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                                                  sunny
                                                 daze
                                                      Kick back, relax and
                                                      soak up the sun at
                                                      The Berkeley's La Dolce
                                                      Vita rooftop terrace

                        Also Inside: The Goring's seductive new seafood restaurant Siren
                                               Find your perfect read at Belgravia Books
                                                   A day in the life of tailor Nicola Donati
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          August
                   Welcome                          Instagram
                   There's plenty going on in       Your social media snaps of life
                   Belgravia this summer, says      out and about in Belgravia's
                   editor Cally Squires             most Insta-worthy spots

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                   Upfront                          Interiors
                   Pottery, pampered pets and       Inside seafood restaurant Siren
                   air-purifying lamp posts all     at The Goring, interior designer
                   come to Belgravia this month     Russell Sage's latest project

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                   What's on                        Made in Belgravia
                   Toast, croquet and the London    Designer Vicki Sarge brings her
                   Design Festival are among late   rock 'n' roll flair to her locally
                   summer's essential events        made fashion jewellery

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                   Culture                          Beauty
                   Independent booksellers          We talk eco-styling with the
                   Belgravia Books on their         South African owners of
                   personal approach                Belgravia hair salon Issy's

                   16                               38
                   Food & drink                     Awards
10                 Nathan Outlaw's new seafood      Once again it's time to nominate
                   restaurant Siren at The Goring   your local heroes for the
                   is open for business             Belgravia Awards

                   18                               40
                   Chef's table                     Spotlight
                   Namita Panjabi shares key        The weather didn't always play
                   dishes from Michelin-starred     ball but Belgravia partied on
                   Indian restaurant Amaya          regardless

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                   Style                            Health & beauty
                   The hottest pieces to pack       Restorative treats and
                   in your suitcase and take on     treatments for the mind
18                 holiday this summer              and the body

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                                                    A day in Belgravia
                                                    Nicola Donati takes us through
                                                    a typical day in the life of an
                                                    Italian tailor in Belgravia

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                                           hottest holiday                     Deputy editor
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                                           fashion, a behind-             jonathan@pubbiz.com
                                                                           Sub-editor Holly Kyte
                                           the-scenes look at              Designer Andy Lowe
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                                           Sarge’s standout              Advertisement manager
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          pieces are made and a peak into a day in the life of       Circulation manager Julie Ward
                                                                           Publisher Adrian Day
          super-chic Kinnerton Street tailor Nicola Donati.         020 7259 1053 adrian@pubbiz.com
                                                                    Cover image La Dolce Vita rooftop
            The Goring’s gorgeous new restaurant Siren has                terrace at The Berkeley

          all the best Cornish produce, with a smart interior        While we always do our best to
          to match, as we found out when we caught up with         ensure that firms and organisations
                                                                     appearing in the magazine are
          designer Russell Sage. And let’s not forget our old       reputable, the editor can give no
                                                                    guarantee that they will fulfil their
          foodie favourites. Amaya’s founder Namita Panjabi         obligations in all circumstances.

          shares some her of favourite dishes from the            Readers must therefore deal with them
                                                                            at their own risk.
          restaurant’s Michelin-starred Indian menu.
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          take home a trophy at the Belgravia Community
          Awards in 2020.
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Upfront

                                                                             The memoirs of                                                                                                                      Studio Pottery
                                                                             Princess Galitzine                                                                                                                  London arrives
                                                                             A new book written by and featuring                                                                                                 Develop a feel for clay by
                                                                             former Belgravia resident, philanthropist                                                                                           trying out pottery at a new
                                                                             and model Princess Jean Galitzine has                                                                                               opening in Belgravia.
                                                                             been published. Working for Christian                                                                                                 Studio Pottery London is
                                                                             Dior tells the story of her early life as a                                                                                         coming to 29 Eccleston Place,
                                                                             Special Operations executive during the                                                                                             part of Eccleston Yards,
                                                                             Second World War, Christian Dior model                                                                                              this summer and will allow
                                                                             and wife to a White Russian prince.                                                                                                 people to try their hand at
                                                                             Born Jean Dawnay, she became the first                                                                                              the craft alongside an expert
                                                                             Englishwoman to model for Dior.                                                                                                     tutor.
                                                                               After her marriage, she devoted herself                                                                                             A host of different
                                                                             to philanthropy in London and                                                                                                       classes are available, from
                                                                             Russia. The book was written in                                                                                                     introductory three-hour
                                                                             partnership with her daughter                                                                                                       sessions for novices to special
                                                                             Katya, before the princess                                                                                                          one-off masterclasses.
                                                                             died in 2016, and is published
                                                                             by Zuleika, priced £6.99.                                                                                                           Studio-pottery-london.com

Five-star furry friends
There is a furr-midable new guest at The Lanesborough                                                                             The Goring's star chef
as the five-star hotel welcomes a resident cat.
  Lilibet (pictured as a kitten) arrived in June and is                                                                           The Goring’s flagship Michelin-starred restaurant
the latest addition in what is becoming something                                                                                 has a new chef at the helm. Richard Galli has been
of a trademark among Oetker Collection properties.                                                                                appointed executive chef at The Dining Room,
Burmese cat Fa-Raon has become a popular part of                                                                                  following the departure of Shay Cooper.
the furnishings at sister hotel Le Bristol in Paris, where                                                                           Galli has been head chef at the hotel since July
he has his own private apartment decorated by graffiti                                                                            2017, having previously worked at the likes of The
artist Renk.                                                                                                                      Wolseley and Morton’s and The Square in Mayfair.
                                                                                                                                     “It is a great honour to be taking the position
                                                                                                                                  of executive chef at such an iconic English hotel.
                                                                                                                                  I have hugely enjoyed the past two years at The
                                        Green lanterns                                                                            Goring and really look forward to continuing to
                                                                                                                                  cook dishes that bring the greatest of pleasure to
                                                                                                                                  our guests.”
                                        A world-first scheme aimed                                                                   (For the unveiling of Siren at The Goring, see
                                        at reducing air pollution and                                                             page 28.)
                                        improving biodiversity is being
                                        piloted in Belgravia.
                                           Grosvenor has fitted six
                                        lamp posts on Ebury Street
                                        with a range of vegetation                                                                                                                      Pooches go Over Glam
                                        able to promote biodiversity,
                                        purify the air and make                                                                                                                         The dog days are over for pooches in Belgravia with
                                        the neighbourhood more                                                                                                                          a stylish new fashion brand set to provide paws for
                                        aesthetically pleasing.                                                                                                                         thought among shoppers and their four-legged friends.
                                           They are part of the Estate’s                                                                                                                  Over Glam, set to open at 13 Eccleston Yards at the
                                        sustainability programme of                                                                                                                     end of August, was founded by cousins and dog lovers
                                        investments and innovations to                                                                                                                  Ran Xie and Jerry Haung last year.
                                        improve air quality for residents,                                                                                                                The company is a luxury brand that aims to “change
                                        workers and visitors.                                                                                                                           the way we think about the pet lifestyle market” and
                                                                                                                                                                                        focuses on comfort and practicality.

