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The French community in London: Paris-on-Thames

Public houses: Time, gentlemen

http://www.economist.com/node/17722946 THE Hand & Racquet sits in Whitcomb Street, just behind the National Gallery in London. A good position, you might think, with tourists passing. A good name, too, recalling a now-vanished tennis court from Charles II's day.