Well, Harrods is being kicked down into second place when it comes to tourist shopping for food. Winner is Fortnum & Mason, still at 181 Piccadilly see above. The Biscuitorium was so packed you couldn’t move. Americans, Arabs and Japanese were piling turquoise-wrapped packs of cookies and preserves as if they were going to have to bunker.

Thierry Despont is main ‘modern’ designer of Raffles London at The OWO and Girlahead loves so many of the details. Corridors on the third floor, for instance, have an amazingly striking scarlet and dull grey and cream carpeting.