bayley, doesn't agree. He complains in The Spectator that as the museum's

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popularity has increased, so has the 'muddle' surrounding what design actually is, so much so as to render the idea of design 'meaningless'.

He also refers to the high street as 'nasty'. Is this fair? Already the museum's shop, cannily opened in advance of the actual museum, has created a wave of enthusiasm among shoppers. We are certainly excited about the whole thing.

Enjoy the issue. ◆

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AMERICAN GIRL

Gigi Hadid returns as the face of MaxMara this AW with deeply bronzed skin and wet hair.

Effortlessly sexy, the American It Girl is seen here with the Whitney bag and – as with all that Gigi puts her face to – we’re sold. maxmara.com

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This is Moët’s 72nd vintage champagne. Elegant and bright, this bubbly is the dinner party drink. £59; uk.moet.com

TURN IT UP

This portable speaker from Kreafunk plays music via Bluetooth with a built-in microphone for answering phone calls and a powerbank to charge phones. Super handy. £90; amara.com

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RISING SUN

Astley Clarke’s yellow gold diamond earrings feature a rayed sun drop with pavé set white diamonds. Perfect for the looming party season. £2,500; farfetch.com

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ABSOLUTELY / LOVES NEW FEMININITY

Leaving last season’s prim woman behind, Jaeger’s AW collection is boyishly cool with versatile boxy shapes and a neutral colour palette. jaeger.co.uk

VASE DAZE

Summer is over but that doesn’t mean you should forgo fresh flowers. We’ll be placing ours in this chocolate brown vase. £19; hollyshouse.com

PEEP CHIC

Handcrafted in the Italian region of Treviso, these sunglasses by Prism are timelessly chic. Big and dark enough to hide tired eyes, these are a winter necessity. £265; browns.com

SNAKE KICKS

In signature Alexandre Birman style, these python boots are exotic, supple and stylish. Pair with boyfriend jeans for a laid back but sophisticated look. £880; netaporter.com

HOUR’S UP

VELVET VIXEN

This brand new unisex watch concentrates on balancing function and style with durable stainless steel and a sapphire crystal glass face to complete the flawless design. £176; greyhours.com

Nothing says winter more than oxblood rich velvet. This year, we’ll be injecting the colour into our wardrobe with this bag

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Alice Mary Lynch creates and sews fantastical creatures using vintage textiles and treasures. Her work has a cult status and is highly collectible all over the world.

For this exhibition, Alice has created 25 new characters. To 15 January 2017, Anthropologie, 131-141 King's Road, SW3 anthropologie.com

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Un ti l 5 No v e m b e r T he O sb o r ne S tu di o G a ll e r y or the past year, Houghton has spent F his days venturing through the famously glorious Goodwood Estate.

During his residency at the magnificent ancestral home of the Duke of Richmond, the artist has captured both sporting and rural life. This distinguished exhibition showcases the results. u 2 Motcomb Street, SW1X; osg.uk.com

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DOCOCLUB: THE DIVIDE

2 3 No v e m b e r B o o k a nd Ki tc he n elling the story of seven individuals T striving for a better life in the modern day UK and US Ω where the top 0.1% own as much wealth as the bottom 90% Ω by interweaving tales, this film uncovers how virtually every aspect of our lives is controlled by the size of the gap between rich and poor. u 31 All Saints Road, W11; bookandkitchen.com

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This is the third installment of a photographic series that celebrates the sensual beauty of the female body. This racy and dazzling collection features work from global fashion photographers such as Bob Figgis and Bob Carlos Clarke and includes photographs of Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer, among others.

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NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ICE RINK

T h ro u gh o u t No v e m b e r Na tu ra l H i s to r y M u s e u m his is one of the winter season’s T highlights. Glide around the Romanesque museum at night for a truly romantic evening or take the kids for a magical day they’ll never forget. Take advantage of the extended sessions and perfect your figure of eight for up to three hours. u Cromwell Road, SW7; nhm.ac.uk

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ARTS & CULTURE / TALKING TOPICS must see

HAIR BY SAM MCKNIGHT

Fro m 2 No v e m b e r S o m e rs e t Ho u s e his major exhibition T celebrates Sam McKnight’s remarkable 40 year career as a master hairstylist. From the late 1970s to the current day, McKnight has worked on everything from fashion editorial to advertising. This looks at hair from a new perspective and contextualises its wider cultural significance and the role of the stylist within fashion. u Strand, WC2R somersethouse.org.uk

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From 30 Nov e m b er S aatchi G alle r y n recent years, painting has I been challenged by the wave of modern media embraced by artists. This exhibition puts the medium back into the forefront of contemporary art by presenting the work of nine present day painters.

Undeterred by the decline, painters such as Richard Aldrich and David Brian Smith negotiate the paradox of being both mainsteam and niche, homogenous yet distinctive. u u King’s Road, SW3;

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FEAR & LOVE F ro m 24 Nov e m b e r D e si gn Mu s e u m

The newly reopened Design Museum hits High Street Kensington with a bang. This exhibition comprises 11 freshly commissioned installations by designers and architects from around the world who navigate presentday discourses. Commerce, communication, culture and AI: just some of the topics that ignite fear and love.

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ir Elton John loves modernist photography. As a collector, he is in possession of some extremely rare vintage prints. Lending 150 pieces to the Tate, this exhibition showcases his own personal collection and

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features works created by the artists themselves. Most impressively, this includes works by seminal figures such as Man Ray, Herbert Bayer and Dorothea Lange.u Bankside, SE1; tate.org.uk

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Lolita (1962) Original US 41 x 27 in. (104 x 69 cm). Photo by Bert Stern. Estimate: £600-£900

Rebel Without a Cause (1955). Original US. 41 x 27 in. (104 x 69 cm). Estimate: £2500-£350

SCREEN GRABS Previewing this month’s auction of film posters at 25blytheroad.com

From a similar period, The Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957), a horror/scifi/comedy movie poster depicting spinechilling aliens has an estimate of £3,000 - £5,000. Later movie posters in the sale include Jaws (1975), estimated at £800 - £1,200 which, despite the mechanical sharks constantly breaking down during filming, is one of the great movies of the 20th century, and the first film to gross more than $100 million. The poster displays the direct and utterly terrifying threat of the hidden shark.

A Back to the Future poster from 1985, starring the teen idol Michael J Fox, is estimated at £500-£800 and a framed original US lobby card of Forbidden Planet (1956) has an estimate of £300-£500.

All the posters were issued for advertising purposes at the time of the release of the films, and were never meant to be sold. In spite of this, most are in very good condition.

Well-known poster designers are another important focus for collectors, and are in good number in this sale, with names including Bill Gold, Reynold Brown, Bob Peak and Albert Kallis. Ideally timed for a pre-Christmas splash, this is a chance to have some cinema magic on your walls for a few hundred pounds. u

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ith the fast onset of digitalisation in cinemas, film posters are a dying breed. But there are lots of enthusiasts and this month, 100 posters, lobby cards and production stills from the 1950s to the 1990s will be up for auction at 25blytheroad.com.

Scifi, horror, comedy, drama, romance – all the genres are represented and highlights from the 1950s include a poster for Rebel Without a Cause. This one has a poignant association as James Dean tragically died just before the film’s release. It carries an estimate of £2,500-£3,500.

The online auction takes place from 9 to 11 November, with the catalogue viewable at 25BlytheRoad.com from 26 October.

Estimates start at £150, going up to £5,000.

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ARTS & CULTURE / SOCIAL

OLIVER PEOPLES ome of the world's most fashionable people flocked to Sloane Street to celebrate the eyewear brand's first European boutique. Pixie Geldof DJd to a crowd nibbling on carpaccio of longhorn beef and seared nicoise tuna and drinking rum cocktails and champagne. Guests included Naomie Harris, Michael Neeson, Rick Edwards, Laura Hunt and India Rose James.u

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Party people JIMMY CHOO AT THE BERKELEY immy Choo's creative director Sandra Choi hosted an afternoon tea to celebrate the brand’s 20th anniversary and the launch of the Prêt-à-Portea book, covering 10 years of fashionable teas at The Berkeley Hotel. Guests were enticed by an array of fashion-inspired delicacies featuring styles from the latest seasonal collections. Pastry chef Mourad Khiat made an appearance with his team all in chef whites, who were greeted with a round of applause for their artistry by guests including Erin O’Connor, David Downton, Martha Ward, Tania Fares, Amber Le Bon, Yasmin Le Bon, Astrid Harbord, Rosie Fortescue, Lady Violet Manners and Lady Kitty Spencer.u

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CHOO CHOO To celebrate its 20th anniversary this year, Jimmy Choo has released a campaign that features supermodels of different ages and cultures including Amber Valletta and Jasmine Tookes (above) to model the AW16 collection.

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Leopard print, studs and mis-matched earrings top our shopping list this month Wo r d s c h a r l o t t e a d s e t t

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he Cross has just celebrated its 20th birthday. Who remembers when it first opened in 1996, perfectly capturing the W11 zeitgeist with its fun, boho aesthetic?

At the time, Clarendon Cross was still home to a post office and a newsagent and Sam Robinson had recently graduated from Saint Martins and launched her own (short-lived) bag brand. She opened the boutique to showcase that, alongside beautiful things made by many of her art school friends – including Neisha Crosland and Pippa

Pefectly capturing the W11 ZEITGEIST with its FUN, BOHO AESTHETIC

Small – and soon everyone was talking about Notting Hill and its lifestyle store.

The boutique has been known for spotting emerging talent and launching small brands ever since, particularly fashion brand Dosa and its simple, timeless pieces. The Cross was soon stocking stylish childrenswear and toys as well as quirky homewares; it remains one of London's best destination boutiques.

Special anniversary products include a cashmere cardigan from Queene and Belle, a throw from William Welstead and Happy Birthday baskets from Morocco. u 141 Portland Road, W11; thecrossshop.co.uk

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Shape Shifters Rejina Pyo

London-based Rejina Pyo is a rising name to watch. Inspired by modern art and architecture, the AW16 collection features sculptural silhouettes, exaggerated sleeves, cuffs and collars, which perfectly encapsulates fashion’s current mood. rejinapyo.com

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Attico

Founded by Italian street-style stars Giorgia Tordini and Gilda Ambrosio, new lust-label Attico focuses on classic robes and slip dresses.

Sumptuous materials such as silk and velvet are richly embroidered and draped to create feminine, decadent pieces that can be worn from day to night. attico.com

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Studded ankle boots have long been a wardrobe staple, and with studs rife on the runways, we don’t see them going anywhere soon. The cutout heel detail on this pair gives a modern update.

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Forget about perfect pairings - this season it’s all about lots of piercings and tiny mismatched diamond earrings. No-one does it better than cult New York piercer Maria Tash, who now has permanent studio space in Liberty where she also sells her much revered fine jewllery.

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LOGO MANIA Saint Laurent

Anthony Vaccarello, the new creative director at Saint Laurent, has put the ‘Y’ back into YSL with a SS17 catwalk full of the original iconic logos. The new name and collection launches next spring, but you can get ahead of the rest with this monogram bag.

‘Kate Monogram’ embossed leather bag £1,140; mytheresa.com

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01. CHAN LUU Cashere & silk-blend scarf £190; net-a-porter.com 02. DRIES VAN NOTEN ‘Rolt’ Jacquard silk-blend coat £1,160; brownsfashion.com 03. EQUIPMENT Cashmere-blend sweater £310; farfetch.com 04. HILL & FRIENDS ‘Happy Satchel’ Calf hair bag £1,450; hillandfriends.com 05. STELLA MCCARTNEY Knitted skirt £580; mytheresa.com 06. SAINT LAURENT ‘Babies 90’ Calf hair ankle boots £845; mytheresa.com 07. KATE MOSS FOR EQUIPMENT ‘Avery’ Washed-silk pajama pants £360; net-a-porter.com

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Midcentury Matter Orla Kiely, queen of the nostalgic print, introduces her whimsical new fashion collection, L’Orla Wo r d s P e n d l e H a r t e

PENDLE HARTE: Tell us about L’Orla.

What inspired it?

ORLA KIELY: L’Orla is a way of developing ideas that otherwise might be too whimsical for our mainline collection.

It was inspired initially as a creative collaboration between our long time stylist and Violet magazine editor Leith Clark and myself. When it comes to fashion, we are kindred spirits as we both have a love for all things 60s and 70s.

PH: Which are your favourite pieces from the L’Orla collection?

OK: That is a tricky question, as I love them all for different reasons, but I especially love our floral embroideries developed with expert weavers. The results are incredibly beautiful and the dresses are magic. The lace knits are also very pretty. It is hard to choose.

PH: How does the second collection build on the first?

OK: For the L’Orla collection this season we have been inspired by 70s Laura Ashley, the effortless romantic spirit of Celia Birtwell and classic American brand Gunne Sax. Our L’Orla ladies are Shelley Duvall, one of the quintessential 70s beauties, and Mary Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie, who was light years ahead in her layering and style.

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L’Orla ladies are SHELLEY DUVALL, one of the quintessential 70s beauties, and MARY INGALLS from Little HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE

our most feminine collection to date, with special floral embroideries on silk organza dresses and printed ditzy florals on Italian baby corduroy dungarees.

Lurex knit scallop-patterned necklines combined with cashmere sweaters.

Playing with contrasting prints make for a modern day romantic spirit.

PH: You have been involved in lots of collaborations. Are there any more to come?

OK: We have been incredibly lucky to work with some great partners on different projects. We are continually developing something special.

PH: You’re known as much for your homewares as your fashion. Which is closer to your heart?

OK: Orla Kiely – the company – developed from a passion for mid-century design and print. This has informed all aspects of our product, from the ready-towear collections, fragrance, beauty, handbags, watches, jewellery, homewares, wallpapers and more. My style has always remained clean, simple, measured, bold and brave, evolving each year with new designs and distinctive prints. It's about capturing a new spirit each season, which speaks to women everywhere. For me, it is this complete picture we create that I love, the way our customer lives her life, through our love of colour and pattern, we reinvent the every day, and make it a little more special.

PH: You have spoken out against consumer excess. Do you think we should all stop shopping?

OK: No, we should not stop shopping but we should definitely be more selective and considered when buying something. It should be functional and beautiful, which I always keepO in mind when designing a product.

PH: You have previously mentioned your childhood kitchen as an inspiration.

What was it like?

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SHELLEY DUVALL: 'ONE OF THE QUINTESSENTIAL 70S BEAUTIES'

My inspirations will always be FIRMLY BASED IN THE 50s, 60s & 70s PH: What other interiors do you admire?

OK: I am devoted to beautiful mid-century interiors and wrote a book dedicated to the subject, called Home. My favourite houses are featured, such as Seigel House in Nottingham, Scheer House, Vila Bendvold and Brabrand House in Denmark are quite remarkable in their design and simplicity.

PH: As a mother, how do you find time to combine your work and home life?

OK: My two sons are young men now and studying at university, but while they were growing up, it was a tricky balance. Having the right support made things much easier.

It was a team effort, always a joy.

PH: Childrenswear seems to be missing from your collections. Are there any plans for that?

OK: You never know what might be around the corner!

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OK: Growing up in Ireland in the 1970s had a great influence on my creative vision. My 1950s modernist family home, my mother’s great style, the area we lived in Dublin, just two minutes from the beach, close to the greenest fields and the mountains too. All this natural beauty and modernist style influenced my taste for colour and design.

