'We should have a quiet corner of Russell Square to have sex without annoying anyone'

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: June 17, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

SHOULD any of the many American tourists staying at the Russell Hotel glance out of their bedroom windows before turning in for the night they may notice a rustling among the bushes lining the square below.

Any visitor walking back through this, London's largest square, to one of many hotels in the area after an evening in the West End, is guaranteed a sight not mentioned in guidebooks that speak fondly of Bloomsbury's literary and artistic past.

For when night falls on Russell Square it becomes the venue for an activity that tests to breaking point the tolerance of those who live in this ...

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