Helena and Vincent’s place is situated amidst the whirl and ongoings of the city. The apartment perfectly encapsulates the thrill of the big city, eliciting an almost filmesque feel, with the rattling of the trains and the shadow of the Shard dawning as one rises in the morning. There is a real sense of art coming to life. It captures the brutality of city living, a brutal thorn but a thorn of a rose in bloom. It can be discomfiting for the unacquainted, yet deep within the uneasiness, there is to be found a certain bliss, a deliverance from the pangs of doubt and the innate anxiety of being. To indeed ‘be’ in London, one has to live like those who see the city in its absolute nakedness, and this is precisely what Helena and Vincent’s apartment provides.