https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/09/01/the-pleasures-miseries-of-london-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 01 Sep 2024 17:17:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/09/01/the-pleasures-miseries-of-london-i/#comment-1619086 Sun, 01 Sep 2024 17:17:29 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200651#comment-1619086 Thank you, I love this – as a guide at the Soane museum I feel like I live in Regency London myself a lot of the time. Nice to see they went to inspect his Bank of England.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/09/01/the-pleasures-miseries-of-london-i/#comment-1619020 Sun, 01 Sep 2024 14:14:47 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200651#comment-1619020 Oh dear — How I WISH they had stayed at home. Just look at the two of them in their cozy cottage, having their customary tea; the little cat begging for their attention — or more likely, pleading with them to remain. (cats always know best……………….) From the first moment, when the Mrs. is bumping along on the back of the horse (lordy), the whole trip looks like an imminent disaster.
Poor lady, she goes through numerous wardrobe changes yet always looks like she is barely keeping up. In fact, she got left out of a couple of the outings. Perhaps languishing in the hotel, with a headache, or homesickness? Doctor, please DO tell your wife it is time to re-pack her trunk — with the feathers, parasols, corsets, ruffles, bonnets and silks — and head back home. Alas.

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