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[toujours_nigel]

 UK flist, any idea of things to do in London 22-27 July? Other Half is going to the London Free School of Critical and Feminist Theory 17-21st, and then she's going to linger for a few days. This is her first trip, so we'd be grateful for suggestions.

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[fawatson]

It is lovely she has had the chance to visit London; I just wish she had had more notice because if I had known earlier (and if she had wanted) I could have organised to meet her in London and shown her round a bit. It can feel very disorienting to be on your own the first time you visit a big city you've not been to before. Fortunately, lots of things in London are close to one another so once you get to the part you plan to explore after that you can get between places on foot. And it is (generally) a safe city so she need not be afraid walking round.

For example: the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery are both at Trafalgar Square and they are within 5 minutes walk of several theatres and the pub I mentioned, 10 minutes walk (15 if you are a slow walker) from Covent Garden and the Royal Opera House, and a further 15 min from the British Museum.

One thing I forgot to mention before: on one of the streets as you walk North from Covent Garden Market there are living statues (buskers who dress up and act like statues until someone puts a coin in the hat and then they move. Quite fun to watch for a few minutes and if she is at Covent Garden anyway...