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EARLS COURT: PAST AND PRESENT
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Front Cover:
Painting of Earls Court House 1793
by Frederick Shepherd
(Image by kind courtesy RBKC, Local Studies
Dept)
The Earls Court Road and Earls Court have had
an interesting and varied past: from antipodeans
and lions to the gay nightlife... in this edition we
explore all aspects, past and present.
If you are interested in learning more about
the fascinating past of this area, go to the Local
Studies Department at the Library or see
www.rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com.
Additionally, you can follow the Earls Court
History twitter account on @ECHist37.
Lucy Elliott, Editor
(Hair by Toby of Hairspace)
Also in this edition we consider an option for
urban living for the elderly, and talk to Steve
Cox of Cox Architects. As always, please see our
What’s On section for the many events on offer,
including, what promises to be, a spectacular
fashion show at St Mary Abbots.
Lucy
CONTENTS
Earls Court: A personal perspective
Editor’s Review: The ultimate in urban living for the elderly?
Forgotten Buildings: Earls Court House and Menagerie
Editor’s Review: Cox Architects
The Earls Court Road: A Gay Mecca
Kensington News
Get Well Spoon: Venison with Blackberry Sauce
Earls Court Sleuths
Wine Matters: Switzerland
Evolving Earls Court
What’s On in and around Kensington
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Earls Court: A personal perspective
By Guest Contributor: Susan Llewellyn
Earls Court House circa 1840
(Image kind courtesy of Local Studies Department, RBKC - watercoloured by Lucy Elliott)
There are a great many changes afoot in Earls
Court SW5, which derives its name from the
courthouse of the Earls of Warwick and Holland:
formerly Lords of the Manor. Having lived in
Barkston Gardens, I find it extraordinary that Earl
resident John Hunter – the surgeon who, in 1764,
built a house on the opposite side of the square –
kept a menagerie of animals under the square.
Earls Court Road had the feel of a village street.
I used to push my eldest daughter’s huge white
Silver Cross pram up towards the Old Brompton
Road, past the fishmonger in a straw trilby, the
butcher in straw boater and striped apron. Both
would tip their hats and enquire how I was. There
were greengrocers and grocers who weighed and
packed their goods. Large, elegant chemists with
fitted mahogany shelves and drawers with china
knobs and labels to explain their contents. Huge
bulbous bottles with different coloured liquids.
The last chemist like this disappeared when a
supermarket was installed next to the train station
and tube. Newsagents gave way to bookshops.
The Kensington High Street end will change
dramatically as most of the buildings behind
the old Odeon Cinema will be taken down. It is
debatable what will replace them.
In 1911 Earls Court was the scene of great
innovation. An escalator with two moving
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staircases was installed. This caused great
excitement as well as fear regarding its safety.
The two staircases connected the Piccadilly ‘tube’
and the District Railway at Earls Court Station.
In Paris, when a moving staircase was installed,
smelling salts were offered to revive frightened
passengers. At Earls Court, a man with a wooden
leg, known as ‘Bumper Harris,’ was retained
to spend all day riding on the escalators to
demonstrate their safety.
The Earls Court Exhibition Hall was built in 1937
by C. Howard Crane. It was the largest reinforced
concrete building in Europe, covering 12 acres.
Thereafter it held many exhibitions, including the
Ideal Home Show. In my work, I have lectured
and exhibited there. I had a boyfriend whose
father owned the exhibition building and the
Empress Hall – where we saw the Russian Male
Voice Choir and a great family friend of his, Larry
Adler, performing with his magical harmonica. As
an aside, he also owned the Hammersmith Palais
where we sat in a box, overlooking the dancers
doing the jive. It was very glamorous, with lots
of gilt and plush on the walls. Now there is a
masterplan to develop Lillie Square – Sir Terry
Farrell has been appointed to form a scheme for
shops, offices, and energy efficient areas with
green rooves and living walls. There will be
7,500 lifetime houses and green pedestrian areas.
Personally, I can’t wait to see it.
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Editor’s Review by Lucy Elliott
The Ultimate in Urban Living for the Elderly?
Auriens and Draycott Nursing and Care
As we approach middle age and finally old age,
the thorny question arises as to where to live the
remainder of our years whilst still making the
most of life. Never has the saying ‘living life to
the full’ had so much meaning, particularly when
we consider the population of the UK is living
longer than ever before and many, blessed with
full health.
For those in Kensington & Chelsea daunted by
the thought of eeking out one’s life in an out-oftown residential home entertained by the weekly
bingo slot there is now a new option which
may well suit the majority of our silver haired
residents who still want to ‘Dance the Night
Away’.
‘Auriens’ is a brand you will be hearing about
in the future. Started by Johnny Sandelson and
Karen Mulville the concept is simple: to provide
older people with a luxurious high end retirement
home, with the added bonus of all the facilities of
a 5* hotel. The first of these will be in Dovehouse
Street, Chelsea, overlooking the King’s Road.
Modern apartments, specifically designed in
collaboration with architects, hospital architects,
health and safety experts and renowned interior
designs include features suitable for the elderly
that sit along-side the contemporary design.
