Wallpaper
Check into Bloomsbury’s newly reimagined grande dame
The hotel first opened in 1905, in a building designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll. Architects at Cube Design retained its striking concrete façade while restoring many of its original features. The 357-room hotel now has reimagined interiors
Boutique Hotelier
The Imperial reopens after ‘once-in-a-generation’ refurbishment
The Imperial hotel in London’s Bloomsbury has reopened following a ‘once-in-a-generation’ refurbishment, which has seen the property transformed into a four-star deluxe lifestyle hotel.
Time Out London
This central London neighbourhood is getting its first ever rooftop bar
Ah, Bloomsbury. The heartland of the capital’s intellectual elite. Home to UCL, the British Museum and, over the years, some of England’s greatest cultural forces
The Times
This brutalist landmark now has London’s coolest new rooftop bar
Bloomsbury’s the Imperial, one of seven hotels in the capital by the family-owned Imperial London Hotels, and found on Russell Square, has a bit of a past. The original hotel, dating from 1905 and designed by the architect behind the Titanic’s dining room.