ANOTHER WAR OF THE WORLDS

It’s extraordinary how in one moment things can change so abruptly. One moment commuters, tourists, shoppers, people are busy going about their London lives, the next it’s all stopped or distorted. The area where I work, Covent Garden, is normally such a bustly, touristy, lively, interesting place but today the tube station was closed and it was subdued and quiet and there were more police on the streets. It seems that humanity is never content to be at peace, rubbing along with each other, accepting our differences. Apparently the Queen has said that the terrorists will not change our way of life and it’s true, today people have continued to commute and see the sights and shop and be as busy as they normally would but the atmosphere was noticeably different.