Saturday Essay: From The City To The Sea
After spending 67 years as a devoted Londoner, I have moved to the seaside. How's it working out?
I was born in West London, and I have stayed there my whole life, moving in a very narrow semi-circle between Southall, Shepherds Bush, Notting Hill, Hampstead and Kensal Rise, where I have lived for the last 20 years.
And now, shockingly - to me, at least - I have moved to the seaside.
Whitstable, to be specific, a coastal town in Kent of which I know re…
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