Berwick Street | Carnaby Street | South Bank | the River Thames, where the Royal Festival
Ewan Mcgregor's London
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Mark SealCULTURE "The Tate Modern - I just love that building. I
think it's phenomenal what they've done with this big, industrial
space. They've turned it into somewhere that's really nice to
visit. On the big downward ramp going into the building, you'll
often see people sitting on the edge of it, reading papers and
chatting. There's something about the scale of it. It's quite
exciting to be standing in that big of a building, with that much
space around."
LUNCH "Go down to
South Bank, on the
River Thames, where the
Royal Festival Hall and The National Theatre are. There are cafes
and restaurants all over the place. Very often we go down there for
lunch because they have a huge foyer and jazz bands playing at
lunchtime. There are free concerts at the lunch hour. It's a very
rich place for the arts - and sandwiches. Otherwise, Le Caprice is
very lively and slightly more showbizzy than The Ivy. Feels a
little piano bar, you know."
SHOPPING "Mr. Eddie makes my suits. He's on Berwick Street
in Soho, and he makes the finest suits in
London. I bought a couple
of mod suits from
Carnaby Street, which you can buy cheaply there,
and I took them to Mr. Eddie and he made me some mod suits with
original '60s fabric. I wore one of them to the première of Moulin
Rouge in
Cannes. I took great pride that when a reporter asked,
'Who are you wearing?' I was able to say, 'Mr. Eddie, Berwick
Street.' On Carnaby Street, there's Merc, a '60s fashion house.
It's a fantastic place, like stepping back in time. You wish you'd
arrived on a Vespa scooter. Notting Hill is great for shopping. We
do a lot of our grocery shopping there. There's the Caelt Gallery,
a good place to buy art, fantastic Russian and central Asian art
that the owner has collected on trips."
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