Thebuildings
THIBAUDHEREM
ThibaudHerem’s illustrationsof Londonbuildingsareactsof love, takingbetween300and
700hours todraw inalmost forensicdetail. “I’vebeendrawingLondonbuildings foreight
years, butmy favourite is still theLibertybuilding,” saysHeremof the iconicmock-Tudor,
Regent Streetdepartment store, built in 1924using the timberof twoRoyalNavy ships. You
can seemoreofHerem’samazingwork inhisbook,
LondonDeco
.
thibaudherem.com
WhenAlanandGaryKeery, two identical twins fromBelfast, came
upwith the ideaof acaféspecialising incereal ineast London’sBrick
Lane, theywere likelyworryingmoreaboutobscureJapanesecereal
and ’80smemorabilia thanbeingattacked. But inSeptember, the
independentbusinesswasvandalisedbyanti-gentrificationprotesters,
whoclaimed (bafflingly) that£3 (NOK40) bowlsof cerealwere to
blame for rising inequality ineast London.
cerealkillercafe.co.uk
Storm ina
cereal bowl
i. Liberty,West End
ii. BatterseaPower Station
iii. TheGeorgepub, Strand
iv. Screenon theGreen
cinema, Islington
A6am rave
morninggloryville.com
Amurdermysterydinner
adoorinawall.com
Aginand toniccloud
alcoholicarchitecture.com
A film in ahot tub
hottubcinema.com
Aboutiquecereal
cerealkillercafe.co.uk
Theday
OFLONDONGIMMICKS
MattBrown,editor
of theLondonist
website, giveshis
insider’s tips for
tourists.
“
St James’sPark
, by
BuckinghamPalace,
ishome toacolony
of pelicans,who
are fedeverydayat
2.30pm.”
“Thebest time to
do the
Science
Museum
is at oneof
itsmonthly ‘Lates’,
when it’s adults-only,
withabar.”
science
museum.org.uk
“If youapplyonline,
youcan see the
Ceremonyof the
Keys
at theTowerof
London, a strange
little verbal back-
and-forth that has
takenplace just
before 10pm for 700
years.”
hrp.org.uk
“If youdon’twant
toqueue for the
Changingof the
Guardat 11.30am,
head to
Birdcage
Walk
near St James’s
ParkTubearound
11.15amand see
30or soguards
marchpast.”
Matt
Brown’s
newbook,
London
Night and
Day
, is
outnow,
publishedby
Batsford
Thetips
i.
ii.
iv.
iii.
WOMAN OF VENICE VIII BY ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, 1956 © THE ESTATE OF ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (FONDATION GIACOMETTI, PARIS AND ADAGP;
JOAN RABASCALL, ATOMIC KISS 1968, © ADAGP, PARIS AND DACS; JAMES CANNON; BEN QUINTON; TIM E. WHITE; TODD PACEY; ALAMY
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