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What’s on
    August & September

                                        September 14–22                                                                                         Until August 31
                                        London Design                                                                                           Outdoor Yoga
                                        Festival                                                                                                Stretch your limbs with free
                                        The crème de la crème of the                                                                            outdoor yoga sessions at
                                        design world will once again                                                                            Eccleston Yards. There is also      William Ewart
                                        have their moment in the sun                                                                            a special evening yoga class        Reformer 1798-1869
                                        as the international design                                                                             with Silou at 7pm on Thursday,
                                        community descends on the                                                                               August 22. Tickets, £15, are        Eaton Square
                                        capital for the 17th annual                                                                             redeemable at SMUK when you
                                        event.                                                                                                  spend more than £50.                Born: In Liverpool on May 1, 1798.
                                           The nine-day celebration                                                                                                                 William Ewart was educated at
                                        includes more than 400                                                                                                                      Eton and Christ Church, Oxford,
                                        different events, exhibitions                                                                                                               and was awarded the Newdigate
                                        and installations, including                                                                                                                Prize for English verse. Called
                                        new commissions and projects                                                                                                                to the bar in 1827, he entered
                                        across London.                                                                                                                              Parliament for the borough of
                                                                                                    September 17–October 4                   stunning images are taken from
                                           Pimlico Road is once again                                                                                                               Bletchingley in Surrey until 1830,
                                                                                                    David White                              around the world, from Nepal to
                                                                                                                                                                                    going on to represent his birth
                                        designated as an official                                   From the Arctic to the Antarctic,        Hokkaido (the northernmost island
Until August 3                          ‘design district’ with a                                                                                                                    town of Liverpool and later Wigan
                                                                                                    the beauty of nature across the          of Japan), and from closer to home,
Toast                                   showcase of design workshops                                                                                                                and Dumfries Burghs.
                                                                                                    globe is distilled in a new exhibition   the Marlborough Downs.
A last chance to watch the stage        and beautiful products.                                     at the Osborne Studio Gallery.             “When I was in Hokkaido I tried
adaptation of cookery writer Nigel         Highlights include an                                                                                                                    Famous for: A liberal social
                                                                                                      The Motcomb Street gallery will        to capture the beautiful red-crowned
Slater’s bestselling memoir at the      interactive breakfast talk                                                                                                                  reformer, Ewart is considered the
                                                                                                    host a solo showcase from wildlife       cranes in a different way – very
Other Palace Theatre.                   at The Odd Chair Company,                                                                                                                   founding father of public libraries.
                                                                                                    photographer David White from            difficult to do because you have to
From £15 to £65                         open studio events at Robert                                                                                                                He also secured the abolition of
                                                                                                    mid- September.                          have a completely white background
lwtheatres.co.uk/toast, 020 7087 7900   Kime, a showcase at PINCH                                                                                                                   hanging criminals in chains and
                                                                                                      The wildlife photographer’s            of snow to achieve the results.”
                                        on Ebury Street and the                                                                                                                     of capital punishment for cattle
Until August 31                         unveiling of new designs at                                                                                                                 stealing and other minor offences.
Croquet and other games                 SCP from pioneering light                                                                                                                   He then continued to agitate for the
Thwack! The sound of mallets            brand Roll & Hill.                                                                                                                          full abolition of the death penalty.
continues to take centre stage
throughout August as the Jones                                                                                                                                                      The originator of the Blue
Family Kitchen plays host to                                                                                                                                                        Plaque Scheme: It is fitting that
outdoor games in the courtyard.                                                                                                                                                     Ewart is commemorated under the
Free                                                                                                                                                                                very scheme that he first mooted
ecclestonyards.com                                                                                                                                                                  in Parliament over 155 years ago.

Until September 29                                                                                                                                                                  Death: After retiring in 1868,
Queen Victoria’s Palace                                                                                                                                                             Ewart died at his home in Devizes
Marking the 200th anniversary                                                                                                                                                       the following year. His blue plaque
of Queen Victoria’s birth,                                                                                                                                                          was originally located on his
this immersive experience at                                                                                                                                                        residence in Cambridge Square,
Buckingham Palace tells the                                                                                                                                                         Paddington, but that building’s
story of how the young monarch                                                                                                                                                      demolition saw the plaque
transformed the royal residence.                                                                                                                                                    re-erected in Eaton Square in 1963.
Adults £25, over-60s and students
£22.80. 0303 123 7324

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                                                                 bury Street is the kind of place that          to word of mouth. It’s having customers come in, and
                                                                 Belgravia as a neighbourhood does so           them not needing to speak. Because I can say, ‘Right,
                                                                 well: a sleepy side-street, friendly and       I’ve got this for you.’”
                                                                 unassuming, and yet right in the thick            Does he take the opportunity to push his favourite
                                                                 of things – accessible to office workers,      books? “Only if I think they’ll like them. And what
                                                    school-runners, tourists and locals alike. In other         I will never say is, ‘You should read this.’ There’s
                                                    words, it’s the perfect place for an independent            no book that I think is that important. There are
                                                    bookshop.                                                   so many different ways of reading. To say ‘This is
                                                       I visit Belgravia Books on a breezy Saturday             important’ is to actually say that the rest aren’t.
                                                    morning. It’s airy and healthily stocked, and as with       That doesn’t sit well. It is always case by case.”
                                                    all good bookshops there’s a sense that you could              Because of this, the shop’s advantages over an
                                                    cast your eye anywhere and find your new favourite          online superstore are obvious. With hundreds of
                                                    writer, or be introduced to a new perspective. That         books published every week, places like Belgravia
                                                    savvy curation is down to Andy Barr, the shop’s             Books offer that all-important guide. And Andy is
                                                    manager.                                                    optimistic: “As an independent bookshop, you have
                                                       It was opened in 2011 as an offshoot of the              to offer something different. There is no point trying
                                                    publisher Gallic Books, which has been running              to compete with online retailers and supermarkets,
                                                    since 2007 and today operates out of the shop itself.       so you need to be showing people different books
                                                    The publisher was started exclusively to bring new          alongside the books they come to expect. I buy things
                                                    translations of French novels to an English-language        that my local customers will like or won’t have seen
                                                    readership. Now, it has widened to also bring books         before. Or something that deserves attention.”
                                                    originally published in Australia or New Zealand to            “Lots of people do make a conscious effort to buy
                                                    a UK readership.                                            from independent bookshops. If you lose these shops
                                                       The bookshop, of course, stocks all of the               you lose more than just convenience.” He means
                                                    publisher’s books – its bestseller is The Elegance of       community, insight and the human touch. Andy
                                                    the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, which sold over a           talks about books with the genuine sense that the
                                                    million copies in its native France. But otherwise it       right book can change a person – and it’s hard to
                                                    has no specific allegiances in terms of what it stocks:     argue. So if you’re ever stuck for what to read next –
                                                    “Just cracking stories,” says Andy.                         history, fiction, non-fiction or an explosive novel from
                                                       One of his jobs as a bookseller, as he sees it, is to    halfway across the world – come and pay the shop a
                                                    bring the right book to the right person. “We do a          visit. It could just change the way you think.
                                                    lot of recommending,” he says. “It’s ascertained, and       59 Ebury Street
                                                    it varies from customer to customer. Some people
                                                    will say, ‘I don’t care; I just want a great book,’ but
                                                    most people will have something in mind, or at least        Andy’s picks
                                                    certain tastes.”                                            Currently reading: Europe by Tim Flannery, a natural history of
                                                       The shop has established itself in the community         Europe, since it first emerged.
                                                    with a growing legion of loyal customers, which only        Favourite book: How long have you got? The Age of Innocence
                                                    improves the recommendations: “Over the last eight          by Edith Wharton, Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, The
                                                    years, we’ve established relationships. It’s a sense of     Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis. Ask me on another day and
                                                    belonging, and watching the business grow thanks            you’ll get a completely different answer.

