Hansom: Paxman-style tactics

By Hansom2018-04-06T15:17:00

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A soggy journey

Southwark council recently approved Dexter Moren’s 274-room hotel on The Cut, home to the thesp destinations the Old and Young Vic theatres. You’d think, given the building is seven storeys tall, that there would be little fear of flooding in the event that the Thames, which flows more than a quarter of a mile away, were to burst its banks. But the legally required health and safety regulation is firmly in place if the guests need to evacuate the premises. There’s just one snag. The hotel’s muster point is a 1.5 mile-long schlep to some street corner in not-so-neighbouring Walworth.

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