What is with England and markets? Big time retailers fill their shelves with trendy items swaddled in award-winning packaging, all while managing to keep it predominantly local. Corner shops display comically vast selections catering to their ethnically diverse neighbors. Pop-up flea markets play host to shoulder-to-shoulder crowds picking through handmade goods and attic castoffs, and close-up ready farmers markets deftly charm any passerby into exchanging the contents of their wallets for their beguiling bounty. Read more
