SAID Hot Chocolate in Soho: A Broadwick Street Archive
A December 2016 visit to SAID dal 1923 on Broadwick Street, recording its Soho chocolate shop, busy café and famously thick Italian-style hot chocolate.
barry roberts
The Strand at Christmas: Gordon’s Wine Bar, The Savoy and The Coal Hole
A rainy December 2016 walk from St James’s Park to Gordon’s Wine Bar, The Savoy, the Strand’s Christmas lights and the Coal Hole.
Café in the Crypt: Dining Beneath St Martin-in-the-Fields
An archive visit to Café in the Crypt, the atmospheric vaulted café beneath St Martin-in-the-Fields beside Trafalgar Square.
Shepherd Market Christmas Lights in 2016: A Mayfair Night
A night in Shepherd Market for its 2016 Christmas lights switch-on with Elizabeth Hurley and Patrick Cox, exploring Mayfair’s pubs, restaurants and festive streets.
Selfridges Christmas Windows 2016: Shine On! and Bad Santa
A walk along Oxford Street to see Selfridges’ 2016 Shine On! Christmas windows, where sequinned Santa joins a surreal designer party.
Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree Lighting 2016: Oslo’s Gift to London
The 2016 lighting of Oslo’s seventieth annual Christmas tree gift to London, recorded among the crowds, carols and landmarks of Trafalgar Square.
Fortnum & Mason at Christmas 2016: Gifts, Windows and the Christmas Shop
A 2016 Christmas visit to Fortnum & Mason in Piccadilly, exploring the Christmas Shop, gift displays and whimsical windows themed around togetherness.
Southbank Christmas Market 2016 and the Rekorderlig Cider Lodge
A 2016 evening at Southbank Christmas Market, exploring riverside food chalets, festive lights and the two-storey Rekorderlig Cider Lodge.
Regent Street Christmas Lights 2016: The Spirit of Christmas Switch-On
Regent Street’s 2016 Christmas lights switch-on introduced the Spirit of Christmas angels above London’s West End.
Broadskate 2016: Ice Skating at Broadgate Circle
Return to Broadskate at Broadgate Circle in 2016, with ice skating, music, street food and a vanished City winter scene.
