Please help me buy a work bag in London in one hour...

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I will get to Kings Cross at 1.30 and have a meeting near Piccadilly at 2.45.

I currently have a tatty academic satchel type thing with me made of fraying plastic and advertising an academic conference from 10 years ago.

The bag needs to contain a pair of shoes, IPad, notebook and fat Victorian novel.

Please help me mumsnet

Tia

Ooh oooh, budget??

If you need a quick-fix bag, run into Accessorize in King's Cross. They have a few large work tote bags:

uk.accessorize.com/view/product/uk_catalog/acc_1,acc_1.9/1894850300

But do you want something posher for long-term?

Up to £180

I work remotely most of the time so when I travel I often have this problem.

I will use it maybe 5 times a year so the most important thing is not to date...

And thank you pngirl x

There is a luggage shop on Pentonville Road, just over the junction from Kings Cross - I walk past it quite often but have never been in Tyler & Gibbs. This may not be quite the sort of thing you were after, as it's more cabin baggage than work bags. Likewise there's a Rolling Luggage in St Pancras.

Style, leather, colour, budget?

Immediate thought for speed/price/size is a Pliage from the Longchamp shop just up from Piccadilly on Regent Street.

& Other Stories is good for leather bags, also Regent St. Not sure what they have that would meet your needs atm. Otherwise John Lewis on Oxford Street has a decent range. Personally, I would head straight to Oxford Circus, quick check in JL, then walk down Regent Street, look in &OS and if nothing there, Longchamp.

Or you could head to Tottenham Court Road and try your luck in TK Maxx on Charing Cross Road, then walk across to Piccadilly.

I will check those out from the train, thank you x

If your meeting is near Piccadilly, I would get the tube in from Kings Cross to Oxford Circus and pop to debenhams/JL/House of Fraser.

Style=corporate but I left my actual mini briefcase at home because it looks like you are going to court.

Am a commercial lawyer meeting prospective client.

Go into the shopping street at st Pancras - other side of Kings Cross station and there is a host of high end shops and a John Lewis where you will be able to get something

French - is that inside the station?

Russell & Bromley sell a huge but smart shopper bag called the Katie. It has a detachable zipped pocket for a laptop or iPad and plenty of room for everything else. Excellent leather that would put some of the designer labels to shame.

There is an R&B on New Bond Street.

W8 ooh sounds nice.

Fwiw, there is an L K Bennett and a Whistles in the St Pancras shopping mall itself. Otherwise, second R and B who also have a shop on Regent St.

The R&b selection looks lovely though a bit ££££

Lk Bennett St Pancras station has swish work bags.

I've just looked it up and groaned, OP. They've put the price up £50 .

I'm not very corporate, but would this be big enough?

I like the look of this one but may not be smart enough for your needs.

The JL Kin brand bags look quite good too and well priced.

Blimey, I had no idea there was a John Lewis in St Pancras.

I love you guys ....

Update (before I lose the wifi minutes)

Whilst changing trains I dashed into Accessorise and bought the bag identified above.

This is very good news as I am no longer advertising Exeter County Council's event from ten years ago. They checked I had taken all the labels off.

But I'm not done yet. I am aiming for both John Lewis and Russell and Bromley.

I want a posh rucksack too.

Oh, and my handbag is looking a bit Fatory Shop.....

Hats off to you for buying a bag whilst changing trains. I am far too paranoid about travelling to do anything other than charge straight over to the next platform, even if the train's not due for an hour.

The John Lewis at St Pancras is a bit small but fun!

Thanks again ladies, meeting quite well