Claridge’s London: it doesn’t get much more glamorous than this

I’ve heard of Claridge’s, but where is it, exactly? Physically, the 197-room,
five-star hotel once owned by a Mr & Mrs Claridge is housed in a seven-storey terracotta pile on Brook Street, in the moneyed, private members’ club land that is Mayfair. But ever since actor Spencer Tracy said, “Not that I intend to die, but when I do, I don’t want to go to heaven, I want to go to Claridge’s,” it has been situated on a higher plane in the minds of many…