What is it that keeps overseas visitors flocking to London? Nicola Tyrrell asked eight foreigners why they prefer summer in and around the city.

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“I have never understood why people want to get out of London during the summer. I grew up in New England, where the sun rises later and sets earlier than over here, so I always think it’s delightful when the season changes and it starts getting light so early. It encourages me

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“But it is not just the people that are cluing- W ing. Walk around the Conran shops or restaurants in London and you can see where Britain is going. It is becoming a bridge between Europe and the United States, and it is developing into a new culture, which becomes more obvious