Reasons to love London: From corner shop culture to Harry Styles taking over Wembley

In 1777 Samuel Johnson spoke his immortal line, that when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life. The phrase itself may have grown tired with use, but the words still ring true. In the 250 intervening years the city has morphed almost beyond recognition: the population has swelled tenfold, St Paul’s Cathedral (once the city’s tallest building) is now towered over by the Shard and a hundred others, and Lime bikes have become our horse and carriage. Yet many of the things which make London great are the same ones that Johnson named: not just the grand buildings and squares but the winding backstreets and byways, and the fact that its “wonderful immensity” allows for such multitudes. Here are just a few reasons why we will never tire of London.

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