PH: There’s a lot of nostalgia in your designs. Why is that?

OK: My inspirations will always be firmly based in the 50s, 60s and 70s.

Those were times of great films, innovative design in all fields and, of course, the unforgettable music that remains so influential to this day.

'MARY INGALLS FROM LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE WAS LIGHT YEARS AHEAD IN HER LAYERING AND STYLE'

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PH: Can you tell us about the house you live in? Is it filled with your own designs?

OK: I live in south London with my husband and my two dogs Olive and Ivy, my home has a very mid-century aesthetic.

I have combined vintage furniture from fairs with products we have made. Our wallpaper prints, cushions and a special mohair blanket are to be found in the living room. In the kitchen our tableware adds something special at dinner times, and our towels in the bathrooms add some extra colour and pattern to everyday life. u

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BEE GODDESS

‘Sword’ Black diamond & 14ct gold necklace £1,130; harrods.com

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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN ‘Knuckle’ Studded clutch bag £1,195; farfetch.com

SIMONE ROCHA AW16

ATTICO Velvet wrap dress £650; mytheresa.com

MM6 MAISON MARGIELA

Velvet maxi skirt £360; farfetch.com

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'Spider’ Diamond and agate cuff £2,490; harveynichols.com

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‘Dixon 65’ Leather boots £625; jimmychoo.com

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DRIES VAN NOTEN Velvet and pearl choker £240; selfridges.com

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'Dark Maharaja' Ruby and diamond earrings £2,200; amrapalijewels.com

STONE PARIS

‘Grace’ Diamond and 18ct rose gold ring £720; mytheresa.com

SAINT LAURENT Cropped velvet tuxedo jacket £1,680; mytheresa.com

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MY INSPIRATIONS Ducie Keam-George, founder and designer of Ducie Fashion

Ducie KeamGeorge

MY FAVOURITE PIECE…

is the new Ducie black parka with buttery soft nude fur lining and hood.

It’s a casual style in smart colours with a touch of glamour. I like to wear it oversized for a bit of edge.

Barbados

MY FAVOURITE DESIGNER…

Le Labo

currently is Alessandro Michele at Gucci. He has completely turned the label around and made it totally irresistible. It’s so colourful, luxurious and cool. You can’t get better.

I want everything.

MY STYLE ICON...

is fashion editor Barbara Martelo. She gets it right with a mix of classic but always on point style. She’s super fit, dresses immaculately but doesn’t ever wear any makeup so she’s real. Idol.

Georgian London

topical plants and lush vegetation and is frequently visited by the island’s wildlife. It’s so relaxing there. It takes me a week to get out and do anything.

MY FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION…

is my mum’s traditional chattel house on the south coast of Barbados. It’s a bohemian paradise, surrounded by

The Ducie black parka

MY SIGNATURE SCENT...

Le Labo's Fleur d'Oranger from Liberty. It’s a fresh sent that wakes me up and makes me feel strong and ready to face the day.

MY FAVOURITE PIECE OF ART...

Pale Pink Heart, 2011, by Sam McEwen. It’s very simple and minimal but the colour and shape make me feel warm and happy.

MY FAVOURITE BUILDING…

Sam McEwen: Pale Pink Heart

Gucci AW16

Barbara Martelo

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I’m a sucker for anything Georgian.

That period to me is perfection.

Fill it with vibrant colours, Farrow and Ball painted floors and sleek, modern, Scandinavian furniture and homewares and that’s my dream home right there. ◆

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WILD THING Dolce & Gabbana’s new collection, Wild About Fall, features greens, browns, golds and rose pinks, perfect for creating a vibrant, statement look in time for the party season. dolcegabbana.com

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Chanel’s new campaign star and our pick of the best micellar waters W o r d s C AT H E R I N E H A L E S

GENEU Selfridges

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ealthy eating and early nights are all very well, but your actual chances of ageing well lie in your DNA. This is the position taken by Geneu, which produces skincare designed specifically to work with your unique combination of genes. 60% of skin ageing is inherited, they say, leaving just 40% to be influenced by lifestyle. Free radicals, apparently, are chemicals produced in response to environmental factors and they can be thwarted by natural defences found in our cells known as antioxidants. Meanwhile, our natural collagen resources are degraded over time by our DNA. Geneu has devised a special DNA test and questionnaire, involving a swab and a few (not too intrusive) lifestyle questions, in order

60% of skin ageing is INHERITED, they say, and JUST 40% DOWN TO LIFESTYLE

to determine an individual's unique skincare requirements. My results? Amazing, actually.

For one, I am deemed to be 'living a healthy lifestyle', and furthermore my 'antioxidant protection enzyme is exceptionally active.'

This doesn't let me off the hook, however.

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Deep Water Chanel

The newest incarnation of Chanel N˚5 is Olivier Polge's own interpretation of the seminal scent, entitled N˚5 L’Eau. The campaign stars none other than the soon-to-be world famous progeny of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, Lily-Rose. The scent is young and fresh (like its 17 year-old model), with notes of lemon, mandarin, orange and neroli. chanel.com

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FALL IN LOVE Guerlain

It’s that time of year again – the fall collections are hitting the shelves and we’re trying desperately not to clear them. At the top of our list this month is Guerlain’s new autumn range; think nude tones and gentle blush shades with just a hint of sparkle to take you all the way through to party season. guerlain.com

BEAUTY CONSCIOUS ILIA

This brand is everything a freefrom and ethical beauty obsessive could ever want. All products are synthetic preservative, filler and petrochemical free. We particularly love their all-in-one lip balm, gloss and lipstick. panachecosmetics.com

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Absolutely is proud to present our latest reader event in partnership with Trilogy skincare. When? Thursday 10 November, 10:00am - 12:00pm. Where?

The South Kensington Club. Why? For expert advice, a goody bag of Trilogy’s beautiful products and some exclusive offers. See you there.

SKC, 38-42 Harrington Road, SW7; trilogyproducts.com

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JUNGLE FEVER S isle y Paris

Sisley just made nailing down your evening beauty regime simple with their new Tropical Resins collection.

Wash with the Gentle Cleansing Gel follow up with the Intensive Serum then hydrate with the Mattifying Moisturizing Skin Care. Repeat. sisley-paris.com

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HEALTH & BEAUTY / REVIEW

Clear Winner Finding clear skin, finally, with Dr Anjali Mahto in Chelsea Wo r d s e l i z a b e t h h u t t o n

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hen I was a teenager my skin was spotless.

During the years when my friends were battling acne, I sauntered through life armed with a bar of Pear soap and a pot of Astral cream. Then came adulthood and for some reason, my skin got angry.

With new painful and long-lasting cysts appearing every day, I’d wake up in fear and waste hours analysing my face in the mirror.

Gone was the confident fresh-faced girl and in her place, a woman who needed layer upon layer of foundation before she could step outside her front door.

This story isn’t uncommon. Around 50% of adult women have been through the

EVERYTHING CHANGED for me at the CADOGAN Clinic

in Chelsea

same thing and while spots may be annoying at school, they’re actively embarrassing at work.

I tried everything, from overthe-counter topical treatments to antibiotics and nothing made a long lasting difference. After two rounds of the controversial skin-drying drug Roaccutane – which has been linked to depression and even suicide – my skin was worse than ever and I knew I needed a second opinion. This is when everything changed for me.

At the Cadogan Clinic in Chelsea, Dr Anjali Mahto MBBCh BSc MRCP (Derm) listened, sympathised and advised in the clearest terms possible. Taking my long history into account, she gave me two options, another round of Roacctuate or a longer term prescription of Spironolactone.

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The latter is something the NHS didn’t tell me about, as it’s a drug primarily used to treat fluid build-up due to heart failure, liver scarring, or kidney disease. One of the off-label effects, however, is its ability to block androgens (like testosterone) that are responsible for excess sebum production in women. Essentially, Spiro can clear and control hormonal acne in adult women.

Side effects include thirst and dizziness but, while it took four months to work, my skin has been completely blemish-free ever since. Giving me both professional and personal advice, Dr Mahto and The Cadogan gave me back the confidence I lost almost 10 years ago. I can’t thank them enough. u 120 Sloane Street, SW1X; cadoganclinic.com

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1996 Collector Box, £135; byredo.co.uk

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CAPITAL TREATS Festive treats at Michelin-starred Outlaw's at The Capital Hotel include a tempting Mint Meringue Christmas Tree, a Father Christmas inspired marmalade and panettone Macaron and an, almost too cute to eat Lemon Cheesecake Snowman.

It all starts on 21 November.

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CONFIDENTIAL West London’s food news and delicious things to see you through November Wo r d s P E A R L B OY D

A GREAT MATCH Wine and food pairings for the month ahead B y J a n e Pa r k i n s o n

CHICKEN LIVER PARFAIT ith a pâté so decadent in flavour and with a smooth dense t exture the most successful pairing is a fresh and fruity wine with a very (very) light touch of sweetness.

This New Zealand white is perfect because its juicy pear flavours and crispness cut through the flavour and texture of the parfait brilliantly. u ● Kumeu River Pinot Gris 2014 £11.99, majestic.co.uk

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TURKEY WITH TRIMMINGS he family favourite Christmas dinner is a rich combination of flavours including bacon, cranberry, stuffing and gravy, so a ripe red is best. France’s Rhône Valley has these in abundance. This one is made with the Syrah grape and has a beautiful peppery spice to lift the elegant layers or red and black fruit. u ● Alain Graillot Crozes Hermitage 2013 £22.50, yapp.co.uk

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STILTON intage Port with Stilton is one of the all-time wine and food greats. Blue cheese is incredibly potent, so the wine pairing needs to be sweet and full-flavoured if it has any chance of not getting lost. This is from a classic producer and is at a delicious drinking stage now with dark black fruit, clove, star anise and chocolate flavours. u ● Warre’s 2000 £45.75 leaandsandeman.co.uk

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Real food fast D aylesford to G o

Daylesford has launched Daylesford To Go as part of their Eat To Be Healthy range. For an energising lunch, a Stay True Protein Bowl combines grilled chicken with a peashoot and mint salad, plus coconut mint pesto and beetroot relish. This, with zesty lime and beetroot kale chips and a crunchy little bag of berries and nibs, along with a bright green cold pressed juice, will leave you revived and revitalised all the way to supper time. daylesford.com

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RAISE THE BAR Joseph Joseph

New from Joseph Joseph, our favourite kitchen accessory designer, is the Barwise range. In a stylish grey/blue shade, these simple, functinoal pieces make opening any kind of bottle as smooth as possible. josephjoseph.com

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cocktail

ALL IN A ROE Caviar Sturia

Caviar Sturia is a sustainable French caviar brand that's now stocked exclusively at Harrods. Fast becoming known as a 'haute couture' caviar, Sturia prides itself on its hazelnut flavours and its wide array of flavours – and the packaging is beautiful too. sturia.com

RAW GINGER MARTINI Created by BLIXEN ◆ INGREDIENTS

Our London Vodka 50ml Lillet Blanc 15ml Martini Rosato 10ml Raw Ginger Juice Fresh Lemon Juice ◆ METHOD

In a mixing pint glass add vodka, Lillet Blanc and Rosato. Add ice and stir. Strain into a chilled cocktail coup that has been double rinsed with raw ginger juice. Squeeze the lemon twist over the cocktail and rub the edges of the glass with the twist. Add the twist to the glass for garnish.

SWEET THINGS Fo r m o s a F l o w e r s & Chocolaterie

A large new Leonidas counter at 2 Formosa Street is proving a serious draw for a shop that until recently sold only flowers. Now there are flowers, chocolates and gifts in this stylish neighbourhood boutique.

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SPIRIT of the Month

ince launching Haig Club in 2011, David Beckham’s whisky project seems to have gone from strength to strength. Now they have launched the more inexpensive (but no less tasty) Clubman, a single grain Scotch whisky designed to be drunk with a mixer. ◆ S

COLOUR POP Shikumen

Singaporean eaterie Shikumen's fabulous multi-coloured soup dumplings are bright yellow, green, pink and black. Diners can order a five-piece selection of each colour (including the original Xiao Long Bao with minced pork). Yum. Dorset Hotel, 58 Shepherds Bush Green, W1 shikumen.co.uk

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FOOD & DRINK / RESTAURANT REVIEW

DESPITE APPEARANCES, the food at GOLA IS SUPERB

GOLA Authentic – if eccentric – Puglian cuisine in Fulham

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on’t judge a book by its cover.

Will I ever learn? Even with actual books, as with bottles of wine, I still buy the ones with pretty pictures on the front.

So I head off to Gola with a sense of trepidation; a look at the website beforehand doesn’t inspire confidence. Amateur images of Renaissance pictures in gaudy frames jostle with images of over-fussy dishes and an invitation to “enjoy our aphrodisiac food from Puglia”. There are ramblings about the seven deadly sins and lists of ingredients and their sexy properties. I fear some sort of ‘novelty’ experience and on arrival, my concerns aren’t much assuaged. Situated at the Parsons Green end of the Fulham Road, Gola has an unobtrusive exterior. The interior, however, is the diabolical lovechild of a brothel and nonna’s best efforts with the Christmas

deccies. It is gaudy and busy and sex is definitely a theme: ceramic stilettos and lips stuck out of walls painted a deep red.

Then I meet Aaron, owner, Puglian and food devotee. As he leads us to our table – in a narrow atrium lined with illuminated wine bottles and ceramic rhino heads – and suggests he decide what we eat, I know everything would be just fine.

For despite appearances, the food at Gola is superb. We start with a warming plate of deep fried polenta with shavings of black truffle and a pecorino and caciocavallo sauce (no, me neither, it’s a Puglian cheese). Then we have a burrata (creamy mozzarella from Puglia) wrapped in speck on bruschetta with more truffle. A steaming melanzane parmigiana makes me swoon with its rich aroma. Aaron explains that they don’t fry the aubergine but steam it to make it lighter; it is the best I’ve ever eaten.

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This is followed by a flatbread covered in fresh tomatoes and herbs. We wisely don’t devour it all, realising that Aaron is just getting started. A native of Foggia in Puglia, he is fervently committed to food. His restaurant uses only DOP ingredients – that’s Protected Designation of Origin – which means every mouthful is the real deal when it comes to provenance and quality.

Fellow Puglian head chef Angelo Prezio’s signature dish of tagliolini with sea urchin is a buttery confection with rich globules of the sea creature. This is followed by a cleansing plate of salty le cime di rapa, traditional Puglian turnip greens. We then have two more pasta dishes – octopus with mash, macaroni and tomato and tortelloni stuffed with pecorino and honey smothered in a dark mushroom sauce – this is the stand out dish, the sweet pecorino a perfect foil for the dark savoury sauce. Though we are close to death from overeating, Aaron still tempts us to try a traditional Puglian sausage with fennel and even after that we manage a pudding: gnocchi stuffed with a chocolate praline. Even with its extraordinary soundtrack – the Margarita Pracatanesque cover of Coldplay’s Viva la Vida is not to be forgotten – Gola is a surprise and a delight.

Properly Italian, Gola is a million miles away from po-faced serious dining and all the better for it. The best surprise I’ve had in a while. u

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Edward Bawden, cat with caviar tin, 1958, from the Fortnum & Mason archive

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h, the savoury.

