Step into the discreet entrance to Before The Lights in Fitzrovia and you’re transported into very welcoming lounge with artworks and a library stocked with books. They’re written by members such as Nigel Slater, who has his cookbooks on display, and those that have inspired others, such as one that the actor Jacob Anderson has written an inscription in, saying it transformed his life.
You can glimpse into a recording studio (owned by actor Dominic Cooper and his brother Nathan) decorated with more than 2,000 antique books. And you might see the actress Olivia Cooke grabbing lunch from the counter.
