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RETURNS Experience Japanese
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Also Inside: Yotam Ottolenghi on his new book
Isabel Spearman returns with the Daily Dress Edit
Scandal! The gangster, the peer and the cover-up
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October
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Food
Yotam Ottolenghi on his latest
book Flavour
6 32
Welcome & top three Food
Belgravia's game-changer and Spiced-up vegetables from the
spooky gifts for Halloween master of Middle Eastern cuisine
8 35
Upfront Health & Beauty
28 Discount dining extended - and A new juice bar and spots for
some fabulous new openings post-lockdown pampering
12 36
Culture Business
Veteran actress Miriam The Pantechnicon hoves into
Margolyes speaks her mind view with a funky Japanese /
Nordic offering
16
Style 42
Isabel Spearman returns with Made in Belgravia
her Daily Dress Edit pop-up Sheherazade Goldsmith on
creating jewellery made to last
18
30 Experiences 44
A spotlight on Belgravia's unique Community Awards
activities and experiences The Belgravia Awards – it's time
to get those nominations in
21
Art 46
Meet Olga Lomaka and her History
pop-tastic creations A new book reveals how
Belgravia was the centre of a
24 major 60s' scandal
Craftsmanship
A preview of London Craft 48
Week, plus we speak to some Travel
of our local artisans Notable names reveal their
48 favourite destinations
28
Food & Drink 50
From classic British dishes to A dog's life
16 the best martinis Tales of our four-legged friends
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IN S
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Eaton House Schools
FO ES
RT A N
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o what to expect, when the promise
An Outstanding Education
Produced for Grosvenor by
Welcome
Publishing Business,
is of the unexpected? It’s been a long 3 Princes Street,
London, W1B 2LD
time coming, but the rebirth of The
Editor
Pantechnicon, one of Belgravia’s most Jonathan Whiley 020 7259 1057
beautiful buildings, is complete. The jonathan@pubbiz.com Come and see our outstanding single sex schools for boys and girls aged 4-13 for yourself
Editor-at-large
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“game-changing” label is surely to follow. Sub-editor Selma Day
Designer Andy Lowe
Because, really, there is nothing like it. A sprawling Advertisement manager
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Circulation manager Julie Ward
cultural rabbit hole; reflecting the synergy of Japanese Publisher Adrian Day
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Motcomb Street
and design.
A slice of Shoreditch cool, undoubtedly, but in the While we always do our best to
ensure that firms and organisations
safe hands of those very familiar with our storied appearing in the magazine are
reputable, the editor can give no
and discerning neighbourhood. Co-founder Justin guarantee that they will fulfil their
obligations in all circumstances.
Thomas, during a pre-opening tour for this issue (read Readers must therefore deal with
our interview on page 44), told me that, ultimately, them at their own risk.
their “hearts are in the community”.
It’s an exciting, considered and simple vision; to
build a loyal following which spans the generations.
While the launch is brave in the current climate, a Printed in the UK on ECF (chlorine-free)
paper using fibre sourced from well-
quiet confidence reigns. The stakes may be high, but managed forests. All inks vegetable
cooked on the Robata they are almost irresistible. based. Our printers are certified to ISO
14001 environmental management.
Jonathan Whiley, editor
Publishing Business is a member
of the Professional Publishers
Association and observes the PPA
Code of Publishing Practice.
Halloween gifts
Eaton House Schools’ boys and girls are taught in single sex schools from the ages of 4-13, on two
separate sites in Belgravia and Clapham. A non-selective entry at 4+ allows all pupils to blossom at
the right pace for each child and the excellent results speak for themselves. A culture of wellbeing
is at the heart of the schools’ success. Leavers achieve outstanding results, with a high percentage
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland
achieving offers to Westminster, St Paul’s, Eton, Winchester, Tonbridge and Wycombe Abbey,
creates and manages great places amongst other fine schools, with many scholarship wins.
where communities, business and
nature thrive.
We are part of a global property Come and visit us or join us for a virtual information session
business that has been developing
and managing land and property for
over 340 years. Eaton House Belgravia: 3-5 Eaton Gate, London SW1W 9BA
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these elegant earrings are part of A new edition of a cult Smashing of Pumpkins 50,000 workers every day. We also
create and manage sustainable
a new Halloween collection, which classic, this Gothic novella Part of two ‘novelty nibble bags’,
new neighbourhoods in London and
also includes spider clip earrings by Joseph Sheridan Le these milk chocolate pumpkin treats
across the South of England. We think
(£180) and a spider ring (£135). Fanu inspired Dracula. are oozing with salted caramel. long-term and give equal weight to
£225, Vicki Sarge, £9.99, Belgravia Books, £13.50, Rococo Chocolates, the social and commercial impact of
38 Elizabeth Street 59 Ebury Street 5 Motcomb Street everything that we do.
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Upfront
It’s the final few days for people to take advantage
of the ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme, which Scene set for
Grosvenor decided to extend and fund
throughout September.
new exhibition
A number of cafés and restaurants The vivid creations of an
in Belgravia are taking part, artist who works almost
including: Uni (Ebury Street); exclusively “en plein air”
Morena (Eccleston Yards); will take centre stage at the
Baker and Spice (Elizabeth Osborne Studio Gallery in
Street); Hunan (Pimlico Belgravia this month.
Road); and L’Eto (West Clementine St John
Halkin Street). Webster’s paintings will
Pubs, The Duke of be showcased at the
Wellington (Eaton Motcomb Street studio from
Terrace) and September 29 to October 10. home in Yorkshire.
Horse and Groom Her second exhibition at the Instead, she says, people
(Groom Place) are gallery, she was planning to capture can expect “landscapes,
also participating vivid scenes of horses, hounds and seascapes, garden scenes,
in the extension people in Pakistan for the solo show, horses on their own and
Discount of the government
scheme, which
but the pandemic’s lockdown has on the moors and racing
dining allows people to
confined her to a friend’s country scenes”.
scheme eat for half price
(up to £10) Monday
extended Our friends electric
UNI
until Wednesday.
