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The New York Times · 1d

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.

Evening Standard on MSN · 15h

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

The Telegraph on MSN · 1d

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.

30m

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 ...

i2dOpinion

As a butcher I salute Smithfield – but it hasn’t caught up with the times

Larger meat merchants and food wholesalers have prided themselves in a 'stack it high and sell it cheap' model ...

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