I stayed in the flat for three weeks and hated to leave on every account. It was very nice to come home to in January, and comfortable to be in when I was there. No noise to disturb sleep in the bedroom at the rear, and little or none in front on Upper Street. The flat was well-equipped with electronic gear, but I used only the TV regularly for news (BBC, AlJazeera, Sky). Kitchen supplies were equally abundant. Everything worked. I enjoyed meeting Charley and found him immediately responsive when I had a couple of questions about the flat. He is a likeable, smart, thoughtful, and efficient host. I didn’t have occasion to see a lot of him, but I don’t doubt that I’d have seen more of him if I had needed him. When I am in London I have my work and play cut out for me. The flat’s location is terrific on every account. Islington is one of London’s great "villages," advantageously just off the Central tourist maps but convenient to everywhere, thanks to the many buses (4, 19, 30, 43; other lines 5 minutes' walk) and the nearby underground stations, Highbury-and-Islington north (Victoria Line, Overground), and Angel south (Northern City Line). All kinds of good restaurants and pubs, and at least three nearby theatres—Almeida, King’s Head, and Hope. A restaurant I particularly like is the Mem and Laz Brasserie just west around the corner on Theburton Street. There is so much going on in Islington—I lucked into the London Art Fair at the Business Design Centre about five minutes’ walk away—that one could be occupied agreeably for a long time there without leaving. But of course London is London all over, inexhaustible and ever-rewarding.