Well, this naturally caught our eye today. Outspoken food critic, telly star and occasional Kentishtowner contributor Giles Coren has let retail giant Habitat into his NW5 home.
And who can resist a little peek inside, if nothing else to engage in a bit of sheer, undiluted home envy? Oh to have a vast kitchen-slash-entertaining space! A ‘booze fridge’! Lovely fireplaces!
First off, Coren tells viewers that he bought the Victorian terrace fourteen years ago with the woman he was planning to have children with, “but she left within a week”.
He goes on to suggest that, if we were to steal anything, it should be his paintings by Canadian artist Peter Hoffer: “The insurance money would be worth a lot more to me”. And he has a lot of books because he’s a “well-read chap” who’s “far too educated to be a chef”.
But should his neighbours should be worried? “I guess I’m a bit of a voyeur,” he admits, while later saying he’s done “some terrible, terrible things on Twitter”.
There’s also a touching anecdote about taking his father out for dinner a week before he died, somewhere “too experimental.”
The only part where the Coren looks uncomfortable is when he has to deliver the inevitable Habitat plug: “I’ve always loved and been surrounded by Habitat cushions”, he ventures, squirming just a tad.
Ha. Worth a two-minute gander if you’re as nosy about the area as we are.