                                                Uncommon readers
                                                               With independent bookshops in competition with big online
                                                                retailers, manager Andy Barr explains how Ebury Street's
                                                                    Belgravia Books offers something a little different
                                                                                                     words: alex biand

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        We asked some of Belgravia's
     famous names to share their reading
             recommendations

      Andrew Roberts author and resident
      Currently reading: Lucasta Miller’s utterly brilliant
      L.E.L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia
      Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated "female Byron", a truly
      extraordinary work of sleuthing and scholarship.
      Favourite book: My favourite is Alexander
      Solzhenitsyn’s The First Circle, a searing indictment
      of Communism.

      Marcus Wareing chef
      Currently reading: How Not to Die by Michael Greger
      MD. It’s quite heavy going, but I’m finding it hugely
      interesting. It’s on the benefits of certain foods in
      preventative health and reversing illness.
      Favourite book: I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes. I’m still
      waiting for the next of his books.

      Jemima Jones and Lucy Carr-Ellison
      chefs/owners of Tart London
      Currently reading: Lucy: I’m just finishing The Truth
      About the Harry Quebert Affair. I’ve found it to be a
      really great poolside number!
      Jemima: I’ve just finished Educated by Tara Westover –
      one of the best page-turners I have ever read.
      Favourite book: Lucy: This is a hard one! I think it would
      have to be between City of Thieves by David Benioff, or
      Modoc by Ralph Helfer. Wonderland Avenue by Danny
      Sugarman is a close third.
      Jemima: My undisputed all-time favourite book is
      The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.

      Anton Mosimann chef
      Currently reading: Howard Hodgkin: Painting India.
      I have really enjoyed seeing the country through
      his creative eyes. We have a number of his prints in
      Mosimann’s and his work never ceases to inspire me.
      Favourite book: From my own library, a first-edition
      cookery book written by Bartolomeo Scappi, the chef to
      the pope, in 1570. It is filled with practical advice that is
      still valid today.

      Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott author
      Currently reading: I’m currently rereading
      Revolutionary Road and [Richard] Yates’s collections                          From top;
      of short stories. He is a master at painting the secrets                 Andrew Roberts,
      contained behind closed doors.                                           Marcus Wareing,
      Favourite book: I have several favourites I return to                   Jemima Jones and
      annually – John Fowles’s The Magus; Donna Tartt’s The                    Lucy Carr-Ellison,
      Secret History. My appreciation deepens each time I                      Anton Mosimann,
      encounter them, like a playlist of treasured standards.                 Kelleigh Greenberg-
                                                                                    Jephcott

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Food & drink                                                                                                         Food & drink

         SIREN OPENS
            ITS DOORS                                                                                                   Fresh from
     The Goring’s new restaurant, Siren, is                                                                             the pantry
    officially open, bringing a touch of the
 Cornish seaside to Belgravia. Chef Nathan                                                                        Locals will be glad to know that
   Outlaw has created a stunning seafood                                                                          Wild by Tart in Eccleston Yards is
  menu, with daily fresh catches of the day                                                                       now open on Saturdays, and the
    available alongside starters like cured                                                                        grab-and-go deli now includes
 monkfish and grilled mackerel, plus mains                                                                          an extended pantry with fresh
  of battered turbot, red mullet with devilled                                                                     pasta from Natoora, cheese by
shrimp butter and classics like grilled lobster                                                                   The Cheese Merchant, olive oils
                 and Dover sole.                                                                                    and vinegars by The Vinegar
There are also incredibly scrumptious snacks                                                                        Shed and fantastic bread by
  of lobster scampi and crab scones being                                                                         The Snapery Bakery. Watch this
served at the bar, where a new cocktail menu                                                                        space for more details on the
 has been created by manager Tiago Mira.                                                                           restaurant space coming soon.
  True to The Goring’s history, drinks like the
 Rosehip Royale Garden Gimlet are inspired
 by British spirits and made with herbs from
             the hotel’s own garden.                                                                                                                                                  Summer cocktails
                                                                                                                                                                                Soak up the summer sun at the Jumeirah Carlton
                                                                                                                                                                              Tower before the iconic hotel closes later in the year
                                                                                                                                                                             for a full refurbishment. St-Germain elderflower liqueur
                                                                                                                                                                               has taken over the Rib Room terrace, with a special
                                                                                                                                                                               cocktail menu including infusions like the Rib Room
                                                                                                                                                                               Spritzer and Wild Ginger Gin. Alongside the artfully
                                                                                                                                                                               created drinks, complimentary canapés are served
                                                                                                                                                                                daily from 5–7pm, and the terrace is running until
                                                                                                                                                                                                 the end of August.

            Seafood                                                                                                                    Ice pops

           sensation
                                                                                                                       We all scream for ice cream in the holidays, and
                                                                                                                      Dominique Ansel is answering those prayers with
                                                                                                                      three clever creations available at the bakery this
                                                                                                                       summer. Choose from a watermelon soft serve,
                                                                                                                       dished up in a real watermelon vessel, complete
                                                                            From top:                                 with chocolate pips. Also on the soft-serve front is
       Of all the tasty treats on offer in Belgravia,                   Fisherman’s stew,                              a homemade English strawberry ice cream with
       don't miss Nathan Outlaw's new seafood                           Grilled mackerel,                              white-chocolate leaves, served in a waffle-cone
                                                                 Chef Nathan Outlaw and hotelier                     bowl. Finally, the Pop Fleur is making a comeback –
              restaurant at The Goring hotel                      Jeremy Goring Photo: Emli Bendixen                 push up the Wakamomo peach yoghurt and watch
                                                                                                                             it bloom into a beautiful edible rose.

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Chef's table

                                                                                 Spice of life
                                                              Amaya co-founder Namita Panjabi conjures up a taste of India as she
                                                                 takes us through the making of some of the key dishes in her
                                                                              Michelin-starred Indian restaurant

