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WEEKENDER 48 hours... 19.00 Stuck for something to do this weekend? Chris Peacock has a few ideas to keep you busy for the next 48 hours... QUEEN’S THEATRE To round off the Mayfair experience, head to Shaftesbury Avenue’s Queen’s Theatre to catch the longest running musical of all time, Les Mis�rables. You can’t argue with the show’s formidable record — now seen by over 54 million people in 38 countries, and in 21 languages, with more than 9,000 performances being staged at the Queen’s Theatre. www.queens-theatre.com SATURDAY Morning must: Enjoy a coffee at Allans Organic Patisserie Boulangerie on Duke Street. m L Yo w fo — 5 13.00 Once kitted out, head to Shepherd
Market for some liquid refreshment and
lunch. It might be tricky to fi nd, between
Piccadilly and Curzon Street, but 10.00 Ease your way into the day with a coffee in hand and stroll around the palatial gardens of Grosvenor Square. Once the centrepiece of the Mayfair property of the Dukes of Westminster, Grosvenor Square’s gardens were originally reserved for sole use of the surrounding aristocratic occupants, as was standard in a London square. The gardens are open to all now, but the exclusive atmosphere remains. 11.00 SAVILE ROW Synonymous with the fi nest in men’s bespoke tailoring, Savile Row suits have pretty much dressed every male icon you can think of. Nelson, Churchill, Jagger, Law, they’ve all come here to get suited and booted. Take your pick of Savile Row stores for quality suits, shirts and jackets. www.savilerowbespoke.com Les Mis�rables at the Queen’s Theatre. Below: Selfridges Shepherd Market 15.00 SELFRIDGES Retailer extraordinaire Harry Gordon Selfridge, so the story goes, coined the phrase ‘the customer is always right’. One visit to his Oxford Street store and you’ll understand the man meant business — today Selfridges is recognised as one of the fi nest department stores in the world. Henry Poole on Savile Rowwww.selfridges.com 22 W2L SUMMER 2009 |