Very entertaining history of the city of London. I heartily endorse his conclusion that a healthy city depends on infrastructure. "I am struck by the importance of infrastructure of all kinds. If Aulus Plautius had not built the bridge, the city would not even have existed." Powers that be in Mi...
Roger watched her go, and so did several others.Just then a taxi pulled up outside the Members’ Entrance. The occupant got out, tipped, and was rewarded with a blatant fistful of blank receipts. It was Felix Thomson, who had spent the last few minutes sitting in the back while rubber-gloved offic...
There is nothing to stop me. I just lift the wire loop on a makeshift gate and I am strolling through the haunted grove.The birds are in good voice, the trees are pushing out their tender leaves. There isn’t a soul in sight. I am here at Ploegsteert wood in southern Belgium, not far from the Fren...