A specialist e-bike and e-scooter company has opened
a new branch in Grosvenor Gardens.
Pure Electric also sells a range of
clothing and accessories.
52 Grosvenor Gardens.
Florist Purelectric.com
opens
flagship
An acclaimed florist,
A house with history
which counts the A historic townhouse that was used to
discerning international
entertain guests of Lord Mountbatten and
elite as part of its
a former prime minister is on sale for £19.5
clientele, has opened
million.
E-bookers a flagship shop in
Belgravia.
The five-storey townhouse in Wilton
Crescent, which dates back to 1827 and
Pulbrook & Gould,
Prepare your children for the coming founded in 1956 by has been in the same family for the past 31
months with a new e-book by Eaton Susan Lady Pulbrook years, is on the market with Dexters.
House Schools. and Rosamund A former private boarding school for
Adapting to the New Normal, written Gould, are renowned eight girls, it was home to Sir John Edward
by the school's head of wellbeing Paula for their luxury floral Harington, 10th Baronet, before James
Kearney, is aimed at parents and is part arrangements, inspired Campbell-Bannerman – brother of British
of the school’s Wellbeing Hub offering by the aesthetics of an PM Henry – became resident in 1904.
help to parents, staff and pupils in the new English country garden. In the 1960s, it proved the perfect
Image: Allan Warren
digital landscape. Now open at entertaining space for Louis Mountbatten,
Read the e-book by visiting indd.adobe. 42 Buckingham uncle of Prince Philip, who lived next door
com/view/67538380-28c5-4f21-ae27- Palace Road. with his wife between 1959 and 1968.
237626ac93b8 Pulbrookandgould.co.uk Dexters.co.uk
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Outside at
Eccleston Yards
Now until the weather allows
What’s on Enjoy al fresco dining and
wellbeing in Eccleston Yards;
from Morena, The Jones Family
Kitchen, Hotpod Yoga and
MasterPeace.
South
Kensington Eccleston Yards Eden
Station Market September – October
25 mins walk Every Sunday 11am–5pm
Shop gifts, food, accessories, EDEN is a green oasis in the
plants and more at the new middle of the city: find this
Sunday Market in Eccleston urban grove in Halkin Arcade,
Yards. just off Motcomb Street.
London Craft Week Daily Dress Edit
30 September– 8 October 2020 6– 18 October 2020
PIMLICO STATION
15 mins walk
London Craft Week returns The Daily Dress Edit by Isabel
to Pimlico Road with talks, Spearman pops up at 25
demonstrations, exhibitions Elizabeth Street for two weeks
and virtual events. in October.
Eccleston Yards photo: Tom Graham
KING’S ROAD,
Discover more about brands, @Belgravia_LDN
BATTERSEA PARK events and spaces in Belgravia at
CHELSEA
5 mins walk 25 mins walk mayfairandbelgravia.com #FindYourBelgravia
Culture
T Miriam’s
winkling eyes beneath an abundant, if
slightly dishevelled tumble of lambs-
tail curls, beam at me from my laptop
screen; Miriam Margolyes, bright
mission
eyed and bushy tailed, is speaking in
those butter-soft tones that gave the
Cadbury’s Caramel bunny a certain je
ne sais quoi back in the day.
Now in her 80th year and seemingly ever-present on
our TV screens, Miriam has thoroughly enjoyed a career
renaissance, including her latest forays as what she
likes to call “a documentarian”. In a career spanning
more than 50 years, voiceover work has included the
aforementioned bunny, a PG Tips chimpanzee, the
Bafta-winning actress Miriam
sheepdog in Babe and – rather excitingly for people of a Margolyes is not one to hold back.
certain vintage – all of the female characters, bar the
Princess, in The Water Margin and Monkey. A veteran Ahead of a charity concert in
of stage and screen, she won a Bafta in 1994 for her
role in Scorcese’s Age of Innocence, has toured with her Belgravia, she is deliciously forthright
one-woman show Dickens Women and played Professor
Pomona Sprout in the Harry Potter films.
on the fate of theatre, the spectre of
Awarded an OBE by the Queen for services to Trump and her quest for the truth
drama in 2001, Her Majesty told her to “be quiet” at
a Buckingham Palace function when Miriam kept words: corrie bond-french
interjecting in a conversation with a fellow guest.
Blisteringly forthright, potty-mouthed and defiantly
unashamed by bodily functions, Miriam’s incorrigible
traits – coupled with her capacity for compassion,
evident in her recent TV series Almost Australian –
have elevated her to a level that few actors attain.
She is also the proud new patron of charity Kids4Kids
and will read at the charity’s annual Christmas event
Image: Steve Finn
at St Peter’s, Eaton Square, this December.
“I just feel so worried about all these charities not
getting any money through the lockdown period, and I
just thought, ‘well, it’s something you can do, maybe it
will help,’ because I suddenly realised that I’m seen as a
“
divisive figure. I wasn’t aware of that before! I actually “I’m not in sympathy with the current government contemporaries from school and Newnham College,
want to be absolutely the opposite but it’s because I tend and I think it’s all been very badly handled, and I’m Cambridge, including fortnightly group chats with one
to, you know, speak my mind and people are ferocious in feeling cross, and frightened really. I would die, it’s of her fellow contestants from University Challenge in
opposition, and fair enough – if that’s how they feel, but just as simple as that, I would die if I got it. People 1963, when she was the first person to say the F-word
my only longing is to help Kids4Kids. It’s a wonderful say ‘oh go on, you wouldn’t’. I would, I would die and on British television, although she doesn’t remember
It amuses me that I’m doing charity. Pat Parker, who’s been the engine of it, is a the treatment lying on your front for six weeks or the question. “I am in touch with all the living members
remarkable woman. something not able to talk to anybody, well I’d go of the team and, funnily enough, about a year ago,
this interview ... because “In a way, it amuses me that I’m doing this interview f****** mad. It doesn’t bear thinking about.” I met Bamber Gascoigne by sheer chance, and he
for Belgravia magazine because I’m as far away from While she waits for news on production of Call the remembered that I’d been on the programme. I was
I’m as far away from Belgravia as you could get! But I know that there are Midwife, she is terrified about the fate of theatres. very touched.”
