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The New York Times · 2d

London’s 850-Year-Old Smithfield Meat Market Is Set to Close

The historic site in Britain’s capital has been a market for centuries. The local authority voted this week to close it.

The Telegraph on MSN · 2d

London will have lost its soul when Smithfield is finally butchered

The trouble with capitalism is it has no soul. It only values what can be measured in currency, which means that less tangible qualities – such as beauty, nature, civic pride or historical meaning – are not factored into the balance sheet.

Evening Standard on MSN · 22h

Smithfield Market: chefs bemoan the coming closure of one of London's only 24-hour operations

Smithfield Market: chefs bemoan the coming closure of one of London's only 24-hour operations - Smithfield dates back to 1327, when Edward III gave the City of London Corporation the right to run a me

2h

'It's another London tradition that will go'

London's historic Smithfield and Billingsgate markets are set to shut after the City of London Corporation voted to withdraw ...

7h

Sham urbanity dispatches Smithfield to the knacker’s yard

The City of London’s closure of the old meat market displays an insulting disrespect for trade and civic pride ...

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