BOND STREET
There’s no such street as Bond Street; New Bond Street and Old Bond Street is the one continuous road running through Mayfair between Oxford Street and Piccadilly. There is, however, a Bond Street tube station - which is on Oxford Street. The whole thoroughfare is made up almost exclusively of exclusive shops. But there’s some interesting stuff if you know where to look. The Graff Diamonds robbery took place on 6 August 2009 when jewellery worth nearly £40 million was stolen. It is believed to be the largest ever gems heist in Britain, beating the previous record of six years earlier - at the same shop. Graff CEO Laurence Graff left school at 14 to clean toilets as a jeweller's apprentice. In 2024 he and his son Francois were 50th in the Sunday Times Rich List and worth +£3.6 billion. ‘The Allies’ was unveiled in 1995 ...