Shakespeare tours London with a boy from Wales

An old friend (and ex-coworker) of mine--Robby, an Atlanta native now earning an IB in Wales--came to spend the weekend with me. We spent his first day here doing a walking tour of London.

Shakespeare at platform 9 3/4 in King's Cross train station.

Shakespeare at the British Library. It used to be part of the collection of the British Museum: to use the books, you would get to sit in the beautiful Reading Room in the middle of the museum. While the reading rooms in the new location (which opened in 1997) are still very comfortable and impressive, I don't think the Chinese feel of the exterior matches what the library stands for.

Shakespeare with Jeremy Bentham, the eighteenth century political philosopher who left his body to University College London to be displayed inside the university.

Robby outside the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand, looking worried.

Shakespeare outside the Royal Courts of Justice, looking considerably more poised than Robby. (The hand is Robby's: don't worry, I didn't break any of my fingers.)