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THE SAATCHI GALLERY

One day in Hell...

"We are all monsters, Frankie."

THE HOLLY BUSH, HAMPSTEAD

LONDON: PLUM PUDDING

Glorified by Charles Dickens as traditional Christmas dessert.

And the right place to acquire one (along with cognac butter and rose petal jelly) is...

Fortnum & Mason.

LONDON: AROUND JERMYN STREET

The homes (87 and 88, successively) of...

And where Aleister Crowley ("The Beast") lived (during World War II) and died...

Jermyn Street pays homage to Beau Brummel, the madly elegant dandy who might have appreciated these slippers at the haberdasher's adjacent...

ZEN CHRISTMAS

LONDON: CHALCOT SQUARE (PRIMROSE HILL)

Where Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin has long resided.

And where Sylvia Plath once lived.

LONDON: AROUND TOWN (REDUX)

LONDON: CHRISTMAS ROVER

LONDON: PSYCHOBARN

LONDON: HOLY TRINITY BROMPTON

LONDON CENTRAL MOSQUE

LONDON: THE OTHER NUMBER 10

This place goes up to 33 (as in 33rd Degree).

PRIMROSE HILL

"I have conversed with the spiritual sun,

I saw him on Primrose Hill."

-- William Blake

LONDON: AMARO

LONDON: AROUND TOWN

I doubt there is a city more magnificently decorated at Christmastime.

Brexit or no Brexit, Blighty will survive and always be the crossroads of the world.

That Other Trumper:  Supply run

LONDON: VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM