London Still Rocks!

Today, I also planned film - headed to the  Cine Lumiere . The film I was interested in was  Au Revoir les Enfants , about a couple of schoolboy friends in an exclusive  Catholic   French  boarding school, around the time of the outbreak of the  Second World War . The secret that one of them carries, however, is that he's actually  Jewish .. Now, it was on quite early, and I thought I might not feel like getting up for it, being so far away. So I didn't book - it wasn't selling out yet anyway. Next on the list was in the same place this evening -  The Marching Band , again French, but contemporary, is a comedy I'd been meaning to see for a while. But when I checked last night, Au Revoir les Enfants was mostly sold out - so I booked for that. I also booked for dinner in the  Zetland Arms , a pub just over from the  French Institute , where the cinema is - for a time that should suit me for either film, being in between! In the upstairs ro...

Tonight was film again - and again I was tempted by   Movie Roadhouse London   (MRL), who were going to  La Infiltrada (Undercover) , another fact-based film about a  Spanish police officer  who worked undercover in  ETA  for eight years. Only showing in the  Ciné Lumiere  (ironically), and we were meeting in the cafe there beforehand. I know this cafe. I know how bad the service is - so I decided to find somewhere else to eat. Happily, the area isn't short of them, and I decided on Hoop & Toy , just around the corner from the station - a Greene King pub, so good food is pretty much guaranteed. It being Friday night, I anticipated it to be busy, and booked a table. This far away, it had to be Tube - I found it a bit easier to squeeze on the Jubilee Line , interestingly, by standing by one of the single, end doors, rather than the more popular central, double doors! And, as usual, got a seat no problem on the Circle Line . Arrived a lit...