Monday, April 17/2017

Stroll down Oxford Street and look - but don't actually buy. Looking in Selfridge's Food Hall is an exercise in appreciating food porn. Everything from a moving sushi bar to game to pastries. Surprisingly there is a special display of Heinz beans, obviously part of a brand promotion. We check the price - £2, exactly four times the sale price at Tesco's at the moment. Pop in and out of stores as far as Regent Street- then back by tube. 

Last window shopping is in the little warren of shops in behind the store fronts at the south end of Queensway. These have changed over time, with the latest being a shift from East European to Brazilian (though there is a very small Uzbek restaurant). And the little curiosity shop is still there, with its sign prudently warning anyone who may be looking for a fence that goods will be bought only from sellers with valid passports.