Last Friday I popped into Gramex, the world’s best second-hand classical CD and record shop, just behind Waterloo Station.
Last Friday I popped into Gramex, the world’s best second-hand classical CD and record shop, just behind Waterloo Station. The owner took one look at me and declared, ‘This gentleman is tired.

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