We went on a walking tour of London’s East-End with Alternative London. I’d done the tour before and it was amazing, the second time round the guide wasn’t as good and it poured with rain. Still, for a tour where you can pay what you like it’s pretty damn cool. And we saw some choice art.
Sam liked that we learnt a little bit about the history of the area too – I don’t remember much but I do remember that there are dragon boundary marks which show where the Romans set the boundary to the City of London, separating it from the City of Westminster. There are red and white bollards in the square mile that is the 'City' and black around the rest of London. 
The red and white also signifies the business part of town (where I work) and it gives artists a guide as to where to put their art - although it's generally illegal anywhere, people are more tolerant in the trendy eastern suburbs than they are in the CBD.
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