                                              I
                                                     ndia has a great grilling tradition,                                   even September, depending on the weather.
                                                     from street barbecues to skilled                                       Good, fresh asparagus tastes wonderful
                                                     tandoor cooking. Our menu celebrates                                   and we do not have to do much to it. We
                                                     this wonderful grilling tradition with                                 toss it in a wok, which is unusual in itself,
                                                     the freshest of produce. Everything                                    and there is a drizzle of chilli sauce.
                                              comes in fresh every day, is marinated                                           India does not have much of a tradition of
                                              and brought upstairs to be cooked from                                        salads, but this cabbage and noodle salad is
                                              scratch in full view of the restaurant.                                       actually a recipe from our home in Bombay.
                                              Grills taste best when they are eaten off                                     It uses humble ingredients but has great
                                              the fire before the meat starts to toughen.                                   textures and it just touched the right note
                                              We have deliberately not installed fryers in                                  with our customers from day one.
                                              the kitchen, as we wanted grills to be the                                       Corn on the cob is a monsoon favourite
                                              mainstay of Amaya.                                                            and another one from Bombay. The streets
                                                 We have four tandoors operating in                                         will be filled with vendors barbecuing this
                                              the kitchen at different temperatures,                                        now. It is butter, lime and chilli, a simple
                                              ranging from 200–350F. Temperatures fall                                     but yummy combination.
                                              and rise according to the amount of food                                         In the basil tikka dish, the poultry is
                                              cooking in there, and the skill is knowing                                    marinated for over 24 hours using a blend
                                              exactly when each of the multiple skewers                                     of local and Asian basil and other leaves.
                                              is ready. One tandoor is dedicated to just                                    The green colour is an essential part of the
                                              doing the different kinds of bread.                                           glamour of this dish and it must be made
                                                 The tawa, a flat metal griddle, is                                         very fry fresh in order to keep the colour.
                                              commonly seen on street corners in India.                                     Indian holy basil, known as tulsi, is a
                                              In Amaya we use it for flat kebabs, oysters                                   revered herb and has many health benefits.
                                              and scallops. The sigri, the open-flame
                                                                                                   on The Table                With the seafood dishes, the seabass is
                                              barbecue, is used for many items that have        Grilled English asparagus   barbecued and crusted with shaved coconut
                                              become our signature dishes: fish, lamb                                       and almonds, whereas the prawns are
                                              chops and glazed spicy aubergine.                     Corn on the cob         cooked in the tandoor.
                                                 We recommend ordering six to eight                                            Both the blood orange and cinnamon
                                              dishes per person, and our menu is written          Crisby cabbage and        brulée and the Morello cherry cheesecake
                                                                                                      noodle salad
                                              according to how long it takes to cook the item                               are summer dishes, so haven’t been on
                                              so as to maintain a gentle flow of dishes to          Tandoori prawns         the menu long. India does not have a vast
                                              the table. In north India the broad tradition                                 variety of table desserts, so desserts for
                                              would be to eat dry food and kebabs and then         Chargrilled seabass      us at Amaya are about taking Western
                                              go on to a curry and biryani to finish.                                       techniques and adding a touch of India.
                                                 Unusually for a restaurant in Britain we          Basil chicken tikka         Our bar team have come up with new
                                              source spices ourselves from India each year.                                 fruity and floral cocktails, which are
                                                                                                    Blood orange and
                                                 We wait for English asparagus to kick              cinnamon brulée         perfect for a pre-dinner drink. And for
                                              off our introduction of asparagus each year                                   the meal, we have a wonderful wine list
                                              and this will continue until late August or       Morello cherry cheesecake   specially chosen to go with spicy food.

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                                                                                                                                                                         Checked swing dress, £199,
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                                                            N i c o l a D o n at i
                                                            Antonello Tedde knit bag, £405,
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Promotion

Believe             Moments
                    from last
                                                                                  in the beauty of words                            Celebrate London’s rich written culture this autumn
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Join us as we spotlight writers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        from across the globe in our second
                       year's                                                                                                                                                                                           celebration of the written word. From
                      festival                                                                                                                                                                                          great poetry read by great actors, to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        literary events in unexpected places
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        and even a short film season, we’ll be
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        spanning a wide range of styles and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        subjects.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Publishing Business, the company
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        which produces Belgravia, is working
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        with major retailers, restaurants and
Monday October 28                             The poems and paintings of                  Wichita Lineman with GQ editor            A Celebration of the                       Saturday November 2                      hotels and, with the generous support
“Tales from Couture” from                     Frieda Hughes                               Dylan Jones                               Bloomsbury Set                             Literary/art walk with                   of Grosvenor, to put on events in
legendary fashion illustrator and             6.30pm-8pm                                  6.30-8pm                                  6.30pm-8.30pm                              broadcaster Maeve Doyle                  spaces not always associated with
Claridge’s artist in residence                Location to be confirmed                    Hatchards, 187 Piccadilly                 Penelope Chilvers, 69 Duke Street          11am-1pm                                 cultural activity.
David Downton                                 The artist and poet, daughter of Ted        The GQ editor in conversation about       An exhibition of photographs by Will       Meet at the English Tea Room at
                                              Hughes and Sylvia Plath, showcases a        his book The Wichita Lineman.             Waterworth inspired by Cecil Beaton’s
10.30am-12 noon                                                                                                                                                                Brown’s Hotel                            Many more events are still being
                                              selection of her paintings and poems.       Tickets £10 including a glass of wine     imagery from the 1920s, alongside
The Fumoir, Claridge’s, Brook Street
                                                                                                                                    readings by young creatives.
                                                                                                                                                                               Visit the subjects of Michael            arranged so please check in to
From Front Row to Back Stage -                Curated by Shevaun Wilder.                                                                                                       Shnayerson’s 2019 book BOOM: Mad
                                                                                          Thursday October 31                                                                                                           mayfairtimes.co.uk or follow our
the last 20 years of Paris couture.                                                                                                                                            Money, Mega Dealers and the Rise of
                                              Tuesday October 29                          The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour:           Friday November 1                                                                   Tweets at MayfairLitFest
Ties in with the launch of the new                                                                                                                                             Contemporary Art.
“Art Edition” of David’s book DD21,           The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour:             Elizabeth Bishop &                        Elif Shafak                                Tickets £10.
                                              Keats, Shelley and Byron                    Christina Rossetti                        Time TBC
representing more than two decades
                                                                                          6.30pm-8.30pm                             Location to be announced
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Sunday November 3
of drawing and dreaming at the Paris          6.30-8.30pm                                                                                                                      Literary highlights of the auction       Literary highlights of the auction season
Haute Couture shows.                          The May Fair Hotel, Stratton Street         London Library, 14 St James’s Square      A conversation between acclaimed           season                                   12 noon-5pm
                                              Stars of stage and screen will read         Great actors will read from the work of   British-Turkish writer Elif Shafak and     12 noon-5pm                              Christie’s, 8 King Street
Ink on Screen, exploring the indelible link   from the great poetry of the Romantics      two of the finest poets of the 19th and   Elizabeth Filippou, founder of the         Christie’s, 8 King Street                See Friday's entry
between cinema and the written word.          (cast and directed by Shevaun Wilder).      20th centuries (cast and directed by      Global Thinkers Forum and Athena 40.       See Friday's entry
Produced by Asterisk Films and Justine        There will be a drinks and canapé           Shevaun Wilder).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        An Evening of Irish Poetry and Song –
Waddell                                       reception afterwards.                       For tickets, visit londonlibrary.co.uk    Literary highlights of the auction         Readings from The Jungle Book            Celebrating Women
Don’t Look Now                                                                                                                      season                                     with Classic Afternoon Tea               5pm-7pm
6.15pm                                        Wednesday October 30                        Literati: Dame Kelly Holmes on            11am-4pm                                   2pm-4pm                                  Corrigan’s, 28 Upper Grosvenor Street
Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent              Ink on Screen. Produced by Asterisk Films   her book: Running Life                    Christie’s, 8 King Street                  Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street          Devised and directed by Shevaun Wilder with a
Street                                        and Justine Waddell                         6.30pm-8.30pm                             An exhibition of rare and valuable first   A celebration of the masterpiece         cast of award-winning actors and singers.
Curated by leading actor Tobias               Under the Skin                              JW Marriott Grosvenor House London,       editions and manuscripts, featuring        penned by Rudyard Kipling at Brown’s
Menzies who plays Prince Philip in The        6.15pm                                      86-90 Park Lane                           famous works of Literature from the        in the 125th year since publication.     For ticket information,
                                              Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent            The Olympic champion on her               16th century to the modern day.

