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Top Draw: Artist Michael McGregor on his new book Room Service and love of hotel stationery

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We’ve all nabbed a notepad and pen from a fancy hotel and thrown it in a junk drawer at home, never to look at it again. But take a leaf out of LA-based artist Michael McGregor’s new book — a compilation of more than 100 colourful Hockney-esque illustrations on hotel stationery from around the world. Featuring The Ritz Carlton, Chateau Marmont and even our very own ’s (see opposite for some inspiration on which to steal next. We’re after the Madonna Inn’s perfect pink notepad). When catches up with McGregor, we find he is sick in bed in a hotel — arguably there are less chic places to be poorly.

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