I sit stunned on an armchair in a posh suite of the Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge - all wood-panelled walls and oil paintings of beautifully attired18th-centuryaristocrats - while the sofa opposite plays host to a parade of outlandish characters.

• 在骑士桥柏克莱饭店的豪华套间里，我坐在扶手椅上，目瞪口呆。房间四壁全用木板镶嵌，墙上挂着18世纪盛装的贵族们的肖像油画。对面沙发上坐着一排古里古怪的人。