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Oxford Street, London’s busiest shopping thoroughfare, is at its most frantic in the festive season. Neighbouring Marylebone feels a world apart. Away from the crowds and the uninspiring chain stores, it offers a much calmer and more elegant Christmas shopping experience, with a distinctive combination of upmarket boutiques, classy restaurants and specialist retailers. Standout examples include the bookseller Daunt Books, with its magnificent galleried premises, and VV Rouleaux, stockist of more than 5,000 luxury ribbons, tassels, and other trimmings.

Venture further north and you find yourself in authentic, not-for-tourists London. Wander through the busy market on

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