This painted of the shopping centre by my brother, Leo Verhoeven, shows a rather idyllic vision of the shopping centre we both share. Its pretty rough, full of budget shops and funny cafes and framed by a shanty town style open air market. I have a real soft spot for it as the classic under dog, thats so often slated and condemned but lives on.

A great place to wander get lost and and escape the city.

Incredible building centred in the heart of London. Great for exhibitions, David Hockney is currently showing here.

Fortitude Bakehouse, a craft bakery, hidden away on a quiet mews in Bloomsbury. 

I vaguely thought about leaving London recently and the British Library came to mind as somewhere I’d miss. It’s an essential resource because it has almost everything. It also has some interesting exhibitions.