people in Belgravia who have hearts and they have “It is an extraordinary catastrophe. I simply don’t Despite telling Desert Island Discs in 2008 that she
Belgravia as you could get purses and we’re trying to unlock the hearts and unlock understand why you can sit in an airplane and not in a would be “lucky if she had another 10 years [of work]”,
the purses and that’s why I do it.” theatre… it’s mystifying to me. I find it terrifying that here she is, in 2020, seemingly busier than ever.
”
Although, she proudly moves the laptop to show me we may not see a play again in my lifetime.” “I think when I did Dickens was probably the
her garden. “Isn’t that wonderful? It’s been my lifeline,” Miriam does feel that Zoom has enriched her peak of my career and that was a wonderful thing,
she says, admitting to finding lockdown very tough. life during lockdown. She still has contact with but everything that happens to me is amazing and
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Culture
delightful – I mean, last year, there I was whizzing Margolyes. Baffled. Not stifled, but baffled!”
around Australia in a camper van!” If people do like her, she offers, perhaps it’s
Miriam is also very proud of her roles in Blackadder. because they can tell she is truthful and authentic
“It was a great joy to be in that absolutely iconic series at a time when those in power are so often accused
– I think it’s one of the best. There are some things in of manipulating truth. “You really do wonder, where
television that you do remember and I don’t like TV is truth to be found? It’s not to be found in the great
comedy on the whole, but I think that Dad’s Army, and the good, so it must be in the little and the
Blackadder and, I guess, Fawlty Towers – I don’t like naughty and I guess that’s me.”
John Cleese but I have to admit that it was a wonderful Time is running out; Miriam has a hospital
show. I think those are the iconic, absolutely top-of-the- appointment to attend. “I’m not looking forward to
range ones and I was in one of them.”
Her career could, however, have been so different.
“My mother thought I should become a barrister, so I
signed on to Grays Inn and I ate the dinners for about a
month, and then I thought, ‘I don’t really like this’, so I
stopped and I never went back.
“I think that, considering that I’m not tall and
willowy and blonde and beautiful, it is extraordinary
that as I enter my 80th year I’m still employed.”
A staunch socialist, Miriam’s love of Charles Dickens’
work has been hugely important and, as she helps
Kids4Kids raise funds to buy soap for the children
of Darfur amid Covid-19, she is reminded of the time Miriam with Kids4Kids patrons
she toured India with her show Dickens’ Women. In Timothy West and his wife, Prunella
Calcutta, she went to deliver a huge sack load of soaps Scales and Joanna Lumley, right.
she’d collected from hotels directly to Mother Theresa.
19 West Eaton Place, Belgravia, London SW1
Founder Patricia Parker is at the back
In spite of everything, Miriam is trying to remain
positive but can’t ignore the reality in this strangest of
years. “It’s hard to stay hopeful when you have people it but I’ll drive myself and we’ll see how my heart is
like Trump possibly going to get re-elected. I just can’t doing. As long as my heart beats I will do something A unique, self-contained office building approached through
even contemplate it. for Kids4Kids – that’s the message.”
“I’m sunk in this, I don’t know, a kind of pit of
its own private gated Garden Courtyard, close to
anxiety…How can we make the people who run Tickets for Kids4Kids Magical Candlelit Christmas Sloane Square providing a safe and secure working environment.
our world, how can we make them see straight? It’s Concert at St Peter’s Eaton Square on December 2,
baffling… I don’t understand the world. Miriam 7pm-9pm, are available at kidsforkids.org.uk
3,024 sq ft (280.9 sq m)
TO BE LET
With No Time to Die, the Mayfair-born, Fleming Casino
new Bond outing, set for lived at 22B Ebury Street Royale,
release in November, 007 during wartime, and spent was
All Enquiries:
fans can visit a slice of his last years living in published.
history on their doorstep. Victoria Square. Following his
He took on the Ebury St death at 56 in
In On Her Majesty’s Secret lease from a certain Mr 1964, his brother
Service, James Bond Oswald Mosley in 1936, but Peter applied to
dreams of a future with his moved out in 1941 when the English Heritage
tragic wife Tracy where they rooflight didn’t conform with for a Blue Plaque to be put
will live in Eaton Square. It blackout restrictions. on 16 Victoria Square, but
was never to be, but Bond’s After marriage to Ann, the then owners refused Jonathan Stern Sammy Conway
creator Ian Fleming was they moved to 16 Victoria and, eventually, the plaque 020 7522 8517 020 7522 8524
more than familiar with the Square in 1953, shortly was installed at Ebury Street
Did you know? area. before his first Bond novel, in 1996.
jstern@mellersh.co.uk sconway@mellersh.co.uk
14 Belgravia — October 2020
Style Style
T “
he Daily Dress Edit returns
to Belgravia, following a
glamorous pop-up on Motcomb Isabel’s
Street last year which saw 30
independent brands, including
Top 3
Emilia Wickstead, Saloni, Borgo I think customers really want Picks
De Nor, Isabelle Fox, Eponine
London, Pink City Prints, to feel like they are buying
Justine Tabak and Cefinn, combined under one 1. By Iris’s maxi dress
beautifully designed roof. into a smaller business now in soft needlecord; it's
The curator was, of course, Isabel Spearman; that type of dress you
former fashion consultant to Samantha Cameron can throw on and run
during her Downing Street years, who is now the out of the door in.
