I'll Gather Lilacs

Well this is different, I thought as I got off the train. Full, extensive, platform decoration! Unfortunately when I got closer I saw that it was a big old advert. Don't you hate it when that happens? "Oooh, what an interesting piece of art!" you think, then you squint a bit and realise it's a plug for a chicken shop. Allianz are the world's largest insurers and their Italian branch was based in the development above my head so they'd bought up the entire length of platform one to promote how brilliant they were at making money. They even had a section devoted to all the buildings around the world with Allianz in their name.I was surprised to spot a London location on there. Allianz Park?This was, it transpired, the home of Saracens rugby union team. The sponsorship ended in 2020 after a financial scandal at the club meant that Allianz no longer wanted to be associated with their dodgy dealings. This is a company where the first paragraph of their Wikipedia page says "Allianz was a…