Moving out of home doesn’t normally happen this way for people, and this opportunity was incredible looking back.

Then we stumbled across a jazz bar, had a beer, ran into a guy from Woolo, and then walked back to the hostel since we both had an early morning the next day.Annabel's was linked to the Clermont Club upstairs by an internal staircase, which was subsequently blocked off by Birley. We checked out, went to a culture museum, had lunch, then got a tuk tuk to the airport to fly back home… I mean Bangkok… lol.

She would then update Lady Annabel with her weekly list of women who had and hadn't washed their hands. The club was founded in 1963 with 500 members, who paid 5 guineas a year for life membership of the club.It was sad to see them go the next morning, but it just made me realise that I needed to make the most of this experience before I head back home. Annabel's best friend forever Kate is a long suffering and perfectly aware foil who tempers Annabel's excesses and provides a running dry commentary on the action. In an article for Vogue about Annabel's reopening Plum Sykes wrote that "For a tiny elite, this is the London aesthetic of now—out-and-out gilt-trimmed maximalism" and that "a Birley inspired joie de vivre has exploded into the decor". Some of the artworks in the club had been inherited by Birley from his father, the society portrait artist Oswald Birley. After suffering a decline in his health and mobility, Birley brought his two children, Robin and India Jane Birley into the management of the club for the first time.

Consequently on those occasions when we are invited to use our initiative, it is invariably a disaster".They hadn’t gotten used to the constant stares at Central, might be something I’ll notice once I’m back home. Beforehand I was terrified as I don’t cook but surprisingly had a great time plus I also received recipe book at the end.