”
founder of the popular @dailydressedit Instagram £165
account, a Telegraph columnist and ambassador
for the Smart Works charity, of which Meghan
Markle is a high-profile patron
The original boutique ran for a fortnight last
year, enticing over a thousand shoppers, who customers really want to feel like they are buying
between them spent over £150,000 on Spearman’s into a smaller business, and supporting brands
carefully chosen dress selection. This year's who are producing in an ethical way.” This could
follow-up had initially been planned to launch also translate into “buying one item that is more
in May, but will now open in October instead, in expensive, than three items from a high street 2. Valle and Vik’s
time for the early bird Christmas shoppers. retailer.” iconic The Darling silk
Spearman herself might also be tempted Versatility is also key, with the demise of the dress in a beautiful
to devote some time to retail therapy while in traditional 9-5. As someone who splits her time petrol and green print
town. “I’m an obsessive tableware decorator, so between the country and city, it’s something is super comfortable
Summerill & Bishop is a particular favourite that has always been on her wardrobe radar. to wear. It looks lovely
of mine. I love how the shopping areas are like “Every time I buy a dress, I ask myself if it will paired with a chunky
little village communities, each with their own do both jobs. I have really focused on curating a knit or with a pair of
character and identity.” wide selection of dresses that look just as good heels in the evening.
With a starting point of about £150, with a pair of casual flat boots, as they do with a £445
Spearman’s edit has combined some of her hero smart coat. We will have a brilliant selection of
brands like Emilia Wickstead, with smaller needlecord dresses that will do this very job.”
businesses that might be a new discovery to many What did Spearman consider to be worthy of
broswing the rails. An example is Benjamin Fox investing in during lockdown? “Home school and
whose founder, Ciara, handmakes each dress doing the laundry didn’t really lend itself to my
from her home using dead stock fabric. usual wardrobe, so I did invest in more denim
It’s a sustainable trend she believes has been than I usually would. A pair of Wise dungarees
compounded by the lockdown period. “I think with a scalloped trim saw me through most of the
summer.”
Spearman identifies her own style as a modern,
Dress to impress
boho vibe. “I love bold tones and a good ruffle,
with a great pair of boots. And I admire anyone
who can throw colour and print together and
make it look effortless. Lucinda Chambers and 3. Beulah’s print midi,
Giovanna Engelbert do both very well.” which is so perfectly
A by-appointment system will keep the new autumnal, with its
Elizabeth Street pop-up socially distanced, for warm orange tone.
Former fashion consultant to Samantha Cameron, Isabel Spearman, returns those lucky enough to grab a slot to be personally It would look great
styled by Spearman herself. paired with chocolate
with a glamorous pop-up that showcases the best boutique brands accessories. £740
w o r d s : c a l ly s q u i r e s photo: james meakin
The Daily Dress Edit, 25 Elizabeth Street
October 6-18.
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Experiences
Public art piece The
Friendship Bench,
by Australian artist
duo Gillie and
Uncover Marc Schattner,
has been installed
in Halkin Arcade,
the
offering a spot for
contemplation
and an opportunity
unique
to engage with
this artwork that
explores the
overcoming of JUDITH BLACKLOCK
differences. The 16-year old floral school offers in-depth
and calming workshops to help customers
explore the mindful practice of flower-
Grosvenor has launched a THE FRIENDSHIP BENCH
arranging, as well as more business-focused
new initiative designed to courses on floristry careers
put the spotlight on unique 4-5 Kinnerton Place South
experiences only available
to enjoy in Belgravia.
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enjoy this autumn to get your creative juices flowing. Local
professional artists will guide beginners
w o r d s : r e y h a a n d ay and more advanced artists in their creative
practice, with a focus on turning your favourite
photo into a unique work of art.
12 Eccleston Yards
ROCOCO CHOCOLATES
Chocolate connoisseurs will be in their
element at one of Rococo’s many events, STUDIO POTTERY LONDON
which range from intimate tastings to This bright ceramics heaven is the perfect
masterclasses and workshops, all putting EDEN place to gain a new-found love of working with ECCLESTON YARDS MARKET
the humble cocoa bean front and centre. On display until the end of October is clay. All are welcome, whatever your skill level; Find everything, from artisan foods, homeware,
5 Motcomb Street Hagen Hinderdael’s installation, EDEN, intimate classes allow for one-to-one advice plants and art, at Eccleston Yards’ Sunday
which celebrates the importance of green and technique tips, while pieces by the studio market, which takes place weekly from 11am to
urban spaces, bringing an immersive community are available to purchase, helping 5pm. Wild by Tart is manning the pop-up bar,
experience to Halkin Arcade’s serene to support local makers. which will serve delicious drinks to enjoy while
garden space. 29 Eccleston Place listening to live music.
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You and the Law
Poptastic!
The Art of Connectivity
When you get used to things being done for you it is easy after a Global connectivity is fundamental to future survival. Having great
while: contacts around the world is key to exploring new opportunities.
r to forget and then take for granted and then entirely under-value When venturing far from home having good advisors by your side is
what is being done for you, critical to avoiding the pitfalls of entering new territories.
r to underestimate the amount of effort you would have to expend But that is what we are all having to do – enter new territory – near
to do it for yourself, and far, in order to rise above the challenges we now all face. Those
r and you stop working on those things because they are being who conquer theses challenges, will emerge strong.
done for you and you focus on other things.
