Evening Standard

OPINION - London is overtaking Paris and New York for culture, so why can't I visit a gallery on a whim?

Source: MARK HARRISON

It was Saturday morning and my two twentysomething daughters had just announced that they were (rather shockingly) available for me to buy them lunch. Lucky me. I felt honoured. While I have learned not to be quite so enthusiastic when they suggest going shopping together (my accountant has actually banned me from this kind of activity, especially in and large department stores), because they have left the family home — and because it so rarely happens — lunch with the pair of them is

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