That bitesized hit of piquant power, traditionally served after stolid pudding and before coquettish fruit. In short, the penultimate gasp of a truly civilised dinner. Scotch Woodcock and Welsh Rarebit, Devils and Angels on Horseback and Canapes Ivanhoe ... who could resist their manifold charms? 'Robustly and triumphantly British,' exclaimed bon viveur polemicist P. Morton Shand.

Sure, there's always cheese. But the savoury is a course to adore.

Their role was as sop and stimulant. The Special Forces, ifyou like, of the evening meal,

THE penultimate GASP OF a truly civilised DINNER

The Royal Slice

In Fortnum & Mason's new Cook Book, the neglected Savoury gains a new lease of life Wo r d s t o m pa r k e r - b o w l e s

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there to exterminate, with extreme prejudice, the last unsatisfied baddies of a trencherman's greed.

With all those manly, strident flavours, they were seen very much as a gentleman's relish, far more at home in the wood- and waflle-panelled dining rooms of the old St James's clubs than they were in the more genteel salons of the modern lady. 'An admirable ending to a meal', in the words of cookery writer Ambrose Heath (who devoted a whole tome, Good Savouries, to the topic), 'like some unexpected witticism or amusing epigram at the close of a pleasant conversation'.

But although these grand, rather heavy dinners have their place, these days it's all a bit of an effort.

More important still, tastes have changed and our tender modern tummies (well, most of them) just wouldn't, er, stomach it.

But that doesn't mean the savoury

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FOOD & DRINK / RECIPES

SCO T CH WOODCOCK SERVES 2

classic, rich savoury, with a classic English joke attached.

The Scots have long been famed for their parsimony - by their neighbours south of the border, anyway. Hence 'Scotch' woodcock, implying that they're too mean to use the game bird and swap it for far cheaper anchovy paste. A fairly poor joke actually makes a fairly rich dish.

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INGREDIENTS

• 5 eggs, preferably Burford Browns • 50ml double cream • a pinch of cayenne pepper • I teaspoon anchovy essence or anchovy paste • 30g unsalted butter • 2 slices of sourdough bread • 6 thin anchovy fillets • salt and freshly ground black pepper METHOD 1 Crack the eggs into a bowl, add the double cream, cayenne pepper, anchovy essence or paste and some salt and pepper and whisk together.

2 Melt the butter ina non-stick pan and add the egg mixture. 3 Cook very gently, mixing with a spatula, until softly scrambled. 4 Toast the bread and place on 2 serving plates. 5 Top with the scrambled egg and lay the anchovy fillets on top. 6 Eat, and marvel at its salty, savoury depth.

has to go the way of turtle soup.

Hell no! These bold, brusque and vibrant flavours are timeless, with cheese, anchovy, cured pork and cayenne pepper all leading players in this delectable cavalcade.

Toast, preferably thin, buttered and piping hot, was the base upon which all manner of gastronomic greatness could be balanced. Plus tartlets, crotites, biscuits and puff pastry barquettes.

For me, one of the many joys of the savoury is that they're welcome at any time of the day - mid morning snack, light lunch, ballast

for booze, easy supper, late-night nibble. Even, if your tastes are that way inclined, as a canape.

Devilled sardines, to name but one, are not only economical but taste wonderful too. Plus they can be put together with the most basic of store-cupboard ingredients – emergency fallbacks that don't reek of desperation, giving the time-poor cook the vestige of oldschool sophistication. Cheese on toast is one thing. Mix that cheese with a little beer, though, and let it bubble and seethe and brown, and the whole thing becomes Welsh

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Extract taken from Fortnum & Mason: The Cook Book by Tom ParkerBowles, £30.

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Rarebit, a dish that Fortnum's might not have invented. But one that they certainly perfected.

Okay, no one (save the ghost of Fanny Cradock) is going to whip up exotic vol-au-vents on a daily basis. These particular beauties are best saved for a slower, more rainy day. But don't fear this rambunctious taste of days long past. I'm still stirred by the sight of a savoury, peeking out bravely after the assault of pudding. Treat them as endlessly adaptable, and the savoury moves from dinner delectation to anytime delight. 

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10 of the best

candlesticks SKAGERAK

Modern ideas, designs and styles for your home

Segments candleholder oak, £65 cloudberryliving.co.uk

Wo r d s e l i z a b e t h h u t t o n

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Geometrics Candle Holders, £POA plantandmoss.com

Natuzzi Reimagining Natuzzi’s iconic Re-vive chair, Camille Walala, Eley Kishimoto and Patternity have each taken a risk. Using bold colours and busy patterns their reinterpretation of the world’s first reclining chair are truly modern. natuzzi.co.uk

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HOT SEAT

Studio Makgill x H Furniture When a graphic design studio and a furniture brand come together, you know the designs will be good.

Bringing vivid colour to the iconic wooden Windsor WW chair, there are six different versions worth collecting. studiomakgill.com

IMAGERY CODE

Magical Ensemble Oliver Candle, £POA imagerycode.com

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Sanctuary Kitchens Surrey-based Kitchen company Sanctuary Kitchens offers a personal service to all their work, from bespoke design to project-managed installation. More traditional, hand-crafted kitchen finishes from Woodstock Furniture complement their range. Engage Sanctuary Kitchens if you want peace of mind. sanctuarykitchens.net

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Poltrona Frau x Neri & Hu Crafted in walnut and brass with saddle leather accents, the Ren furnishing accessory collection is designed to be discrete but beautiful.

Based on the Chinese ideogram “ren” - meaning people - the structure is able to hold personal items and a paraphernalia of items. poltronafrau.com

MUUTO

Match Tealight Holder Grey, £14 goodhoodstore.com

PINCHED

Pinch The new pieces at Studio Pinch this season include a drinks cabinet, dresser, console, wall mirror and upholstered dining chairs. Seeing the beauty and simplicity in thoughtful, well-crafted products, each piece is as elegant as it is practical. pinchdesign.com

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HOT SPOTS With Christmas approaching, Absoutely seeks out the best party venues in our areas

SANTO BEST FOR An authentic Mexican fiesta WHY? After eight years of always using the best

Mexican ingredients, local produce and local suppliers where possible, chef-patron Fernando De la Cruz invites you to taste the most authentic Mexican food this side of the Atlantic. This Christmas, celebrate in the heat of a latin night.

STYLE Friendly and relaxed with weekend DJs spinning South American beats.

SIGNATURE COCKTAIL Classic Margaritas.

299 Portobello Rd, London W10 5TD Phone: 020 8968 4590 www.santolondres.com

HUTONG

JUJU

BEST FOR Abusing the expense account.

WHY? You’re sipping exquisite champagne on

BEST FOR A chic night out in Chelsea.

WHY? Known on King's Road for its extravagant cocktails, JuJu

has become the jewel in the crown of Chelsea’s nightlife scene.

Celebrate a special occasion by sampling quality cocktails and a unique tapas menu. STYLE Exclusive cocktail bar.

SIGNATURE COCKTAIL Chelsea Country Garden 316-318 Kings Road, SW3 5UH; 020 7351 5998; jujulondon.com

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floor 52 of The Shard, looking down at the city’s skyline as it shimmers below after a indulgent meal. Only to follow it up with special Christmas cocktails to get you in the mood for the festive season and also the hangover the next day.

SIGNATURE COCKTAIL Shanghai Martini Level 52, The Shard, 31 St Thomas Street, SE1 9QU; 020 7234 8208; hutong.co.uk

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BEST FOR Black cod and exceptional sushi.

WHY? Boasting a buzzy, vibrant bar with a

BEST FOR A hot date or an intimate dinner party.

WHY? This gorgeous Georgian mansion boasts

relaxed dining room, trendy E&O is the go-to place for pan-Asian tapas, fab cocktails and excellent service. The private dining room can accommodate up to 20 guests. STYLE Cosy booths and dark slatted wood panels.

COCKTAIL OF THE SEASON Eastern & Oriental 14 Blenheim Crescent, W11 1NN; 020 7229 5454; rickerrestaurants.com

sexy interiors with eclectic chandeliers, cosy nooks by imposing fireplaces and a buzzy bar.

The 120-seat restaurant serves excellent modern British and European food while bespoke banqueting caters for up to 350 guests. STYLE Baroque and rococo meets French chateau.

SIGNATURE COCKTAIL Porn Star.

45 Ledbury Road, W11 2AA; 020 7229 2907; beachblanket.co.uk

LISA'S BEST FOR Classic Swedish meatballs and Akvavit. WHY? The menu boasts Nordic staples such as full Swedish breakfast (eggs any style, 'prins' sausages, avocado, Västerbotten cheese and crisp bread) and koldolmar (white cabbage, red lentils, mushrooms, onions, garlic, herbs and boiled new potatoes). STYLE Whitewashed walls adorned with posters from the 1922 Swedish prohibition referendum.

SIGNATURE COCKTAIL: Swedish Mary.

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PARADISE BY WAY OF KENSAL GREEN

BEST FOR Pan-Asian tapas and Asian-inspired cocktails. WHY? This local favourite is as

reliable as the day it opened. The sharing menu includes superb dim sum, curries, stirfries and salads - think chilli salt squid, gyoza dmplings, BBQ Korean lamb with kimchi, and of course, black cod in sweet miso. STYLE Modish black-and-cream interiors pointed up with Oriental screens. SIGNATURE COCKTAIL Passion Fruit & Cinnamon Martini.

392 King's Road, SW3 5UZ; 020 7349 9934; rickerrestaurants.com

BEST FOR Impressive food and partying.

WHY? This gastropub, bar and live music venue

is a fab all-rounder, with a restaurant headed up

by Cat Ashton and a line-up that includes special guests such as DJ Yoda, Norman Jay, art shows and supper clubs. STYLE Decaying glamour with a hint of country house charm.

SIGNATURE COCKTAIL White Negroni.

19 Kilburn Lane, W10 4AE; 020 8969 0098; theparadise.co.uk

THE ORANGE BEST FOR Traditional wood-fired pizzas and Sunday roasts. WHY? This independent

public house and hotel offers classic dishes and an expertly crafted drinks list, plus stunning events spaces for hire, whether for cocktails and canapés or private dinner parties. STYLE A lively ground floor and a bright first floor with views over Orange Square. SIGNATURE COCKTAIL Cubitt Mojito.

37-39 Pimlico Road, SW1W 8NE 020 7881 9844; theorange.co.uk

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A PH LAMP IN A KITCHEN IN FREDERIKSBERG

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GREAT DANES

Everybody’s talking about hygge but what actually is it? Here’s a look at the Danish ‘art of happiness’ and how it relates to the home Wo r d s M a r i e T o u r e l l S ø d e r b e r g

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enmark has a long history of design. With traits of simplicity and functionality, Danish designers such as Arne Jacobsen, Finn Juhl and Poul Henningsen (PH) have made Danish design well-known worldwide. Danish design strives for aesthetics and beauty, but it always has a twist of functionality. The objects are designed to be used, they are not exhibition pieces that no one is allowed to touch. If something is only beautiful, too luxurious and extravagant, it detracts from the relaxed and down-to-earth quality that is a key value in hygge.

“The PH lamp has an interesting and contemporary cutting-edge design, but as everyone knows, it is built for giving better light. Its appearance is not just superficial design-nonsense to make it unnecessarily beautiful. Oh no, its design directly supports its function: to provide good light. It is an honest lamp; its outer is inseparable from its interior. And when Danish consumers know that, they can live with its beauty.” – Jeppe Trolle Linnet, professor of hygge “The hallway is a room you walk through, a room in between and easy to forget. Nevertheless, it is the very first place that greets you when you come home. Find out what gives you joy to catch sight of when you step inside - a painting from your favourite artist, the colour green or your slippers standing in the hallway, waiting for you to slip into and get comfortable right away. At the same time have an eye on your practical needs. It is neither handy nor hyggelig to

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DANISH DESIGN

strives for aesthetics and BEAUTY BUT ALWAYS HAS a twist of FUNCTIONALITY

step directly into a mountain of shoes and coats that blocks your view and restricts your movement. Find functional storage solutions that create space and don’t steal too much attention.” – Christina B. Kjeldsen The living room is often the star of the home. From a Scandinavian perspective, materials play a big part when it comes to hygge. Wood, folded lampshades of paper, ceramics and stoneware are a part of the Scandinavian style-DNA. We love to surround ourselves with light, Nordic types of wood, just as we have a long tradition of classical furniture design in teak that many of us carry with us as memories from our childhood homes. This brings about an element of recognition that can help define and create the framework for hygge.

It feels good - it is hyggelig – when we recognize pieces of furniture as old friends from the home of our childhood.

Many Scandinavians carry this kind of furniture heritage with them due to our history of design, and for a lot of people this helps to create a hyggelig and nourishing atmosphere in our homes.

If you have a closer look at your own history there will definitely be similar elements you can transfer to your own rooms. What is the unifying point for you – is it the big, big sofa that you grew up with, a special kind of tapestry on the walls or your beloved dresser? 

Extract taken from

H yg g e

The Danish Art of Happiness

by Marie Tourell Søderberg, published on 6 October by Michael Joseph, £12.99

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Mother of

INVENTION Marcel Wanders has a long tradition of designing for Alessi but his new Circus collection is his best yet. Here he discusses art, design and functionality with Absolutely Wo r d s P e n d l e H a r t e

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ou can tell that Marcel Wanders is an internationally famed designer just by looking at him. He cuts an impressive presence, taller than everyone else in the room, with flamboyant grey hair and a quick, authoritative manner. He has a Northern European philosophical slant to his conversation, which leads him to answer questions in ways that I’m not quite expecting. We are at Harrods, here to discuss his ongoing collaboration with Italian design house Alessi and the newly launched Circus collection, about which he is very excited.

Wanders’ relationship with Alessi goes back a long way and takes in about 160 pieces over the last eight years at the higher quality end of the range, the ceramic and stainless steel end, not the bright plastic selection. ‘Alessi

Functionality is

IMPORTANT FOR THINGS we don’t care about, like VACUUM CLEANERS has a wonderful heritage,’ he asserts.

‘Throughout the 80s and the 90s you could walk into an Alessi store, pick something blind, take it to a wedding and everybody would be happy.’ The collaborative nature of their relationship is integral. ‘Design companies don’t tell designers what to do – they listen to designers. Of course it’s a collaboration, and there’s a lot of talking, but in the end we make what we want to make.

If the designer is the mother and the company is the father, well, you want to make babies that the father recognises once they’re there, right? Because then the father will take better care of them.

It’s all connected, so we designers try to find fathers who are worthwhile.’ It’s an undeniably compelling analogy.

Anyway, Wanders was always certain that in working with Alessi and its impressive rosta of collaborators, he wanted to be special. ‘I never wanted to be designer number 744 who does an egg cup,’ he asserts. Who wouldn’t want better things for their babies?

The new collection, Circus, is a success he says because even though neither he nor Alessi has ever done anything similar, it’s still immediately identifiable as a collaboration between them. ‘We have really found an area where both can give what they have to give,’ he says. The circus theme, although it could easily have arisen from Alessi’s tradition of characters and quirky figures, comes instead from Wanders’ newly developed (though secret) method of combining colour with stainless steel. They worked on the new technology first and once they’d perfected it, set about thinking of something to use it for. ‘So we were looking for something that would allow the combination of bright colour with steel and we thought of the circus, with all the nostalgia, the characters and the misfits.

