Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Jessop

Designer Giles Deacon loves St James's Park for dates, and St John for dining

Home is …

I've been living in London since the 1980s. I live at this moment in time in Islington and I've been in that area – the sort of Old Street-Hackney-Islington triangle which is akin to a Bermuda triangle of London – since 1996. I've seen it change an awful lot of the years, in lots of quite wonderful ways.

Where was your first flat in London?

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.