My long report from London #Smithields (Meat) Market and #Billingates (Fish) Market, which are soon to be shut down. I met people employed there and look into some of the history. As it happens, I have not been eating meat or fish for over 30 years, but here, it was in the end about the faith of century old traditions and real people affected by the imminent closure and their stories.

https://taz.de/Londons-Fleischmarkt-wird-geschlossen/!6071882/

Londons Fleischmarkt wird geschlossen: Ein Juwel aus Fleisch

„Es ist klar, dass der Markt weiterleben wird“, beteuert Greg Lawrence, Sprecher der Händler. Aber wo? Aus dem Zentrum soll Londons Fleischmarkt weg.

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