In our baby-free days we loved the Mercer Hotel in New York’s trendy SoHo. It has a cool bar and lounge frequented by its celebrity guests. It’s the sort of hotel celebrities choose because they don’t get hassled – I saw the staff discretely ask an autograph hunter who had approached Clive Owen (who just happened to be sitting at the table right next to us) to leave him in peace. As I said, we loved it