London Stories (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series)

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Glen says: “Its about a guy and his best friend and how he feels like he has to not be emotional, to be a man, as a man never shows his true emotions as a stereotype”. However, this was made up for by the inclusion of the story about transporting a frisky emu from the docks to the suburbs!

Kings and queens also locked away their valuables and jewels at the Tower and even today, the Crown Jewels are protected by a garrison of soldiers. More people died building Sir Christopher Wren’s Monument to the Great Fire of London than perished in the fire itself, two of them in a scuffle in which one builder accused another of stealing his bread and cheese. Today the Yeomen Warders or the 'Beefeaters' guard the visitors, but still carry out ceremonial duties, such as unlocking and locking the Tower every day in the Ceremony of the Keys.

During the Second World War, Plessey defence electronics company built a secret factory in newly constructed Underground tunnels at the eastern end of the Central line. And at the end is a telling exhibition: a collection of objects that are important to the storytellers. A Mexican woman twinkles as she remembers her exhilaration at finding a new language and independence in London. Through fiction, poetry, memoir and reportage, they bring to life the extraordinary spirit of this complex, demanding, inspiring city. We focus on four London transport workers who feature in this map, created in a collaboration between the Black Cultural Archives and Transport for London, using London’s iconic Tube map to celebrate the contributions of Black people to London’s history and culture.

In both world wars, women actively and readily filled the gap created in London’s transport services when men joined the forces in large numbers.Alicia says: “After attending a BLM protest, aspiring journalist Beth Hudson inadvertently becomes the face of the movement. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Comprising a diverse selection of short stories from renowned authors such as Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, and Zadie Smith, this anthology beautifully captures the essence of London through its varied perspectives. As the most secure castle in the land, the Tower guarded royal possessions and even the royal family in times of war and rebellion.

Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. From Paris to Prague, from Glasgow to Geneva, photographer Samuel Zeller captures the strange beauty of exotic plants seen through the dappled glass of greenhouses.

Tom Eckersley was an influential British graphic designer in the 20th century, who designed more than eighty posters for London Transport. On such a subject as London there are so many pieces to choose from that there are bound to be omissions that each reader thinks should have been in: for instance, no Betjemen, Nairn, Wodehouse, etc, etc, etc … My only caveat was the inclusion of the Sherlock Holmes story "The Blue Carbuncle" - this has already been in the Christmas stories collection of this series, there are enough stories about London not to duplicate, I do feel a bit cheated.

For more than a decade, residents of SE26 have reported eerie sightings of a huge black cat, stalking the wooded hills, attacking pets and even people. Image: Henry VI was supposedly murdered while at prayer in the King's Private Chapel in the Wakefield Tower. Imbued with poetry and playfulness, these spontaneous images capture the joyful cacophony of an ever-changing community.There is a collection here of fiction and journalism, and the book starts with contemporary description if the plague and the Great Fire. In most of them, London, sometimes not even mentioned, is merely in the background, and not a character of its own, as I had expected. And it's there, threaded through Dickens' scrambled artifacts, as well as the Hanif Kureishi that closes the cover at the end.