A trip to Los Angeles: Lots to love in La La Land

Los Angeles isn’t just about movie stars and the Oscars, writes Sara Benson.

It’s easy to sneer at Los Angeles. California’s biggest and most diverse metropolis is often dismissed as a vapid place, populated by vain television and movie stars, dim-witted surfers and Botox-injected beach bunnies. But there is, in fact, a lot to love about “La La Land”.