I've got to be honest... here at the Rat and Mouse we were of the firm belief that Paris Hilton's move-to-London chat was worth about as much as a handful of salt. There's nothing like babbling about a possible house purchase to make Londoners love you. But - according to this - she's done it... a £850,000 east London property that was once a Chinese restaurant, opium den and brothel... presumably at different times, but not necessarily. We haven't an address, but we're hopeful.

Meanwhile...

The U.S. Embassy on London's Grosvenor Square, the scene of riots in 1968 in protest against the Vietnam War, has been put up for sale following the decision to relocate to a site south of the River Thames.

If these walls could talk... Cold War edition [October 17, 2008]

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