LONDON/PARIS — It's most definitely not worth flying into Heathrow anymore. It always was a grim place, the trip thither or thence enhanced — this was many years ago — only by the beautiful Deco Firestone factory on the north side of the road. Then some swine bought the Firestone building and knocked it down overnight before the preservationists could muster and resist. The crawl down the A4 now lacks all allure, and the airport itself gets progressively uglier as the years ...

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