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Little Venice Rooms: Inside the amazing mind of Sera Hersham Loftus

It’s hardly controversial to argue that the world today is as connected as it’s ever been. Increasingly common is the visual form, first with the rise of the Pinterest board and Instagram, and more recently with the boom of TikTok and video-heavy apps. For people looking for inspiration in creating a unique London home, these platforms offer endless ideas. What’s happened isn’t just the mass amalgamation of information, as the harbingers of the Internet age promised. Interior design styles, too, have undergone a worldwide convergence. Cottagecore, industrial chic, minimalism/maximalism. Niche or even regional trends have gone supranational. Stroll into a […]

Little Venice: London’s Amazing Canal Paradise

When I get to Warwick Avenue,Meet me by the entrance of the Tube… The opening lines of Duffy’s 2008 top-three hit still loom large in the British public consciousness. Songwriting legend has it that the Welsh songstress, bemused by her first encounter with the Tube, accidentally took the Bakerloo Line in the wrong direction from Paddington. You can probably guess where she ended up, and thus a modern British classic was born. Although Duffy undoubtedly had studio sessions or A&R meetings to attend elsewhere, Warwick Avenue is incidentally well worth a deliberate visit. It’s the home of Little Venice, where […]