Buskers outside Selfridges

In the middle of the road on the Oxford Street VIP Day. Little pockets of musicians could be found all the way up the road - and sometimes they could even be heard above the crowd!

Christmas comes but.... seven times a year!

December 25th 2006
In the UK, the 'silly season' comes upon everyone with such a vengeance you have no choice but to capitulate, and celebrate all month long. (Argh - it is September as I publish this entry - it will soon be happening again!) The first signs were of course put up well in advance - Harrods famously opens its Christmas Store with one hundred days to go, and thus begins the countdown. The big stores ... read more

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