Facilities at Auriens (so called since Au is
the chemical symbol for Gold), include a 5*
restaurant (including private rooms), hairdresser, spa, chauffeur service, car parking, valet
service, communal gardens and a Club which
residents and non residents can join. The Club
will also hold regular talks given by experts in
their field. Of course all this could just sound like
another expensive development especially when
one considers the 55 apartments are currently
priced at £3M each. However, the difference
here is the partnership with Kensington based
Draycott Nursing and Care.
Draycott, run by ex-Deputy Matron of King
Edward VIII’s Hospital, Angela Hamlin and set
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up in 1996, will provide 24/7 on-site nursing staff
to help residents with managing their general
day-to-day issues together with full care for
residents as required. Included in the service
charge will be a basic level of care plan with
additional services available. Doctor’s consulting
rooms, a chiropractor and a hydro-therapy pool
will all be on-site too, meaning any health issues
can be quickly addressed and resolved.
As Karen explains, how much better is it for
families who have lived in London all their life,
to be able to have their parents living close-by
in old age, rather than have to live out of town?
And in the knowledge that they [their parents]
can continue their social life to the full, whilst
receiving any care they might need.
Dovehouse St is Auriens flag-ship and with
Draycott they hope to roll out others in London
(one is already planned for St Johns Wood and
the West End) and in the future, in other parts of
the world.
The promotional brochure from Auriens features
a very dapper couple enjoying themselves,
including one image showing a glamorous female
on a Vespa. Whilst we appreciate that not all
our residents are Vespa riders, the opportunity
to enjoy life to the full, to the very end must be
good. So with “Vintage Vitality” all the rage, why
settle for Bronze when you can have Gold?
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Forgotten Buildings:
Earls Court House and Dr Hunter’s Menagerie
By Guest Contributor Dave Walker
The Manor of Earl’s Court is one of the oldest
parts of Kensington. The Manorial Rolls date
back to the 16th century. Even as late as the
1820s Starling’s map of Kensington shows it as
a separate settlement, like Little Chelsea, Old
Brompton and the cluster of dwellings near St
Mary Abbots Church and Kensington Palace.
Earls Court Lane, as Earls Court Road was called
then, runs left to right joining up with Brompton
Lane. The village is surrounded by fields. The
Manor House and the farm were demolished in
the mid-1860s when the first Earls Court Station
was built.
Across the lane there was another example of
the semi-rural past, Earls Court House, which
survived until 1886. Snug behind its wall in its
tree lined garden with extensive lawns it kept
the encroaching city at bay in its final years. The
house was built about 1772 on land purchased by
Dr John Hunter. There had been another house
on the site whose ornamental gardens contained
fountains and a luxurious bath house. Hunter
had a town house in Leicester Square where he
had his medical practice. He needed a country
house for his collections.
Dr Hunter was famous for his work as an early
trauma surgeon (gunshot wounds), his interest
in venereal disease (a clinic at the Chelsea
Westminster Hospital was named after him),
and as an anatomist with a vast collection of
animal and human specimens. He also kept live
specimens in a private menagerie.
[In addition to cows], according to one of
Hunter’s biographers he kept “fowls, ducks, geese,
pigeons, rabbits, pigs, oppossums, hedgehogs, a
jackal, a zebra, an ostritch, buffaloes, leopards,
dormice, bats, snakes and birds of prey, deer, fish,
frogs, leeches, eels and mussels.” And a young
bull, given to him by Queen Charlotte, which he
used to wrestle.
Some notes found on the back of a picture about
Dr Hunter and his house state: “On the right
of the house is the conservatory for his bees.
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Painting of the Lion’s Den at Earls Court House 1793
by Frederick Shepherd
(Image by kind courtesy RBKC, Local Studies Dept)
On the right & left artificial rocks on which live
eagles were chained.” Quite a sight for passers
by. When I first saw this photograph I assumed
the mound was an ice house or some other
storage space, which it may have been at the time
the picture was taken. But in Dr Hunter’s day
it served a different purpose. “In the meadow
at the bottom of the garden Dr Hunter kept his
lions”. This mound contained excavated vaults
with at least two dens. A correspondent to the
Times in 1886 says “..two leopards broke loose
from their confinement and …engaged in a fierce
encounter with the dogs when Hunter appeared
on the scene and without a moment’s reflection,
seized both animals and chained them up in their
cages.”
Hunter himself died in 1793 and left his
collection to the Royal College of Surgeons. Later,
in 1832 the Earls Court House was, (according
to Times correspondent Benjamin Ward
Richardson), turned into “an asylum for ladies
under restraint for lunacy.” Eventually it was
taken over by a Dr Gardner Hill, a comparatively
enlightened reformer “of the system of the
treatment of the insane.”
Editor’s Note: Dave Walker is Librarian at RBKC’s Local
Studies Department. This article is an abridged version
of his excellent blog which can be found on: www.
rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/forgottenbuildings-earls-court-house-and-dr-hunters-menagerie
Editor’s Review by Lucy Elliott
Cox Architects
Whilst in the past “… there might have been a
time when other architects looked down on this
kind of practice, now some of the most exciting
work from small practices happens right here…”
says Steve Cox who heads up Cox Architects.
Certainly in 2015, over 250,000 home owners
decided to stay put and increase the size of their
homes by building/refurbishing imaginative
extensions, basement or loft space.
