On one of those days where walking almost anywhere in central London makes you think the collective noun for tourists is "a drift", circumstances enforce attention to local detail.
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Such as this particular poster, in the little bit of Soho now branded as Chinatown. With bunting of the flag of what used to called Red China fluttering overhead, I suppose the name is explicable.
But in among the photos of hairstyle models, there's no picture of the man himself. I wonder why?
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Karl Marx - hairstyle model. Or maybe not. |