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SO YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TO... Libreria A regular guide to London’s sweetest spots
Libreria ... sounds like a fancy word for library. What’s the story? It’s a bookshop, but it does have something in common with your local library: a policy forbidding too much noise. This haven just off Brick Lane discourages customers from using mobile phones to keep the atmosphere serene at all times.
But how will I know what to buy if I can’t google the author? Knowledgable staff can help you discover your new favourite tome and there are recommendation cards from authors including Jeanette Winterson. The carefully curated selection is arranged into categories designed to inpsire. Who could resist browsing through a shelf labelled ‘Wanderlust’?
This all sounds a bit pretentious... Well, yes, on paper it does a bit. But in reality Libreria is just a traditional
bookshop with a very modern feel. It’s a beautiful room made to look even more magical with some cleverly placed mirrors, and every available nook and cranny is filled with mid-century furniture and Anglepoise lamps. There’s row upon row of shelving for more books than you could ever hope to explore. This is a space that offers the time and space to really consider your reads.
I’m more of a Kindle person. Anything on offer for me? Perhaps it’s time to remember the good, old-fashioned feel of paper and ink. But the store does offer events to feed the brain as well as books. On July 6 quantum physicist Dr Michael Brooks will discuss the nature of time and consciousness, and the future of knowledge. Best do some synapse-stretches in preparation.■Ashleigh Arnott à 65 Hanbury St, E1 5JP. Liverpool St.
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As Wimbledon nears its climax, enjoy the free live screenings on theOne New Change Roof Terrace
ST PAUL’S IS the dramatic setting for the final week of Great British Summer – free outdoor tennis screenings next to the iconic cathedral, hosted by Land Securities and also held at Cardinal Place in Victoria and New Street Square in Holborn.
Swing by, chill out One New Change is the perfect place to catch the tennis – on a lunch break, after work, or when you’re in the City at the weekend. Special treats
include Lickalix healthy ice lollies to keep you chilled, and samples of Dermalogica SPF 50 sun cream so you can stay out longer! You can even watch the action and let
lunch come to you, because Pho, Burrito Mama and Nando’s will deliver direct to your deckchair. Plus on Friday there’s free Tyrrells Strawberries & Cream poshcorn for the men’s semi-finals and Madison bar will be serving Wimbledon-themed cocktails.
Settings don’t get
much more dramatic
than St Paul’s Cathedral
Shop in the City Enjoy exclusive offers fromZizzi to keep hunger at bay,Strip to keep you trim,Bea’s to stay caffeinated and Malika for courtside ready brows. If that doesn’t warm you up enough, visit Ramsay’s Ridge at Bread Street Kitchen to enjoy a cocktail served in a big tennis ball to wash down your picnic hosted on the ridge. During Wimbledon,
Centre Court is the chic
place to be, followed by the roof of One New Change. If you’re not lucky enough to be in a deckchair overlooking St Paul’s, you can see the finals at Cardinal Place in Victoria, too.
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Win a London break You and a friend could enjoy an overnight stay and breakfast at the South Place Hotel, plus a cocktail masterclass and meal atBread Street Kitchen, a £250 Dermalogica hamper, a Links of London hamper and £200 ofTheatre Tokens. Go to www.
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