Steve fell in love with architecture whilst busking
outside the Pompidou Centre when he was about
15. Allowing time for professional qualifications
and ten years experience working in a small
practice, he set up Cox Architects in 2010 and
incorporated in 2014.
Based in Chelsea, Steve believes he and his team
are able to offer their clients a more enhanced
service than a large practice can, whether that
be for a refurbishment or extension to a large
new-build house, due to the small size of the
practice, giving a more enhanced personal
service, with efficiency and cost effectiveness.
The most successful projects Cox Architects
have undertaken have been those where they
have collaborated very closely with their clients
– meaning an exchange of ideas and mutual
understanding. This can be a time consuming
process and even other small firms may not
always be willing to resource it to the degree
Cox Architects do. In addition their enthusiasm
and creativity combined with long experience is
probably the greatest asset for their clients.
As an example of their services, one recent
project in a Grade II Listed home in Holland Park
required a full service from design to completion
including securing all necessary Planning, Listed
Building and Freeholder consents to provide
air conditioning, under-floor heating, fully tiled
wet rooms and Turkish bath, in addition to the
usual project management and site supervision
of the works. Notwithstanding private
residential work, the practice have experience in
ecclesiastical architecture, and have recently won
a competition to design a ‘Green Architectural’
primary school.
Example of refurbishment and rear extension by
Cox Architects (Image supplied by Cox Architects)
I asked Steve what ‘look’ was presently ‘in
fashion’ in the architectural sense. He explained
that “At present visual concrete is having a bit of
a renaissance and we love the effect of poured
concrete. We also enjoy exterior landscaping
where the sculptural side of materials can be
explored without worrying so much about
keeping out the weather or satisfying a Planning
Department.” Although client referrals are the
most common way to get new commissions,
advertising has also brought in good leads in the
past to the practice. Clients are often happy to
show their completed projects to their potential
clients if required and of course, social media
allows the practice to give potential clients a
greater insight into what they do on a day-to-day
basis.
As Steve puts it, “We look to stretch ourselves
and exceed our client’s expectations on every
project regardless of size, but [importantly, from
the client’s perspective] always with a strong
grounding in reality day-to-day”. So let your
imagination go wild and utilize that unloved
space in your home.
Cox Architects, 2 Munro Terrace, SW10 www.coxarchitects.co.uk 020 7720 4211
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The Earls Court Road: A “Gay Mecca”
By Sarah Goldsmith
The Lord Ranelagh Hotel and Pub, in what was formally the Richmond Road and was later (1930s)
incorporated into the Brompton Road (Image by kind courtesy of RBKC Local Studies Dept)
As an American growing up in the 1980s and
1990s, my image of Earls Court and particularly
Earls Court Road, was of Coleherne Court and
Princess Diana being chased by photographers
before and during her engagement to Prince
Charles. I thought it must be a very posh place
to be, a stone’s throw from the Boltons, Chelsea
and South Kensington. Not in my wildest
imagination did I know that Earls Court Road
and its surrounding area from the 1970s to the
early 1990s was also (at that time) scandalously
known as a “gay mecca.”
The roots of the Earls Court Road gay nightlife
began in the Edwardian era with private clubs
catering to gay clientele. In the 1930’s, the
Coleherne (now the Pembroke Pub), just off Earls
Court Road on Old Brompton Road, offered drag
performances in the late afternoon. By the 1970s,
the Coleherne had become a well-known gay pub,
and then later in the decade through the 1990s,
a “leather” bar frequented by Freddie Mercury
and Rudolf Nureyev. Also on Old Brompton
Road was the Lord Ranelagh Pub, which in the
1960s featured a band called the Downtowners.
Though members of the band themselves were
not gay, it invited many local Earls Court crossdressers to perform. This evolved into a weekly
Saturday night event that was eventually closed
down by police in 1965.
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While the risk of police raids was always present
in the 1960s and 1970s, attitudes began to change
towards the last half of the 1970s. In 1977,
several backers felt safe enough to open the
Copacabana, the first gay nightclub in London
catering to the public, located on the Earls Court
Road. It proved popular from the start, even
attracting tourists. In the 1980s, the bar upstairs
from the Club, Harpoon Louie’s, was purportedly
one of the most popular gay bars in London.
With the success of Copacabana, more and more
gay nightclubs opened, all public, first in Earls
Court, and then in other parts of the city. The
Copacabana closed in 1995, and after several
attempts to open first as a general nightclub,
and then to revive as a gay nightclub, it is now a
Wagamama.
In the 1990s, the gay scene began to migrate
towards Soho, where many gay clubs still operate
today. However, one hopes that in our day and
age where gender is considered more of a fluid
concept, where people are more open about
their sexuality and are accepted for it, having a
“gay” section of town seems a bit odd, and will
probably seem even odder to subsequent, more
tolerant generations. And to think, the seeds of
tolerance, of the public acceptance of all types of
sexuality, began on Earls Court Road, with the
radical opening of the first gay nightclub open to
the public.