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HOMES & INTERIORS / PROFILE ‘They never did something like this. We never did something like this. But when you put it out there you can tell very clearly that it’s us.’

The range comprises 29 pieces of tableware, including trays, bowls, an ice bucket, a wine cooler and various containers, as well as a limited edition collection of five curiosities: a jester corkscrew, a strongman nutcracker, a ballerina music box, a ringmaster bell and a candyman sweet dispenser, each of them sold in numbered editions of 999. Which one is Wanders’ favourite?

It’s not a question he takes favourably to. ‘Favourites are complicated. It’s like asking which is my favourite child. Even if you know you won’t tell, right?’ But today, this morning, he’s preferring the ballerina, which he’s just chosen as a gift for a friend’s baby. ‘I see that girl in 20 years in her school dorm with that thing next to her.’

The ballerina is a music box and the jester is a corkscrew – and I am expecting him to enthuse about the functionality of his pieces. But on the contrary, he’s quite dismissive about functionality altogether and becomes quite animated. ‘It’s a very overqualified idea. To explain design with functional criteria is ridiculous. Our functionality is not extremely relevant to the piece, which for a lot of designers is not something they would want to admit.

Functionality is important for things we don’t care about, like vacuum cleaners.

Nobody even wants a vacuum cleaner, they just want a clean house. If you make a vacuum cleaner and it doesn’t work then that’s terrible because functionality is the foundation – but having a foundation doesn’t make a thing good. It’s not enough.

Maybe all that BODY OF WORK is not a perfect mirror of WHO I AM AS A PERSON

There are houses that need foundations, but dream castles in the air that can do without them.’

His views on the relationship between art and design are similarly robust.

‘Art affects a few people in a very deep way, design a lot of people in a light way,’ he says. As both an artist and a designer, the two worlds are very clearly separate for him. ‘The message of an artwork is different from the message of a design piece. It makes a different connection to the world. In design, my message is about my trust in the world, it’s about giving, sharing, community.

But having done that for 25 years, I started to see that maybe all that body of work is not a perfect mirror of who I am as a person and I wanted to express different ideas. My fears, my anger, my disappointment in myself and others.

That started a different, more intimate conversation about things I don’t want on the back of a cornflakes packet.’ In essence, design is cheerful while art is not. It’s a clear definition. The Alessi spokesperson at his side interjects to point out that the limited edition pieces in the Circus collection are also art pieces, but Wanders won’t have it. ‘It’s very easy to say that if we make a chair in a lower quantity and with more careful production then it’s art, but it’s not. The things I make which I call art have a very different meaning and importance. They have something different to say.’

If Wanders is the mother of his works, he’s definitely a Tiger Mother, ambitious, strong and fierce. And his future projects? ‘I’d love to do an opera at the Met,’ he says. Doesn’t the Tiger Mother always achieve her aim? ◆ alessi.com/circus

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ZAHA HADID ‘Braid Vase in Black’, £355; and ‘Serenity Shallow Bowl in PVD Gold’, £195; available exclusively from selfridges.com

BD BARCELONA

‘Monkey’ side table, £3000 + VAT, by Jaime Hayón; bdbarcelona.com

FRANCIS SULTANA

‘Malpensa’ and ‘Nico’ cabinets, POA; francissultana.com

ARMANI/CASA

‘Club’ limited-edition cocktail cabinet, £POA armanicasa.com

VALLILA

‘Linja Filled Cushion’, £18.90; vallila.co.uk

BRAMWELL BROWN

BUSTER + PUNCH

‘London Weather Clock’, £295 (small), £395 (large); www. bramwellbrown.com

‘Hooked’ wall light, from £240; available exclusively from www.johnlewis.com

ZUZA MENGHAM

Resin sculpture, from £1,200, for Laboratory Perfumes; zuzamengham.com

BISAZZA

‘WOOD’ collection, POA, by Studio Job; www.bisazza.com

FAIR PLAY

With another edition of London Design Festival wrapped up, we pick out the best furniture finds By jessica klingelfuss

LASVIT

Cheese Lid, £1,630, by Campana Brothers; lasvit.com

BERT & MAY

Fabric collection, prices vary; bertandmay.com

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KVADRAT

‘Pilotis’ collection, prices from £53–£115 per sq m, by Doshi Levien; kvadrat.dk

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STOVE TALK Six reasons why installing a wood-burning stove will improve your life Words

PENDLE HARTE

01 EFFICIENCY A stove is vastly more efficient than an open fire. There’s less heat loss, so you get more heat for less wood. You can reduce your gas bill and turn the thermostat down.

02 COSINESS It’s emotional. Stoves create instant cosiness – they look good and improve everybody’s mood.

03 BACK TO BASIC S ‘There’s something primal about burning logs,’ says Marcus Hodgetts of Stoake (stoake.co.uk), a business that is seeing a huge rise in the number of Londoners installing wood burners.

Making fire is a fundamental human skill; we live in a hard environment and can long for something more basic. Some people go a step further and buy an axe.

04 ENVIRONMENTAL APPEAL You can even power your whole house with a boiler stove and a multiple energy system that includes solar power. You’ll need a small plant room to run your central heating and hot water in an environmentally friendly way.

05 ANY THING’S POSSIBLE Wood burning stoves can be installed in almost any house. No chimney breast? No problem.

You can have an exposed flue. Existing chimneys will probably need to be lined; installation usually takes a day.

06 CHRISTMAS What could be more Christmassy than a stove gently crackling, turkey cooking, presents waiting to be unwrapped? Nothing is more Christmassy than that.

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TH E FAVOU RITE Charnwood’s C4 stove is Stoake’s best-seller thanks to its compact dimensions and attractive portraitshaped window. stoake.co.uk

MODERN LOVE The superb contemporary stove range from Spartherm is the ideal focal point for any room. grateexpectations.com

LOG STORE Accessorise your stove with this stylish Emma log basket

by Eldvarm, £665. skandium.com

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ROOM SERVICE

BESPOKE CONTEMPORARY KITCHEN INSTALLATION BY MCCARRON & CO

Mark Brook, creative director of McCarron & Co, reveals some trade secrets Wo r d s p e a r l b oy d

PEARL BOYD: What is it that makes McCarron & Co such a success?

MARK BROOK: In a word: flexibilty.

McCarron & Co is made up of a pool of amazing creative talent, drawn from the UK’s forefront kitchen manufacturing establishments. Across the board we have a real wealth of specialist knowledge.

This enables us to meet the most exacting client briefs. A large percentage of our business comes from the interior design and architecture world and that is where the flexibility really makes the difference.

These professionals often have a house style or a unique scheme designed solely for an individual project. Our strength is the flexibility to translate their ideas into beautifully considered projects.

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PD: What kind of projects do you undertake?

MB: In our infancy we predominantly specialised in bespoke kitchens / media rooms / bedrooms and bathrooms – really, any spaces that require functional and aesthetically driven solutions. However, we now get more involved with whole house projects which span almost every room in the house, including libraries, flower rooms, wine rooms and mud rooms. We have even worked on a dog grooming room with underfloor heating and a foot bath for muddy paws.

PD: What is your background?

MB: My whole career has revolved around the kitchen industry, starting out in the commercial kitchen sector, designing huge kitchens in the hotel and restaurant world. That was a great learning curve for accurate site surveys way before the advent of laser measuring tools. Moving over to residential kitchens was a natural progression, and creatively a lot more rewarding. I cut my teeth managing kitchen showrooms for Harrods, Mark Wilkinson and Smallbone of Devizes before becoming one of the co-owners here at McCarron & Co. PD: Where do you start when designing a bespoke project?

MB: The first step will often be a detailed brief-taking meeting with the client or

Nobody wants to go to a FRIEND’S DINNER PARTY & see the EXACT SAME KITCHEN

interior designer/architect to get an in-depth understanding of their vision and what they would like to achieve. In order to successfully interpret the needs of the client, we listen carefully and ask lots of questions, taking into account their lifestyle and any factors which may influence the design. Pinterest,

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knowledge, having worked predominantly for Mark Wilkinson Furniture and Smallbone of Devizes in previous years.

What really drives them now is the number of unique projects we undertake, using skills such as veneering and marquetry and the making of beautiful furniture using wood with accent materials like fabrics and metals.

Likewise, with the polishing of the furniture we make use of different sheens and gloss levels that when applied to a natural or stained timber can produce a finished piece that sits perfectly in its final surroundings.

PD: And what is your own house like?

MB: I live in a unique former artist's studio in the heart of Notting Hill. It is flooded with natural daylight through huge windows, 3.5 metre ceilings, lots of texture, accent colours and bold overscale art and sculpture. Naturally it has a beautiful hand-made kitchen. magazines and online images can often be a great starting point to provide us with inspiration and an understanding of the client's likes and style. From this point onwards, we can begin to narrow down the best materials, finishes and functionality to suit the specific needs and ensure that the client's vision is realised by our craftsmen.

PD: What characterises a modern, high-specification kitchen?

MB: For us, we believe that it is the execution of the installation with contemporary style furniture which truly sets it apart. For example, shadow gaps and rebates should sit perfectly – every detail lining through with no tolerance for imperfections.

We are also seeing a growing desire to be unique in luxury kitchen design – oneoff pieces and bespoke finishes are crucial to the project. No one wants to go to a friend’s dinner party and see the exact same kitchen.

Co-ordinated finishes of taps, sinks and handles are another growing trend that we are seeing a rise in demand for – we’ve done a number of gold plated and copper taps of late. The displays in both our Chelsea and Notting Hill showrooms are great examples of this.

PD: What happens in your workshop in Wiltshire?

MB: Much the same as our designers, the majority of our craftsmen joined McCarron & Co with a wealth of kitchen

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PD: Do you improve your own space regularly?

MB: I am very fortunate to own property in Portobello, Paris and Puglia (we refer to them as 'the three Ps') so there is always scope for tweaking different rooms. Our Italian garden currently has priority which is good exercise and less expensive than re-decorating. u

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hen Crown Princess MarieChantal of Greece designs childrenswear, she is building on personal experience.

All those lovely smocked dresses, Peter Pan collars, knickerbockers and tank tops hark back to her own childhood in Hong Kong, where her mother would dress little Marie-Chantal and her two sisters in precious little outfits. ‘My mother, being South American, paid particular attention to how we were dressed,’ she explains.

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the international jet set. Her father is billionaire American businessman Robert Warren Miller, who made his fortune with the Duty Free Shops, and her sisters are married into (and divorced from) the Getty and Von Furstenberg families.

With five children and an exclusive childrenswear label in her own name, Marie-Chantal is the ultimate working mother, albeit probably being spared most of the usual associated drudgery by virtue of all of the above.

We’re here to talk about her newest collection, not for the Marie-Chantal label but for M&S, with whom she is collaborating to launch a collection of clothes for newborns and tots up to the age of five. It’s a departure for M&S in that it’s slightly more expensive than most of the retailer’s offerings, and a departure for Marie-Chantal in that it’s vastly cheaper than her usual product.

Both parties are enormously excited about it.

‘It’s the first time I’ve been able to work at these price points,’ she enthuses. But the quality looks entirely comparable to her own label: everything is beautifully finished with lots of tiny detail. Ribbon is woven through the stitching and the fabrics are remarkably soft. A tiny grey pea coat could pass for cashmere but is a wool-blend, she says, as is a dinky

dungaree. There’s a Fair Isle cardigan and a Fair Isle tank top, a pinafore dress and a cotton dress with gold piping – and everything has a trademark small round collar.

‘It’s about the nostalgia of our childhoods,’ she says. ‘It was all little pinafores and checked ginghams. I always go back to my childhood and try and bring in some element of how my sisters and I were dressed.’

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Making sure that the fabrics are soft is one of her priorities, and this reverts to her own childhood again. While her own mother ‘loved to dress us and had – still has – great taste,’ she still refers to collective memories of ‘being put in a dress you hated’. When she was little, ‘kids had to wear what was there – we didn’t have these amazing blends, there were lots of scratchy wools’. You can’t get away with that any more, she says, since ‘kids today are so vocal, they tell you what they like and dislike – a little four-year-old will tell you adamantly what she wants to wear.’ Every mother will vouch for that.

Marie-Chantal has personal experience of those battles, and admits to seeking help. ‘My daughter Olivia was the most challenging. When she was four or five she was a very strong personality and she wanted a dress a day. We battled over what she wanted to wear and what I wanted her to wear. I went to a paediatrician and asked, “how do we deal with this?” I didn’t want it to be a fight – my mother had been so determined about how we should dress and I thought my daughter should have some say. The paediatrician said “Easy – pick three and let her choose one.” So it kind of evolved that way.’

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Designing childrenswear didn’t occur to Marie-Chantal until she was pregnant with her third child, though she was interested in retail. ‘I had some ideas for some cosmetics products and I took them to the woman who was heading up Sephora at the time in the US. She said: “Yes, yes, but you’re pregnant, so why don’t you do something closer to home?”

So my idea for cosmetics went out the window’. Her first capsule collection launched in 2000, just after her son was born. ‘At the time there weren’t so many brands. Burberry didn’t do kids, Chloe didn’t do kids; there just weren’t those mass kids brands out there.’

Kids today ARE SO VOCAL, they tell you what they like & dislike – A LITTLE FOURYEAR-OLD WILL TELL

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Her oldest child is 20 now, and the youngest is eight, all of them too old to be wearing Marie-Chantal. Coping with five children is no easy task, I suggest.

‘I had a gap – first three in New York, then two after we moved to London. We managed.’ Her advice? ‘I’d say keep a calm household. And having a work ethic is important too, I was brought up with that. My father worked hard but also paid so much attention to family life.’

Marie-Chantal is predictably stylish herself. ‘I am always in my own kind of uniform, jeans and tops. I love Valentino because he’s such a great friend and did my wedding dress.’ But she’s also a fan of M&S. ‘I love their tradition; there’s such a nice story to tell.’ Living in Chelsea, she often sees local children wearing her clothes, which appeals to her focus on value and longevity. ‘I like seeing them in the old styles because I love the idea of things being passed down, that’s where the quality shows.’ ◆

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Moving on up Transition to senior school is hard for many children, but a new study finds that teething problems can linger on...

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t is something quite depressingly familiar to many parents of teens.

In Years 4, 5 and 6, you have a cheery, enthusiastic, bouncy child who wants to do everything at school. Choir, football, drama, drumming, dance, gardening, reading, chess, gymnastics, orchestra, swimming – you name it, they want to do it.

And then they start senior school and before you know it the apple of your eye is a slumping morass of negative energy, too enervated by life to do much more than grunt (boys) or throw a hissy fit about something entirely inconsequential (girls). Until now, much of this change has been blamed on hormones, but a new study reveals there may be more to it than that.

It has long been known that the transition to senior school is a difficult one. Parents quite naturally think children who aren’t settling easily are having ‘teething problems’ and assume these will subside after a term or two. Most do, but what if they don’t? A new study shows that for a significant minority of students, problems can be long term and, perhaps surprisingly, that these problems can be more defined in Year 9 than Year 7.

