Rain day reprieve

James Smith & Sons (Bloomsbury)

GOODS & SERVICES • FOUND Shop

I have an umbrella – multiple, in fact – but whenever I walk past James Smith & Sons on Gower Street, I yearn to be a Victorian flaneur in need of a matching parapluie for every outfit. I even yearn for rain, an opportunity for these magnificent accessories to be showcased on London’s puddled pavements.

This umbrella shop is …