David Gray's pictures of the week 19-2-2007

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This week's pictures come from a recent (February 2007) walk around St James's, an urbane and exceptionally well-heeled slice of Central London. Mayfair may be as grand, but its streets always seem empty of life. Belgravia is just a housing estate for the very rich. St James's, by contrast, mixes discretion and raffishness, both historic and contemporary. Its clubs, shops and galleries are honeypots for old money, new money and, though it would doubtless be silkily denied, funny money. Walk around St James's and you'll never know what goes on behind those elegant doorways. The deals struck and the pleasures enjoyed are not and never will be for public inspection. But the buildings are fantastic, and you can still get a decent bacon sandwich from the cheap cafe in Crown Passage.

Sentries outside St James's Palace (image 2712-95)

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