According to research from GL Assessment which was based on data from almost 32,000 students, children’s generally positive attitudes to school not only decline once they move to secondary, but keep on falling for two or three years afterwards.

These problems are not necessarily academic, but can be about confidence, boredom, friendship groups or quite simply their attitude to the school and their teachers. With all available research suggesting that a pupil’s attitude plays a vital role in his or her academic achievement, it is therefore important that these problems are nipped in the bud.

Previously positive ATTITUDES to school DECLINE once children MOVE TO SECONDARY

The proportion of children who feel good about school declines from 94 per cent in Year 3 to 84 per cent in Year 9. Positive attitudes towards teachers fall from 93 to 84 per cent and towards attendance from 90 to 82 per cent over the same period. The biggest declines in all these factors occur after Year 7 and not before. The study also records an increase in students who say they are bored between Year 3 and Year 9, the number of children who say they like their

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teacher falls 10 percentage points between Years 3 and 9. That might not be a huge number, but that equates to some 70,000 students in each year group who have a much more negative perception of teachers.

Different schools will obviously face different issues. At Latymer Upper in west London, pupils come from a wide range of social backgrounds. Catriona SutherlandHawes, director of admissions at the school, says: “Moving to secondary school can be a challenge for children, particularly for those coming from a smaller school environment.

They will worry about making friends, what others will think about them, whether they can keep up with the work. But it is in fact the same for all children, regardless of where they are joining from and Senior Schools will put huge efforts – not obvious to the children – into helping everyone settle in, no matter their background.”

Boarding schools have their own set of challenges. Susan Hamlyn, the Director of the Good School’s Guide Advice Service says: “I imagine it can be tricky in the second and third years, especially in boarding schools. Often, children come up with others from the same prep but then, after the first year, they are sometimes separated and the less socially confident ones can feel a bit lost without friends they’ve had since Reception. Also, year 8 is the year, for girls in particular, making rapid and intense friendships and then having spectacular fall-outs and that, again in a boarding school, can create ripples through a house or class. Sensitive house parents see these kinds of things coming and handle such marriages and divorces with tact and sensitivity.”

But whether it is housemasters or heads of year or pastoral care, what this study clearly shows is the importance of making sure pupils are truly settled at school, even if that is as late as Year 9. ◆

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FIND THE RIGHT ANSWERS The Independent Schools Show is the UK’s largest school open day. With more than 200 of the country’s leading nurseries, pre-preps, senior schools and sixthform colleges, it is the ultimate forum for parents to meet the biggest names in British education under one roof. Come to Battersea Park on 12 and 13 November to get all your education questions answered

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he Independent Schools Show is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. That’s ten years of helping thousands of parents find the right school for their child.

Come and meet key admissions staff and receive advice on fundamental questions such as how to navigate the London system, when to start tuition, how to win a scholarship, what the options are for children with special educational needs, and whether or not boarding school is the answer.

There is also the chance to attend a number of talks at the renowned Education Theatre, where the UK’s top heads and brightest thinkers will address some of the most important issues in schools right now.

And it’s a fun day out for the family, with two great cafes from Muriel’s Kitchen, a free crèche, and Battersea Park to play in. With so much in one place, there is no better way to plan for your child’s future.

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Moving your child between state and independent schools RALPH LUCAS Editor of The Good Schools Guide

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LET IT SNOW We follow the international jet set to St Moritz, possibly the world's most glamorous ski resort.

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The Engadine Valley is enjoying a resurgence among the bright young things and there’s no better place to stay than the Carlton St Moritz Wo r d s C at h e r i n e H a l e s

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hen the snow falls she’s found in St Moritz, with the others of the jet set,’ croons Peter Sarsdedt in the 60s classic ‘Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)’. The jet set may have been superseded by the private jet set but the song was right about the glamour of St Moritz – and by the way, say 'Saint' not 'San'. It is still the destination chosen by the beautiful people and is in fact enjoying a new burst of popularity among London’s jeunesse dorée, whose mothers were only babies when Brigitte Bardot was married to Gunther Sachs. It was this German-born industrialist, photographer and sportsman who fell in love with the place and launched the exclusive clubs that made a small village in the Engadine Valley the place to be. But the British love affair with St Moritz goes back even further than the 1960s, to the early days of winter sports. It is home to the Cresta Run, a private tobogganing club, where men (and it is only men except for the last day of the season) hurl themselves down a terrifyingly steep ice track on a ‘skeleton’, hardly more than a tin tray, round legendary

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bends like Shuttlecock, at up to 80 miles per hour. While the more cosmopolitan members wear modern techno kit, some more traditional Brits can still be seen in tweeds. Toboggans are very much part of the St Moritz experience and while the Cresta is a private club, both bobsleighing and sledging can be organised. Slide all the way down to Celerina, the next village, and come back up by train.

Not having access to a jet, private or otherwise, I arrived by train but this is a memorable experience in itself. Clean and punctual, Swiss trains are the eighth wonder of the world and the steep, narrowgage line, dating from 1903, which carries the Glacier Express actually climbs through a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, under 55 tunnels and over 196 bridges. On the platform at St Moritz I am met by a smiling liveried chauffeur, who grabs my bag and whisks me up to the Carlton Hotel, on the mountainside above the station, with a view to the lake – frozen so hard in winter that they have polo and horse racing there as well as a gourmet food festival.

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understand how to do hotels and although the Carlton is a far grander place, it has many of the same virtues – just scaled up.

It is welcoming and service is personal, friendly and somehow totally reassuring.

Built in 1913, it has been comprehensively updated to include all the facilities of a contemporary luxury hotel without losing any of its atmosphere. The 60 rooms are all suites with lake views. It closes in summer, allowing everything to be maintained immaculately and the focus to be fully on

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SKI PASSES appear AS IF BY MAGIC;

everything has been

THOUGHT THROUGH

being the best for winter.

Everything has been thought through. Ski passes appear as if by magic. Staff patiently allow you to try on as many boots as you like before you set off from a basement ski room that seamlessly connects you with the shuttle bus which will run you to the lift and bring you back whenever you wish. There is absolutely no struggling along carrying your own skis.

Neither of the two major ski areas, Corviglia and Corvatsch, is overcrowded.

St Moritz has so much to offer the non-skier that mere skiing is sometimes overlooked, but there is a variety of runs, open sunny bowls and good lifts, plus the famously intoxicating ‘champagne air’ of the Engadine Valley. It has hosted the Winter Olympics in the past and in February 2017 the World Championships will be held there.

There is a seductive spa at the Carlton, with a huge range of specialised treatments.

Its signature offering combines five elements: facial massage, reflexology, lymphatic, hot stone and aromatherapy. The 75-minute massage is delivered in a light and spacious room, wittily designed by the Italian architect Carlo Rampazzi, who is responsible for revamping the hotel, in sea blues and greens.

A short walk from the hotel into the centre of the village takes you to Via Serlas, the Rodeo Drive or Bond Street of St

Moritz. Cartier, Harry Winston, Bulgari, Gucci and Prada all have flagship stores, while Trois Pommes stocks Jil Sander, Tod and many other international fashion labels under one roof. More tempting in many ways and laid out as beautifully as the jewellery are the cakes and sweets in Café Hansellmann, the village’s fabled tea shop.

The sight of tiny chic women with even tinier dogs and enormous fur coats tucking into pastries is one not to be missed.

However, it would be silly to go too mad over tea – the Carlton prides itself on its food, both Swiss and more local Engadine specialities, including wines, at Romanoff, the large, high-ceilinged main dining room, where they also offer glorious breakfasts to linger over. On the floor below is fine-dining

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restaurant Da Vittorio, an offshoot of chefs Roberto and Enrico Cerea’s three-star Da Vittorio in Brusaporto, which itself has one very well-deserved Michelin star. Try the tasting menu.

There is plenty of nightlife in St Moritz and the ever-helpful concierge can of course recommend and organise things, but there is a spacious and relaxed bar just outside Romanoff with an open fire. The temptation to remain wrapped in the Carlton cocoon, perhaps sipping Napoleon brandy like the girl in the song, is hard to resist. I am afraid my answer to ‘Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)’ is to bed for a blissful night’s sleep. 

 Carlton Hotel St. Moritz has rooms available from €900 per night, based on two adults sharing a Junior Suite on a B&B basis, including CHF 100 food & beverage credit per adult per day, service charge and VAT. For further information and reservations, please visit carlton-stmoritz.ch or telephone +41 81 836 70 00.

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f I told you that you could catch a train on a Friday night from central London and be skiing in the sunshine in Scotland by 10am the next morning, you wouldn’t believe me, would you? But that’s what we did. With three children.

For the weekend.

I know it sounds like a schlepp, but actually it couldn’t have been easier and was certainly less of a pain than hiking out to Gatwick or Heathrow and catching a plane. We trundled out of the house, wheelie cases in tow, and 15 minutes later we were on the Highland Sleeper at Euston, ready for the 9.15pm departure to Aviemore.

We were met on the platform by David, our liveried steward for the journey.

He showed us to our quarters: two interconnecting berths and one separate cabin. The interconnecting cabins make life a little easier with children, even three stupendously overexcited ones. There isn’t really room to swing a cat but with a little jostling and organization we all managed to get bed ready.

The sleeper still has some of the romance of a bygone age; the rolling stock might have seen better days but the staff are formal to a tee and the dining car carries a whiff of whisky and memories

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Rolling up the blind TO REVEAL SNOW-COVERED MOUNTAINS was a wonder WE’LL NEVER FORGET

of cigars. Tweedy gents have long used it to get to the grouse moors, and they are now joined by more modern MAMILs (Middle-Aged Men In Lycra) off for a weekend of mountain biking or climbing.

Its very slowness – it takes 11 hours to trundle from London to the Highlands – is utterly at odds with our rushed modern lives. You are unaware of the shift, rocked to sleep as the train lurches towards our island's fringes.

We were woken just after 7am with tea and juice. The thrill of rolling up the blind in our cabin to reveal snow-covered mountains was a wonder we will never forget. The train pulled into Aviemore; we took a taxi to the Hilton in Coylumbridge

and were tucking into porridge and a fry-up by 9am.

Skiing in Scotland is obviously very different to somewhere like the Alps. For one thing, there are fewer mountains.

The Hilton in Coylumbridge sits in a pine forest far from any snowy slopes, but what Scotland does have it makes great use of, even if it means another journey to get there.

After our breakfast we marched onto the road in our ski gear, where we hailed the bus to CairnGorm Mountain. Our fellow travellers included many quite weathered, elderly skiers who looked far more ready for the slopes than me. These hardy Scottish types take to the slopes regularly, we were told, and feel very protective of ‘their’ mountain.

The bus climbed to the base of CairnGorm Mountain – widely considered the most beautiful and most challenging place to ski in Scotland.

Natural Retreats, who manage it, have recently introduced their own in-house ski school, and within minutes we were booted, matched with skis and heading to the top of the mountain on the funicular railway (the highest in the UK) with Alison and Phil, our ski instructors.

Most skiing in on CairnGorm is based around the Top Station, which boasts

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TRAVEL / WANDERLUST both the highest restaurant and highest postbox in the UK. There is also a viewing station with extraordinary panoramic views across the Highlands.

When we reached the top it felt more like the school run than a ski mountain. Everyone knows each other here; skiing is a very local thing in Aviemore. The school children all ski, often as ‘shredders’ – groups of youngsters who zip over the mountain with their ski instructors. There is none of the ooh la la of being in, say, Val d’Isere. It is all far more functional than that, but I loved the sense of community, of Scottishness, of the skiers on the mountain. As I went up one T-bar lift with Phil, he called out to a small blonde girl whizzing down the mountain. She raised a pole in cheery THE PTARMIGAN RESTAURANT AT THE TOP STATION ON THE CAIRNGORM MOUNTAIN

AT THE TOP, it felt more like the SCHOOL RUN than a ski

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greeting: “Ah, that’s my neighbour’s wee girl,” he said by way of explanation.

Alison, an ex-RAF pilot and top snow jumper, took charge of our five-yearold. He wore a vest with a handle which meant she could hold him between her legs, and before long he was flying over moguls and mounds with her, having the time of his life. I stayed with them while the other three had a lesson with Phil, a local and dedicated mountain man. Our biggest issue was getting too hot. The sun was blazing on a warm March day, which didn’t match our expectations, so we cooked in thermals.

The mountain has a wide range of routes on offer, including plenty of challenging off-piste routes. There are a total of 12 lifts, including the funicular at the resort, and in terms of runs there are seven greens, six blues, eight reds and one black, the longest of these stretching for an impressive 3.3km.

More than enough for a weekend.

We had such a good time that we missed the bus back to Coylumbridge.

No problem, Phil gave us a lift in his battered Land Rover. Now that's something you don't get in the Alps.

t r av e l d e ta i L S Caledonian Sleeper The Highland service runs in both directions Sundays to Fridays (not Saturdays) and serves more than 40 Scottish stations. There is also a Lowland Sleeper between Euston, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Tickets (one way) are from £40 (seated), £80 per person (standard class) and £150 per person (first class).

Call 0330 0600500 for information. sleeper.scot The Hilton costs from £149 per night for a family of 4 (2 x double beds in the same room). hiltonaviemore.com

For ski pass prices and equipment hire on CairnGorm Mountain visit: cairngormmountain .org / wintersnowsports

CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK The Cairngorms National Park is the largest National Park in the UK, twice the size of the Lake District, and is home to three of Scotland’s five ski areas: CairnGorm Mountain, the Lecht and Glenshee. It has be voted among the top 20 places to visit in the world

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The next day was far more Scottish; it was freezing on the mountain and a virtual white-out. I am definitely a fairweather skier these days and found not knowing my way around unnerving, but the children were oblivious and loved it. When most of us gave up at lunchtime, too cold to go on, our eldest skied the whole way down the mountain with Phil, an achievement that left him glowing with pride.

Catching the train back at 9pm on Sunday night was possibly even more exciting than our first journey. Waiting in the pitch black for the sleeper to arrive from Aberdeen, we all felt a bit Railway Children. Then it was a mad scramble to get everything on board and into the cabins before the train pulled off. Not surprisingly, everyone was fast asleep soon afterwards and before we knew it we were waking up as the train drew into Euston, just before 8am. We emerged tousled, bleary-eyed amongst the dash of the city’s commuters, an assault on our senses after feeling a world away from London. We got home within the hour and all three kids made it to their desks at school, albeit half an hour or so late.

The sleeper isn’t cheap – you could fly for less – but it is far less faff and far more fun, especially if you are under 12. We are already planning another ski trip and possibly mountain biking in the Cairngorms next summer, just so we can take the sleeper again to the glorious Highlands. 

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erhaps Notting Hill's most unique and spectacular apartment, spanning the entire roof space of two buildings forming Lansdowne Court. This stunning property boasts five large bedrooms, four bathrooms, three reception rooms, private lift access, a courtyard entrance, large terrace and a patio. Above there is a large roof terrace with captivating panoramic views. u

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PORTLAND ROAD Notting Hill W11

A superb house situated in the heart of Holland Park on this quiet and sought-after residential road. This light, bright house boasts high ceilings, fantastic entertaining space and a patio garden. The house is presented in thoroughly good order throughout.

