Two of London's most famous markets — one selling fish, the other meat — are set to close in the coming years, bringing an end to traditions stretching back to medieval times.
Tenants in the district's last meat market have accepted a deal from the city to move out so the building can be redeveloped, the culmination of a decades-long transformation.
Volumes of research in the art and science of branding — from “brandr,” an old Norse word for burning symbols into the hides of livestock — say those factors do contribute to the modern sense of ...