There is no doubt at all that Brexit and Covid have and are signifi- Michael Hatchwell is Head of Corporate at Child & Child
cantly challenging us and businesses in this way. and Head of the Business Development Committee
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lga Lomaka moved to Belgravia for day I would live in this magical, totally bewildering city.” everything you need to know about
the first time in March – and then Her artistic journey started at Camberwell College Lomaka as an artist – mixing the
the world shut down. And, though of Arts, whose open attitude allowed her to find her fun and off-kilter with the profound.
the Russian-born artist is yet to host individuality. “The teaching style allows for self-expression, And she’s not fussy about how people
the all-important housewarming, it’s which I found inspiring.” During her studies, she was interpret her work: “I am who I am,
been a time of renewed focus, self- surrounded by fresh, artistic talent but found a distinct and my work is what it is. I look for
reflection and expression. lack of opportunities. So, she created a platform herself, the atypical in everyday life to reveal
“The outside world stopped setting up Lomaka Gallery in Chelsea. “Established spiritual and social concerns: what
distracting me, so I find that I’m creating more than ever. commercial galleries mostly showcase established artists,” we consider reality, along with
Time was always my biggest limitation but, somehow, time she says. “It’s a Catch-22. I always believed in diversity: hidden dimensions of consciousness
has become infinite. I have this smaller dynamic artist-run and possibility.”
strange feeling that it will never galleries are a sure way to empower Though she never planned to move to Belgravia, she some her own, and many from travels or by friends. On the
end. It gives me the freedom to be emerging artists to show ground- immediately felt a connection. “A friend convinced me to kitchen walls are works by two artists she represents at
more creative.” breaking new work.” check out this new flat that was not on the market,” she Lomaka Gallery – Albeiro Tomedes and Noro Kim.
As evidenced by the playful In 2016, a series of Lomaka’s says of entering her Georgian townhouse for the first time. Once lockdown lifts fully, Lomaka is looking forward
dashes of colour throughout her works titled Artefacts – in which “It was so light and comfortable, and as soon as I walked to a new exhibition and print release with East London’s
new apartment, Lomaka is happy simple wooden carvings of Buddha in it felt like home. Belgravia is so beautiful, clean and Jealous gallery. And, despite missing the company (“I adore
to be called a pop artist. “My work are embellished with consumerist quiet despite being so central. I’m around the corner from filling my house with friends!”), it has been a productive
is abstract, familiar and uncanny,” touchstones including Coke cans, Belgrave Square and just five minutes’ walk from Hyde time for her. “I’m currently working on three series of
she says. cartoon characters and social media Park Corner where I go running every morning – bliss.” works at the same time,” she says. “I started to catch up
“Viewed through the prism of iconography – was exhibited in a Inside, the pop sensibilities have very much spread to with my reading and writing, even learning Italian again.
pop art, I play with recognisable solo show at the Saatchi Gallery in the interiors. “Visually, my work reflects my personality But, most importantly, I began to meditate twice a day for
images and products of honour of the Queen’s 90th birthday. – bright and colourful, with twists of playfulness and an hour each – something I have always wanted to put it
consumerism, pooling together It went on to show at Art Monaco, humour. My living space is not an exception. into my daily routine, but it didn’t always work out.”
contrasting beliefs, which give and at the Florence Biennale the “Strong, bright neon colours can have a powerful effect The new works will continue her favoured themes, with
a second meaning to their following year. on your emotions. My rule is that I use bright colours only the benefit of six months of reflection: “Our day-to-day
symbolism.” Last year, her series Pink as accessories, in the art pieces and on some textiles – values of philosophy and spirituality. It’s about kindness
Lomaka’s first visit to the UK Magic was selected by Grayson pillows, rugs, throws… I decorated my bedroom with hints and goodness, really – a personal journey to become
was for a summer school at the age Perry to feature in the Royal of blue, light grey and some pastel powder pink. Blue is a a better self.” Perhaps,for all its limitations, 2020 has
of 14, and she says it was hard not Academy’s Summer Exhibition. very calming colour that can make us feel centred, relaxed provided Lomaka with the space to continue that journey
to fall in love with the capital. Featuring iterations of the Pink and serene.” more than ever.
“The dream was sealed,” she Panther cheekily poking through Naturally, the space is peppered
says. I was determined that one slits in canvas, the works tell you with a range of striking artworks – Olgalomaka.com
Ken Eastman, Talking with Strangers
Maria’s Ministry Ministry of Nomads launched in 2008 “as a commercial, Tricky Woo (2015) image © Philip Sayer
educational and philanthropic platform for emerging and
established artists and collectors”. Marsden Woo has, for more than Siobhan Feeney, one of the
Maria Vega, the creative Spanish woman who runs 20 years, been showing an three directors (along with Tatjana
the operation and lives in Belgravia, says she “organises uninterrupted series of solo and Marsden and Nelson Woo), says “We
pop-up exhibitions from international talent from culturally group exhibitions from a roster of also host in-focus presentations by
active places around the world.” The exhibitions are held at internationally-recognised artists, selected artists and are currently
a variety of spaces around London (hence the name) and talented newcomers and invited showing a display of archive
often feature talks and music as well as artwork. guests, alongside a changing pieces by renowned ceramicist
There is also a Ministry of Nomads’ art foundation to display of representative works by Martin Smith.”
