The Wonders of Primark

Senate House Library

Ben Barnes

      All in all this week has not been to bad. On Monday I had back to back classes so nothing much else happened. On Tuesday afternoon though Melissa, Taylor and I went to the Senate House Library. It is the library that we are supposed to use for class and we needed to get some books for projects and papers. Last time we went we went from the London Center, but the library told us to get off at a different Tube station because it was closer, so we did. It was not, just to be clear, we did not know where it was from Tottenham Court Road, so we ended up walking for about an hour before we found it. We did find a Primark though, but I will get more to that later. On the way to the library, while I was looking at the map, Melissa and Taylor apparently saw someone who looked like Dorian Gray AKA Ben Barnes( A Picture of Dorian Gray is a classical book by Oscar Wilde that they like and Ben Barnes is the actor who plays him in the movie adaption). They were very upset that they did not get to see his face though since I stopped to look at a map. The library is an old building in the Art Deco style and was George Orwell's basis for the Ministry of Truth in his novel 1984. It is a very famous building and many movies film there, including the latest Batman movie. In the end though we found our books and even stopped at Tesco on the way back to get groceries. 

James McAvoy

      Primark, you are probably wondering what it is. Well, it is a clothing store that is sort of like Forever 21 and H&M in the United States, except that the clothes are much nicer. We had hear A LOT about Primark since we arrived in London from our peers and as the need for new clothes arrived we decided to go. Why do we need new clothes, you ask. Answer: Melissa, Taylor, and I bought tickets to go see James McAvoy(an actor) perform as Macbeth in Macbeth in February. We are all very excited as James McAvoy is one of our favourite actors(did you notice I used the British spelling there?). Primark has four floors and the clothes are super affordable; which is hard to find in London. I got a dress, belt, tights, and shoes all for 21 pounds! I will not show you the outfit now, you will be able to see pictures of it when we go to the play. 
      Another exciting event that is going on is that my friends and I are going to Oxford tomorrow. We are taking a two hour bus trip Friday morning. It is going to be wonderful, I planned it all out and it is going to be our first real outing from London.