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STREET PERFORMERS IN LONDON’S COVENT GARDEN

By on February 28, 2013 in Covent Garden, Dan Woolley, Garrick Club, London, Samuel Pepys

Covent Garden lies in the heart of London theatreland, and continues to be a supreme shopaholic heaven and foody delight, as a recent visit proved. The place hasn’t changed much since its fruit and vegetable market days. My first time there was to visit a small English publisher, whose offices lay at the top of [...]

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A SHARD OF GLASS THROUGH THE HEART OF LONDON

By on February 9, 2013 in Covent Garden, English Heritage, London, Renzo Piano, river thames, South Bank, The Shard, Transamerica Pyramid, William Cobbett

London’s skyline is constantly changing, though perhaps evolving is a better word, as the basics stay much the same. For example, the River Thames – cleaner now than for centuries past – still winds through the middle, for a country-dweller like me providing a breather from the claustrophobic sprawl of the ‘Great Wen’ (pustule), as [...]

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