Holland Park & Notting Hill 020 7371 1111 hollandpark@carterjonas.co.uk

2 reception rooms • 4 bedrooms • 2 bathrooms • West-facing patio • Contemporary finish • EPC rating E

Guide price £3,450,000

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A stunning split-level apartment with wonderful high ceilings, excellent room proportions throughout and a beautiful private garden that also contains an artist’s studio/summer house.

Knightsbridge & Chelsea

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Guide price £2,850,000

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St Charles Square, W10 ÂŁ1,475,000 Leasehold

A fabulous upper maisonette which occupies the top two floors of a handsome period building in the heart of North Kensington. St Charles Square is located in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea just moments from the eclectic and extensive array of amenities in Ladbroke Grove, Golborne Road and Portobello Road.

EPC=D. Reception room, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, utility room, kitchen and balcony. Joint Sole Agents

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Inkerman Terrace, W8 ÂŁ4,150,000 Freehold

A charming and well-presented four/five bedroom family home which is arranged over five floors.The property spans some 2,404 sq ft and offers flexible living accommodation, good natural light and neutral decor throughout. On the doorstep you have a variety of very useful independent shops on Stratford Road. EPC=F. Two reception rooms, five bedrooms, three bathrooms, dining area, kitchen and garden. Joint Sole Agents

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All Saints Road, W11 £800 per week Fees Apply

Exceptional apartment which has been designed with great flair to create maximum space and light. Benefiting from a huge roof deck with views across Portobello this is a wonderful Notting Hill pad, located just a stones throw from Portobello Market and within walking distance to the boutiques and restaurants on Westbourne Grove. EPC=F. Reception room, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen and roof deck. Furnished. Sole Agents

020 3858 3582 emily@mountgrangeheritage.co.uk

Ladbroke Gardens, W11 £595 per week Fees Apply

Ladbroke Road, W11 £595 per week Fees Apply

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An amazing one bedroom upper maisonette with an abundance of natural light.The flat occupies the front half of the third and fourth floors of an exceptionally well-maintained building in prime Notting Hill. EPC=C. Reception room, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, private roof terrace and communal gardens. Furnished. Sole Agents

Stunning first floor flat in this very special Victorian building benefiting from a generous reception room which faces south and has the added bonus of a large balcony.There is an off-street parking space and access to a pretty communal garden. EPC=D. Reception room, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and off-street parking. Furnished.

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Palace Gardens Terrace, W8 £650 per week Fees Apply

A stunning flat in this prime location just off Notting Hill Gate and a short walk from Kensington High Street.The spacious and elegant reception room overlooks this beautiful tree-lined street which is located only moments from the green spaces of Kensington Gardens. EPC=D. Reception room, two bedrooms, shower room and kitchen. Furnished. Sole Agents

020 3858 3582 hannah@mountgrangeheritage.co.uk

Dukes Lane, W8 £2,000 per week Fees Apply

Brunswick Gardens, W8 £650 per week Fees Apply

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A stunning four bedroom house tucked away on this quiet street just off Kensington Church Street, moments from the shops and restaurants on Kensington High Street and a short walk to Notting Hill Gate. EPC=E. Three reception rooms, four bedrooms, four bathrooms, utility room, kitchen, garden and garage. Furnished.

A completely stunning, light and bright flat in prime location just off Notting Hill Gate and close to Kensington High Street.The spacious reception room has a west-facing balcony over-looking this beautiful tree-lined street.

Ideal for young professionals. EPC=D. Reception room, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and balcony. Unfurnished. Sole Agents

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Property ROUND UP The inside scoop in your area

HOUSE HUNTING

MOST SATISFYING TRANSACTION

FINEST PROPERTY SHOWCASE

I recently matched up a newlywed couple and a new buy-to-let landlord, who were absolutely delighted with the outcome.

Although it may sound simple, there is nothing more satisfying than walking away with a great deal for all involved.

MOST INTERESTING PROPERTY

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I once valued a converted pub that was originally called The Crown & Dolphin in East London. Built in 1850, the building was steeped in history and, to this day, is the most fascinating property I’ve seen.

his house has been rebuilt to exacting standards and refurbished by world renowned interior designers, Argent. The house has been designed to fit in with a modern and fast passed lifestyle, while still being both luxurious and stylish.

The reception room boasts a wealth of features, with custom made furniture and the finest Italian joinery on all doors and frames. The

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Vera Road, SW6, £6,500 PCM. A stunning four bedroom house with beautifully presented living accommodation.

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e are seeing the early signs of strengthening demand in the prime central London residential market as higher rates of stamp duty are increasingly reflected in asking prices. The number of new prospective buyers registering in the £2m £5m price bracket is on the up here, and this is the price range where a large proportion of the houses in Queen’s Park sit which is positive news for the market

The £2m - £5m price bracket is on the up here locally. Stamp duty remains a decidedly bigger influence on the market than the EU referendum, however the uncertainty surrounding Brexit has been a catalyst for overdue price reductions.

There is a fantastic family home on Dundonald Road offering great living space and a larger than average garden as the house is end of terrace, set on a quiet road within easy reach of the park, Chamberlayne Road and Queen’s Park high street. u

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he Bloomsbury market is bouncing right back from the Brexit scare. We have just rented a property that was on the market for under 24hours, for full asking price. September was a record month for Portico in Bloomsbury and property prices are staying strong, with high demand. In the last few months, more landlords are reacting to the market

and the demands of tenants, who are looking for the top quality homes. What we’re also noticing in Bloomsbury is that price is not the main factor when renting a property; the quality of the apartment plays a large role.

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I have been working in Chelsea for 15 years. I love the village feel around our office on Chelsea Green.

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Our Dovehouse Street property is a really well balanced family home.

The spacious kitchen and west facing garden really appeal to buyers. We also have a beautiful house on Upper Cheyne Row which is real gem.

MARKET PREDICTIONS FOR THE COMING MONTHS?

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ANNUAL CHANGE IN RENTAL VALUES

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PROPERTY / NEW TO THE MARKET

DREAM D E V E LO P M E N T

QUEENS PARK PENTHOUSES

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ueens Park Penthouses is a unique collection of 14 spacious penthouses that were built on two floors above a stunning Art Deco building on Salusbury Road in the heart of Queens Park.

Designed to address the expectations of elegant metropolitan living, this new development sets a new benchmark for the area. No expense has been spared and no detail has been overlooked as each luxury penthouse has been uniquely designed and fitted to the highest standards. The oversized private terraces measure up to 880 sq ft and offer panoramic views across

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Designed to address the expectations of elegant metropolitan living the London skyline including the London Eye, Heron Tower, BT Tower, Walkie Talkie, etc.

Tone is set right upon entering the building. Residents will find themselves in a luminous three-storey atrium, with a restored Art Deco staircase by the entrance, Tom Dixon lights highlighting the reception area, Italian ceramic floors and a modern glass roof. Centered within the atrium, a bespoke glass lift will take residents to the third and fourth floors, offering at the same time a magnificent experience.

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The development is characterised by a clean and simple interior design flowing seamlessly throughout, comprising matt lacquered handless kitchens, skylights, quartz counters, oak floorings, bespoke vanity furniture, floor to ceiling thin framed bi-folds and internal oversized prefinished flush doors. Lighting design and all features including recessed dimmable LED, wall mounted, LED stripes and floorflushed fittings are by Artemide.

Benefits also include a concierge service, a gated entrance, secure private ground floor car parking, CCTV monitoring and a gymnasium on the doorstep.

The scheme consists of 14 one to three bedroom penthouses, measuring in total 12,000 sq ft internal space with 6,365 sq ft terraces.

Queens Park Penthouses were well received by the market;

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EPC - D

Leghorn Road, NW10

£975,000 Freehold

Red brick centre terraced period house on three floors

• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (1 en-suite)

providing just over 1600 sq ft of great space. Close to

• Spacious kitchen/diner, 2 reception rooms

Chamberlayne Road & transport links of Kensal Green &

• High ceilings, polished wood flooring

Willesden Junction. Viewing recommended

• Loft conversion, 37ft rear garden.

Donnington Road, NW10

£1,095,000 Freehold

Beautifully refurbished semi-detached property situated close

• 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, reception room

to Willesden Green station (Jubilee) offering excellent sized

• Quality fitted kitchen/dining area, utility room

lateral living space & large entrance hall. Bright home. Viewing

• Oak flooring, alarm, double glazing, large loft

recommended

• OSP for 2 cars, 56 ft rear garden

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EPC - C

Palermo Road, NW10

£1,100,000 Freehold

An extended and beautifully refurbished three bedroom family

• 3 bedrooms, open plan kitchen/diner & reception room

home providing 1559 sq ft of fine living space arranged over

• Contemporary 35 ft rear garden & summerhouse

three floors and situated in a convenient location within Kensal

• Master bedroom with en-suite & dressing room

Green. Viewing essential

• Enormous attention to detail throughout.

EPC - C

All Souls Avenue, NW10

£1,195,000 Freehold

Larger than average three bedroom family home of 1568 sq ft

• Contemporary style kitchen, dining room + utility room

which has recently been refurbished to an extremely high

• Loft extended to create a 3rd bedroom + en-suite

standard and extended to create lateral living space with all

• 64 ft South facing rear garden + OSP for 2 cars

the latest technology. Viewing essential.

• Close to Kensal Rise & local amenities.

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EPC - E

Cranhurst Road, NW2

£1,650,000 Freehold

Beautifully presented period house abundant in charm and

• 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, study

character and situated in this excellent position close to

• 2 reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room

Willesden Green (Jubilee -Zone 2). Laid out over 3 floors

• Period features - tessellated & wooden flooring

offering 2303 sq ft of living space. Lots of outstanding features.

• 103 ft mature rear garden, large patio area

EPC - D

St. Gabriels Road, NW2

£2,250,000 Freehold

A rare opportunity to purchase a substantial red brick semi-

• 5 beds, 2 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms

detached period house situated in this prestigious road in the

• Large kitchen onto 100 ft south facing garden

Mapesbury Conservation Area popular with young growing

• 2400 sq ft with scope to extend into loft area

families. Close to transport. Viewing essential.

• Tessellated flooring, wood flooring, period features

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020 7328 2828 62 Salusbury Road, NW6 6NS queensparkpartnership.co.uk

EPC - D

BRONDESBURY VILLAS, NW6

£885,000 Share Of Freehold

Situated within walking distance to the wonderful Queens Park and excellent transport links into Central London is this well presented 3 bedroom flat set on the ground floor of this semi-detached converted property, boasting private entrance, sunny 48 ft rear garden, 2 bathrooms (1 en-suite) & many period features. Viewing is highly recommended.

• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Own entrance, 48 ft rear garden • 915 sq ft, wooden flooring • Close to transport links & amenities

EPC - E

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MILMAN ROAD, NW6

£1,275,000 Leasehold

Providing 1360 sq ft of living space, this 3 bedroom/2 bathroom duplex apartment is arranged over the first & attic floors of this converted period house on one of Queens Park's premier roads. The flat offers wonderful views over the park, modern kitchen/diner with stairs leading to the rear garden, 23 ft reception & own entrance. Must be seen.

• Split level flat, 1360 sq ft • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Own entrance, rear garden • Close to transport & Queens Park

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HAZELMERE ROAD, NW6

£1,560,000 Freehold

Stunning 1688 sq ft 4/5 bedroom terraced family home arranged over 3 floors, totally refurbished & remodelled throughout with beautiful open plan kitchen opening onto a 25 ft rear garden, master bedroom with en-suite and roof terrace. Excellent position close to Salusbury Road & the open spaces of Queens Park. Viewing essential.

• Completely remodelled family home • 4/5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Open plan 31 ft kitchen/family room • 1688 sq ft, close to Queens Park

EPC - D

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ESMOND ROAD, NW6

£1,695,000 Freehold

Beautifully refurbished 4 bedroom/3 bathroom family home set on a quiet residential road comprising of open plan dining area with temperature controlled wine cellar, kitchen & reception opening onto a south facing rear garden, master bedroom with en-suite bathroom & walk in wardrobe. Great transport links, excellent position. Must be seen.

• Underfloor heating throughout • Temperature controlled wine cellar • Remote controlled skylights & blinds • Security camera system, alarm

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IN THEIR OWN

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Maxine Rylett Ryletts Residential

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roperty has followed me around the world – from starting out with a commercial agency in Mayfair developing shopping centres in major UK cities, to running my own residential lettings agency in the Far East, specialising in Hong Kong short lets. We charged around the expat areas of MidLevels and the South Side, often taking clients back to their hotel in Central to finalise details of the deal. Jaunts on the company junk at the weekends were a good opportunity to entertain visiting family and friends, along with the big tourist draws of the Peak Tram and Star Ferry.

The fast pace and excitement of Hong Kong eventually started to pall and after returning to London in the 90s I found a charming flat off Sloane Square – ideal for entertaining - and started to build what would eventually be known as Ryletts Residential. The mantra of play hard work hard has never quite disappeared so while pulling together a portfolio of properties to let and manage – with some interior design thrown in - I managed to spend plenty of time playing tennis in Cadogan Place,

Property has followed me around the world walking Chung the mad Wheaten terrier and throwing parties (all of which I still do, except Chung has made way for Roly).

The friends and contacts made from my years abroad changed my life and London living has in some ways become very similar as the world has got smaller. Clients fly in and arrive in time for an early breakfast at Café Colbert, with drinks at the end of the day at the Enterprise. Fate obviously played a hand when I found my flat in Cadogan Gardens as prior to moving back to the UK I had no idea which area to relocate to. How lucky was I? The lovely independent shops in Chelsea Green – Jagos the butchers, Andreas the greengrocer, the Pie Man, Rex the fishmonger and a hairdressers! The top end shops in Sloane Street and the restaurants and cafes in Sloane Square, not that shopping in Cartier or Tiffany figures high on a Saturday morning.

With the office based in the pretty and private St Catherine’s

Mews, just down from Cadogan Square, the team of five of us – ably assisted by Roly – are kept busy covering the prime areas of Belgravia, Knightsbridge, Mayfair, Chelsea, South Kensington, Fulham, Holland Park and Kensington. With the original lettings business expanding to incorporate sales and acquisitions, we are excited to have done our highest rental to date, £12,000 a week for a townhouse in Kensington, and have concluded sales ranging from as little as half a million to £15m.

There’s no such thing as a typical week here... showing a lovely garden flat in Fernshaw Road to arranging a viewing of a house in Cadogan Square – but fortunately being locked in a house with no means of escape or showing an apartment after a party, complete with blow up doll on the sofa, does not happen all the time.

