Rainbow puddles on Park Lane
Following the trail of oil that runs through London's streets
Oil, and the wealth it brings, has left an indelible mark on London over the last fifty years: in transport, in civil society, in architecture, and, of course, in football. This article was written in April 2005, three months before the bomb attacks on London. Since then, the opening paragraphs have become eerily premonitory. But, as most Londoners would tell you, it didn’t take a clairvoyant to foresee what was to come.
