Coffee maker: Nespresso Dining table Outdoor furniture Hangers Free washer – In building Dishwasher Aussie shampoo Drying rack for clothing Bed linens Dishes and silverware Freezer Toaster Argon body soap Shower gel Cleaning products Hot water kettle Ethernet connection New Ikea fridge freezer refrigerator Fire extinguisher City skyline view Free parking on premises Extra pillows and blankets Dedicated workspace Microwave Central heating Room-darkening shades Iron First aid kit Outdoor dining area Hair dryer Kitchen Smoke alarm Hot water Carbon monoxide alarm Clothing storage: closet Private patio or balcony Luggage dropoff allowed Portable fans Books and reading material Aussie conditioner Wifi – 4 Mbps Cooking basics Wine glasses 40" HDTV with Netflix Amazon Prime Video Essentials Breakfast Free dryer – In building
Elegant 1-bed flat + 12'x6' terrace in Islington
An oasis of calm in this exciting city: elegant refurbished 1-bed flat in Islington with private 12’x6’ terrace. Exclusive use of entire top floor of semi-detached Victorian house in peaceful tree-lined street. Entrance via main house.  <br /><br />Walking distance to Caledonian Road tube (Piccadilly Line), direct to Heathrow airport. One stop from St Pancras International for central London and Eurostar. 10 mins walk to Waitrose etc. <br /><br />Free parking on front drive possible.<br /><br /><b>The space</b><br />Recently refurbished, the flat is the entire, private top floor of our Victorian house. It comprises:  a 10’x6’ landing at the top of the stairs and off this a  well-equipped 15’x13’ living room/kitchen, a 14’6”x13’ bedroom with French doors to a 12’x6’ terrace, and a 10’x6’ luxury bathroom. Neutral decor, LED downlighters, Victorian windows and fireplaces.<br /><br /><b>Guest access</b><br />Generally, guests enter by the front door of the main house, walk upstairs and the
This is a very wide and quiet street of mainly well-kept period houses. There’s a small park at one end and a church at the other.
I was born in London, have lived here all my life, and think this is the most exciting city on earth. 

I've had an interesting career in the creative industries. Here's more about that from  an interview in Luerzer's Archive:

"One of the great copywriters of all time, Barbara Nokes is a true heir to the legacy of Bill Bernbach (whom she was still able to meet during her time at DDB, London). With such an enormous list of achievements to her credit, her name stands for a lot of what made British advertising so great in the 80s and 90s. She created classic campaigns for brands such as Volkswagen, Levi’s, Audi and Pernod (to name but a few), was a founding partner and deputy creative director of Bartle Bogle Hegarty during its first ten years, and later executive creative director at CME.KHBB, London, and International creative director at Grey, Paris. She no longer works for ad agencies but is a creative advertising consultant serving clients all over Europe, and is also exploring other forms of work such as scriptwriting. Michael Weinzettl met the charming Ms. Nokes at London’s Groucho Club to talk about a few of the brilliant campaigns she has created in the course of her career. 

L.A.: When did you discover your interest in writing or your love of literature? 

Barbara Nokes: That wasn’t until I had left home. I grew up in a house with literally no books. Just about the only things I got to read were my grandmother’s penny dreadfuls, those awful bodice-ripping romance novels. I left home very early, I was so bored with my life there. I was only 14 when I quit school, and got myself a job. Of course, at that age, I wasn’t really allowed to work. So I pretended I was 15 – which, at that time in London, wasn’t so difficult. I just put on high heels, wore make-up and pretended I was 15. Soon, however, I realised that working the level of jobs that I could get with my education was almost as boring as school – if not worse. So I went to night school and learned to type, which I thought was going to be essential. In those days, rather sensibly, if you were going to learn to type they made you take English as well, so you knew about proper spelling and grammar. So I walked into the classroom and the teacher came in, a very tall man called Mr. Jagger. He wore a tweed jacket with leather elbow patches and said, “Okay, I’m not sure you really want to be here. If you don’t want to be here, sit in the back of the class and I will leave you alone. But if you do want to be here and be taught English, sit right up front of the class and you will have my undivided attention.” He was really an extraordinary teacher, gave me extra tuition, and he made quite a difference in my life. Later on, when I had my first job at an agency, this man from media used to take me out and he once gave me a copy of “Tender is the Night” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, whom I had never heard of. I read it and was absolutely transported. Of course I immediately fell in love with this writer’s work and have remained so to this very day. I’ve read everything he ever wrote. This is basically how I got started on writing proper, and to get interested in literature. Also, my second husband had a degree in English from Cambridge and was, of course, hugely influential in my reading. 

L.A.: Let’s focus on just a few of the amazing ads you’ve done during your career. To start with, perhaps the most obvious one: in 1985, you wrote those famous Levi’s 501 commercials which turned Levi’s into the number one jeans brand all over Europe. 

Barbara Nokes: Yes, there was the one called “Launderette” with Nick Kamen stripping to his underpants and washing his jeans. I wrote that together with John Hegarty, and it was from an experience I myself had had. I used to go to this launderette – I was too poor at the time to own a washing machine – and there was this Irish guy who did just that. Took off all of his clothes except for his underwear and started washing them then and there. 

L.A.: These commercials also created a whole formula for jeans advertising – the storyline, the Americana, the classic song used as a soundtrack (Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” in this particular case), the sexy protagonist … a formula that is still being used up to the present day." 
