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London photo: Dilys Powell lived here

Wed Feb 18 2015, 10:38pm | 4 comments

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She was a film critic. Maybe she liked the dark of a basement flat. (In Bayswater.)

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bronxbee

maybe like most critics, she couldn’t afford something bigger and airier.
MaryAnn Johanson

I was trying to stay away from a self-pitying spin here. :-(
bronxbee

i can see that. maybe she just loved living in london so much, she didn’t *care* what her flat was like!
MaryAnn Johanson

I’m sure that’s true. Also true is that that basement flat is almost certainly worth a small fortune today.