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Designer — London
A Bella Freud Photo
Name
Bella Freud
What do you do?
Designer
Where are you from?
London
What does Britishness mean to you?
I suppose British means to me a mixture of people in a place. Because people are so different, I suppose one of the characteristics of British people is they're such ornery bastards really aren't they? So kind of themselves in one way. There are so many styles and characteristics that the differentness seems to be a British thing. Certainly one of the things I enjoy about it, anyway.
What was the first song you played on repeat?
I remember the thing that lit me up was first hearing Bob Marley at about 14. Hearing Get Up, Stand Up and just falling completely and madly in love with this music and wanting to know everything about it and Bob Marley. When I like something I play it again and again… I never get bored so I play something maybe a thousand times.
What was the best gig you went to recently?
I have been going to the Hammersmith Apollo since I was a teenager, I saw the Clash play there in 1979. It's not small but it's not too big, you feel connected to what is happening on stage and going to the front is not too daunting. I saw Nick Cave play there a few years ago which was mind blowing.
Where do you think is the best venue in London?
I went to a poetry reading at The Troubador in Old Brompton Rd, Earls Court. It is one of the original coffee shops and was founded in 1954 - it hasn't changed a great deal. There is a cafe/restaurant on the ground floor and the 'Happenings' take place in the cellar with checkered table cloths and a couple of spotlights beaming into the corner where the performances take place. It still has that feeling that you are the one who has discovered it, although it has hosted the greats from Bert Jansch to Jimi Hendrix.
An exclusive playlist selected by Bella Freud, tracing the lineage of the dancehall scene. Starting with the designer’s memories of the neatly turned-out Jamaican reggae artists of London in the 1970s.
Get Up, Stand Up - The Wailers
Jubilee Street - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be) - Sly & The Family Stone
GET UP - Young Fathers
Blessed Are Those Who Struggle - The Last Poets, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
Cherry Oh Baby - The Rolling Stones
My Favourite Things - John Coltrane
Israelites - Desmond Dekker
The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys
Name
Bella Freud
What do you do?
Designer
Where are you from?
London
What does Britishness mean to you?
I suppose British means to me a mixture of people in a place. Because people are so different, I suppose one of the characteristics of British people is they're such ornery bastards really aren't they? So kind of themselves in one way. There are so many styles and characteristics that the differentness seems to be a British thing. Certainly one of the things I enjoy about it, anyway.
What was the first song you played on repeat?
I remember the thing that lit me up was first hearing Bob Marley at about 14. Hearing Get Up, Stand Up and just falling completely and madly in love with this music and wanting to know everything about it and Bob Marley. When I like something I play it again and again… I never get bored so I play something maybe a thousand times.
What was the best gig you went to recently?
I have been going to the Hammersmith Apollo since I was a teenager, I saw the Clash play there in 1979. It's not small but it's not too big, you feel connected to what is happening on stage and going to the front is not too daunting. I saw Nick Cave play there a few years ago which was mind blowing.
Where do you think is the best venue in London?
I went to a poetry reading at The Troubador in Old Brompton Rd, Earls Court. It is one of the original coffee shops and was founded in 1954 - it hasn't changed a great deal. There is a cafe/restaurant on the ground floor and the 'Happenings' take place in the cellar with checkered table cloths and a couple of spotlights beaming into the corner where the performances take place. It still has that feeling that you are the one who has discovered it, although it has hosted the greats from Bert Jansch to Jimi Hendrix.
An exclusive playlist selected by Bella Freud, tracing the lineage of the dancehall scene. Starting with the designer’s memories of the neatly turned-out Jamaican reggae artists of London in the 1970s.
Get Up, Stand Up - The Wailers
Jubilee Street - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be) - Sly & The Family Stone
GET UP - Young Fathers
Blessed Are Those Who Struggle - The Last Poets, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
Cherry Oh Baby - The Rolling Stones
My Favourite Things - John Coltrane
Israelites - Desmond Dekker
The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys