The London Standard asked TV presenter and radio DJ Maya Jama everything London wants to know. From her style inspiration to her favourite London memory, Jama spills all in her latest Q&A.
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00:00That is such a weird question, isn't it?
00:02My style inspiration is...
00:04It changes all the time.
00:06I used to say Rihanna,
00:07because obviously Rihanna's just queen of life.
00:09But if I'm honest, I think it's just people on the streets,
00:12or like when I go to restaurants,
00:13or if I go somewhere,
00:15I'll see outfits or I'll see handbags,
00:17and I'm like, love that, take a sneaky pic,
00:19go and get it after.
00:20So, the public.
00:22Everyday people.
00:23Probably living in Lubbock Grove for the first time,
00:25I was still quite new to London,
00:27and we lived on Lancaster Road,
00:29which was like right off Portobello Road,
00:31and it was in the middle of Notting Hill Carnival,
00:33so whenever it was carnival time,
00:35we'd sit on our balcony,
00:36me and my friend that I lived with,
00:37and the police would be parked up
00:38at the bottom of the road,
00:39so we'd be able to like kind of sneak in and out.
00:41It was just perfect location to be.
00:44Easy to go for a p*** during carnival.
00:46You know, all the things that usually are difficult,
00:47we had it sorted, and yeah, I loved it.
00:49That is such a weird question, isn't it?
00:52I would be...
00:53I would be Queen's Park Station,
00:55because that was the first station I ever got to know.
00:57The London Underground system is baffling sometimes,
01:01and Queen's Park was always my one I knew best.
01:04Right now, it changes every other day,
01:06but I just came back from the EMAs,
01:08and I was like at the after party with Blossoms,
01:11and so after that,
01:12I just listened to all of their songs on repeat,
01:14because you know when you meet someone,
01:15and they're really nice in person,
01:16so you want to support them more.
01:17I was like, I love them.
01:18Let me listen to more music.
01:19So I've been listening to them.
01:20Belvedere in Holland Park.
01:23I had my 30th birthday there.
01:25It's so nice.
01:25You look like you're in the...
01:27It looks like you're in the middle of Italy or something.
01:29It's all very romantic,
01:30and the food's amazing.
01:32In life, my pet peeve is people that are rude to waiters.
01:36I'm always like, don't do that.
01:37Say sorry.
01:38So yeah, rude people.
01:40I think everything's here.
01:42I love that every day is completely different.
01:44You can go and have a completely different experience
01:46in every corner of London.
01:48You end up in East, it's one thing,
01:49North, South, West,
01:51and whenever I leave London,
01:53I'm always like there is nowhere better in the world.
01:56Just the weather lets us down.