How would you like to let your hair down in the same place a 1920’s Russian communist spy by the name of Lev Kamenev courted Winston Churchill’s cousin, Clare Sheridan, in an effort to get her to reveal secret information on her uncle?

Well, pull up a seat at Claridge’s!

The five-star hotel in Mayfair opened in 1856 and has been popular ever since. It has seen its fair share of royalty, flappers, and the jet-set, but who knew it was also a favourite haunt of revolutionaries and spies (there had to be a reason for it being Harry Green’s favourite hotel). It’s true, most of the Lillie Mead Historical Mystery Series books include a jaunt or two to this historical London hotspot. Why not head there for a smashing cocktail or three on your next visit to London? Order the Northern Soul - Belvedere vodka, Aperol, lime & rhubarb bitters, topped with ginger beer. I don’t think you will be disappointed.