by Chris Newlands
Buckingham Palace, the Dickens Museum, Hyde Park, the Hitchcock walking tour, Kew Gardens, Shakespeare?s Globe Theater, St. Paul's cathedral, the Thames, Wimbledon -- these are just a few examples of the best of London.
It should be no surprise that a city 2,000 years old is an alphabetic mishmash of things to gawp at.
But like a Dickensian novel, the best of London?s real character seeps out of the cracks that split its major attractions.
Yes, London is the world?s financial capital (along with New York), yes it?s Europe?s cultural hub and, yes, more than 300 languages are spoken within its perimeter.
But we don?t care about any of that, mate.
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