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EDITOR’S LETTER

SELMA DAY

EDITOR

MAYFAIR TIMES

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GUEST PRESENTER FRED SIRIEIX WITH SELMA DAY AT THIS YEAR’S COMMUNITY AWARDS

ugust is always an interesting month when

local businesses take a break and the area welcomes in the

traditional inf lux of summer visitors who come and spend

their valuable cash in our shops, restaurants, bars, hotels

and theatres.

Whether it be spring, summer, autumn or winter, the

West End has a constantly revolving cast of people - not

just those who visit for business or leisure - but people

who have homes in the area and spend much of the year

here with us. The thing we all have in common is how

blessed we are to benefit from the entire package that

makes up Mayfair, St James’s and Marylebone. That’s

shops, hotels, restaurants, bars and all the places

where we experience the best of the best.

The one quality that all these places share

is amazing service. So it’s no surprise that one of the

key activities in our year here at Mayfair Times is our

Community Awards of Mayfair and St James’s, which

celebrates the people and organisations that provide those

five-star services.

Yes, we give away gongs and have a terrific knees-up

in January, but that isn’t the main attraction - it’s the

process of receiving your nominations for those deserving

recognition and from being able to share that information

with our readers. That activity is the key to what we

do – and it starts this issue on page 46. So, if you know

someone you feel deserves to be recognised please let us

know either by emailing [email protected]

or visiting mayfairtimes.co.uk/awards

Talking of community, for our second

Mayfair & St James’s Literary Festival (October

28-November 3), we have included the pupils of St

George’s Hanover Square who will take part in a poetry-

writing competition. The winning entries will have their

work displayed at a Mayfair venue during the festival and

published in Mayfair Times.

Don’t forget to check out all the fabulous events

taking place across the area by visiting our website,

mayfairtimes.co.uk