Every time I go to Kings Cross and walk up York Way I notice more changes. Gradually the area is becoming gentrified. For me, knowing so many people from the old British Rail, this is a sad development.
For instance, the Lincoln used to be a real “railway” pub. At the end of the working day the civil engineers (DCEs) used to walk along the long corridors of East Side Offices, down the stairs at the end and across the road into the Lincoln. It was more a railway club than a pub.
With the development of Kings Place, plus all the other gentrification in the area, the Lincoln is expected to go upmarket and probably become the “local” for The Guardian newspaper (which is moving to Kings Place in a couple of weeks).
Above: The Guardian newspaper is currently located in Farringdon Road. The Editor is Alan Rusbridger and Chief Executive of the Guardian Media Group is Carolyn McCall. The Guardian and the Daily Telegraph are, in my opinion, the best “overall” newspapers in the United Kingdom (although journalists in other publications may score just as high on an individual basis).
Buying The Guardian does tend to label you. For instance, I was changing trains at a midland station, and I bought The Guardian in a crowded platform buffet. As I did so I heard distinctly a voice behind me say “Another po-faced killjoy”. The comment must have come from a table of three middle-aged working men (I knew they were “workers” because they were wearing fluorescent orange safety vests). For I brief moment I wanted to go back and remonstrate with them (“Look, I have to buy it for my job, okay!”) but I let the moment pass. Now whenever I buy The Guardian in public I combine it with something else (the Evening Standard or the Sun).
Favourite Guardian writers include:
Above: Laura Barton writes about music (although a recent piece she did about Glyndebourne was a bit unfair).
Above: Simon Hoggart writes about politics and also has a Saturday column.
Above: Matt Scott writes about sport.
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