help young and emerging artists. “A recent initiative was a key associates. The gallery also creates
collaboration with the Bolivian Embassy, which provided Since 2017, it has been based at an ‘online showroom’ series,
some money to three young Bolivian artists and flew one to 227B Ebury Street, just off Orange the latest instalment of which is
Gaston Ugalde
London where they had a show with two of Bolivia’s leading Square, and shows a carefully- a virtual visit to artist Bryan Illsley’s
artists, Gaston Ugalde and Sonia Falcone," says Vega. “I curated selection of pieces, available for studio: marsdenwoo.com/virtual-showroom/
feel an affinity with Latin artists such as those from Cuba. purchase there, as well as offering a range of
I was inspired when I first went as there was a purity to the specialist services, including art consultancy, commission Visits to the showroom are by appointment only,
art.” facilitation and off-site curation. info@marsdenwoo.com
22 Belgravia — October 2020 Belgravia — October 2020 23Craftsmanship
Craft work
it is something we wish to educate and
develop throughout the handmade British
furniture industry in the future. Any skill LCW: Dates for the diary
perfected by hand in a particular craft
should always be appreciated due to the
dedicated time taken and beautiful end
results. True craftsmanship showcases Carl Hansen & Søn Daylesford
With Belgravia set to take centre stage at this year's real quality of anything that has been The furniture showroom Daylesford is hosting a
London Craft Week, we meet a selection of local makers beautifully made, built to last a lifetime.” will present new designs by discussion, exploring how
functionalist Børge Mogensen craftsmanship can assist
to discuss the present and look to the future SL: “Craftsmanship has always been and minimalist lighting by sustainability efforts across
at the heart of the Robert Kime ethos Mads Odgaar. diverse disciplines.
w o r d s : r e y h a a n d ay
and it remains an incredibly important
element in our work today. By supporting September 30-October Talk on October 5,
craftsmanship and by working with real 2, 10am-5pm; October 3, 6.30pm-8.30pm. Free, booking
More than ever before, craftsmanship artisans, our products, antiques and 10am-3pm; October 5-9, necessary via daylesford.com/
is enjoying a period of healthy interior design work continues to resonate.” 10am-5pm; October 10, events; demonstrations from
interest from aesthetes, professional 10am-3pm. Free. September 30-October 8. Free.
or otherwise. Central to the growing JC: “It’s so important, and we find there’s 48A Pimlico Road 44B Pimlico Road
love for all things craft is London a genuine interest in the craft skills that
Craft Week, which returns to London are used to produce our pieces. Our clients
from September 30 until October can discover our collection pieces at our Collier Webb JET & CO
10, celebrating the creativity and Pimlico Road showroom and, for bespoke Collier Webb’s craftsmen will Whiteworks’ London
artisanal skills of over 350 makers commissions, visit our south coast foundry demonstrate how to create showroom for the JET
from around the world and across to see their items coming to life.” rich and expressive patinas, collection of fabrics and
London’s diverse districts. the intricate process of hand- wallpapers has invited artists
Belgravia has long been a Why is Belgravia an important hub applied antiquing to create and makers, including Phoebe
significant hotspot for craft, with for craft in London? unique artworks and designs; Cummings, Emily Faccini and
Pimlico Road and Ebury Street while the company will also Katrin Moye, to give visitors an
showrooms pioneering an emphasis on ME: “Belgravia’s demographic means its launch a new lighting model insight into their processes in
artisanship – and this year sees many retail space is well positioned to showcase at a breakfast reception. an open house-style event.
Carl Hansen
of the district’s design showrooms and sell bespoke quality products.”
partner with the festival, which is in Demonstration on October 8, September 30-October 10,
its sixth edition, to put the spotlight on 9am-3pm; breakfast reception 9.30am-5.30pm. Free, booking
emerging and established makers. on October 8, 9am-11am. necessary via LCW website.
Ahead of the event, we speak to some Free, booking necessary via 20A Pimlico Road
of Belgravia’s businesses about the marketing@collierwebb.com
importance of craftsmanship, today In the KEH: “With the increasing digitalisation 68 Pimlico Road
and for the future. and speed in our everyday lives, we can Linley
spotlight see how our customers value more and LINLEY is presenting the latest
more the opposite; time, quality and Cox London collections and artisanal craft
Jessica Beaumont contemplation. Craftsmanship gives us Renowned dealer-decorator skills on a wide selection of
How important is it to put the Design manager, this, and more too – when you feel, smell Max Rollitt will join Cox pieces including furniture and
spotlight on craftsmanship at the The Odd Chair Company and see a crafted piece of furniture, you London to discuss the accessories, with artists Marie
moment? know. Craftsmanship is something that importance of craft today Lenclos (who will live paint
Jennifer Carabine requires carefulness and passion, and our and why it is imperative to in the showroom window),
ME: “Good design and quality Collier Webb meticulous craftsmanship also means that retain traditional techniques, Jasper Galloway and Roger
craftsmanship are the twin hallmarks of our furniture lasts for generations to come, alongside a showcase of a Hardy. A prize draw will see
Britain’s post industrial manufacturing Martin Ephson which creates demand as it makes our new body of work that puts one visitor win a LINLEY Oak
success. Throughout the consumer Co-founder, Fermoie collection a sustainable choice.” the focus on raw materials. Burr Frame worth £225.
space including fashion, home and even
the automotive industry, our success is Knud Erik Hansen JB: “Craftsmanship is something very close October 1, 6pm-8pm. Free, Exhibition from September
increasingly based on those hallmarks. But CEO, Carl Hansen & Søn to our hearts at The Odd Chair Company booking necessary at the 30-October 10, 10am-7pm. Live
Collier Webb
many of the best products are coming from and shining the spotlight on anything London Craft Week website. painting, October 8, 5pm-7pm.
small producers with limited resources. Sian Lisle ‘craftsmanship’ is extremely important 194 Ebury Street 60 Pimlico Road
It’s imperative that they are recognised, Product developer, to us. Not only is it something we have
supported and given visibility.” Robert Kime employed in our business since 1969 but
24 Belgravia — October 2020 Belgravia — October 2020 25Craftsmanship
Scintillating
salads & seafood
discipline. They are innovative and highly
skilled and, as a group, embrace the value OCHRE
Come and enjoy exotic salads with
of craft and craftsmanship.” Interiors specialist
piquant dressings, interestingly
OCHRE will launch its new spiced seafood from oysters,
JC: “For us, Pimlico Road is the ideal collection of handcrafted scallops, wild ocean prawns to
location – we’re surrounded by some of rugs, made from natural our unforgettable seafood platter;
the best designers and makers in the UK. fibres and dyes, sourced a splendid selection of meats
It’s a real destination for those looking for and hand-finished in & vegetables - all grilled in our
something expertly crafted and designed India. Fans of the brand’s theatrical open kitchen.
to last.” furniture and lighting will
see much to admire in the Delight in our flamboyant cocktails
What does the future hold for craft? expertly-crafted rugs. and a special curated wine list.
