Lively London
England’s Loveliest
There is nothing about London that doesn’t appeal to the visitor. She is fashionable, she is exciting and she is just a little bit wry. The height of English culture, London screams hip with its array of cafes, bars, restaurants and shops that stand at the hilt of the international scene. What comes out of London is cool, full stop.
London has long been known as a meeting place for the upright, high culture of England, with its amazing wealth of museums, galleries and performance venues. London pretty much invented theater; after all, isn’t this the city where Shakespeare hit his fame as a playwright? And the British Museum, the National Gallery and the Tate Modern are just three of the many famous cultural institutions that jump to mind when thinking of London.
Beyond, London is, well, cute. Despite the fact that they are by now insufferable cliches, when thoughts of London come to mind, none of us can help but imagining those adorable, red double-decker buses, pipe smokers in jolly old pubs and the slightly comical looking palace guards, with their big puff hats.
If its fashion you’re after, you could do well worse than the amazing design houses of London, which have been churning out the trendiest looks on the runway for decades. Even during the colonial era, women around the world looked to the fashionistas of London for inspiration when choosing their corsets and ball gowns. And if you have an affinity for the worn and wonderful, you’ll no doubt want to spend some time digging through the overstuffed bins at London’s many secondhand shops.
No matter what your passion may be, whether it is music, art, fashion or simple good food, you are sure to find it in this liveliest of cities, London!