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Kensington News I
New Businesses in the area
Hornets, the name synonomous with elegant,
mens vintage clothing in Kensington, have
finally bowed to customer demand and launched
a vintage boutique for women of style, at 36b
Kensington Church St. It is filled with original
designs by Balenciaga, Liberty of London,
Harrods, Valentino, Lanvin, Mary Quant and
Hardy Amies to name a few: from the 1920s
through to the 1980s. You will find dresses, suits,
jackets, trousers, day to evening wear, ball to
bridal gowns & accessories to compliment. For
those one-off pieces to create or complete your
own individual style, visit and create the perfect
look. Hornets, 36b Kensington Church St.
Tel: 020 7938 4949.
Since opening their Chelsea office in late 2014
Cox Architects has completed four major projects
in Kensington including the reconstruction of
a mews house in Gregory Place, remodelling
a townhouse in Kelso place and a 120 sq m
refurbishment within a Grade II listed Villa
overlooking Holland Park. Practice founder
Steve Cox says that his boutique studio can offer a
level of service and attention to detail unmatched
by other firms and that his most successful
projects have been built on a creative working
relationship between client and architect. See
www.coxarchitects.co.uk for more information or
contact Steve directly on 020 7720 4211 (for fuller
details about Cox Architects on Page 11.)
A new cocktail bar has opened on Kensington
High St. (next to Zaika). HYDE Kensington
bring a new and extensive cocktail list designed
by the famous mixologist Andy Mil whose
creations include the Mad Matter served in a
smoking glass teapot and the Shell Shock which
contains unique blends exclusive to HYDE.
The food menu comes from Adi Gunawan who
worked under Ian Pengelly for 8 years including
Gilgamesh. The Pan-Asian menu is as creative
with dishes such as Mixed bubbling & smoking
sashimi and the Sirloin beef bulgogi with lotus
root crisps. At the rear of the venue behind a
secret door is a dance floor with a top of the
range DJ booth, lighting and sound system
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meaning guests can dance the night away until
a very generous 3am. The plush interior of
HYDE is made even more welcoming by bespoke
artwork from leading British artist JJ Adams.
1-1A Kensington High Street,W8 5NP 020 7368
6677. www.hydekensington.co.uk
Award-winning Mum2Mum Market ‘Nearly New
Sales’ will be launching in venues in Kensington
and Chelsea from September. These markets
provide an opportunity for parents to sell their
outgrown children’s clothes, toys and equipment.
A great way to de-clutter, make some money and
recycle everything for newborns up to six years.
With at least 20 stalls and a fantastic range of
quality items available, it’s no surprise that stalls
sell out quickly and sales draw a large crowd
of eagle-eyed bargain hunters, with designer
clothing, strollers and big-name toys selling
for about a third of their retail price. For more
information please see www.mum2mummarket.
co.uk or email sophie@mum2mummarket.co.uk.
Squirrel, a new all day, fun and healthy hangout
offers a range of delicious and freshly prepared
food and drink in South Kensington. Squirrel
is a joint venture founded by Charlie Gilkes and
Duncan Stirling, of Inception Group, known for
their creative and innovative ventures such as
Bunga Bunga and Mr Foggs, together with their
wives, marketeer Anneke Gilkes and nutritional
therapist, Zoe Stirling. Food is available either
as eat-in or takeaway in bespoke acorn vessels.
Guests that eat-in will sit inside a tree-house
overlooking the treetops whilst listening to an
upbeat soundtrack. Squirrel, 11 Harrington
Road, South Kensington SW7 3ES
www.wearesquirrel.com
General News
Professional service provider Goodwille helps
fast-growing international companies in the UK,
offering peace of mind that their affairs are being
dealt with by a team of qualified specialists. This
month Goodwille further expands its service
offering with the launch of Goodwille Cloud,
a complete business solution gathered in the
cloud. The portal gives clients easy access to their
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information, around the clock, wherever they are
in the world, something that was not previously
possible. The portal consists of a number of
outsourced services including File Sharing,
Online Accounting, Expense Management
and HR services. For more information please
contact 020 7795 8100 or email james.service@
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HAIRSPACE, the long established hair styling
and extensions salon in Kensington Church
Street has moved around the corner to Annie
Russell at 1 Kensington Church Walk.
Hairspace owner, Toby, said the modern trend
towards similar businesses sharing costs and
resources is likely to increase. Toby is delighted
about the move and wishes the team at Junior
Green, Afro Hairdresser of the Year, all the best
in the former Hairspace salon, and looks forward
to continuing to look after Hairspace clients at
Annie Russell. Visit Hairspace at
www.hairspacelondon.com, or call
020 73937 2150. Open Mon-Sat by appointment.
Sponsored by local restaurant Romulo, see the
new musical Marco Polo - An Untold Love Story
at the Shaw Theatre and in conjunction with the
adjacent Pullman Hotel, enjoy a delicious pretheatre afternoon tea or dinner. This captivating
musical tells the story of what could be one of
the great, untold romances of all time. Pretheatre afternoon tea comprises a selection of
sandwiches, scones and home made pastries and
the pre-theatre two-course dinner menu offers a
delicious choice of tempting dishes. £35 pp and
include a complimentary Marco Polo Martini
Cocktail. To book call the restaurant on 0207
666 9080 or email: H5309-fb@accor.com quoting
‘Marco Polo Promotion’. For tickets, see
www. ticketmaster.co.uk and use code
30MARCO to receive 30% discount on tickets.
