Europe By Train: London #2: Love…Hate…Love

For all that we rant about social media, there are moments when I marvel at the way it can connect us. At the start of my “Europe By Train” trip, www.mysteryplayground.net asked me to blog about the London book benches commissioned by Britain’s Literacy Trust. http://www.mysteryplayground.net/2014/07/dateline-london-literary-investigation.html. They quickly became a high point of my stay, so I also … Read more

Europe By Train: London #1: Reborn again

Always a trading city, London is undergoing yet another resurgence, a safe haven for the developing world, digital lockbox for hard and soft assets. Property values are soaring, red cranes angling across ancient spires. New captains of industry are rising, new fortunes being created. London’s pulsing artery remains the River Thames, its banks and quays … Read more