No cause for Little Whinging...

David Heyman's (of Harry Potter Producing fame) ultra glam wife has done wonders to an outdated London mansion. It's beautiful, but I can't help thinking a little over styled and cold. The house has been nicknamed "Hogwart's House" by locals, but I think it's crying out for some more Potterisation, like one of the giant chess pieces from Chamber of Secrets (I tried to nick one once, the daughter of a WB big wig was in a play with me at Oxford and we used them for the set), one of the large corridor portraits or suits of armour or even some of the paraphernalia from Dumbledore's office.

But if that's not Harry Potter enough for you, there is always the house he was born in, which is currently on the market:

Spotlight on...

Jake Phipps.

The English design behind the fantastic, if over exposed, Jeeves lamps.

But his other designs are far more diverse, and just as desirable. And made in minute editions, so I'm guessing destined to only every be museum pieces.

I'm never sure whether the Jeeves light make me think of Chap-like eccentricity:

Or suave, James Bond style Philippe Starck pieces:

Then again, I have just seen the brilliant exhibition on Bond at the Barbican, so I am suffering a little from Bond-brain. The exhibition was brilliant, and I'd recommend it to anyone, except shoppers, as the gift shop was pants.