This week marks half a decade as a Londoner! Yes, it’s crowded. Yes, it’s expensive and taxes can feel like an assault. And yes, sometimes the sky forgets how to be blue for days at a time. But where else do you have The National Theatre and The Proms? Liberty and Selfridges and Carnaby Street and King’s Road? Borough Market, where you can eat your way around the world in an afternoon. Claridge’s, for heaven’s sake! The fountains in The Italian Gardens or the swans at Hyde Park. The way Richmond Hill glows at sunset. Where else could you spend a Tuesday evening hearing a world-class orchestra at Royal Albert Hall, or pop into The Wallace Collection just to stare at a chandelier? Or take in a fashion exhibit at the V&A, then walk along the Thames with a friend and a perfect flat white in hand? Then there’s the sound of violins spilling out of tube stations. The thrill of catching the golden hour in St. James’s Park. The way people pour out of pubs the moment the sun appears, pints i...