London Stories: Made by Migrants
Have you experience of coming to live in London
from another part of the UK or another part of
the world? If so, Battersea Arts Centre is looking
for people from all backgrounds and ages to
participate in a festival this November in which
members of the public tell their personal stories
related to the theme of migration to London.
You do not need to have experience of
performing. This opportunity is open to
everyone. For more information please call Ralph
on: 020 7326 8203 or visit www.bac.org.uk/
londonstoriescallout. If interested, please apply
by 5 September.
Romulo, the Filipino restaurant at 343
Kensington High St. now offer a delivery service,
direct to your home or office, providing you
are within a 2.5 km radius of their restaurant in
central Kensington. Delivery is available from
12.00 noon - 15.00 hrs. and 17.30 - 22.00 hrs
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BBC Apprentice winner launches finale event
for London’s young entrepreneurs: A special
‘Dragon’s Den’ style competition held in August
saw a group of young entrepreneurs pitch their
business ideas. Tim Campbell, MBE, and the
first ever BBC Apprentice winner opened the
event, which was the grand finale of an eightweek business start-up boot camp called MELP
(Makers Enterprise Launch Pad), an annual
project, funded by John Lyon’s Charity and
delivered by EPIC CIC. The final winners were
Miranda Holms who won out of the ‘Markets and
Retail’ category and Syban who won out of the
‘Culture and Creative’ category.
To mark the 122nd season of The BBC Proms.
The Ivy Kensington Brasserie, just a short
stroll from the Royal Albert Hall, decided to
celebrate in the Proms in style - the all-day
dining restaurant has created a special Beefeater
Gin cocktail men, a pre-Prom set menu as
well as being dressed for the occasion with the
façade decorated head to toe in floral garlands,
all selected to represent the official Proms and
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September). 96 Kensington High St.
In celebration of its platinum year, the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra is presenting an iconic
trio of outstanding artists on one stage in an
evening of classical masterpieces. Set in the
impressive surroundings of the Royal Albert
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Hall, the programme includes Rossini’s William
Tell Overture, Bruch’s fiendish Violin Concerto,
The Firebird Suite (1919) by Stravinsky and
Ravel’s Piano Concerto. Charles Dutoit, Artistic
Director and Principal Conductor, is joined by
violinist and Principal Guest Conductor Pinchas
Zukerman, alongside the world-famous virtuoso
Martha Argerich on piano. Ensure to book early
for a concert to remember. www.rpo.co.uk
Charity/Residents’ Groups/Societies’ News
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KCWC (Kensington & Chelsea Women’s Club)
is pleased to announce HRH Princess Michael
of Kent will be the Keynote Speaker at their
General Meeting on Thursday, 15 September
at 9:30am at the Royal Geographical Society.
HRH Princess Michael is the acclaimed author
of six books and her talk will focus on the final
volume of the Anjou trilogy entitled Quicksilver.
Meticulously researched, the book focuses on
an ambitious merchant and the intrigues of the
royal family in 15th century Anjou. Cost for non
KCWC members to attend is £10. For further
information please contact potential@kcwc.org.
uk
Fashion show to be staged at St Mary Abbots
Church, on the eve of London Fashion Week:
On 15th September, the eve of London Fashion
Week, St Mary Abbots Church will present a
specially-assembled collection from acclaimed
designer Lisa Redman, of Notting Hill, with
the models’ hair styled by Errol Douglas of
Motcomb Street. The wide, cathedral-like aisles
will serve as the catwalk, with pew seating and
the exclusive ‘Font Row’ by the gold mosaic High
Altar. Following the show there will be a charity
auction with the evening raising funds for the
transformation of the church. Tickets are £100
including champagne and canapés, or £150 for
the ‘Front Row’ package. For more information
visit www.stmaryabbotsappeal.com/event/lfw
Kensington Charity helps Christians in the
Holy Land: Kensington & Chelsea Mayor,
CllrElizabeth Rutherford, was the special guest
at Kensington Friends of the Holy Land’s annual
Midsummer Garden Party, held at OLV church in
High Street Kensington. Sir Vincent Fean gave a
speech about the difficulties faced by Palestinian
Christians and FHL Chairman Mgr James Curry
thanked those present for helping raise £5,000
explaining [that] “This money will help keep
these fragile, yet vibrant communities alive. The
Holy Land is a rich mosaic of peoples – without
the Christians something would be missing”.
Sir Swinton Thomas urged people to go on
pilgrimage to the Holy Land to see for themselves
the problems faced by Christians there.
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Earls Court Sleuths
By Maria Perry with illustration by Charles Yorke
“It used to be known as Kangaroo Valley,” said a
notable novelist, who lives off Earls Court Road
near Redcliffe Gardens, “but in forty years I never
encountered a single Australian in Earls Court.”
“And,” said I a trifle cautiously, “wasn’t it famous
for Gay Bars?” “Oh they were WONDERFUL,”
he cried enthusiastically, “but now they’ve all
gone to places like
Soho.”
