The Ned. Cheering front and centre are West End star Beverley Knight and model Maddi Jean Waterhouse, sister to Suki. Iris Law is looking all grown up and Phoebe Dynevor of Bridgerton fame is wearing a sumptuous blue silk top worthy of her Regency character.
Rich upholstery glows dark in low lighting but our table is illuminated by a gigantic baked Alaska swimming in brandy flames - precisely one kilogram of meringue, ice cream and sponge cake alight.
My compatriots and I share one thought over our champagne coupes as musiciansTom Misch and Reuben James riff: it feels like we’re somewhere else.
A different time, a magical place. East London hotel and private members club The Ned spent lockdown reimagining its downstairs dining room.
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