Nine Elms and Vauxhall are becoming achingly trendy (after years being achingly run down). I wonder how many young things look up at the roof of their local Starbucks. Why are there elephants up there?
Well, dear twentysomethings, there was a previous Vauxhall when the area had its own Elephant and Castle pub which put on drag acts – I seem to remember hearing that Lily Savage started her career here.
Vauxhall was at the cutting edge of London culture rather than the cutting edge of flat whites. Those days are gone.
The former Elephant and Castle, Vauxhall Cross