My illustrator
and I were
sleuthing for
Lucy. We are both
old enough to
remember when
Earls Court had
a reputation for
colonial affinities
and ‘avant garde
Bohemianism’,
but having heard
that it has recently
‘changed’, we
decided to check
out the new
demography.
We took the 31
bus and, as it was
once said more
Forsters Lager
was consumed
in Earls Court
than anywhere
else in London,
we started with
wine shops. The
first had a window
full of expensive whiskies and a notice in the
doorway saying Coco Chanel had always drunk
champagne, when she was in love.
At the second we explained our quest to the
manager, asking if he knew where we could find
the local night life. Both he and his customers
laughed derisively. “You’d have to go to
Shoreditch for that,” he said. We then strolled
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into Earls Court Square with its respectable
red-brick mansion blocks, white mouldings and
freshly painted front doors. “Looks dull as ditch
water to me,” said Charles. It was at that point
that we spied the notice in the padlocked garden
square. NO DOGS, NO BALL GAMES, NO
BARBEQUES, it proclaimed sternly. We had,
however, noticed
one curiosity. No
310c Earls Court
Square had a
sign to say it was
the Evans & Peel
Detective Agency.
“Goodness”, I said
what do you think
they investigate?
Extra marital
sex, cocaine
smuggling, or
underpaid au
pairs?” The
bottom of the
door had been
viciously kicked.
When we had
finished prowling
about SW10,
we made a few
phone calls to
friends who lived
there. “Well of
course the French
colonised us for a
time, but now it’s
too expensive for
them,” came one
reply.
“You can tell it’s gone up in the world. Hardly any
housing associations left. Private purchasers with
a few million to spend nowadays.” We prodded
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Wine Matters: Switzerland
By Trevor Langley
Switzerland is bordered by France, Germany,
Austria, Liechtenstein and Italy. Zurich is
Switzerland’s largest city and, with Geneva, these
are reputed to be among the top cities globally,
for quality of life. The Swiss climate can vary
substantially for different areas, taking into
account the glaciers and the more Mediterranean
climatic conditions in
southern Switzerland.
The wines produced
in Switzerland are
now becoming known
worldwide. The west and
south of Switzerland are
the main producing areas
for wines. White grape
varietals account for just
over 40% in the vineyards
and almost 60% for red
grape varieties, currently.
Viticulture in Switzerland
is documented in its
history for over 2000
years.
Many grape varieties
are cultivated in Swiss
vineyards, including
indigenous, regional
and international types.
Valais is the largest wine
region of Switzerland.
The mouthfeel continues
with the impressive
presentation and the
palate enjoys a superb
extension of this rich
production. The label for
this wine is inspired by a
very old tapestry, hanging
in the Chapel of Mund
and illustrates the style,
quality and tradition that
Valais Mundi stands for.
Eclat white wine exudes
freshness and admiration
for the alps on both nose
and palate. A blend of
Petite Arvine and Heïda
grape varieties, grown in
varying terroirs, this wine
is aged in new French oak
barrels. This dry, bright,
pale-coloured wine has
good citrus flavours that
follow through, from the
nose, very well indeed.
Fresh and with a plentiful
An example of the tapestry inspired label to be
palate to finish. Wines of
found on the bottles of Valais Mundi
distinction for a distinctive
(Image source: www.alpinewines.co.uk)
experience.
Valais Mundi produces
high-quality, excellent
wines. The vines have
exceptional exposure to
sunshine at good altitudes.
This combination, plus
much love, knowledge and expertise completes
the ripening of some 50 grape varieties.
Electus utilises Cornalin, Humagne Rouge,
Diolinoir, Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and
Cabernet Franc grape varieties to great
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advantage, with the grapes being grown in
differing soil compositions. This exceptional
wine is aged in new French oak barrels.
The powerful production also benefits from
approximately one year of maturation in the
bottle. A wonderful deep ruby-red colour greets
the eye and a bouquet of ripe, dark fruits is
abundant.
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Evolving Earls Court
By Guest Contributor: Graham Smallwood
Imagine the 1870s,
living in Earl’s
Court’s new homes,
recently built on
farmland. On the
wasteland between
the railways, shows
arrive from 1887
followed swiftly
by development as
an international
exhibition centre.
By the 1920s and
1930s many of those
genteel homes are
being subdivided
following the huge View looking up the Earls Court Road towards Holland Park (the trees and gates
social and economic can just be seen) circa 1900 (Image by kind courtesy RBKC Local Studies Department)
changes of the1920s
which come and go (like signage and television
and early 1930s, swiftly followed by the plan of
aerials), the appearance of Earl’s Court as a place
building Europe’s largest structure by volume
is remarkably unchanged. The road pattern
as a new exhibition centre. Post Second World
remains, the railway remains, the vast majority
War, Earl’s Court sees Polish and then Australian
of buildings remain, and it is probably in better
immigration, itself at the forefront of London’s
physical condition now than ever.
gay nightlife, a new tower in the Empress State
Building, followed by re-gentrification and then
Earl’s Court is however undergoing its biggest
plans to close the exhibition centre.
physical evolution since it was first created. The
exhibition centre has gone, and an exciting new
“The question is not whether your part of the
part of our great, dynamic city will form over
world is going to change. The question is how”
the decades to come with homes (including
opined Edward T McMahon of Washington’s
‘affordable’ homes), jobs, a new (as yet
Urban Land Institute. Like most parts of most
unspecified) cultural facility, shops, public spaces,
settlements, big or small, Earl’s Court has
transport upgrades and a major new public park.
evolved, evolved again and then evolved again.
