Mind, Leather And Spirit E

Montblanc has taken to the narrow aisles between the bookshelves of The London Library for the second chapter of The Library Spirit campaign and, in the process, has broadened its appeal

- SUFFIAN HAKIM 

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE PLACES to visit when I’m in London is The London Library in Saint James’s Square. It’s easy to miss ‒ it’s quite literally at the corner of the roundabout, and the gaze of most passersby is more likely to be drawn to the verdant garden that makes the Square. But step inside, and the pedestrian world outside will fall away as the library presents its multitudes of worlds within. For bibliophiles such as myself, The London Library is as much a must-see as the London Eye, Buckingham Palace, The British Museum and the Tower of London.

There are two things about The London Library that might be of interest to a lifestyle magazine reader such as yourself. The first is that its current President is actress Helena Bonham Carter (yeah, of Fight Club, the Harry Potter series and Les Misérables fame). The second is that it was featured very heavily in Montblanc’s The Library Spirit campaign.