We love this beautiful part of London where we live and work and are passionate about delivering a personalised and bespoke service to our clients. One of the great advantages of working in property is meeting such fascinating people, in some cases becoming good friends with them, and enjoying life to the full. u

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St. Marks Road W10 £4,750,000 A magnificent six-bedroom Victorian townhouse, with exceptional proportions throughout, ideally located in the heart of North Kensington and moments from Portobello Road. Freehold. EPC=F

• Six bedrooms • Approx. 4,000 sqft • Period property • West facing rear garden North Kensington Sales: 020 7313 8350 sales.nkn@marshandparsons.co.uk

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Melbury Court W8 ÂŁ4,350,000 An elegant five-bedroom penthouse apartment, set in a private gated development next to Holland Park. EPC=E Kensington Sales: 020 7368 4450 sales.kns@marshandparsons.co.uk

Woodsford Square W14 ÂŁ2,550,000 A contemporary five-bedroom property, with beautiful communal gardens and private garage. Freehold EPC=D Holland Park Sales: 020 7605 6890 sales.hol@marshandparsons.co.uk

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Moscow Road W2 ÂŁ2,100,000 An immaculate three-bedroom home with a southerly patio garden, moments from Hyde Park. EPC=D Notting Hill Sales: 020 7313 2890 sales.not@marshandparsons.co.uk

Bassett Road W10 ÂŁ1,250,000 A beautifully presented two-bedroom apartment, located on a desirable tree-lined avenue in North Kensington. EPC=D North Kensington Sales: 020 7313 8350 sales.nkn@marshandparsons.co.uk

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Ladbroke Grove

Notting Hill W11

Arguably one of Notting Hill’s finest apartments, a stunning, newly refurbished 2 bedroom raised ground floor flat benefiting from a private garden leading into Stanley Crescent Gardens.

The property is located at the southern end of Ladbroke Grove near Kensington Park Gardens & has access to Ladbroke Square Gardens (access subject to application).

EPC exempt

ÂŁ1,290,000 share of freehold

Notting Hill

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BROOK GREEN 138 SHEPHERDS BUSH ROAD W6 7PB SHEPHERDS BUSH 113 ASKEW ROAD W12 9AS ACTON 27 CHURCHFIELD ROAD W3 6BD

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LUXURIOUS

LETTINGS London’s Finest Assets

ALEXANDER SQUARE SW3

£3,500 P e r We e k

his impressive Grade 11 listed Georgian house is situated in the heart of South Kensington overlooking Alexander Square.

The accommodation is arranged over five floors providing lots of family and entertaining space. This Georgian home is enviably located close to cultural attractions including the Natural History and Science Museums, popular shopping destinations including Harrods and the King’s Road in Chelsea.

The wide open spaces of London’s famous Hyde Park are also within easy reach. u  Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings Knightsbridge, 020 7581 2112; brlets.co.uk

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kitchen with doors that lead onto a private garden, and a large family room; and the upper floors host a master suite and three further double bedrooms. The house offers modern living on the borders of Fulham and Chelsea. u  Marsh & Parsons Fulham, 020 7736 9822; marshandparsons.co.uk

SW6

£1,800 P e r We e k

beautifully restored four bedroom house in the heart of Parsons Green. This property has been refurbished throughout to the most exacting standards. The raised and lower ground floors comprise of a reception room with doors onto a south facing terrace, a modern open plan

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three bedroom town house spread over five floors. The basement has a designer kitchen with all the latest appliances, it also has a larger than average

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second floor has two bedrooms and a family bathroom. The top floor has a large master bedroom with a luxury en suite and roof terrace with views. u  Portico Bloomsbury, 020 7291 0650; portico.com

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Hornton Street, Kensington, W8 OIEO £1,550,000 Leasehold

Hornton Street, Kensington, W8

A superb, bright, newly modernised two bedroom apartment with its own street door. This charming flat is located in the quieter section of Hornton Street, north of the Town Hall yet it’s still only a few moments away from the amenities of Kensington Church Street and Kensington High Street.

Found on the raised ground floor, the apartment has its own door and entrance lobby, a 30’ reception / kitchen with high ceilings, cloakroom, 2 bedrooms both with either bathroom or shower room en-suite. The apartment also has lots of storage space. In total 1,012 sq ft/ 94.08 sqm.

EPC Rating C.

A bright two bedroom flat on the lower ground floor of this charming period building. The apartment has a reception room opening to a courtyard, a separate kitchen, master bedroom with en-suite dressing room and shower, second bedroom, second bathroom, a generous reception hall and an under-pavement storage vault. 936 sq ft / 86.95 sqm EPC Rating D

Montagu Mews North, Marylebone, W1

£925pw*

A bright and well-presented mews house over three levels in this quiet culde-sac, located within close proximity to Baker Street tube and just a short walk away from Marylebone High Street. The property comprises three double bedrooms, two bathrooms (one en suite), a spacious living room, a fully fitted eat-in kitchen, a guest WC and an integral garage. Modern furnishings and hardwood flooring. EPC Rating C.

Earls Court Road, Kensington, W8

£1,125,000 Share of Freehold

£725pw*

A brand new, refurbished split level three double bedroom apartment with a gorgeous private courtyard, situated in an excellent location steps away from High Street Kensington. This stunning property has been newly refurbished offering a modern high spec finish throughout, featuring a bright spacious reception room, dining/eat-in kitchen area, modern fully fitted kitchen, three double bedrooms, two bathrooms (one en suite) and a private, walled and paved courtyard. Situated right off Earls Court Road in Kensington, you are walking distance to the High Street’s shops, restaurants, amenities and all public transport links. EPC Rating B.

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PROPERTY / BASEMENTS Traffic management and pavement access can be a crucial part of obtaining planning permission for a basement conversion

NIGEL LEWIS

GOING UNDERGROUND Londoners are digging deep for space. But how difficult are basement conversions to complete?

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asement conversions in on each conversion. This is fast reducing London are at an all-time the number of high-profile basement high as homeowners conversions being completed, including expand their homes rather those undertaken by Foxtons founder Jon than move and face a Hunt, composer Andrew Lloyd-Webber, substantial Stamp Duty bill. actress Nicole Kidman and oligarch Roman Despite increased planning restrictions, Abramovich, many of whom have added up the number of applications to convert to four storeys underneath their houses. basements has doubled over the past two “A lot of the councils are tightening up years which, as builder Billy Heyman of the planning process to try and create as BTL Properties explains, is not surprising. many barriers as possible,” says Simon “It’s a no-brainer, really,” he says. “Our Haycock of Michaelis Boyd Associates. But typical customer is living in a £2m house the second type of basement conversion but to move up the ladder locally usually continues to boom. These are the onerequires a spend of £3.5 plus a Stamp Duty and agent fee bill A basement conversion of a John Nash designed of nearly £400,000.”

Grade II listed house in Park Village West off Albany Street in Regent’s Park by Hampstead by Belsize The cost of a basement Architects (020 7482 4420) is much less than that. But getting permission for a basement conversion is getting more difficult as many London borough planning departments crack down on the more ambitious projects.

This year Westminster established a ‘sub squad’ team to process complaints about basement conversions, and introduced a tax to be levied

storey dig-downs that are easy to spot outside a home. Usually, an electric conveyor pokes out of a downstairs window, wet clay clattering from the netherworld below into a skip.

“The really big projects that you see in the papers are all about having a basement swimming pool or cinema, but most of our work is about freeing up space and making a period property a usable family home,” says Simon Haycock.

“Quite often our projects are about moving the utility areas of a house downstairs and therefore freeing up the family areas above.”

If you’re about to take the plunge and go big below, there is plenty to think about.

Creating a basement from scratch is a significant engineering project and some experts say it can be more complicated than building a new home.

But if you can get it right and complete your project, then the benefits of a basement conversion are more than just aesthetic. Trevor Abrahamson, of estate agent Glentree, says that while it costs approximately £300 per foot² to build a basement, it can add between £1,000 and £6,000 per foot² to the value of the property, when complete. u

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Kensington’s new quarter n Situated in one of the most desirable locations in London n 24hr concierge, secure parking, gym, pool, spa, private screening room, business suite

375 Kensington High Street, W14

n 5 Minute walk to Tube & Underground stations

Apartments to rent from £600 per week 1 Beds (avg 520 sq ft) from £600 per week

2 Beds (avg 950 sq ft) from £950 per week

Deluxe residents leisure suite

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3302 5674 or email kens@brlets.co.uk or visit www.brlets.co.uk 5 Thackeray Street, Kensington, London W8 5ET London branches: Canary Wharf | City | Colindale | Ealing | Fulham Greenwich | Hammersmith | Hampstead | Highgate | Hyde Park Kensington | Kew | Knightsbridge | Nine Elms | Surrey Quays | Wapping International: Hong Kong | India | Malaysia | Singapore

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Westminster

£925 pw Furnished

2 Bedrooms | Reception | 2 Bathrooms | Apartment 24hr Concierge | Parking | Gym | Pool | Spa | EPC - B Knightsbridge 020 3302 7174

knight@brlets.co.uk

Sixteen branches open six days a week Monday - Saturday Canary Wharf | City | Colindale | Ealing | Fulham | Greenwich | Hammersmith | Hampstead Highgate | Hyde Park | Kensington | Kew | Knightsbridge | Nine Elms | Surrey Quays | Wapping Additional charges apply: Tenancy Agreement, Credit Check & Inventory Report. For details visit www.brlets.co.uk/tenantinfo

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Nine Elms Point

£470 pw Furnished

London’s Letting Agency

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Kensington

£550 pw Furnished

1 Bedroom | Reception | 1 Bathroom | Apartment 24hr Concierge | Gym | Nearby Amenities | EPC - B

2 Bedrooms | Reception | 2 Bathrooms | Apartment 24hr Concierge | Gym | Close to Tube | EPC - C

Nine Elms 020 3282 3700

Kensington 020 3302 5674

Imperial Wharf

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Marylebone

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£850 pw Furnished

2 Bedrooms | Reception | 2 Bathrooms | Apartment 24hr Concierge | Gym | Lift | Close to Tube | EPC - D

3 Bedrooms | Reception | 3 Bathrooms | Apartment 24hr Porter | Lift | Gym | Close to Tube | EPC - D

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Hyde Park 020 3417 3703

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Paddington

£2,000 pw Furn/Unfurn

3 Bedrooms | Reception | 3 Bathrooms | Apartment Balcony | Nearby Amenities & Tube | EPC - E Hyde Park 020 3417 3703

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Sixteen branches open six days a week Monday - Saturday Canary Wharf | City | Colindale | Ealing | Fulham | Greenwich | Hammersmith | Hampstead Highgate | Hyde Park | Kensington | Kew | Knightsbridge | Nine Elms | Surrey Quays | Wapping Additional charges apply: Tenancy Agreement, Credit Check & Inventory Report. For details visit www.brlets.co.uk/tenantinfo

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Bayswater

£280 pw Furnished

London’s Letting Agency

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Imperial Wharf

£600 pw Furnished

Studio/Living Space | 1 Bathroom | Apartment Communal Garden | Close to Tube | EPC - C Hyde Park 020 3417 3703 hyde@brlets.co.uk

2 Bedrooms | Reception | 2 Bathrooms | Apartment 24hr Concierge | Lift | Gym | EPC - C Fulham 020 3503 0015 iw@brlets.co.uk

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Knightsbridge

£810 pw Unfurnished

£850 pw Furnished

2 Bedrooms | Reception | 2 Bathrooms | Apartment 24hr Concierge | Gym | Pool | EPC - B

1 Bedroom | Reception | 1 Bathroom | Apartment 24hr Concierge | Gym | Pool | EPC - C

Hammersmith 020 8528 4110

Knightsbridge 020 3302 7174

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Imperial Wharf

London SW6 Apartments to rent from £400 per week

n Premier riverside development adjacent to Chelsea Harbour n Vibrant location; shops, bars, gym and restaurants on your doorstep n Own train station plus water taxi service to the City (20 mins)

Manhattan Studios from £400 per week

2 Bed Apartments from £550 per week

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3503 0015 or email iw@brlets.co.uk or visit www.brlets.co.uk 15 The Boulevard, Imperial Wharf, London, SW6 2UB London branches: Canary Wharf | City | Colindale | Ealing | Fulham Greenwich | Hammersmith | Hampstead | Highgate | Hyde Park Kensington | Kew | Knightsbridge | Nine Elms | Surrey Quays | Wapping International: Hong Kong | India | Malaysia | Singapore

Additional charges apply: Tenancy Agreement, Credit Check & Inventory Report.

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Ennismore Mews, SW7

£1,750 per week

A well laid out, spacious family house over three floors, comprising double reception room, four bedrooms all with en-suite bathrooms, an open plan kitchen/dining room, guest cloakroom, study and two terraces, in a quiet cobbled Mews close to Hyde Park and Knightsbridge. EPC: D

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Thornwood Gardens, W8

£8,750 per week

This spectacular family home with five en suite bedrooms, three reception rooms and terraced garden, also has a super-comfortable media room complete with bar, swimming pool complex, shower and steam room, jacuzzi, lift and underground parking for three cars. In addition, there is a large terrace on the top floor. EPC: D 1 St. Catherine’s Mews Milner Street London SW3 2PX

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FAMOUS PLACES London hides a plethora of celebrity homes. These are the most recent to come on the market

LONDON’S GRAND DESIGNS STAR

ome people might use a stair-lift to get from one floor to the other, but Kew House has a fun slide to get its owners downstairs super-quick. This modern home – one of the finalists in Grand Designs: House of the Year in 2015 – has a huge basement which includes a children’s play area that you can get down to on stairs or a wooden slide.

The site was originally a bunch of derelict garages before it was bought by award-winning structural engineer Tim Lucas six years ago for £400,000.

The site’s transformation into a dream home now on the market for £3.8 million with The Modern House was featured on Channel 4’s Grand Designs in November 2015, and was also shortlisted for a Royal Institute of British Architects’ award, handed out each year to the best new house designed by an architect in the UK. Set behind the façade of a Victorian stable, it has two gabled wings around a central courtyard.

The property is covered with prefabricated steel, studded with holes to mimic the effect of dappled light through the branches of trees.

The Modern House 020 3795 5920

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Ellis. She employed innovative ways to find the next generation of catwalk models. This included a deal with Topshop to use their stores to scout for talent. Fiona was famous as the person who discovered supermodel Erin O’Connor, although Ellis has also worked with Claudia Schiffer, Helena Christensen and Elizabeth Hurley.

But it’s clearly time to move on.

Ellis’s home in Ascot is now up for sale. The property has been remodelled in her somewhat unusual style and includes a leopard-print clad toilet and ceilings covered in crocodile embossed wallpaper. It’s a two bedroom flat on Spring Grove in Ascot and is being sold for £1.1 million.

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Hitchcock had a lot to thank the capital for; he directed over 20 films here DIAL M FOR MAISONETTE?

lfred Hitchcock has been dead for nearly 40 years but his reputation as one of the world’s greatest film directors survives very much intact.

But the cigar-chomping mogul was not always grateful for his early years spent working in London, where he established himself before moving to Hollywood in 1939. The Dial M for Murder director once said that in London “the sky was always grey, the rain was grey, the mud was grey and I was grey”. Hitchcock had a lot to thank the capital for; he directed over 20 films here, using familiar backdrops such as Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus.

But who could blame him for preferring the Californian sun, where he worked with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars including Janet Leigh. While living in Los Angeles Hitchcock developed a taste for grand residences and eventually bought a seven-bedroom colonialstyle mansion in Bel Air. But when living in London his home was much more modest. From 1926 until 1939 he lived in a shabby maisonette flat

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HOME TO A SUPERMODEL SCOUT

ave you ever wondered how young women are picked out of the crowd to become the next Kate Moss or Naomi Campbell?

Although it sounds improbable in today’s social media world, the work of traditional talent scouts continues.

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£750 Thousand

£1.1 Million

In the 60s, cast members rehearsed at a pub on Reckitt Road, Chiswick at 153 Cromwell Road in Kensington complete with threadbare carpets and wonky furniture. The property is still made up of flats including a two bedroom top floor one, which is now up for sale at £750,000.