                                                                                                                                    Support
Crown, the screening will include a                                                                                                                                            Tickets £20 adults, £10 children under   except where stated, email
Q&A with Tobias and contributors from         Street                                      experience of overcoming depression       Free entry                                 10 years.                                mayfair.times@pubbiz.com
the film.                                     Jonathan Glazer’s 2013 film starring        and a raft of injuries to achieve her
6.15pm                                        Scarlett Johansson, is a meditation         ultimate dream of Olympic gold.
Based on Daphne Du Maurier’s                  on factory farming, nature and what it      Tickets £20. includes a glass of
haunting short story, Nic Roeg’s iconic       is to be a merciful human being. The        champagne, canapés and a signed
horror-thriller is now considered a           film boasts incredible cinematography       copy of the book.
classic of 70s' cinema.                       from Daniel Landin. Curated by Tobias       Email: Katherine.bedwell@marriott.com
Book at regentstreetcinema.com/               Menzies.

                                                                                                                                                                                   your local literary festival
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                                              programme/under-the-skin
Interiors

I
        t’s late afternoon at The Goring, the Belgravia
        bolthole that is seemingly immune to the rough
        and tumble of tumultuous world affairs, and a
        troop of distinguished officers (members of the
        Royal Household, perhaps?) are holding court
in the lounge.
   It’s as genteel and quintessentially English as a
picnic lifted from the pages of Enid Blyton. Footmen
dressed in gold-embroidered scarlet coats zip
between tables and skate across the marble lobby,
and there is a sense amid the riotous chatter and
convivial chinking of crystal that it’s showbusiness
as usual.
   But the times they are a changin’. Cornish seafood                                                                                                                                                                     Left: Siren at The Goring
dining has arrived with Siren – the first new                                                                                                                                                                             Below: Interior designer
restaurant at the hotel in its 109-year history, with                                                                                                                                                                            Russell Sage
commanding views of the private garden – and the                                                                                                                                                                              Photo © Astrid Templier

lounge and bar have been given a seamless makeover.
   The real mastery is that the new look is barely out
of nappies. When I arrive, the ‘soft opening’ dress
rehearsal has finished and the curtain has been
officially up for four hours. Yet the space – much
lighter and brighter than before, even on a drizzly
day – feels reassuringly familiar. The dark palette
and heavier-set pieces have been banished, but the
heritage, originality and sense of fun lingers.
   Masterminding the project was CEO Jeremy
Goring (whose great-grandfather Otto opened
the hotel) alongside legendary, larger-than-life
managing director David-Morgan Hewitt and
acclaimed interior designer Russell Sage.
   “It was about saying, ‘What is now right for us
and our clients?’ It was about keeping a style that
was chic, comfortable and English and related to the
garden,” David tells me as Russell and I are served
tea in his office.
   “It’s a celebration of the fact that this area
overlooks the biggest private garden attached to any
hotel in London.” The new 60-cover restaurant is an
entirely new space, replacing the open-air veranda,

                                                                                                                                                   which was at the mercy of the weather.                     Revered for his precise seafood cookery, Nathan

                                       Siren call
                                                                                                                                                      “We decided we wanted to turn the area into an       runs a two-Michelin-starred restaurant in Cornwall.
                                                                                                                                                   all-year space, but not lose bringing the garden in,”   The menu features the likes of red mullet with
                                                                                                                                                   says David. “Hence producing the pavilion on the        devilled shrimp butter and battered turbot with a
                                                                                                                                                   back of the hotel.”                                     warm tartare sauce. “Quite simply it’s the best bit
                                                                                                                                                      Opening a new restaurant to sit alongside the        of fried fish I’ve eaten in the whole of my life,” says
                                                                                                                                                   hotel’s Michelin-starred Dining Room was never part     David of the latter.
                                                                                                                                                   of the original plan. It was only when they built a        The name Siren – a suggestion by David’s brother
                   The Goring hotel's new seafood restaurant Siren is now open for                                                                 new kitchen underneath (to allow food to be served      – is a nod to the provenance, but they were keen to
                                                                                                                                                   in the main lounge) that serendipity played its hand.   ensure it was Cornish rather than corny.
                   business – and with chef Nathan Outlaw at the helm and interiors                                                                Nathan Outlaw “became available in London” and             “We didn’t want to use the name to be silly, but we
                        designed by Russell Sage, its lure will be hard to resist                                                                  sought advice. “He is very good friends with the        did want to have something that led you towards the
                                                                                                                                                   Goring family because they all live near Port St        idea of the sea,” he says. “One thing that does lead
                                                          w o r d s : j o n at h a n w h i l e y                                                   Isaac, and we thought it would be a good idea, since    you into the sea are the sirens [mythical creatures to
                                                                                                                                                   we’d created this new space, that he might like to      lure sailors]. Sadly, they also lead you up against the
                                                                                                                                                   come here.”                                             rocks, but hopefully that won’t happen to our guests.”

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Interiors                                                                                                                                 Promotion

   Certainly no stone has been left unturned, with                     diners in the restaurant are one such example. “We                                                            Scottish squid in ink sauce    Iberico Ham, Root Salad,
the project reportedly costing a cool £4 million – “It’s               found this incredible glass artisan who made these                                                               with Galician octopus,      Salmon with purple potato,
real artisan work and costs a fortune,” says David;                    breathtaking glass lobsters and we had a lot of fun.”                                                              spiced cassavas and       Iberico Ham Croquettes and
the 18th-century plasterwork and hand-painted                             Russell set up his studio in Elizabeth Street in                                                                            crispy skin   Anchovy Tomato Salad
panels on Fromental gold-backed wallpaper are                          2005 and has since established himself as one of the
particularly beautiful.                                                most sought-after interior designers, with a plethora
   Interior designer Russell Sage took his inspiration                 of projects ranging from the Royal Automobile Club
from a book on Winfield House. “It’s one of the things                 to Dover Castle and a ping-pong club in Chicago.
we looked at a lot in the beginning and there is a                        He grew up just outside Bath and his mother, a
real sensitivity to it,” he says.                                      ceramicist, encouraged his creativity by taking him
   “I think the joy of [this project] is that it feels                 to pottery and art classes at a young age.
like a proper contribution to the building. I can                         After a brief spell in fashion – “too disposable and
see it sitting here in 100 years’ time. It was a great                 a young person’s game” – he returned to interiors
pleasure. There are very few clients where you can                     where he has plied his trade ever since.
actually go and work with proper artisans.”                               Does he feel pressure when embarking on high-
   The statement lobster pots that hang above                          profile projects like this, given that his name carries
                                                                       a certain gravitas these days? “Oh, it doesn’t!” he
                                                                       says, chuckling. “Don’t be silly! That is very generous

                                   “
                                                                       of you, but I don’t see it like that. I feel like an actor,
                                                                       because I’m so grateful to have the work.”
                                                                          The Goring was one of Russell’s very first clients,
                                                                       and he has known David (now a neighbour in
                                                                       Somerset, by coincidence) since meeting in David
                                                                       Linley’s showroom many moons ago.
   It feels like a proper contribution                                    While they tease each other non-stop – David
                                                                       says that one particular suite designed by Russell

