Primark
London contains a large number of bustling town centres - little cities within a sprawling megacity. One of them is Hammersmith and Shirley and I walked there on Saturday afternoon. Lots of shops and eateries and a couple of theatres too. A tube station and the concrete pillars of the A4 trunk road, carrying travellers into the heart of London from the west. And of course people - lots of them. It can get chilly in Ian and Sarah's attic room. Normally, I sleep in my birthday suit but because of the chill up there, I wanted to purchase a long-sleeved T-shirt. No luck in Marks and Spencers so Shirley directed me to "Primark" - a clothing chainstore that I had never entered before though of course I knew the name. Three shop floors of competitively priced clothing - mostly made from cotton. Tons of the stuff. I believe that "Primark" are notorious for marketing cheap, replaceable apparel - often from dubious foreign suppliers. I found my new light blue XL T-...