Andrew O’Hagan retraces Samuel Pepys’s infuriating journey to work, and discovers how the modern-day Crossrail development has made Oxford Street even more perilous for pedestrians.
Film by Anthony Wilks.
From Samuel Pepys to Crossrail
Andrew O’Hagan tries to cross Tottenham Court Road
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