                                                                                                                                             C
  to the building. I can see it sitting                                has so many frills “it’s based on a ballgown worn in
                                                                       the Eighties by some voluptuous old bird” – there is                                OMO The Halkin is
         here in 100 years' time                                       clearly huge mutual admiration between them.                                        excited to launch a                   READER
                                                                          David says Siren is “the final piece of the jigsaw”                              brand new menu at                      OFFER
                                                                       for the hotel, while Russell admits it holds a special                              Ametsa, where 30
                                                                       place in his heart.                                                                                                       Enjoy two
                                                                                                                                                           tapas-style dishes will

                                   ”
                                                                                                                                                                                              complimentary
                                                                          “I can honestly say that I really can’t think of                    replace our tasting menu. This                    tapas with a
                                                                       anything else that we have ever done that means as                     menu is designed to be shared and                glass of Cava
                                                                       much to me as this project,” he says.                                  enjoyed on any occasion.                        when you order
                                                                                                                                                 In each dish, traditional Basque               two or more
                                                                                                                                              Country cooking techniques                           dishes.
                                                                                                                                              are combined with the flavours
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Email:
                                                                                                                                              of Britain's boldest seasonal                      ametsa.
                                                                                                                                              ingredients. Head Chef, Ruben                    thehalkin@
                                                                                                                                              Briones' new creations, range from             comohotels.com
                                                                                                                                              the intense flavour of piperrada
                                                                                                                                              (a stewed tomato and pepper dish)                    Tel:
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                                                                                                                                              with Scottish cod fish and chips, to
                                                                                                                                              the sweet taste of English rhubarb               Terms: Please
                                                                                                                                              served with a slice of gâteau                   quote Belgravia
                                                                                                                                              Basque. Our new lighter dishes                  Magazine when
                                                                                                                                              include British green asparagus                   making your
                                                                                                                                              gratin, and saffron and garlic                  booking, subject
                                                                                                                                                                                               to availability,
                                                                                                                                              Cornish monkfish.
                                                                                                                                                                                               valid until 30th
                                                                                                                                                 Whether you are looking for an               September 2019.
                                                                                                                                              easy lunch for two, or a celebratory
                                                                                                                                              meal for twenty four in the private
                                                                                                                                              dining room, Ametsa has been                              This image: Cornish hake in salsa verde with
                                                                                                                                              transformed into a place for relaxed                      clams and above with Braised Wiltshire
                                                                                                                                              neighbourhood dining with family                          lamb shank and Sautéed vegetables
                                                                                                                                              and friends in Belgravia.
                                                                                                      Siren at The Goring

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Made in Belgravia

     Fashion rocks                                                                                        V
                                                                                                                         icki Sarge is one cool cat. The     Ebury Bridge Road, and to make life more
                                                                                                                         celebrated jewellery designer       convenient she opened her jewellery store on
                                                                                                                         grew up in Detroit surrounded       Elizabeth Street in a site previously occupied
                                                                                                                         by motown and rock ’n’ roll –       by grocer Justin de Blank.
                                                                                                                         “Iggy and the Stooges played at        In the Nineties, business was booming.
                                                                                                          my high-school dance” – and was ‘educated’ at      Fuelled by runway shows, Vicki’s handcrafted
                                                                                                          New York’s most notorious nightclub.               pieces were in high demand. “That was a
     Jewellery designer Vicki Sarge on her journey from the                                                  “When people say, ‘Where did you study?’        highlight, working on all the fashion shows
                                                                                                          I say Studio 54. That was my university …          from Alexander McQueen to John Galliano to
        1970s New York art scene to London's catwalks                                                     I knew Andy Warhol, and I was there when           Roberto Cavalli,” she says.
                       w o r d s : j o n at h a n w h i l e y
                                                                                                          Bianca Jagger came in on a horse.”                    At one stage there were 21 employees
                                                                                                             Was it as hedonistic as the legend would        beavering away at workstations underneath
                                                                                                          have us believe? Vicki smiles. “We were            the shop floor. Now there are three permanent
                                                                                                          just enjoying ourselves ... I guess it was         and two part-time members of staff pouring
                                                                                                          distracting … but at that time in New York, it     their souls into the jewellery. Designing a
                                                                                                          was a place to get down low and dirty.”            piece, Vicki says, can “take anywhere from an
                                                                                                             From 1975 to 1984, Vicki was immersed in        hour for a simple earring to eight hours”.
                                                                                                          the Big Apple’s downtown arts scene. Always           Everything is made on-site and Vicki has a
                                                                                                          practical (“I learned how to knit at a very        starry fanbase. Her jewellery has adorned the
                                                                                                          young age and I used to make everybody in my       likes of Beyoncé and, more recently, Oscar-
                                                                                                          family blankets”), she applied her patience and    winning actress Olivia Colman in hit period
                                                                                                          passion for fashion to making jewellery for a      romp The Favourite. “I’ve been lucky, since
                                                                                                          friend’s runway show.                              1983, to be creative every single day of my life.
                                                                                                             “Right from the beginning, Erickson             I know that is a gift.”
                                                                                                          Beamon [the jewellery brand she co-founded
                                                                                                          with Karen and Erick Erickson] was tied in         VICKISARGE, 38 Elizabeth Street,
                                                                                                          with fashion. We started by accessorising          vickisarge.com                                      Beyoncé
                                                                                                          runway shows and then we decided, ‘Let’s see
                                                                                                          if we can sell this stuff.’ It snowballed and we
                                                                                                          all had some amazing years.”
                                                                                                             Vicki moved to London in 1984. She was
                                                                                                          based in a building in Camden with a bunch
                                                                                                          of “creative fashion types”, including Vivienne
                                                                                                          Westwood and John Galliano, a good friend.
                                                                                                          She never had any intention of staying in
                                                                                                          London, but found the slightly slower pace of
                                                                                                          life refreshing and has never looked back.
                                                                                                             At the beginning of the 1990s, she moved
                                                                                                          to Belgravia. At that time she was living on

                                                                                                                     “
                                                                                                  I've been lucky, since
                                                                                                1983, to be creative every
                                                                                                  single day of my life

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You and the Law                                                                                                                 Your community news from
                                                                                                                                                                                           Belgravia
    It is with immense pride that Law firm Child &
    Child announce that it has been bought by five
    of its long-serving senior management team, in
    the effect from 28 June 2019. The management
                                                                  substantial investment in the firm’s IT and legal systems.
                                                                     Child & Child’s team of specialist lawyers and support
                                                                  staff will effectively remain the same at the new firm, and
                                                                  the practice will continue to work hard to provide our clients
                                                                                                                                                                                            Bulletin
    buyout will ensure the firm continues long in to              with the approachable and practical service we are known
    the future and will go from strength to strength.             for. Our clients are extremely important to us and we strive to

