Coke spoons of dissipated glamour, Dave Brubeck solos in the swinging 60s, with metaphorical Ray-Bans wrapped above it, like Alice bands? Is anybody following?
It was always the smart place to live, even when first developed in the 18th century. Behind its iron railings and stucco walls it housed fashionable Londoners from peers to politicians, painters to racketeers. Then Rolling Stone Mick Jagger took up residence.