This beautifully illustrated book paints a multifaceted portrait of sixties London & explores the reasons why it became the epicentre of a cultural boom that resounded around the world & whose echoes can still be heard today. London in the 1960s was the embodiment of everything that was inspirational innovative & progressive. Powered by the three key elements of youth affluence & the mass media the city became the hub of sixties pop culture with its bold & creative spirit attracting an international cast of artists & luminaries in all fields from pop music & fashion to literature & the visual arts. While a new aristocracy of rockstars & trendsetters ruled the roost Pop art took a witty & detached view of contemporary consumerism & architecture looked towards a utopian future. This title features a stellar array of artists photographers musicians models writers designers & architects presented in context including David Hockney Francis Bacon David Bailey Alan Aldridge Kenneth Tynan Mick Jagger The Beatles Twiggy Jean Shrimpton Ron Heron Richard Hamilton Peter Blake Lucian Freud Dirk Bogarde Julie Christie Marianne Faithful Michael Caine Mary Quant Bridget Riley Diana Rigg & many many more. ...

London Labour & the London Poor is a masterpiece of personal inquiry & social observation. It is the classic account of life below the margins in the greatest Metropolis in the world & a compelling portrait of the habits tastes amusements appearance speech humour earnings & opinions of the labouring poor at the time of the Great Exhibition. In scope depth & detail it remains unrivalled. Mayhew takes us into the abyss into a world without fixed employment where skills are declining & insecurity mounting a world of criminality pauperism & vice of unorthodox personal relations & fluid families a world from which regularity is absent & prosperity has departed. Making sense of this environment required curiosity imagination & a novelists eye for detail & Henry Mayhew possessed all three. No previous writer had succeeded in presenting the poor through their own stories & in their own words & in this undertaking Mayhew rivals his contemporary Dickens. To pass from one to the other writes one authority is to cross sides of the same street. ...

For 140 miles the London LOOP (London Outer Orbital Path) follows a green corridor right around the capital offering a circular walk among secret countryside that can make you forget you're within a few miles of Heathrow Airport the A13 or the suburban sprawl of Croydon Watford or Dagenham. Here is rolling downland near Coulsdon the forest of Enfield Chase the lonely Thames marshes at Rainham the classical parkland of Bushy Park & a canalside stroll at Uxbridge. London could not seem further away. Each of the guide's 15 sections represents a day's walk of reasonable length & starts & finishes at a public transport point. ...

The optimum city maps for exploring shopping & much more. The laminated pocket format is easy to use complete with public transport maps. The detailed scale shows even the smallest streets & it

Includes:: an extensive street index. The map also features the Top 10 highlights the city has to offer. Map Scale
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Long-awaited reissue of the final part of the classic spy trilogy GAME SET & MATCH when the Berlin Wall divided not just a city but a world. The spy whos in the clear doesnt exist... Bernard Samson hoped theyd put Elvira Miller behind bars. She said she had been stupid but it didnt cut any ice with Bernard. She was a KGB-trained agent & stupidity was no excuse. There was one troubling thing about Mrs Millers confession
- something about two codewords where there should have been one. The finger of suspicion pointed straight back to London. & that was where defector Erich Stinnes was locked up refusing to say anything. Bernard had got him to London; now he had to get him to talk...
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Geoffrey Fletchers off-beat portrayal of London does not focus on the big landmarks but rather the tawdry extravagant & eccentric. His descriptions will transport you to an art nouveau pub a Victorian music hall a Hawksmoor church & even a public toilet in Holborn in which the attendant kept goldfish in the cisterns. Drawn to the corners where the kids swarm like ants & there are dogs everywhere Fletcher will take you to parts of the city where few outsiders venture. Originally published in 1962 in 1967 The London Nobody Knows was turned into an acclaimed documentary film starring James Mason. This book has been a must-have for anyone with an interest in London ever since & will surprise even those who think they know it well today. Many of the places written about are sadly no more but the sights & sounds of Fletchers London are preserved in this classic book through his beautiful illustrations & eye for the unusual & striking. ...

A detailed map that is recommended for those enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage it details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

The first two London Olympics offer food for thought in the run-up to London 2012 with its multi-billion pound budget during a global economic recession new sporting arenas Olympic villages & high-speed rail links. When Vesuvius erupted in 1906 Italy had to pull out of hosting the Games. London stepped in & delivered new stadia without any government assistance in just two years. In 1948 still recovering from the ravages of war London hosted the Olympics again. The entire budget for the 1948 Games was 760 000 & they turned a profit of 29 000. This history of the London Olympics which concludes with a look ahead to 2012 is a timely & fascinating chronicle of the Games of another age. ...

Handy little full colour map of central London with a high level of detail. Clear mapping of central London from Regent's Park in the North to Kennington in the South & Kensington Gardens in the West to Tower Bridge in the East at a scale of 1:12 500 (5 inches to 1 mile). Inset maps of Olympic Park West End shopping & theatres also included. Clear detailed full colour mapping is presented in a handy format ideal for the pocket or handbag. It is excellent value at only GBP1.99 & covers the most visited area of central London.

Includes:: * Inset map of the new Olympic Park. * Full central area map detail. * Theatres & Cinemas map. * Shopping Map. * Tube Map. * The latest congestion zone boundary. AREA OF COVERAGE Central London from Regent's Park in the North to Kennington in the South & Kensington Gardens in the West to Tower Bridge in the East. WHO THE PRODUCT IS OF INTEREST TO Essential for the short term visitor or day tripper or anyone visiting London on a tight budget.

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The ultimate pocket map of London! Explore the glorious city of London with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized pop-up map. Small in size yet big on detail this compact dependable city map will ensure you don't miss a thing. *

Includes:: 3 Pop Out maps
- a detailed street by street plan of the city centre as well as a detailed street map of the West End & a complete tube map * Additional maps of Southwark the main bus routes & theatreland are also included * Handy self-folding tourist map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easy-to-use format * Thorough street index is also featured & cross-referenced to the map so you can easily find your destination * Key places of interest are listed offering you advice on the best things to see


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