by Layth Yousif
at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium

A TRIP on the rattling Circle Line through a particular corner of west London to watch Queens Park Rangers beat Brentford 2-1 reveals plenty.

In the shadows of Latimer Road tube station stands the tragic mausoleum that is Grenfell Tower. An eerie tombstone detailing the fatal effects of austerity, where decades of neglect, allied with corporate greed, and no little malfeasance, condemned so many innocent souls. 

The next halt on the underground, Wood Lane, sees a different monument, one to mammon and conspicuous consumption. The gigantic Westfield shopping centre, occupying a previously nondescript hinterland next to the A40, on a site where the White City Stadium once hosted the Olympic games.