19 April, 2015

GUEST POST: Old Soho meets new Soho at Old Tom & English

DRG contributor ALISON BISHOP visits Old Tom & English, the new-old Soho eating establishment that’s perfect for sipping and snacking

They had me at ‘personal cocktail cabinet’. There’s something about the current trend for home-style retail that puts you instantly at ease, so I was interested to see how the idea could be applied to dining.

Soho’s latest ‘underground’ restaurant, Old Tom & English, is inspired by visiting a friend’s apartment for a dinner party where intimate nooks and crannies invite hushed tones for gossiping and lingering. (more…)

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18 February, 2015

London life: West Thirty Six

West Thirty Six Golborne Road

This is the time of year when I get asked about my favourite London hangouts for all those guide-to-LFW type features. In truth, I’m a creature of habit. West London is my stomping ground and I’m loathe to venture East if I can help it. So here’s a new West London eaterie to add to the list – West Thirty Six.

WHERE: Situated in Golborne Road, a stone’s throw from Portobello, this characterful street is one of London’s unspoilt (for now) hidden treasures. (more…)

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3 December, 2014

Paul Smith – the Instagram tour

Sir Paul Smith, and his lovely design team invited a few of us to kickstart Monday the right way, at 7am at his studio for a sunrise breakfast walk around some of his favourite spots in London. Here’s a photograph I took on my iPhone this morning. Cheers to team Paul Smith. @paulsmithdesign
A photo posted by Mustashrik (@fundercat) on Nov 11, 2014 at 2:23am PST

Last Monday I was invited to a special breakfast at Paul Smith’s Covent Garden HQ at the painful hour of 7am. I might have attempted it but I had to be at the WIRED Retail conference on the other side of town that morning. *WEEPS AND WAILS* But here’s why it was special. Following breakfast and a meet-n-greet, the invited attendees were led by Sir Paul himself on an #Instameet tour of Covent Garden, ending at the Paul Smith store in Floral Street. (more…)

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25 November, 2013

Contrasts and contradictions at the London Edition hotel

The-London-EDITION-Ingo-Maurer sphere-light

Does London really need another luxury hotel? Probably not, but the new London Edition in Berners Street hopes to offer something different. Berners Street is an odd one. At one end is the Sanderson Hotel and Alison Jacques Gallery while the other boasts the not-so-posh end of Oxford Street and the Topshop HQ. (more…)