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<strong>THE</strong> <strong>LANTERN</strong> <strong>THE</strong> MAGAZINE FOR CHANCERY LANE EDITION 3 SUMMER 2015 28 Chancery 4 Roderick Charles 8 Affairs of the heart 11 Women in engineering 12 Food and drink 15 Shopping 16 Body and mind 18 A hive of activity 20 Fashion 22 Then and now 24 Holborn village 26 Map 27 The Lantern is brought to you by the Chancery Lane Association, a collection of stakeholders committed to promoting the interests of the street. FROM <strong>THE</strong> EDITOR, NICOLA FROST It was a pleasure to be asked recently to take part in the ‘Midtown Originals’ marketing campaign for 28 Chancery, which highlights the diversity of the people who live and work in the area. Incredibly the average age of people living in Midtown is reckoned to be mid-30s. No wonder there’s a buzz. New companies are moving in, giving the area a very different complexion. And when The Hoxton Hotel opens just up the road, it proves you’re on the map. Chancery Lane, at the heart of it all, is changing almost beyond recognition. Derwent London’s number 40 is nearly complete, as is Deerbrook’s scheme at 81. This edition’s featured development, Viridis’s 28 Chancery, and Endurance Land and Aberdeen’s newlynamed The Cursitor Building, are both confidently underway. Talking of there being a buzz, it was great to hear from Chancery Lane Association member Lewis Silkin about the work it does with The Golden Company and kids from Hackney who tend an urban bee colony high on the Lewis Silkin roof. Equally wonderful is the work being done by The Department of Coffee and Social Affairs, who have been providing free school breakfasts and rebuilding nursery schools for children in South Africa. It’s brilliant to be able to shine a light on such inspiring projects. I often joke with Tim that we could manage a monthly magazine given the number of stories we have to share. As ever, the research for this issue - a bumper summer edition - provided for a voyage of discovery of the delights on our doorstep. From talks and walks, to spas and bars, it’s all here to experience. Enjoy. – 3 For more information contact Nicola Frost. nicola@nfpr.com +44 (0)7787 538070 Register for updates on www.mychancerylane.com This document is printed by Full Spectrum Print Media on Arcoprint, a paper containing virgin fibre sourced from well-managed, responsible, FSC®-certified forests. The pulp is bleached using both elemental chlorine-free (ECF) and totally chlorine‐free (TCF) processes. Photography where stated by Laura Lean. www.lauralean.com This page: Lantern illustration courtesy of Paperchase Ltd. TIM BACON FOUNDER OF <strong>THE</strong> CHANCERY LANE ASSOCIATION Photography by Laura Lean You might think it’s a little premature to be thinking about Christmas. And if you knew it was Christmas 2016 that’s on my mind, you might ask if I was thinking straight. It does seem a little early to be buying presents. But I have got my dates right and it is a gift of sorts that’s on my mind. We decided some years ago that the Chancery Lane Association wanted to introduce Christmas lights – or seasonal lights, as they now seem to be known – to the street. We knew full well that we would be going through years of building works and, at the end of those years of upheaval, the lights would be a celebratory gesture that would mark the street’s renaissance and its arrival onto the wider city stage. In order to progress the lights, we are now ready to agree relevant fixing points to each of the buildings involved. We’re completing site visits and paperwork with structural engineers, and getting consent from individual landlords. All this needs to happen before we seek planning consents from three individual authorities. Quite a task! We’re working with James Glancy – the designer who brings enchanting lights to the streets of London year in, year out, in such notable shopping hotspots as Seven Dials and Carnaby Street. Whether Chancery Lane is quite ready for 20- foot inflatable snowmen levitating on high is yet to be seen. Perhaps a Dickensian lantern theme might be more fitting?
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