Gone are the exhibition visitors. Local businesses
Our towns and cities are impressively dynamic
are adapting to a different market, just as they
and constantly adapting ecosystems in a way little
have many times before. They will adapt again as
else is other than nature.
the residential and business community gradually
increases, the area’s affordability and appeal to
There are residents and businesses that have
different people will enter a new cycle and the
stayed the course, but people, businesses and
cars in the photographs will change again.
ways of life have come and gone. The community
of Earl’s Court has constantly evolved. Its
But this is Earl’s Court. It is always evolving.
affordability, mix of housing tenures and
And it will still be Earl’s Court: an identifiable
appeal to different people has cycled. National
place where people want to live, want to work
deregulation is currently creating more problems
and want to visit. Maybe McMahon was wrong:
with short term commercial Airbnb style
That something is different does not mean it is
lettings than the area wants. Yet setting aside
changing.
the prevalence of cars and elements of our city
Graham Stallwood FRTPI is Executive Director, Planning and Borough Development, RBKC
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A KIND OF MAGIC: A CELEBRATION OF
FREDDIE MERCURY’S 70th BIRTHDAY
6 September – 5 November
To mark Freddie Mercury’s 70th birthday,
Richard Young Gallery is proud to present
A Kind of Magic, an exhibition of iconic
photographs documenting sparkling moments in
the life of the legendary musician. 4 Holland St.
www.richardyounggallery.co.uk
CHRISTOPHER NIBBLE
10 Sept 11.00 & 13.00 hrs Age 2-7. Tickets £8
The guinea pigs of Dandeville love munching
dandelion leaves so much that slowly but surely
dandelions are disappearing from all over town.
With just one dandelion left will this plucky little
guinea pig have the flower power to save the day?
Book signing included. Duration 60 mins
Venue: Lyric Hammersmith, Lyric Square W6.
Booking office: 020 8741 6850 www.lyric.co.uk
GILGAMESH by Ben Haggarty & Jonah Brody
11 September 15.00 hrs Tickets £8
The world’s most ancient epic brought to life on
a Sunday afternoon by one of the UK’s leading
storyteller-musician duos. First in the New
Myths Retold series presented by the Crick Crack
Club. British Museum, BP Lecture Theatre
Book Tickets: www.crickcrackclub.com/
epicsundays/sun-11-sep-2016-3pm/
SECRET GARDEN AFTERNOON TEA at
THE ROOF GARDENS
11 and 24 September 12.00 noon - 17.00 hrs
Relax in the beautiful Spanish and Tudor gardens
of the Roof Gardens. Admire the view and meet
Splosh and Becks the flamingos. An Afternoon
Tea with one of the best views of London. Tickets
£35. To book please see www.designmynight.
com/london/bars/kensington/the-roof-gardens/
afternoon-tea-on-the-roof
‘HINTERLAND’ By Jennifer McRae rsa
13 – 30 September Landscape behind the mind.
A collective of works observed from reality,
twinned with the narrative of imagination.
THACKERAY GALLERY Est 1968. Tel:
020 7937 5883 www.thackeraygallery.com
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HRH PRINCESS MICHAEL OF KENT TO
SPEAK AT KCWC GENERAL MEETING
15 September at 09.30 hrs. Tickets £10 for
non-members (cash only)
HRH Princess Michael will speak about her final
volume of the eagerly anticipated Anjou trilogy,
Quicksilver, which focuses on an ambitious
merchant and the intrigues of the royal family in
15th century Anjou. Venue: Royal Geographical
Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AT
For further info please see: www.kcwc.org.uk or
email potential@kcwc.org.uk
FASHION SHOW IN AID OF
TRANSFORMING ST MARY ABBOTS
CHURCH
15 September 19.00 hrs Tickets £100 (VIP £150)
St Mary Abbot’s proudly present the Lisa
Redman Collection. Join them on the eve of
London Fashion Week for champagne, canapes,
an atmospheric catwalk show and charity
auction. Venue: St Mary Abbots Church, Corner
Kensington Church and Kensington High St. W8.
To purchase tickets please go to
www.stmaryabbotsappeal.com/event/lfw
ANOUSKA BECKWITH: UNI~VERSE
17 September – 8 October
Presenting the London solo debut from Parisbased artist Anouska Beckwith. In photographs
which explore the feminine role throughout
ancient history to observe nature at its finest,
immersed within an organic installation, Venue:
Palm Tree Gallery, 291 Portobello Road, London
W10 5TD www.anouskabeckwith.com
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA’S
70th ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT
19 September 19.30 hrs
The RPO presents a trio of outstanding artists
in an evening of thrilling classical masterpieces.