ME: “It’s increasingly a given that if you September 30-October
want to find something of quality and out 2 and October 5-8, Halkin Arcade, Motcomb Street
The Odd Chair Company of the ordinary and as far away as possible 11am-6pm. Free. Knightsbridge, London SW1
from the mainstream homogenised product, 22 Pimlico Road Tel: 020 7823 1166
head for Belgravia.” Email: amaya@realindianfood.com
www.amaya.biz
KEH: “Carl Hansen & Søn represents over Robert Kime
100 years of furniture history with respect Ebury Street’s Robert Kime
and passion for quality craftsmanship, will host a tassel-making
and we are certain that craftsmanship is workshop, with an expert in
still the way forward. We are constantly the niche, traditional craft,
working on renewing our craftsmanship, helping guests to make
and making it fit into a modern world their own tassel to take
without compromising on the quality or our home.
passion for craft.”
October 1,
JB: “We feel confident that true craft will 10.30am-12.30pm,
develop for years to come as we become 2.30pm-4.30pm. £25,
more educated on the real value it brings – booking necessary via
not only to us as a population, but to world 020 7831 6066.
Fermoie as a whole. A craft is something which 190 Ebury Street
can be taught to anyone keen to learn and
developed into something fantastic and
KEH: “Belgravia is a daily destination for fruitful. Events such as LCW encourage The Odd Chair
independent and practice-based interior and support more retailers to bring more Company
designers working with residential true craft into their products and service An interactive breakfast
customers looking for exceptional offerings. Think craft, think sustainable.” talk will showcase The
craftsmanship, which makes it an Odd Chair Company’s
important spot for crafts, as the current SL: “The future of craft remains more approach to traditional
top interior and architectural trends are important than ever. Individuality, make woodworking, while White teeth in 2 hours - £650
sustainable, long-lasting choices.” and longevity are the key attributes our
clients have always focused upon. In times
also discussing ways
of pursuing sustainable
Hygienist, 45 minutes - £99
JB: “Belgravia is well known for its history, of social, environmental and economic furniture making. Guests
creativity and culturally-rich spirit, of uncertainty, the job of expressing these will learn about
which we feel extremely proud to be part of. values and continuing to imbue our hand-carving and French
Being one of the most creative and unique offerings with them is even more critical.” polishing among other
design districts, it is able to showcase artisan skills.
true craftsmanship to customers through JC: “The future (we hope) is bright!
supporting each retailer lined along its Designers and their clients are more aware October 7, 10.30am-11.45am.
stately 19th century squares and streets.” of the expertise that goes into making Free, booking necessary via
pieces for their homes. They’re searching LCW website.
SL: “Belgravia is home to some of the for a certain level of quality that you just 49 Pimlico Road
very best creatives working across every can’t get from mass produced items.”
26 Belgravia — October 2020Food & drink
Kee p i n g u p
Martinis:
w it h j o n e s Shaken or stirred?
Popular steakhouse The Dorothy Parker famously said
h e s to n at h o m e Jones Family Kitchen of this most potent of cocktails:
will showcase three “I like to have a martini, two at
A selection of Heston Blumenthal’s new cocktails as part of the very most, after three
classic dishes from his two Michelin London Cocktail Week. I’m under the table,
star restaurant can now be enjoyed Running throughout after four I’m under
in the comfort of your own home. October across the the host.”
The acclaimed chef recently capital, the Eccleston
announced a ‘dine at home’ offering Yards restaurant will unveil Vodka Martini
from Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, the Sober Sombrero (a Crystal Bar
for the first time in its nine-year no-alcohol offering with A generous slice
history. grapefruit and sage), the of 1920s’ cool, this
There are three menus (priced £75 Splash Port Bay (a low glamorous spot in The Wellesley
each) to choose from, all inspired alcohol cocktail with Hotel is a place for those in-the-
by historic British gastronomy and Mi x i n g it u p at t h e g o r i n g Graham’s Blend No 5 know. Martinis are a simple,
featuring classic dishes such as white port) and City Heat elegant affair; a hefty slug of
‘Meat Fruit’, a silky smooth chicken The Goring is turning up the heat, having introduced a barbecue for simple, grilled (with El Gobernador Pisco, premium vodka, a dash of dry
liver parfait encased by a thin fare in its elegant private garden. Manzana Verde and vermouth and a spritz of lemon
mandarin jelly. The Beeston Place hotel reopened its doors in early September and unveiled ginger beer). peel for garnish in an icy glass.
The restaurant reopened earlier this the barbecue as part of its new garden offering. Come rain or shine, some of the From November 26-28, 11 Knightsbridge
month with a new outdoor Garden finest lobster, fish and steak will be cooked over charcoal and served with chips. to mark Thanksgiving,
Terrace with views over Hyde Park. Don’t miss the chance to try a cocktail alongside it too; a new menu, with a nod to there will be a traditional Vesper Martini
Dinnerbyheston.com the Roaring Twenties, has been created by the hotel’s mixologists. all-American set menu Bbar
available. It includes cream This Casino Royale
of squash soup, turkey classic is as smooth
Ode to autumn
with buttermilk mash and as any Fleming
pumpkin and pecan pie one-liner. The South
(priced £39). African-inspired Bbar
(part of the Rubens Hotel), is
a relaxed spot to kick back with
this modern-day classic. Part of
its ‘timeless’ selection, it’s made
s u n da y r oa s t There's plenty to tempt you with L A D O L C E V I TA with Gordon’s gin, Absolut vodka
co f f ee a n d ca k e and Lillet Vermouth.
