Question of the week: “What is your favourite road in London?” "It isn’t particularly pretty, but Whitechapel Road, which turns into Mile End Road and then the ubiquitous ‘High Street’ as you head east. It’s been the main road home to everywhere I’ve lived in London for the past decade, and there’s just something about sitting on the night bus watching the familiar blend of history, modernity, and the ordinary slide past.
It’s a wonderful mix of personal and public landmarks for me – the side road to the studio where the band used to rehearse, the campus where my best friend went to uni - jumbled up with public history and current culture, like the Whitechapel Gallery, Altab Ali Park, Mile End’s Green Bridge, the East London Mosque, and the bell foundry where Big Ben and the Liberty Bell were cast. I wouldn’t recommend it for a picturesque tourist stroll, but if you’re heading east to Brick Lane for a curry, do take a little time to explore a little further along Whitechapel Road."- Miss Alice
* Photo by Ravages, used under Creative Commons, with thanks.
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