The brand-new Bond Street Elizabeth line station, at the heart of London’s West End, also opened late last year. There are even new metro stops as part of the transformational Elizabeth line buildout, with trains now running directly from Reading and Heathrow to Abbey Wood and from Shenfield to Paddington.

The London Underground Night Tube reopened last summer with the city’s other lines mostly up and running as they were before Covid. London still tops our Promotion category, coming out in front for Insta hashtags, Facebook (or is it Meta?) check-ins and Tripadvisor reviews.įortunately the city is almost back to pre-pandemic capacity, if the Tube is any indication. Not that the city’s promotion engine was waning. Of course the eyes of the world were fixed on London more than any other place throughout all the tumult-save for maybe Kyiv-reminding everyone that London is spectacular and it’s been a really long while since they visited. Then the fall brought chaotic drama to 10 Downing Street that finally calmed down with Rishi Sunak becoming prime minister in late October. Just consider last summer’s firehose alone: the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Royal Ascot, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Wimbledon, Boris’s resignation and, in the worst kind of end to the summer, the Queen’s death and weeks of mourning. But given the year the city has had, have citizens even noticed? The city is more indomitable than ever (much more on that in a bit). Despite crippling Covid lockdowns and economic devastation.

Against the tide by elizabeth camden