Much-loved private dining club
this autumn, from classic British A hotshot young Italian has been 43 Buckingham Palace Road
Mosimann’s has launched a dishes to Bond-worthy martinis appointed as the new head chef Artisan coffee, homemade cakes and cooked-to-order
Sunday roast lunch, open to at Il Pampero, The Hari hotel’s classics hope to tempt customers to a new café. Napoleon Espresso
residents from noon until 3pm. w o r d s : J o n at h a n W h i l e y restaurant. The Buttery in Ebury Street is housed in Lime Tree Martini
The West Halkin Street Carmine Giannino, 26, started his Hotel, a family-run boutique which Library Bar
institution offers three career at the age of 14, working in reopened to guests earlier this The in-house
courses, including a glass of a string of popular restaurants in summer following a major bar at the
Mosimann’s champagne, for Rome. After five years, he moved refurbishment project. Lanesborough has
£55 per person. to the UK and, as a 19-year-old, In-house guests and three martinis on the
The menu includes starters of began working at Mayfair’s Novikov, residents can both cocktail menu, including
Scottish oak-smoked salmon before joining as sous chef when Il enjoy a host of a ‘Dirty Vesper’ and ‘Classic
or yellow and red tomato Pampero first opened in 2016. breakfast and brunch Corner Martini’. Espresso martini
gazpacho (pictured), while The Chesham Place hotel recently options, from savoury fans are well catered for, but our
mains include slow-cooked unveiled a new all-day dining smashed avocado on pick is the ‘Napoleon’ twist, made
roast beef with Yorkshire menu at The Hari Bar and Garden sourdough toast with with Hennessy Very Special and
pudding and red wine jus Terrace – featuring light bites and burrata and chorizo to Amaretto liqueur.
or a lentil roast with balsamic a selection of classic pasta dishes Nutella French toast. Hyde Park Corner
onion gravy. – and frozen cocktails, topped up 135 Ebury Street
To book, visit mosimann.com with Moët.
28 Belgravia — October 2020 Belgravia — October 2020 29Food
Meet the maestro
The master of Middle Eastern cuisine, Yotam Ottolenghi, tells us about his new
recipe book which aims to create "flavour bombs" with humble vegetables
w o r d s : j o n at h a n w h i l e y
H
e is the culinary trailblazer arrived from Berlin at the start of the Second
responsible for pomegranate World War – she joined Mossad, the Israeli
molasses and orange blossom Secret Service. In the 1960s, she played a part
adorning middle-class in the plot to kidnap high-ranking Nazi Adolf
dinner parties across the Eichmann and bring him to trial in Israel.
country. Yotam’s drama was purely within the
From roasted aubergine with curried confines of the kitchen. “Drama in my mouth”
yoghurt to Cavolo nero with chorizo and he once said of the food he wanted to create.
preserved lemon, Yotam Ottolenghi’s vibrant He moved to London to study at Le Cordon
Middle Eastern cuisine with its myriad Bleu and trained as a pastry chef, going on to
ingredients have been depleting the Waitrose open his first deli with Palestinian chef Sami
spice aisles for decades. Tamimi in Notting Hill in 2002. Cookbooks
His Belgravia deli and café, in Motcomb would follow, including his landmark all-
Street, is a window into his fragrant world vegetable recipe book Plenty in 2010.
and his beautifully-produced cookbooks A decade on, has his approach to cooking
provide a further glimpse behind the vegetables changed? “It’s not so much that
kaleidoscopic curtain. Yotam + Ixta the approach has changed, but that there
The latest, Flavour – produced with Image: Jonathan Lovekin are now new influences in the Test Kitchen
chef and co-writer Ixta Belfrage – is the [in Camden] in the form of Ixta – who brings
third instalment in his ‘Plenty’ series and with her knowledge of Brazilian and Mexican
showcases innovative vegetable dishes with simple weeknight cuisine and ingredients and Noor – who brings with her a
recipes, from Romano pepper schnitzel to spicy mushroom natural flair for cooking the food of her native Bahrain as well
lasagne. as the Middle East.”
“Flavour is a celebration of wonderful, versatile vegetables, Among the 100+ recipes in the book, Yotam says there are
and how to build flavour with them,” he says. “But it is not some that particularly stand out.
only a collection of beautiful recipes, but an approachable “Our favourite dishes in the book change every time we look
deep dive into how to create flavour bombs and crucially, why at it, but our core favourites are the miso butter onions, the
they work. We’ve done this by highlighting the process that spicy mushroom lasagne, the sweet and sour Brussel sprouts
enhances vegetables and what you can pair them with to draw with chestnuts and grapes and the Turnip Cake.”
out distinct qualities.” Famed for recipes that traditionally include a long list
Who are we to argue? Food has been his passion since an of ingredients, what would we find in his fridge if we came
early age; a self-confessed “greedy boy”, he wanted to celebrate knocking at the London home he shares with his husband and
his sixth birthday by dining in a restaurant. two sons?
Born in Jerusalem to an Italian father and a German “It’s a fairly long list, but we couldn’t live without olive oil,
mother, he became something of a culinary magpie; exposed tomato paste, dried chillies, tahini, soy sauce, za’atar, miso,
to the produce of the West Bank whilst soaking up the food of parmesan, anchovies, lemons and garlic.”
Tuscany (his grandparents were exiled from Italy in 1939 and
established la dolce vita in a suburb of Tel Aviv). Ottolenghi Flavour by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage,
Even more extraordinary, his maternal grandmother was a published by Ebury Press, is out now. Ottolenghi Belgravia,
spy. He acknowledges that at some point in her life – having 13 Motcomb Street
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