Who needs football? A bit of Wednesday salsa

THE streets of London were quiet on Wednesday evening – apart from the crowds gathered on various street corners squinting at television screens through pub windows.

The city has a strange calm, with less traffic and peacefi; pavements, when the nation is locked in waching a for big England match in the World Cup.

And they don’t come much bigger than a semi-final with Argentina.

A movie by the canal

Not everybody is obsessed with football and people passing through King’s Cross learned salsa stops for no one. The weekly dance continued in the forecourt in front of the station this week, albeit with a slightly bizarre twist. While the Cuban beats popped and the dancers bopped, a big screen was showing… Aussie Rules football.

London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan and some local authorities had been criticised for not using jumbo tellies to screen the semi-finals in parks and open spaces across the capiatl, as Camden had done in Russell Square for the 2018 final four clash with Croatia.

Aussie Rules

As Harry Kane and co crashed out to their South American rivals, the cinema screen by the canal in King’s Cross, run by the Everyman cinema group. was showing Elvis, the biopic film about the Suspicious Minds legend.

Salsa group Rueda Libre dances in King’s Cross ­– including Coal Drop’s Yard – every Wednesday evening from 7pm, with all welcome to join in for free.