Charles Dutoit, Artistic Director and Principal
Conductor, is joined by phenomenal violinist and
Principal Guest Conductor Pinchas Zukerman,
alongside pianist Martha Argerich. Venue:
Royal Albert Hall. Tickets 020 7589 8212
www.royalalberthall.com
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WAR MAP: PICTORIAL CONFLICT MAPS
1900-1950
23 September - 18 November FREE
An exhibition of a unique collection of conflict
pictorial maps recording a half-century of
warfare. The Map House, 54 Beauchamp Place,
London, SW3 1NY www.themaphouse.com
MAGNOLIA TWILIGHT WALK
24 September 14.30 hrs leaving from Royal
Trinity Hospice. £10 for adults, £5 for under-16s
and free for under-5s.
The walk (2, 5 or 10 miles) will take in scenic
routes around Clapham and Battersea and end
with a BBQ in Trinity’s gardens. To register call
020 7787 1046 or visit www.royaltrinityhospice.
london/walk or email mstowell@
royaltrinityhospice.london
MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA – COMPLETE
CYCLE OF PROKOFIEV SYMPHONIES
26-28 September. Tickets from £18
Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre
celebrate Prokofiev’s 125th birthday with
a complete cycle of Prokofiev symphonies.
Violinist Kristóf Baráti and 2015 Tchaikovsky
Competition winner cellist Alexander Ramm
join them for complementary repertoire by the
composer. Venue: Cadogan Hall, Sloane Square
020 7730 4500 / www.cadoganhall.com
*** FUTURE LISTINGS ***
SPANISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WITH
CRAIG OGDEN
4 October 19.30 hrs. Tickets from £18
Guitarist Craig Ogden joins the Spanish
Symphony Orchestra & conductor Grzegorz
Nowak for a Mediterranean programme:
Giménez’s La boda Luis Alonso, Rodrigo’s
Concierto de Aranjuez, Falla’s El amor brujo –
Ritual Fire Dance, and Mendelssohn’s Italian
Symphony. Venue: Cadogan Hall, Sloane Square
020 7730 4500 / www.cadoganhall.com
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THE LODGER:
A STORY OF THE LONDON FOG (1927)
14 October 20.00 hrs - 21.30 hrs
(doors open 19.00 hrs). £10 per ticket
Acclaimed organist Donald MacKenzie (Odeon,
Leicester Square) accompanies a big-screen
showing of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic silent
film The Lodger. Venue: St John’s Church,
Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill, W11
To purchase tickets, please go to
www.stjohnsorganproject.com or call
020 7727 4262
ARTUR PIZARRO
27 October 19.30 hrs. Tickets £18 / £12
concessions
On their100th concert, winner of the 1990 Leeds
International Piano Competition Artur Pizarro
performs music by three of the great composers
of the Romantic era. Venue: St Peter’s Church,
119 Eaton Square, London SW1W 9AL
020 7288 6511 / www.eatonsquareconcerts.org.uk
A FRIGHTENINGLY GOOD HALLOWEEN
28 & 29 October 19.00 - 22.00 hrs. Tickets £30
The Roof Gardens welcome you to their annual
Spooktacular and will be welcoming all partygoing ghosts and ghouls. Ticket price includes
live music throughout the evening. To book
please contact Babylon on 020 7368 3993 or email
Babylon@roofgardens.virgin.com or visit
www.roofgardens.virgin.com
Save the Date and Book early!
CANINE PARTNERS’ CAROL SERVICE at
ST MARY ABBOTS CHURCH
15 December 19.00 hrs prompt. Tickets
Adults £35 Children £10
Festive family service to raise £40,000 to train
50 puppies as canine partners to transform the
lives of disabled people. Celebrity readings and
performances, demonstrations by canine partner
dogs. Host Draycott Nursing & Care. Venue:
St Mary Abbots Parish Church, Kensington
W8 4LA. To obtain tickets please see www.
caninepartners.org.uk/DraycottCarolService2016
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patrick@leaner-uk.com www.leaner-uk.com 07786 213369
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French * Music * Sport (Little Kickers)
Amanda’s Action Club * Dance * Forest School
Spanish * Drama * Cooking * Street Dance
Soft Play Room * Sensory Room
Outdoor Playground
Tel: 020 7371 4848
info@kensingtonkindergarten.co.uk
www.kensingtonkindergarten.co.uk
St. Barnabas Church, 23 Addison Road, W14 8LH
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Hawkesdown House School
For boys
aged 3 to 8
years
Endeavour
Courage
Truth
27 Edge Street, Kensington, London W8 7PN
Telephone: 0207 727 9090 Email: admin@hawkesdown.co.uk
www.hawkesdown.co.uk
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TRAILFINDERS
Singapore & Bali
Bangkok & Thai Beach
Dubai & Mauritius
Flights, 3 nights 5★ Singapore
hotel & 7 nights 5★ Bali beach
resort with breakfast
& private transfers
Flights, 4 nights 5★ Bangkok hotel
& 10 nights 5★ Khao Lak
beach resort with breakfast
& private transfers
Flights, 3 nights 5★ Dubai hotel
with breakfast & private transfers
& 7 nights 5★ Mauritius beach
resort with breakfast & transfers
Save over £500
from £1,399*
Save over £480
from £1,499
Save over £320
from £1,599
Prices are per person based on twin share and subject to availability for selected November departures, except *selected May departures.
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Private Touring
020 7368 1500
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at 215 Kensington High Street
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