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...hotel design is any reflection of the state of the economy, then hard times have indeed befallen us. How else does one explain the artfully peeling paintwork, beautifully bare floorboards and fabrics faded just so at Rough Luxe, www.roughluxe.co.uk - one of London's hottest boutique hotels? All right, it's designer decay, but it's nonetheless a jolt to travelers used to the glossy neutral tones and high-tech wizardry of more conventional offerings...
...hotel-as-home concept. Children are welcome, guests are encouraged to interact around the breakfast table (salvaged wood, naturally) and the perfectly preserved 1960s kitchen is available to all. "Of course, it saves guests money," Leo says, reflecting the make-do-and-mend zeitgeist of the economic downturn. "London can be expensive...
...things to do in London...
...ICA—with its waterfront location, glass and metal architecture, and massive windows streaming natural light—not only stands up to, but compliments the exhibit, holding its own against the Modernist juggernauts Tate Modern in London and Whitney Museum of American Art where “Roni Horn aka Roni Horn” had previously traveled. The building itself opened at the end of 2006—the first new art museum built in Boston in nearly 100 years...
...with a black pen, grabbed a staff member by the lapels and earned a "pep talk" about how to treat staff from Cabinet Secretary, Gus O'Donnell. Taken together with Watt's depiction of a temperamental premier sulking at a dinner including Louis Susman, later appointed U.S. ambassador to London, after guests took their seats without waiting for Brown to allocate placements, and Price's account of Brown's "extraordinary flashes of anger," this contributes to a picture of the kind of volatility that undermined John McCain's presidential campaign...