Following in the footsteps of J.B. Priestley, whose book English Journey told the tale of his 1934 voyage, Hunter Davies embarks upon an epic journey at the end of the century. He spends a year travelling from London to the Lake District, observing the people & places of England today & noting the mood of the English nation at the end of the millennium. It is also a journey into his own life, as he recalls incidents & people from his past. Davies is impressed by a sense of light & optimism encouraged by the many Lottery projects nearing completion, such as the Lowry Centre in Salford & the 2500 miles of public pathways being created by Sustrans. He visits two stately homes
- Chatsworth & Althorp, as well as Paul Mc Cartney's former more modern & humble council house in Liverpool. His journey takes him from a private party with Tony Blair in London to the Loweswater Show in the far north-western corner of Cumbria. This is where he & his wife spend half of each year, the clash between urban & rural life forming the heart of the book.
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An unbeatable, pocket-sized guide to London, packed with insider tips & ideas, colour maps, top 10 lists, & a laminated pull-out map
- all designed to help you see the very best of London. Take a London walking tour, see remarkable world treasures at the British Museum, explore the leafy Royal parks & gardens, or step back in time at the Tower of London. From Top 10 live music venues to Top 10 things to do for free
- discover the best of London with this easy-to-use travel guide. Inside Top 10 London:- Thirteen easy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a day trip, a weekend or a week- Top 10 lists showcase the best London attractions, covering Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, the Tate Modern & more- Free laminated pull-out map of London, plus eleven colour neighbourhood maps- In-depth neighbourhood guides explore London`s most interesting areas, with the best places for shopping, going out & sightseeing
- Colour-coded chapters divided by area make it easy to find information quickly & plan your day
- Essential travel tips including our expert choices of where to stay, eat, shop & sightsee, plus useful transport, visa & health information- Colour maps help you navigate with ease- Covers Westminster, Soho, the West End, Covent Garden, Mayfair, Kensington, Knightsbridge, Regent`s Park & more



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Discover the city's very best sights, restaurants, shops, markets, entertainment & nightlife with London Top 100. Packed with fresh ideas, insider tips & inspiring photography, this is your at-a-glance guide to London's iconic sights & lesser-known delights, compiled with Time Out's trademark expertise. ...

Discover the city`s very best sights, restaurants, shops, markets, entertainment & nightlife with London Top 100. Packed with fresh ideas, insider tips & inspiring photography, this is your at-a-glance guide to London`s iconic sights & lesser-known delights, compiled with Time Out`s trademark expertise. ...

Time Out's London Top 100 is a handy pocket-sized guides to the the best things to see & do in the capital. The guide explores the city's best sights, restaurants, shops, markets, entertainment & nighlife & covers London's iconic sights as well as some of its lesser known gems. Individual entries provide essential overview information of the site or attraction & each is accompanied by colour photography. ...

In this charming facsimile, first published in 1883, a young girl & her family travel around London visiting many of the familiar sights such as the Tower of London, the British Museum & Westminster Abbey. Along the way, they meet figures common in the Victorian era, but who have since disappeared: the muffin man, the shoeblack brigade, & the orange girl. This light-hearted verse brings to life the sights & sounds of Victorian London, & the superb illustrations have a comparable mood & style to those of those of Walter Crane & Kate Greenaway. ...

Ancient & modern landmarks from across the world fill this original & creative design. The Elizabeth Tower (home to Big Ben) rubs shoulders with the Statue of Liberty, Sydney Opera House nestles in front of St Basil`s Cathedral, whilst The Sphinx crouches in front of Stonehenge. There are 50 famous sites to discover
- how many can you identify? Supplied with in-box leaflet listing all 50 landmarks, & additional puzzle picture for reference.
- High quality 1000 piece cardboard jigsaw puzzle.
- The finished puzzle measures 70 x 50cm when complete.
- Suitable for ages 12 years & up.
- Made from strong premium grade cardboard, with linen finish print to minimise glare on puzzle image.




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London Transport was created in 1933 to coordinate the shambolic, overlapping transport systems of the capital, & for decades has striven to meet the challenges of organising London travel. Now operating as Transport for London (Tf L), it continues this demanding work. In this fully illustrated volume, Michael H. C. Baker presents the complete story of the organisation from its origins, through the upheavals of the Second World War, to Tf L`s biggest modern project
- Crossrail. Covering modes of transport including trams, trolleybuses, the iconic RT & Routemaster buses & the trains of the Underground, this is an essential guide to London`s world-famous transport operator.
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Although the late R. C. (Dick) Riley was best-known as one of the country`s foremost railway photographers, whose collection of colour material was probably unrivalled in terms of the years covered, less well-known was his interest in road transport. Although a small number of images were taken in colour of buses from the early 1950s, including one of the few known images of the original Routemaster when brand new, it was from the late 1960s onwards, when his career in banking saw him based in London & when his interest in railways declined (like so many he saw the end of steam as a seminal point in Britain`s railway history), he was to be seen regularly recording the changing bus scene in & around Greater London. Ironically, the last book that he compiled solely drawing upon his own collection was London Transport Buses: A Colour Portfolio that was published in 2001. The original book merely scratched the surface of the numerous images that Dick Riley took of London buses during this 15-year period. In this volume Matt Wharmby, whose earlier books on the London Titan & London Metrobus are regarded as the definitive accounts of the history of these two types, has thoroughly researched the collection to put together this new all-colour album featuring London Transport buses at the close of its glory days, from 1970 to 1984, when the capital was changed forever by tendering. The book

Includes:: introductory text allied to colour illustrations with detailed captions.

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London Transport Posters celebrates a century of outstanding graphic design commissioned by the Underground, London Transport, & its present-day successor, Transport for London. This book explores the organisation's pioneering role as Britain's greatest patron of poster art, a unique role developed in the early twentieth century under the visionary leadership of Frank Pick. The selected artworks & posters, many published here for the first time, reflect a dazzling variety of period styles & techniques, produced by an extraordinary range of artists & designers attracted by the Underground's world-wide reputation. The resulting legacy

Includes:: works by practitioners as diverse as John Hassall, Edward Mc Knight Kauffer, Laura Knight, Man Ray, Paul Nash, Graham Sutherl&, Abram Games, William Roberts, Howard Hodgkin & David Shrigley. Drawing on newly researched sources in the archives of London Transport Museum & Transport for London, this book discusses & illustrates the different styles & themes emerging from the posters over the last hundred years. These include the contrasting approaches of commercial graphic designers & the group of modernist avant-garde artists commissioned by the Underground in the 1920s & 1930s; the use of posters to support the expansion of the Tube by attracting new audiences & selling an aspirational vision of suburbia; the important role of women in the development of poster advertising both as designers & consumers; the different uses of the transport poster during two world wars; the changing fortunes of the poster in the post-war period; &, the public view of posters from 1908 to the present day. More than 250 images are drawn from the London Transport Museum's collection of over 5000 posters & artworks, which represents the most complete graphic archive of its kind to be assembled by a single organisation over so long a period anywhere in the world. London Transport Posters: A Century of Art & Design is richly illustrated with examples of posters from all periods, & will be an invaluable reference book & visual resource for all those with an interest in twentieth-century design.

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