Margo, who lowers the volume
A single martini from the trolley, a gallery off Jermyn Street, and a room made calm.
- Age
- 31
- Height
- 166 cm
- Hair
- long, straight dark brown
- Eyes
- brown
- Build
- slim
- Languages
- English
- Based in
- Knightsbridge
- Visits
- Hotels and residences
Her own photos, matched to her in person before they went up. Photo Policy
On Margo
- Knightsbridge, SW1X
- Art, piano and a herb garden
- Slim, 166 cm
- Brown eyes; long straight dark brown hair, worn low at the nape
Based in Knightsbridge, and happy to travel to any hotel in town.
Some companions fill a room. Margo settles it.
There is something unhurried about her, a refined calm that makes waiters slow down and lowers the volume at a table without anyone deciding it should. She is in her early thirties and has the composure that only comes from being entirely comfortable in her own company.
At 166 cm she is slim, with long straight dark brown hair usually worn low at the nape and brown eyes that keep their counsel until a smile breaks through. Her clothes borrow from the old hotel lounges she loves, velvet in winter, silk in summer, a vintage brooch on the lapel. She speaks English quietly and with care, and a little mystery is part of the charm: her verdict on a painting arrives long before any detail of her own life.
Contemporary art is where her afternoons go, and White Cube in Mason's Yard, tucked behind Jermyn Street, is the gallery she returns to most. From there it is a two minute walk to Dukes Bar in St James's, where the martinis are mixed at the table from a trolley and are famously strong. She drinks one, slowly, and makes it last an hour. At home there is a piano, and a small garden of herbs and white roses, which she talks about more warmly than almost anything else.
Margo lives in Knightsbridge, close to the park and the hotels along it. Long evenings and overnights suit her best; ask Henrietta about her dates and the right night will be held for you.
Margo, after hours
Half an hour before White Cube shuts, the rooms are almost deserted and the light is flat and white, and that is when she meets you. Margo stands in front of one piece for a long time and then asks what you see, and waits. There is no wrong answer, although there are interesting ones. Then out through the passage to Jermyn Street, the shirtmakers pulling down their shutters, and round the corner to Dukes. The trolley comes to the table, the gin is poured straight from the freezer, and she tells you to take the first sip slowly. The talk is gentle and wanders: a piece she is learning on the piano, the white roses that finally flowered, the hotel lounges of her favourite old films. Later, a taxi along Piccadilly to your hotel, and a quiet night that asks nothing of anyone.
Margo, answering
3 things guests tend to ask before booking, answered in Margo's own words.
White Cube in Mason's Yard on a weekday afternoon. It is free and it is quiet, and it will either delight you or annoy you. Both are worth the walk.
One, made properly and sipped over an hour. The second is always a mistake, and I prefer my mistakes to be more interesting.
Thyme, rosemary and three white rose bushes that sulk every spring and forgive me every summer.
Hours and rates
Margo prefers long bookings, three hours at £700 or the full overnight at £1,800, and she likes to know the plan a day before. She rarely takes a single hour.
Whichever length you pick, you settle the figure with Margo face to face once she is with you. Her taxi to a Zone 1 or Zone 2 address is already priced in.
Platforms near her base- KnightsbridgePiccadilly1min
- Hyde Park CornerPiccadilly5min
- Sloane SquareCircle, District9min
Notes on Margo
No notes on file for Margo yet, and the desk will never invent one. Guests add a note only once a booking has actually taken place; it shows nothing but their first name and when it was written, and Henrietta reads every one before it is posted.
Should Margo want a note about her withdrawn, it comes down the same day.
Also on the rota
Book Margo
The message opens with Margo already named. Add the date, the length and your hotel, and the desk sends back the minute she will knock.