In celebration of blog post number 10, a list of 10 things I like about London.....
1. Drinking London Pride beer in The Shooting Star then going across the road to the Dil Chad for a curry.
2. The Hoover Factory on the Great West Road.
3. London Open House weekend where you can visit buildings not normally accessible to Joe Public.
4. Museums and art galleries are mostly free - although you really should make a donation.
5. Listening to Danny Baker on BBC London.
6. The river. Nobody in London ever calls it The Thames.
7. You always see at least one minor celeb. in Crouch End (where I live) on Saturday afternoon. Today I saw John Simm, recent lead in Life on Mars in Woolworths.
8. Everything or anyone of any significance that can move or be moved will come to London if it wants to get noticed.
9. Londoners, whilst being belligerent, self-centred, indifferent to visitors and downright unhelpful will also be tolerant, broad-minded, liberal and somewhat inebriated.
10. Wherever you're from in the world, you'll find someone else in London who shares your beliefs, speaks your language and will help you find your way.
1 comment:
I like the rubbish in the streets, the price of the tube, the total and inexplicable self-obsession of the inhabitants, trying to walk up the pavement at a reasonable speed, the suicides under the trains, the absence of anyone speaking English, the threatening tone of the estuary accent, the rats, the crims, the sense of isolation and loneliness, and of course, the smell of the central line in midsummer.
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