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My London
The places Julia wants to experience — and the finds she hopes someone notices.
London, according to Julia
Not a guide to London. A guide to Julia's London.
Bouchon Racine, the first-floor room above a Farringdon pub.
The Hayward retrospective she wants someone to take her to.
The Twenty Two in Mayfair, bookmarked for a birthday weekend.
Some things you discover.
Some things you save.
And some things you quietly hope someone notices.
Take me to dinner
The table Julia is waiting for.
Bouchon Racine · Cowcross Street
Duck fat chips, snails, and the tarte au citron
French bourgeois cooking on the first floor above a pub. Loud room, paper cloths, a wine list that reads like a farmers' market.
About £60 a head
Saved for: a very good Friday night
Take me somewhere beautiful
The exhibition she wants to see.
Hayward Gallery · Southbank Centre
Yoshitomo Nara — the full retrospective
Forty years of drawings, paintings and the ceramic heads, in the Hayward's top-lit rooms. Runs until 29 June; Friday evenings are the quiet ones.
£18, or free for members
She hasn't been yet. That's precisely why it's here.
Put it on the wishlist
Things she wouldn't buy herself
Le Labo Santal 33, 100ml · £220 — the beautiful thing she keeps looking at.
Begg & Co Arran throw, undyed cashmere · £395 — the one she'd be thrilled to unwrap.
Cassina LC4 chaise in pony hair · £4,800 — the slightly ridiculous one she absolutely wants.
“someone, one day, please”
One day
The place she is saving for later.
The Twenty Two · Grosvenor Square
A Grand King room, two nights in November
Thirty-one rooms in an Edwardian townhouse, canopy beds, a members' club downstairs that non-residents cannot get into. Breakfast in the dining room is the reason.
From £550 a night
What's on Julia's London list?
Quite a lot.
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