Foxtons 020 3728 2000

THE PATH THAT LEADS TO WISDOM

ven as his life entered its twilight years, comedian and film star Norman Wisdom kept the jokes coming, quipping that “as you get older three things happen – the first is your memory goes, and I

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In 1915 Wisdom was born in London into a poor family and at the age of 25 ran away to join the army.

After surviving the war, Wisdom’s talents for comic entertainment were spotted and by 31 he was a professional entertainer and soon after, a film star and comedian. His most famous character was Norman Pitkin, an incompetent junior employee to boss ‘Mr Grimsdale’ in a variety of different settings, which won Wisdom fans all over the world including, most improbably, Albania.

His childhood home is now for sale. It’s at 91 Fernhead Road in Maida Vale where the Wisdom family lived during the 1920s. Norman, his brother Fred and their parents, lived in a single room. The one bedroom apartment is now on the market for £449,000.

Dexters 020 7266 2020

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IS IT LIKE A TARDIS INSIDE?

hen Dr Who launched during the 1960s there were fears that a science fiction drama wouldn’t be popular and the first episode was discreetly advertised in the Radio Times.

But, despite an opening night that clashed with coverage of the JFK assassination, Doctor Who was a hit, and half a century later there’s still great excitement. It’s just been announced that this year’s festive outing will feature a guest companion, ahead of next year’s new series.

In the 60s, cast members rehearsed at a pub on Reckitt Road, Chiswick, which was later converted into houses. One of them, with three large bedrooms is on the market for £1.75m. Agent Dexters reckons it’s in excellent condition with large first floor south-facing double height reception room, courtyard garden and balcony.

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A LIGHT AND SPACIOUS FOUR-BEDROOM APARTMENT CHELSEA VISTA, IMPERIAL WHARF SW6 • Over 2000sq ft • Two covered terraces • Two parking spaces

• On-site security and concierge • Gym • EPC rating C

Guide Price: £2,495,000

Chelsea Office: 020 7225 5752 francis.burca@harrodsestates.com

Leasehold: Approximately 981 years

A BEAUTIFULLY REFURBISHED THREE-BEDROOM APARTMENT CADOGAN COURT, CHELSEA SW3 • Fifth floor with lift • 3 metre ceiling heights • Retained period features Guide Price: £4,250,000

• Over 1561sq ft living space • Enviable views across Chelsea • EPC rating C

Chelsea office 020 7225 5911 mark.greenway@harrodsestates.com

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A FULLY REFURBISHED TWO-BEDROOM TRIPLEX APARTMENT AIRLIE GARDENS, KENSINGTON W8 • En-suite master bedroom • Bay fronted reception room • Fully refurbished Guide price: £1,300,000

• Communal gardens • 814sq ft / 75.62sq m • EPC rating D

Kensington Office: 020 3650 4600 nicholas.shaw@harrodsestates.com

Leasehold: Approximately 97 years

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KENSINGTON CHURCH WALK

 W8

£3,995,000

three bedroom end of terrace with a roof terrace and off-street parking. The house has been beautifully refurbished with the perfect blend of modern technology and Victorian character. Kensington Church Walk is located just off Kensington High Street which offers shopping amenities, restaurants and transport connections. The open spaces of both Holland Park and Hyde Park are just moments away. u  Chestertons Kensington, 020 7937 7244; chestertons.com

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 NW10

£2,600,000

light and characterful family home set on a desirable street close to Kensal Rise and Queen's Park. The house boasts traditional period features, impressive light-filled rooms and is a perfect contemporary family home. The ground floor comprises of a charming reception room, utility room, bathroom and an open-plan kitchen with living space to the rear. Floor-to-ceiling doors lead out onto the landscaped garden. The first floor houses the master bedroom with en suite, two further bedrooms

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£4,950,000

conveniently has a back door onto Pottery Lane. Lateral space is therefore very impressive on most floors which creates excellent entertaining space ideal for families. In addition to its four

beautifully presented, four bedroom house in this extremely popular Holland Park address. The core of this light-filled house benefits from a wonderful double height studio, and

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bedrooms, the house also offers two offices and a media room, as well as a large roof terrace with far reaching views. u  Strutt & Parker Notting Hill, 020 3733 3628; struttandparker.com

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SPECIALISTS IN LONDON RIVERSIDE

HIRST COURT, GROSVENOR WATERSIDE SW1W Immaculate one bedroom apartment in the stunning Grosvenor Waterside development. It benefits from a fabulous large master bedroom with fantastic wardrobe space, a gorgeous open plan reception with modern, fully fitted kitchen, newly refurbished modern bathroom, private balconies and wealth of onsite facilities. 639 sq ft. EPC Rating B Leasehold ÂŁ895,000

THE QUADRANGLE CHELSEA HARBOUR SW10 An interior designed three bedroom penthouse apartment in the tranquil and renowned setting of Chelsea Harbour. On the 5th and 6th floors it provides well thought out living and bedroom space. The apartment comes with balcony and allocated parking.

3 beds, 3 Baths, Kitchen, Balcony, Concierge, Parking EPC C Leasehold ÂŁ2,099,000

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DOCKSIDE HOUSE, CHELSEA CREEK SW6 This immaculate property features three bedrooms, the master having a stunning walk in wardrobe and en suite, three luxurious Villeroy and Boch bathrooms and a large open plan reception room with modern kitchen boasting high quality Miele appliances.

Situated on the third floor this apartment is approximately 1980 sq ft. EPC Rating C Leasehold £2,995,000

CHEYNE WALK, CHELSEA SW10 A newly refurbished one bedroom apartment, finished to exacting standards on the first floor of a stunning period building, south facing with sweeping 180 degree river views: 430 Sq ft (40 sq m) One bedroom, Open Plan Reception Room, Luxurious Shower Room, Separate Cloakroom. EPC Rating C Leasehold £700,000

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DREAM The most luxuriously appointed properties on the market

GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET W1

£5,295,000

stunning four bedroom apartment in the heart of London. The interiors of this penthouse provide contemporary calm amidst the buzz with comfort cooling and under floor heating to all living areas and bedrooms, high ceilings, oak floors and feature fireplaces.

Natural light floods in from the sash windows to large open plan living spaces. Great Marlborough Street is close to a variety of restaurants, bars, clubs, galleries and theatres. u  Beauchamp Estates Mayfair; 020 7499 7722 beauchamp.com

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HARRINGTON ROAD

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£10,000,000 Per Week

his apartment has been renovated to an impeccably high standard and luxuriously designed throughout with bespoke fixtures and fittings.

Further benefits include a wrap-around terrace with separate gym, sun terrace and a Jacuzzi, offering stunning views of the London skyline.

The apartment is located moments from the shops and restaurants of South Kensington. u  Carter Jonas Knightsbridge & Chelsea, 020 7584 7020; carterjonas.co.uk

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ONSLOW GARDENS SW7

£1,795,000

his magnificent two bedroom, two bathroom maisonette has been refurbished to an exceptional standard throughout. The property boasts grand living spaces incorporating two double bedrooms with en suite bathrooms, high ceilings, a utility room, cloakroom and views of the garden square. It also benefits from access to the exclusive private communal gardens. The property is located in one of the most desirable garden squares in South Kensington, and is very close to local amenities. ◆  KFH South Kensington 020 3792 4572; kfh.co.uk

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HILLGATE STREET

KENSINGTON MANSIONS

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contemporary house designed by Seth Stein Architects. Set behind a traditional facade and arranged over four floors this spectacular house offers an abundance of natural light and comprises three principal bedroom suites and an additional guest suite, a living, dining and kitchen area, study, entertainment space and exercise room including a plunge pool and access to one of four terraces. Hillgate Street is ideally located moments from Notting Hill Gate, Kensington and the open spaces of Hyde Park. ◆  Harrods Estates Kensington, 020 3650 4600; harrodsestates.com

his is an immaculately presented two bedroom flat which has been refurbished in contemporary style whilst respecting the period integrity of the traditional Edwardian red brick mansion block. With the principal rooms facing south across the communal gardens, the flat is light and bright throughout. Kensington Mansions is a popular portered block with the nearest transport provided by Earls Court underground station making it extremely convenient for access both into central London and Heathrow airport. ◆  John D Wood & Co. South Kensington, 020 7835 0000; johndwood.co.uk

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ALEXA COURT W8

£3,500,000

spectacular lateral apartment on the first floor of an imposing Victorian stucco fronted building. The property has fantastic volume and the most extraordinary south-facing private terrace. Providing superb living accommodation and entertaining space, the apartment comprises: large reception room, semi open-plan kitchen, additional mezzanine floor which is perfectly suited to accommodate a study or home office and two double bedrooms with en suite bathrooms. The apartment further benefits from a lift and live-in caretaker. ◆  Mountgrange Heritage Kensington, 020 7937 9976; mountgrangeheritage.co.uk

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A contemporary styled apartment, impeccably finished behind an imposing Victorian facade, complete with high ceilings and a comfortable layout.

This beautiful apartment provides two handsome bedroom suites and a large reception room with sweeping staircase to a study or guest room.

Located close to Kensington Gardens and a short walk from Lancaster Gate underground and Paddington stations.

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This spacious garden flat occupies the entire lower ground floor of an imposing period building. This charming two bedroom home has generous living space and benefits from a sunny private patio.

Located in a quiet corner of Redcliffe Square, this property is a short walk away from the amenities of Old Brompton Road and Fulham Road.

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Two double bedrooms Two bathrooms Private entrance Garden flat Prestigious garden square Close to excellent transport links Share of freehold EPC rating C

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Occupying in excess of 2,150 sq ft across three floors is this stunning family home, benefiting from four bedrooms, each with an en suite bathroom. This home further provides an open plan kitchen and dining room, as well as a spacious and bright reception, which leads onto a south westerly facing rear garden.

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Four bedrooms Four en suite bathrooms Guest WC Three storeys plus cellar South westerly garden Freehold EPC rating C

Located close to the amenities of Parsons Green, this property is conveniently situated for Parsons Green and Putney Bridge underground stations.

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Onslow Gardens, Chelsea, SW7 £1,150,000 South Kensington 020 3040 6370 southkensington.sales@kfh.co.uk

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This well proportioned two bedroom property is situated on the second floor of a beautiful white stucco, period building. This exceptional apartment benefits from a private roof terrace with garden views.

Onslow Gardens is a quiet and leafy enclave located ideally between the shops and restaurants of both Fulham Road and Old Brompton Road. The property is also a short walk from South Kensington and Gloucester Road underground stations.

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Sussex Gardens, Bayswater, W2 £795 pw / £3,445 pcm Bayswater 020 7563 5090 bayswater.lettings@kfh.co.uk

This luxury two double bedroom apartment boasts a sumptuous décor, wood flooring and high ceilings throughout.

Hyde Park is moments away, as is Lancaster Gate underground station.

The amenities of Mayfair are also within walking distance.

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Two bedrooms Two bathrooms including one en suite Separate kitchen High specification finish Good storage Prime location Furnished EPC rating D

£210 tenancy agreement fee per property. Other fees apply, visit kfh.co.uk/lettingsfees

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Harrington Gardens, South Kensington, SW7 £1,000 pw / £4,333 pcm South Kensington 020 3040 6380 southkensington.lettings@kfh.co.uk

Arranged over the lower ground and ground floors of a beautiful Victorian building, this stylish apartment has been finished to a particularly high standard.

The open plan kitchen is fitted with a dishwasher, washer dryer and has an additional larder, and the apartment further benefits from an abundance of natural light and wooden flooring throughout.

This property is situated minutes from Gloucester Road station, and the many museums of Brompton Road are also within walking distance.

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Two double bedrooms Two en suite bathrooms Guest WC Open plan kitchen/reception Wooden flooring Furnished EPC rating E

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PROPERTY / COUNTRY LIVING NIGEL LEWIS

SURREY VILLAGES Surrey’s most popular towns and villages

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ore and more of us are hearing the call of the countryside and upping sticks from London’s busy streets. But where are we all going?

The number of Londoners selling up and moving out increased by over 60% last year, according to research agent Hamptons International. This would appear to be a collective raspberry to London’s frenetic lifestyle as urbanites looking for space, a less competitive school enrolment system and less pollution vote with their feet.

But it’s not just families cashing in their London equity. Hamptons International’s figures show that one in six of those escaping to the country are first-time buyers prepared to run the gauntlet of commuting into London to secure an affordable home. So where are the hotspots? Surrey envelopes much of SW

Foxtons: Five bedroom detached house with large back garden on Mount Hermon Road, £1.2 million

and SE London’s borders from Windsor in the west to Surbiton in the east and the county is one of the first Londoners consider, partly because of the multiple train lines that serve it. So we asked agents about the most sought after areas. u

MOUNT HERMON

ount Hermon is the area directly south of Woking town centre popular with commuters because of it's central train station. The area is treasured for features including Barnsbury Primary school, Woking College, Woking Park and the fact that you’re within touching distance of the town’s green belt.

Detached houses range from £2.5 million to £600,000, while townhouses start at £450,000 and rise to £800,000.  For sale: Five bedroom detached house with large garden on Mount Hermon Road, £1.2 million.

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Knight Frank: Five bedroom cottage with outbuildings, pool, tennis court and stabling, £1.875m

WEYBRIDGE

eybridge is known for St George’s Hill estate, which was the UK’s first major gated community. But if you want to be between the train station and the town centre then the streets around central Weybridge are not to be sniffed at. Prices start £400,000 for a cottage while larger terraced houses kick off at £460,000. Townhouses start at £750,000 and large terraces at £900,000 rising to £1.5 million for a detached.  For sale: Six bedroom detached mansion with a luxury interior, £1.85 million.

More info: John D Wood, 01932 645 251.

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HASCOMBE, GUILDFORD

ascombe is one of those villages that it’s hard to believe can be commutable from London, given the bucolic surroundings. Properties don’t come up here often and you’ll need deep pockets for a detached home with land here; probably £1.5 to £2.5 million with semis occasionally at around £800,000.  For sale: Langhurst, a five bedroom stockman’s cottage with outbuildings, pool, tennis court and stabling, £1.875m.

More info: Knight Frank, 01483 378971.

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John D Wood & Co.: Six bedroom detached mansion with a luxury interior, £1.85 million

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Lettings 020 7751 5100 www.farrar.co.uk

IFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SW10 An extremely well presented two bedroom garden flat recently refurbished and arranged over the raised ground and lower ground floors of a period conversion building. The property has a spacious reception room with a fireplace, a brand new kitchen with a breakfast room area, two double bedrooms and two bathrooms. There is also a private garden at the rear of the property.

EPC Rating: D.

FURNISHED

£830

per week*

*Tenants are advised when renting a property the advertised rent does not include council tax, water or utility charges. The administration fees are £175 (inc. VAT) and referencing charges of £40 per Tenant/Guarantor. The inventory check in cost will vary but should not exceed £150 and a 6-8 week deposit is required.

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OLD CHURCH STREET, LONDON, SW3 A charming three bedroom house located in the very heart of Chelsea just moments from the Kings Road and the River Thames.

The house boasts a fabulous reception room which is great for entertaining as well as three double bedrooms with excellent storage, two bathrooms, a terraced garden and an additional roof terrace.

EPC Rating: F.

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