For Sale: Aberconway House - £46m

Aberconway House in South Street has been put up for sale. This impressive 7 bedroom property was built in the 1920s for the industrialist Henry McLaren (who became Baron Aberconway) and offers nearly 23,000 sq ft of space, neo-georgian styling and access to "secret gardens".

The property is available through Portman Heritage and offers are asked for in excess of £46million.

Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's

Harden's Restaurant Guide has given Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's a pasting in its latest edition. The Financial Times has reported on the verdict given to the Mayfair restaurant:

...slipping down the list is Gordon Ramsay at Claridge’s, behind Oxford Street,
which is labelled “conservative, going on boring” by one critic. “What a
disaster!” wails another at the much-derided La Noisette, the latest addition to
the Ramsay group, in Knightsbridge.

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Owner of Annabel's Has Died

Mark Birley, the founder and owner of the legendary Mayfair members' club Annabel's, has died following a stroke at the age of 77.

He founded the world famous venue - based in Berkeley Square - in 1963, and named it after his wife of the time, Annabel.

Read Mark Birley's obituary at Times Online