Flinders Lane

Now I’m not one to dwell on the possibilities of an afterlife.  But if there is a better place after this one, I should hope it packs in as much amenity as this little patch of Flinders Lane.  It has imaginative second hand clothes shops, perhaps too many cafes, a city library with a piano in it, a very good art supply shop, and dramatic afternoon shadows that seem  (counterintuitively) to be there for most of the day.