Obviously, it’s become the height of cliché to live in Hackney (as I do) and rave about Margate but call the cliché police, I’m guilty as charged: I love it!
As Will Jenkins, the owner of newly-opened boutique bolthole Margate House, tells me at one point, “there’s just an energy about this place.” That ‘energy’ might have something to do with Margate’s relative affordability (after all, there’s nothing like the crushing weight of untenable mortgage repayments to take the spring out of your step) or the thriving artists’ community, or the spectacular sunsets. It might just be the fact that there’s a permanent funfair in town (Dreamland — I’d highly recommend an afternoon at the roller skating rink).
