High quality 150 piece jigsaw puzzle Created in collaboration with Transport for London Completed puzzle

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High quality 250 piece jigsaw puzzle Created in collaboration with Transport for London Completed puzzle

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Handy Cotton Zip Up Shopping Bag
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Offering an intimate view of the city this unique guidebook means that you can explore the capital city's best local neighbourhoods highlighting the small locally-known enclaves of independent shops cafes & public spaces that give the capital its inimitable character From Columbia Road to Clarendon Cross there are dozens of tucked away villages' in London & this compendium of thirty of the most unique & vibrant is your key to exploring the city in a new way With atmospheric photographs an illustrated map for each village & a short text that sums up its spirit history & location this charming guide is a jumping off point for exploring the city in a new way ...

The night is black with only burning buildings & searchlights to guide you High-explosive bombs bring death with only a brief whistle as warning Everyone talks about the threat of invasion or how they miss having bellies full of real food You sing songs & huddle with those you love to try to keep the darkness & fear away But there are far stranger threats in that darkness than German bombs explosions release twisted forms from their forgotten prisons; inhuman scavengers are drawn by the carnage to feast; & opportunistic cults use the chaos of war to obscure their sinister plans War has come to London & to Cthulhu Britannica bringing unimaginable horrors with it No air raid shelter or gas mask will save you now This supplement is designed to work with both the World War Cthulhu & Cthulhu Britannica lines from Cubicle 7 bringing the horrors of war
- & the Mythos
- to London in the 1940s It

Includes:: rules for creating wartime characters as well as background for what life was like in London during the Blitz & what threats might lurk in the blackout



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A quirky collection of stories from London's stranger side featuring a tiny prison cell in Trafalgar Square a train disguised as a ship & a church that's completely the wrong way round 256 pages Black & white illustrations Quinn Tom ...

Want to know the best place near you for avocado on toast or some freshly baked granola? Or perhaps a fry-up & a bottomless jug of Bloody Mary is more in order Brunch is fast becoming the meal of the day & here is our guide to London's 50 best spots to grab the papers & settle in for a leisurely morning Whether it's a relaxed affair or more of a special occasion there is a venue near you to fulfil every brunchtime need From coffee & eggs in an art gallery (No 67) to a toastie by the canal (Towpath cafe) waffles with views over London (Duck & Waffle) or a fry-up after a stroll in the park (The Pavilion Cafe) we've eaten drunk reordered & reviewed so that you can perfectly satisfy those mid-morning munchies ...

The number & variety of independent cafes in London hasflourished in recent years & if London never had a cafe culture a few decadesago it certainly does now! The quality & variety of food & drink on offer hasalso enhanced beyond recognition in the last few decades with many cafes' nowserving food that's indistinguishable from a quality restaurant
- except when it come tothe bill
- which is invariably much lower In fact if you want to eat a greatlunch (and increasingly dinner too) in London & don't want to pay a fortunea cafe is your best bet Coffee sales in Britain have expanded rapidly in the lastdecade along with the growing number of independent (and chain) coffee shops Britain'slove affair with the bean has gone quite literally from strength to strength;not so many years ago it was difficult to find a cafe serving anything butinsipid filter coffee but now fresh bean-powered brews are everywhere thanksin huge part to a legion of expat baristas & roasters from Down Under The British are famous for their love of a good cuppa (tea)
- which as every Brit knows cures all ills
- although nowadays it's justas likely to be a delicate white energising green aromatic & complex Oolong or a mysterious aged Puer as builder's brew London has an abundanceof specialist tearooms
- many with expert 'tearistas' (tea baristas) on hand toadvise you
- where you can enjoy fine teas in a delightful traditional setting Tea is also a vital component of the quintessentially Englishdiversion of afternoon tea with London's premier hotels
- plus manyrestaurants cafes & tearooms
- vying to produce the most lavish & originalafternoon tea consisting of exquisite teas & divine cakes pastries andsavouries
- & optional champagne If there's one meal that the British can claim their ownit's the great British cooked breakfast which is world-famous Thistraditionally takes the form a huge fry-up
- the full English
- but nowadaysit's just as likely to include a wealth of tasty & original dishes withinfluences from around the globe Likewise brunch
- a combination of breakfastand lunch
- which Londoners have taken to with a passion in recent years Nowadays many top restaurants hotels & cafes specialise in brunchparticularly at weekends With a copy of London's Cafes Coffee Shops & Tearooms
- featuring over 250 venues
- you'llnever be lost for somewhere to enjoy a great cup of coffee or tea & somedelicious food We hope you enjoy discovering the city's burgeoning cafeculture as much as we did














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London has many rivers but they are often hidden under centuries of development Rivers like the Walbrook the Fleet or the Westbourne have left their mark on the city & still form an important part of our subterranean world David Fathers traces the course of twelve hidden rivers in a series of detailed guided walks illustrating the traces they have left & showing the ways they have shaped the city Each walk starts at the tube or rail station nearest to the source of the river & then follows it down to the Thames through parkland suburbia historic neighbourhoods & the vestiges of our industrial past Along the way there are encounters with such extraordinary Londoners as William Blake Judy Garland Paul Robeson Terence Donovan Bradley Wiggins Nelson Lenin Freud & the great Victorian engineer Joseph Bazalgette Hidden Rivers of London contains over 120 km of walks both north & south of the Thames Winding through the hills valleys & marshes that underlie the city every page is a revelation ...

' Consistently illuminating Like all the best stories it is about the timeless tides of power & influence trade deals can sometimes be sexy thrilling & epic' Sinclair Mc Kay Spectator Life in Europe was fundamentally changed in the 16th century by the astonishing discoveries of the New World & of direct sea routes to Asia To start with England was hardly involved & London remained a gloomy introverted medieval city But as the century progressed something extraordinary happened Stephen Alford's evocative original & fascinating new book uses the same skills that made his widely praised The Watchers so successful bringing to life the network of merchants visionaries crooks & sailors who changed London forever In a sudden explosion of energy English ships were suddenly found all over the world
- trading with Russia & the Levant exploring Virginia & the Arctic & fanning out across the Indian Ocean London's Triumph is above all about the people who made this possible
- the families the guild members the money-men who were willing to risk huge sums & sometimes their own lives in pursuit of the rare exotic & desirable Their ambitions fuelled a new view of the world
- initiating a long era of trade & empire the consequences of which we still live with today


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