                                                                                                                                                                  FOREWORD
       The firm, founded in 1850, has its roots embedded in       build long-standing relationships with them.
    Belgravia and the West End. Child & Child offers a wide          Each member of the new management team brings their
    range of legal services including: private client, family,    own unique experience and perspective to the table, which
    commercial law and property law.                              will be invaluable in helping us achieve our shared
       The new owners, including a director from the former       vision long into the future.
    management, are: Estelle Tague, Mark Brassey, Mo Hakim,                                        Estelle Tague
    Ursula Danagher and Zach Reynolds. Mr Hakim and Mr
    Reynolds will be joint managing partners. All of the senior
    management team are highly experienced lawyers who
    have been with Child & Child for many years looking after
    its clients’ interests.
                                                                                         Nova North
       The new management team, together with a private
                                                                                11 Bressenden Place
    investor who will also be holding an equity stake in                          London SW1E 5BY
    the business, are delighted to continue to be able to
    offer clients a broad range of services with the same                    Tel: +44 (0)20 7235 8000
    high-quality standard of client care. There will also be                www.childandchild.co.uk

                                                                                                                                                                             Dear all,

                                                                                                                                                                             It has been a busy few months in Belgravia. We hope you have
                                                                                                                                                                             enjoyed once again the spectacular events in Belgrave Square
                                                                                                                                                                             and spent time watching Wimbledon from the Halkin Arcade or
                                                                                                                                                                             listening to acoustic musicians in Eccleston Yards.
                                                                                                                                                                                There is also a lot to report on community and sustainability
                                                                                                                                                                             initiatives. Ebury Street is piloting the world’s first green lamp
                                                                                                                                                                             posts; technology that could be transformative for improving
                                                                                                                                                                             air quality and wellbeing in urban areas worldwide. And we are
                                                                                                                                                                             proud to provide the initial sponsorship of an initiative organised
                                                                                                                                                                             by the Belgravia Residents Association, supporting the wellbeing
                                                                                                                                                                             of local veterans through free horse-riding lessons. You can read
                                                                                                                                                                             more about these in the magazine and here in the bulletin.
                                                                                                                                                                                We were pleased to welcome over 200 people to our second
                                                                                                                                                                             public consultation on the redevelopment of Cundy Street and
                                                                                                                                                                             received a lot of useful feedback. Please do continue to send us
                                                                                                                                                                             your thoughts and look at the project website.
                                                                                                                                                                                We hope you enjoy the rest of the summer in Belgravia and
                                                                                                                                                                             thank you for reading.
                                                                                                                                     Above: Paul O’Grady
                                                                                                                                     Director, South Belgravia               Best wishes,
                                                                                                                                     SouthBelgraviaDirector@grosvenor.com    Douglas Crichton and Paul O’Grady

                                                                                                                                     Above right: Douglas Crichton           To receive the Belgravia Bulletin and events news by email, please
                                                                                                                                     Director, North Belgravia
                                                                                                                                                                             contact Belgravia.marketing@grosvenor.com
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                                                                            RETAIL NEWS                       Elizabeth Street                  Wild West End to encourage
                                                                                                                                                wildlife, including birds, bees     RECENT LOCAL EVENTS
                                                                            Motcomb Street                    We are excited to welcome         and bats into our London
                                                                                                              Katie Leamon to 73 Elizabeth      Estate, while identifying
                                                                            We are delighted to announce      Street in September. Katie        greening opportunities and          Belgrave Square BBQ          Motcomb Street Party
                                                                            that Teresa Tarmey, one of        Leamon offers beautiful           creating connections with
                                                                            the leading international         stationery, as well as printing   nature for our residents,           This was the ninth year      Organised by Sue
                                                                            skincare specialists, will be     workshops, while championing      occupiers and visitors.             in which the Belgrave        Liberman and the
                                                                            opening a new store shortly       eco-friendly credentials.            The Sustainable Restaurant       Square Garden Events         Motcomb Street Party
                                                                            at 6–7 Motcomb Street.            katieleamon.com                   Association (SRA) is running        Committee held its           Committee, the 31st
                                                                               Waitrose will be re-opening                                      free educational events and         fabulous barbecue.           street party was held
                                                                            on August 2 following their       Pimlico Road                      tenant workshops to help            Some 400 local residents     on June 12. Money was
                                                                            internal refurbishment. The                                         the delis, restaurants and          and friends enjoyed          raised for two excellent
                                                                            store will now include a cash     We look forward to welcoming      cafés on our London Estate          champagne, Pimm’s            causes, the Lullaby Trust
                                                                            machine among many other          Chelsea Textiles to 40–42         improve how they work to            and cocktails, with Rémy     and the Household
                                                                            beneficial changes.               Pimlico Road, who will open       help the environment. We            Cointreau and Pierre         Cavalry Foundation.
                                                                               We are pleased that            later in the autumn.              are particularly keen to hear       Hermé working together
                                                                            the Halkin Arcade is now          chelseatextiles.com               from our food and beverage          on pairing delicious         Belgravia Classic
                                                                            complete and we are reviewing        PINCH is expanding to take     occupiers who are interested        treats. Beautiful flowers    Car Show
                                                                            our plans for Phase 2, which      a second shop at 200 Ebury        in helping eliminate single-        from the magnificent
                                                                            will be the refurbishment of      Street and we are looking         use plastics. Please contact        Neill Strain added the       This year was the third
                                                                            the terrace area.                 forward to their opening later    sustainability@grosvenor.com        finishing touch.             anniversary of this most
                                                                                                              in the year.                      or your Property Manager for                                     impressive car day with
                                                                            West Halkin Street                pinchdesign.com                   further information.                Dogs                         275 vintage and classic
                                                                                                                 Timothy Langston will be          We’d love to hear from                                        cars parked around the
                                                                            Plans for the former Barclay’s    moving from 20a Pimlico Road      tenants and occupiers               The Belgravia Dog Show       square. We very much
                                                                            Bank unit are in progress         into a larger showroom at         interested in sharing their         has become a fixture         look forward to planning
                                                                            and we have submitted an          198 Ebury Street.                 environmental data (energy,         in the diary and this        the 2020 show and
                                                                            application for a change of       timothylangston.com               water and waste) with us.           year – its sixth – brought   welcoming everyone
                                                                            use to retail. We hope to begin     We were delighted to            Please contact your Property        all breeds of dogs with      back next year.
                                                                            construction towards the end      host BADA Collection at           Manager to be involved.             their adoring owners. All
                                                                            of 2019. More on this to follow   46 Pimlico Road earlier in                                            profits from this day were

      B elgrav i a                                                          in due course.                    the summer. The exhibition
                                                                                                              showcased a fascinating
                                                                                                                                                DEVELOPMENT AND
                                                                                                                                                CONSULTATIONS
                                                                                                                                                                                    donated to Dogs Trust
                                                                                                                                                                                    and Canine Partners.

