1. Popular Advertisements

I don't know if it's a UK thing or a big city thing, but I feel like the advertisements here are different than the advertisements I often see at home.

I'm fairly certain that the sheer magnitude of advertisements is more of a city thing. There seems to be no wasted space. Lining the Tube stations, the Tube stairwells or escalators, covering cars with unique paint jobs, rotating posters at bus stop, etc.

But what really strikes me, as someone who enjoys the theatre, is so many advertisements for live shows. Perhaps it's simple because there are so many theatres here in which the shows could be performed in. Perhaps the rumour I've heard, that the UK is more supportive of the arts, is true. I don't know. But I feel like I see more advertisements for live theatre than anything else. Ranging form giant posters to smaller flyers, advertisements for Once, The Lion King, Book of Mormon, Potted Potter, Rock of Ages, We Will Rock You, A Chorus Line.. I could go on, but those are the ones I remember from the top of my head. Often these are alongside other, more expected advertisements, like for various government programs or tourist-y locations or some new product like a watch or perfumes. But sometimes there's just theatre ad next to theatre ad, and it makes me happy.

A random selection of ads from the escalator shaft, which so happens to only include live theatre type events.