LISTED LONDONER MY LONDON
TATTOOIST, HENRY HATE, GIVES US HIS CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS.
Portrait by CHRIS JEPSON
Where do you come from originally? I was born in the city of Orange in Orange County, California, and raised in Santa Ana and Los Angeles. Most of my troubled youth was spent in Hollywood, to be exact. Where do you currently live and when did you move there? West London - the W11 area. I moved to London in 1998 and to Notting Hill in 2003. What’s the best thing about living in London? In a word, everything! I love that it is virtually the centre of the global universe. The culture, food and the creative vibe are all things that feed me. I love that it’s multicultural – despite those bullshit yobs trying to claim social injustice as a reason to grab whatever they can from JD Sports. Not to mention the eccentric British style and humour. …and the worst? The sentiment of “I can’t be bovvered”. It drives me fucking nuts. As does the price of public transport, and the litter bugs. Come on people! What are your favourite restaurants?
I used to inhabit Antony Worrall Thompson’s Notting Grill before the financial crash forced him to sell. It was a block from my house. I do love Julie’s in Holland Park, Brick Lane Beigel for hot salt beef and cheesecake, and the lovely people who make my tuna haloumi wraps in Shoreditch. Where do you go drinking? Backstage at rock shows if I go out, as the booze is usually free. I can be found from time to time in the George & Dragon, Nelson’s Head or Brick Layers Arms in Shoreditch as I am a sucker for good jukeboxes, but honestly, I would suck the alcohol out of a deodorant stick if the mood struck me. Favourite green space? Hyde Park – especially the view from Kensington Palace to the Serpentine River. I do love Holland Park, as my dog likes to chase squirrels there and Hampstead Heath to fall asleep
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under trees. Not to troll in the bushes for cheap sex like some dirty old man. Where do you escape the city? My last escape was to Sorrento in Italy. Every year we avoid Notting Hill Carnival and escape to Brighton. What’s the most you’ve paid for a cab, and to where? It was £240. I asked the black cab driver to drive around once and just give me time to think. I love to just watch the city pass me by from the back of a black cab. I clear my head with silence and solitude – or Iggy Pop’s ‘The Passenger’. If you were mayor for a day, what would you do to improve London? I would stick fucking Boris Johnston’s head on a stick and place that bitch on London Bridge. I would make guys pull their fucking pants up and outlaw jeggings and drainpipes (hysterectomy pants). I would create a ‘tattoo appreciation’ day. Name a place or location of sentimental value to you… The Brydon Room at Chelsea Town Hall on Kings Road where loads of rock stars have been married, and because I married my own partner there. Favourite London song… The Jam’s ‘A Town Called Malice’ or ‘Orgasm Addict’ by the Buzzcocks – both put a smile on my face when played in any pub. What’s London’s most beautiful building? I do love The Tate Modern, aesthetically. A small cottage in Avondale Park, Kensington, is pretty much my dream home. Are you single, dating or partnered?
I am happily partnered with my better half, Bren, of ten amazing years, and the coolest dog in the world, Joleene. Invite us to a party… Baby, if I was gonna invite you to a party, you would need a note from your mother and doctor. My invites are hard to come by.
Henry Hate owns Prick, 386 Old Street, London, EC1.
www.henryhate.com
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