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Food

If Tony Blair was still prime minister, I’d be less terrified of Holborn Dining Room

26 January 2019

9:00 AM

26 January 2019

9:00 AM

The 1930s aesthetic is not quite as fun as it used to be. You can enjoy the detritus of fascism quite happily when you’re living in a secure liberal democracy, but when that liberal democracy begins to look unsafe, it feels more like threats in the form of tableware.

Still, the art deco style is everywhere, an oblivious pathway from decadence to something worse.

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