Some Myths About the Sceptred Isle

RAYNER'S LANE LIBRARY:

#1 The English never shower - They do. They just have these spectacularly crap showers with no water pressure.

#2 The Tube is a good way to get around - Uh-uh! While it might cover most of London it's extortionately expensive and if a butterfly flaps its wings in Indonesia three entire lines are likely to close for nine hours.

#3 The Happy Mondays were good - They weren't. And they have about as much in common with soul music as Perry Como.

On the upside we visited Trafalgar Square yesterday which was very cool, and Piccadilly Circus which wasn't.