      i n bloom
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Belgravia Dog Show
                                                                            Eccleston Yards                   collection of antiques from
                                                                                                              some of the country’s most        27 Eccleston Place
                                                                            Over Glam is now open at          respected dealers.
      Retailers across Belgravia decked their stores in floral              13 Eccleston Yards, offering a                                      Thank you to all those
      fancies to raise money for life-changing charities                    wide range of accessories and     SUSTAINABILITY                    who took part in our
                                                                            apparel for dogs.                                                   series of consultations
      Stunning flower displays took centre stage for the week-long             Studio Pottery London is       We have become a founding         on the reconfiguration
      Belgravia in Bloom festival that has also helped raise awareness of   coming to 29 Eccleston Place      partner of the London             of 27 Eccleston Place.
      a charity aimed at keeping children safe from danger worldwide.       this summer (more on page 7).     Air Quality Campaign,             We received widespread
      Marie-Chantal London was one of 50 Belgravia retailers to take           LondonCryo is set to open      #AirWeShare. The campaign’s       positive comments from
      part in the festival, donating 10 per cent of their profits during    in September at 15c Eccleston     ambition is to measure air        the community about our
      the week to the charity Innocence in Danger, which undertakes to      Place, providing cryotherapy      quality, raise awareness and      plans and as a result have
      preserve the physical and psychological safety of children. They      among other treatments.           alter Londoners’ behaviour to     now submitted a planning
      dedicated a floral installation at the flagship store on Motcomb      Londoncryo.com                    reduce their total exposure to    application. We will provide a
      Street to help spread Innocence in Danger’s message.                    Also in September, mindful      air pollution. airweshare.co.uk   further update later in the year.
                                                                            art studio Masterpeace opens        We are delighted to be
                                                                            at 12 Eccleston Yards.            working in partnership with

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Belgravia
 Bulletin

                                                                                                        Wilton Crescent Gardens

                                                                                                                                                                                          COUNCILLORS
    GROSVENOR WORKS
                                                                                                                                                                                          News and views from your Knightsbridge and
    Grosvenor is commencing the following external repairs                                                                                                                                Belgravia ward councillors
    and redecorations across Belgravia during the next
    three months. Your Property Manager will have been                                                                                                                                    With the major protests by Extinction Rebellion in central
    in contact with you to discuss these and will provide                                                                                                                                 London hitting the headlines recently, there is no doubt
    further communications before these works commence.                                                                                                                                   that the subject of the environment is on the public agenda.
    While we appreciate that these works, and particularly                                                                                                                                   Protecting our environment is something that we, as
    scaffolding, can cause some disturbance, it is necessary                                                                                                                              councillors, take very seriously, and there are a couple
    that these works take place to maintain the building                                                                                                                                  of exciting initiatives to improve air quality taking place
    fabric and retain the beauty of the Belgravia Estate. We                                                                                                                              locally. The first is the installation of
    will aim to keep the impact of these works to a minimum.                                                                                                                              green columns on six lamp posts on
    If you require any further information, please contact                                                                                                                                Ebury Street. These green pillars will
    your Property Manager, who will be able to assist.         Cundy Street                     GARDENS                                                                                   have a range of vegetation to reduce air
    The planned works are subject to change – please                                                                                                                                      pollution, promote biodiversity and help
    speak to your property manager should you have any         In June we hosted our            Open Squares Day                                                                          with noise reduction. Although this is

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Cllr Tony Devenish
    queries.                                                   second public consultation                                                                                                 just a pilot, if successful, they could be
                                                               and welcomed over 200            On Saturday, June 8, the                                                                  rolled out across Westminster. And with
    NORTH BELGRAVIA:                                           people over four days. This      estate took part in Open                                                                  14,000 lamp posts in the borough, it
    Address                         Anticipated Start Date     consultation showed our          Garden Squares Weekend.                                                                   could go some way to improving the air
    85/88 Eaton Square              15/07/19                   emerging designs, which had      Open Garden Squares                                                                       we breathe.
    94/97 Eaton Square              15/07/19                   been developed and informed      Weekend highlights some of                                                                   Another development related to
    6-8 Eaton Place                 22/07/19                   by the feedback from our first   the best gardens and green                                                                air quality is that Westminster City
    30 Eaton Place                  29/07/19                   event in April. Information      spaces that make up the rich                                                              Council has requested powers to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Cllr Elizabeth Hitchcock
    14/17 Eaton Square              01/08/19                   about the project is available   tapestry of London’s green                                                                issue instant fines to drivers who
    72/72A Elizabeth Street         05/08/19                   at cundystreetquarter.com.       infrastructure by opening up                                                              are caught leaving their engines
    25 Wilton Row                   12/08/19                   Please do visit it and give      private gardens and spaces                                                                running unnecessarily. The council’s
    45 Eaton Square                 19/08/19                   your feedback. Details of our    to the public. It’s a great                                                               #DontBeIdle campaign started in 2017
    5/7 Eaton Square (5)            01/09/19                   next event will be published     opportunity to show parts of                                                              with drivers being given a warning
    5/7 Eaton Square (6)            01/09/19                   later in the year. The team      London that may not always                                                                and a leaflet on the serious impact
    114 Eaton Square                01/09/19                   can be contacted any time at     be accessible and encourages                                                              that leaving a car engine idling has on
    90 Eaton Place
    2 West Eaton Place
                                    02/09/19
                                    02/09/19
                                                               cundystreet@grosvenor.com.       many visitors to the area. This
                                                                                                year the estate saw record        horses                                                  air quality. Now, the Department for
                                                                                                                                                                                          Transport is considering increasing the
    Bradbrook House                 30/09/19                   35–39 Elizabeth Street           numbers of visitors across our
                                                                                                                                  for heroes                                              existing £20 fine to a £100 on-the-spot

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Cllr Rachael Robathan
    15 Grosvenor Crescent Mews      01/10/19                                                    gardens.                                                                                  penalty to create a greater deterrent.
    69 Kinnerton Street             01/10/19                   Following consultation with         For any information in                                                                    Air quality affects all of us, all the
                                                               local residents and retailers,   relation to all garden squares,   Horse-riding sessions aimed at helping combat           time, and these relatively small changes
    SOUTH BELGRAVIA:                                           we have submitted an             tennis court memberships          veterans re-adjust to civilian life are being           that we can make now will benefit
    Address                         Anticipated Start Date     application to convert the       and dog registrations, please     organised by the Belgravia Residents Association        everyone, and make Belgravia an even
    38 Ebury Street                 10/06/19                   old National Westminster         contact:                          alongside the Royal British Legion. The free lessons    better place to live.
    19 Cliveden Place               15/07/19                   bank into a restaurant. The      Thomas Gibson                     started this spring and take place in Hyde Park, with
    20 Cliveden Place               15/07/19                   application also proposes to     Garden Office:                    veterans also able to unsaddle their horses and         Twitter: @KandBWard
    63/63A Elizabeth Street         22/07/19                   rebuild the currently derelict   133 Ebury Street                  spend time with them after each session. Qualified      Facebook: @knightsbridgeandbelgraviamatters
    19 Cliveden Place               02/09/19                   building at 35 Elizabeth         SW1W 9QU                          instructors accompany each group of veterans on         Instagram: @knightsbridgebelgravia
    20 Cliveden Place               02/09/19                   Street as a small retail unit    Direct Line:                      their rides, offering help and advice regarding their
    75/77 Elizabeth Street          09/09/19                   with residential flats above.    +44 (0) 20 7312 2770              mounts. Organised by BRA committee member               Cllr Tony Devenish: tony.devenish@london.gov.uk
    75/77 Elizabeth Street          09/09/19                   We believe that both of          E-Mail: thomas.gibson@            Cecile Sealy, the sessions are being sponsored for a    Cllr Elizabeth Hitchcock:
    25/25A Eccleston Street         07/10/19                   these changes will bring         grosvenor.com                     full year by Grosvenor.                                 ehitchcock@westminster.gov.uk
    96 Ebury Street                 04/05/20                   considerable benefit to this                                                                                               Cllr Rachael Robathan:
                                                               corner of Elizabeth Street.                                                                                                rrobathan@westminster.gov.uk

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