Harrods in December is a different kind of crowded. Not the steady busy of a Saturday afternoon at a busy department store, where people are moving through with purpose. This is slow …
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Sea Containers London: Tom Dixon, a Brutalist Riverside Building, and Two Stays on the South Bank
by Bubblyby Bubbly 16 min readI have stayed at Sea Containers London twice. Once in 2019, when it was still in its first design era. Again this past December, just before Christmas. Both stays were in a …
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The Grand by Concerto on the Strand: Cakes, Coffee, and Why I’m Not Sold on Dubai Chocolate
by Bubblyby Bubbly 14 min readI had not planned to stop here. After Trafalgar Square, the plan was to find a cab back to the hotel and call it a day. Then I crossed the Strand, looked …
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Trafalgar Square in December: Nelson, the Lions, and a Christmas Tree from Norway
by Bubblyby Bubbly 18 min readTrafalgar Square in December is a different place than Trafalgar Square in July. The Christmas tree is lit. The carol singers are gathered around its base. The lions at the foot of …
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The Natural History Museum in London: From Mary Anning’s Fossils to Hope the Whale
by Bubblyby Bubbly 16 min readI walked into the Natural History Museum on a December afternoon expecting to see Dippy. I had forgotten that Dippy had been gone since 2017. What was hanging above the central staircase …
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St Paul’s Crypt: Wren, Nelson, Wellington, and the Stories Beneath the Dome
by Bubblyby Bubbly 15 min readI had expected the crypt to feel eerie. It doesn’t. The first time you walk down the stairs from the cathedral floor and turn the corner into the main chamber, what strikes …