The Roster · Belgravia · SW1X
Lea, in the Gallery at Sketch
Auburn waves, hazel eyes and a private list of rooms she would redecorate.
Available todayMidweek and early evenings; weekends go early
- Age
- 23
- Height
- 161 cm · 5 ft 3 in
- Hair
- long, wavy auburn
- Eyes
- hazel
- Figure
- petite
- Languages
- English
- Home district
- Belgravia · SW1X, SW1W
The full set
Four photographs, all of Lea herself: glamour and lifestyle shots, some with the face softened, none with nudity. Tap any frame for the larger print. How we photograph.
Lea, in brief
Charm, in Lea's case, arrives a moment ahead of her: a smile through the revolving door, a small wave, an apology for being early. At 161 cm she is petite, and the auburn hair falls long in soft waves; the eyes are hazel and turn nearly gold in warm light. Her clothes are romantic without fuss, silk printed with autumn flowers, a velvet ribbon, small earrings she chose with real care.
Sweet, people say, and they are right, but the word misses the spontaneity. Lea will drop a plan halfway through the evening if a better one appears, and somehow a better one always does. Early twenties; English, warm and rapid. Interior design is the passion, and she studies a room the way others study a face. Theatre runs a close second, from a musical to a two-hander above a pub, and lately she has taken up throwing pots, with results she calls honest.
Her favourite room in W1 is the Gallery at Sketch on Conduit Street, a dining room handed to an artist every few years and remade from floor to ceiling. She loves it because it breaks rules, and she will tell you which ones and why it gets away with them. After a drink there, the evening turns either towards a late curtain near Piccadilly or towards a quiet supper close by, depending entirely on her mood and yours.
Belgravia is home. Midweek and early evenings are easiest for her, weekends best claimed ahead. Theatres and hotels near her favourite corner are on the Piccadilly page; decide the night, and Cressida will see to it.
The hours, priced
The Society's figures apply to Lea as to everyone on the roster: stated in pounds, given to her yourself at the door, and with her journey inside Zones 1 and 2 already folded in.
| Hour | Length | Fee | Suits | Enquire |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | One hourThe introduction | £600 | Long enough for a glass at the bar and a proper conversation, and a gentle way to begin. | Enquire |
| 23:00 | Ninety minutesThe nightcap | £900 | The hour with room left over for a second glass and an unhurried goodbye. | Enquire |
| 21:00 | Two hoursThe long drink | £1,100 | An evening in, or an opening two streets away, without anyone glancing at a watch. | Enquire |
| 22:00 | Three hoursThe second act | £1,500 | Supper somewhere small, then the remainder of the evening at a pace you set together. | Enquire |
| 20:00 | Four hoursThe table for two | £1,800 | Shaped around a single good table, from the first course to the last car home. | Enquire |
| 00:00 | Ten hoursUntil morning | £3,000 | From the first glass of the evening to breakfast in the suite. Ask a day ahead where you can. | Enquire |
| Fri | Two nights or moreThe weekend away | from £6,000 | In London or further afield, with one figure for the whole stay once the dates are fixed. | Enquire |
Past Zone 2, airports and changes of plan: Rates
Lea, after dark
An evening with Lea rarely keeps to its plan, which is the whole point. She might meet you at seven for a drink in a room she has longed to see, spend ten minutes admiring the ceiling, then remember a new play two streets away with a few returns at the box office. Somehow the seats appear. Supper comes afterwards, late and easy, and she retells the second act with better timing than the cast managed. She asks about your own house, honestly curious what colour the walls are and who chose it. She laughs at her own pottery. Nobody else could make a lost plan feel like a gift. The night winds down softly, with a promise to show you a photograph of the lopsided bowl she is proudest of.
Lea answers
The Gallery at Sketch, for nerve, and the Great Gallery at the Wallace Collection, for perfection. My answer changes weekly.
Whichever has seats tonight. I have been happy at both and bored at both, so the box office decides, and I have never once regretted letting it.
Mostly bowls that lean to one side. One mug holds tea without leaking, and I am unreasonably proud of it.
Remarks in the book
The page is still blankNo remarks have been entered for Lea yet. When a guest writes something worth keeping, and she agrees, it appears here beneath the guest's first name, with the month set beside it. Nothing on this page is ever composed by the Society.
Entered only after Cressida has read them · signed with a first name and the month only · withdrawn whenever Lea asks
A line for Lea
Lea is already named. Fill in the brackets, send it, and Cressida answers every line in a single reply.
Good evening Cressida. May I book Lea for [length] on [date], from [time]? I shall be at [hotel name], and will pass on the room number once you confirm.
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From After Dark Notes
- 5 min readThe corner table: why where you sit outranks what you orderAcross, beside or at the corner: the seat decides the conversation. How to read a dining room, ask for the banquette without fuss and rescue an evening when the table is wrong.
- 5 min readThe dinner date at VIP level: every decision taken before the first glassAt the top of the market a dinner date is not bigger, only lighter. The table, the brief, the bill and the car are settled beforehand, so the evening itself asks nothing of you.
Send word about Lea
Mention Lea by name and the evening you have in mind. If she is spoken for, Cressida will say so plainly and suggest someone close in spirit.