Why not

Thursday 13 October 1994 23:02 BST
Comments

Treat the British Museum as your corridor through Bloomsbury? Walk from the back entrance in Montague Place to Great Russell Street (or vice versa) and give yourself a brief encounter with the sublime. Take in a wonder or two in the Oriental Room; then pass through the oriental corridor (empty at present) to the Kings Library. See there the first printed music manuscript (1473) or a mortgage deed dated 1613, signed William Shakespe, or scribblings on a play (unperformed) on which he is thought to have worked. Then, into the Manuscript Saloon and choose between the Brontes, Dickens, Austen, George Eliot and Woolf, before emerging between the magnificent columns. It's the best passageway in London.

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in