A visual guide to the excitement & diversity of London life, seen through the eyes of one of the world's foremost designers, retailers & restaurateurs. It paints a portrait of London, its architecture & interiors, as well as the world's of transport, work, shopping, eating, street life & culture. ...

Terence Davies has made some of the most innovative, harrowing, & hauntingly lyrical films of the contemporary era. This study of his work combines detailed analysis of all his films with an investigation of key filmic issues of time & memory, identity & selfhood, & the nature of literary adaptation. ...

A collection of films by Liverpudlian filmmaker Terence Davies. ' The Terence Davies Trilogy' comprises three short films: ' Children' (1976), ' Madonna & the Child' (1980) & ' Death & Transfiguration' (1983). Taken together, the three films trace the life of Robert Tucker, the director's alter ego, from childhood to the grave. ' Distant Voices, Still Lives' (1988) looks back on Davies's working class upbringing in post-war Liverpool. Told in flashback, the films begins & ends with family weddings, held several years apart, & is scored with songs from the period. ' The Long Day Closes' (1992) traces moments in the childhood of Bud (Leigh Mc Cormack), a Liverpudlian schoolboy in 1955. Plucked from his cosy home when he is sent to his new Catholic school, the film looks at his loneliness as teachers & pupils pick on him & his increasing isolation at home as he hovers between childhood & adolescence. His beloved film idols & screen stories keep him company in his imagination but in the real world he feels increasingly like a misfit. ' Of Time & the City' (2008) is a highly personal portrait of Davies's native city, Liverpool, & shares his musings on his relationship with the place where he was born & lived until his late twenties. Composed largely of atmospheric archive footage accompanied by Davies's lyrical narration & a melancholy, nostalgic soundtrack, the film seamlessly intersperses Davies's personal memories & experiences with observations about the history & culture of this iconic city. ...