Yes, yet another luxury hotel has recently opened in London, this time the Rosewood London, slightly off the main drag on High Holborn. Once through the arch to the courtyard, traffic noise all but disappears, and you enter a haven of calm and sophistication. The copper-coloured inner corridor sets the tone with a welcoming glow anchored […]
Rosewood London now open in Holborn.
Vaughn Horsman at Wimbledon Art Studios
The Wimbledon Art Studios open event, part of the standard December pre-Christmas calendar, is a great way to see a lot of art in a very condensed time span and in one place (down a back street next to a car park). One of the first studios I went into was Vaughn Horsman who, funnily […]
The Edition, Ian Schrager’s newest hotel in London
I stayed at the Berner’s Hotel on a school trip to London decades ago and remember it as a massive institutional building that had definitely seen better days. How things have changed! The Schrager magic has now been applied to this grand building, at its best in the public spaces, particularly the lobby and this […]
NEWH Scholarship student show at The Sleep Event
The organisers of the Sleep Event offer the NEWH‘s scholarship winners a free stand to show their work to the industry and, although a little out of the way this year, they presented their ideas for hospitality design. I’ve already written about James Stoklund’s sensual tableware which I adore and was delighted to spread the […]
Made London – part 3 – textiles
Here is a brief selection of the variety of textiles I saw, all worth investigating through their sites. Holly Berry weaves morse code into her textiles. She also works to commission, so you can specify the message you would like. Look at her site to see her woven morse code alphabet. The scarf below spells “hold”. […]
Eros snowball for Christmas
Walking through Piccadilly Circus the other evening I was surprised to see Eros inside a huge plastic cover. He’ll be protected against vandalism over Christmas by his conversion into a snow ball. We can’t shake him but the effect will be the same with internal fans blowing snowflakes. Great idea from the council which beats […]