The Doors of Perception, as Aldous Huxley called them, had opened wide, and LSD became the drug of choice.

regardless of our merit or default

I have small breasts that lie flattened against the chest like lappets.

Economically, too, London is startlingly different. The capital, unlike the country as a whole, has no budget deficit: London’s public spending matches the taxes paid in the city. The average Londoner contributes 70 percent more to Britain’s national income than people in the rest of the country.