“Come on in, the water’s lovely if you avoid the main beach!” “Wait, so the fast train to St Pancras only takes an hour and a half, right?” The Libertines have just opened The Albion Rooms, a hotel in Cliftonville.It’s half-past four on a Friday at Paddington station and everyone on the concourse is holding a Longchamp tote.
No, this is not Britain’s most genteel flash mob, these are the passengers assembling for 16.44 express to Stonehouse, where they’ll be picked up in the Range Rover at the station and whisked off to a barn with a f***-off extension (the technical term).Decor-wise, we’re talking high-low: kids’ lockdown art on the fridge, a Damien Hirst in the loo; velvet sofas but throws from a “little indie” in Cirencester.
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