If you’ve lived in London for more than six weeks you’ve known someone who has “moved to Margate”, the Kentish town essentially a de facto zone 10, a sort of seaside Hackney Wick, evolving from shambolic civilian grot to “place with more than one nice coffee shop” in the same way almost every vaguely easterly district of London has over the past 15 years. Welcome to CN Traveller. The room is dominated by a super-king antique brass bedstead, against beige wallpaper of coy Victorian nudes, and watched over by a crucified Jesus. The Albion Rooms Studio at The Albion Rooms. Lockdown brought her to Margate (happily, it turned out), and her Dickensian vibe brought her to The Albion Rooms. What can we expect from our room?We stayed in the Emily Dickinson room, or ‘Peter’s room’ as the staff refer to it (no one calls him ‘Pete’ these days, apparently), which already has a certain lived-in velveteen decadence. Obviously it feels like a strange venture for a band that everyone watched crash around Camden for two hot years in the 00s. Barât says they were inspired to come up with their own version of The Moon Under Water, George Orwell’s mythical perfect pub, except in real life: ‘We wanted to create a space for constant creativity, with plush things but just a hint of chaos, where a family wanting a nice meal would feel as welcome as a 17-year-old indie kid from Glasgow.’ While the recording studio and basement bar, The Waste Land, have been open for more than a year, they’ve just been joined by seven upstairs rooms and a smart restaurant helmed by local star Joe Hill. Though the building was previously a bed and breakfast – one of the worst-rated in the country, everyone here will cheerfully tell you – it was originally acquired to turn into studios and as a sort of “stay here when you need to” place that seemingly has, at some point in its three-year history with the band, housed each of the Libertines for a while in turn (ask the right people about The Albion Rooms’ dining area and you’ll provoke a haunted look and the memory that it previously housed Pete’s many dogs, or “six wild wolves”). This is the part of town where the Hackney escapees live (full disclosure: I’m hoping to soon be one of them), and close to ‘DFL’ hotspots such as Cliffs, a concrete-walled café, vinyl store, hair salon and yoga studio in one. Anything we missed? Exhibit A is Shabby Katchadourian, our maître d’ for dinner, who greeted us in a top hat, charity-shop waistcoat and a pair of battered cords in time for ‘Cord Season’. Anything you’d change?I might be tempted to improve the soundproofing, because couples on indie-nostalgic weekends are seemingly wont to enjoy themselves. Now I’m 33 and have just woken up to a gorgeous grey view of the sea, it feels like I missed a crucial sequel in the series. And yes, that is a hyperspecific example taken from my own personal life. A haven inside the bones of a classic five-storey seaside B&B, it offers plenty to appeal to fans of The Libertines – framed collages of Pete Doherty’s scrawled poetry; a floor mosaic in the loos that reads ‘You Pissed It All Up The Wall’; a general sense of noirish nostalgia – but it doesn’t feel like a gimmicky theme hotel. Anyway, she’s great, with a deep foodie knowledge gleaned from vineyards and producers across Europe. Iconography apart, rooms are modern and comfortable, with Haeckels products made from Margate seaweed, Beats bluetooth speakers, free minibars packed with beer and gherkins, and branded eye masks and earplugs. Address: The Albion Rooms, 31 Eastern Esplanade, Cliftonville, Margate CT9 2HLTelephone: +44 1843 264041Website: thealbionrooms.livePrice: Doubles from £230, First in at the coolest new hotel in Paris, Salt, Milos: a cave-like Greek haven with sunset views. The hotel's close proximity to the Rideau Canal, and the Carleton County Courthouse (now the Ottawa Art Gallery) made it a local favourite, attracting lawyers, students, townspeople, and travellers alike. A haven inside the bones of a classic five-storey seaside B&B, it offers plenty to appeal to fans of The Libertines – framed … On one wall is a mural by furloughed Scorsese set designer Will Bianchi of Margate sinking into the sea, with post-apocalyptic shades of Hieronymus Bosch. The Delaney at The Albion Rooms designed by Rhiannon Sussex. In fact, it’s really quite smart, with an elegant wood-floored dining room/bar on the ground floor, and a base design that’s more dark and sleek than the crummy B&B pastiche I half-expected. The Albion Rooms, Margate, Kent. Le Meurice: is this the most Parisian hotel in Paris? It already has a discernible soul, packed to the gills with stuff, including a signed picture of the Beatles, lines of TS Eliot scrawled on the walls and a battered Gibson SG custom guitar that Doherty gave Barât to say sorry for something or other. The room I’m in, The William Blake room, (obviously – it is impossible to escape this place without have the word “Albion” thudded over your head like a brick; the whole place has a cultivated “writing out poetry by hand” feel about it) has lush black crocodile-effect wallpaper, gold-painted window frames and leopard-print cushions. Perhaps the standout was a sweet, tender Rye scallop on a bed of squid-ink risotto, topped with cured and grated egg yolk like umami Parmesan shavings. What I was surprised by is that it really works as a place to eat and drink well, and stay the night (maybe using the earplugs) – equally welcoming to Margate new-bohemians, posh parents, rescued greyhounds and old ladies who have made friends with a curious young man called Peter. Is this the most secluded hideaway in the South of France. t some point we’re going to have to confront the idea of whether the Libertines’ new venture The Albion Rooms is a hotel or not, so we may as well do it now and I am going to argue not. I think everyone has a couple in their life who are “thinking about upgrading from a houseboat to a three-bed”. A bunch of things that convincingly make the argument that The Albion Rooms is a hotel. A bunch of things that convincingly make the argument that The Albion Rooms is a hotel. The Emily Dickinson room at The Albion Rooms designed by Rhiannon Sussex. There’s tea and coffee facilities but there’s also a curated box of Libertines-endorsed vape juice, sitting by the teabags.

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