London Calling
London as you like it: the city where Shakespeare lived and observed that " all the world is a stage and the men and women merely players." Each have their exits and entrances and play many parts. So it is that we arrive in this great city on Saturday 29 November 2019 after a good flight from Dubai. Catching the underground from Heathrow to Kings Cross gave us a snapshot of the diverse and colourful players. Two women in their late 20's were in our carriage most of the trip: spray tan x2, drinking cans of vodka, fake eyelashes, botox lips and talking non stop about their love lives and matters, meaningful to them perhaps but inane to the rest of us , a way that everyone in the carriage could hear. They were dressed up and I wondered whether they had just come from the set of East-enders. Although amusing for a few minutes after 25 it was suffocating and everyone was relieved when that scene ended on their departure. Arriving in the majestic Kings Cross...