Fred Bisset

Few native Londoners can know the area of St James’s near Buckingham Palace as well as Connecticut-based . Immaculately dressed in pinstripe suit complete with handkerchief and poppy for Remembrance Day, Bisset has an intimate knowledge of the alleyways and back streets that wind their way around buildings such as the Ritz and take us to our lunch venue. And because it’s a short cut, there’s plenty of time to stop along the way and look at the paintings on show in the windows of Sotheby’s and several high-class art dealers.