nomos
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lol. i'm reading The Book of Dave by Will Self right now.
not a big nick hornby fan but Fever Pitch is all about arsenal and going to highbury (and being a pouty brat to your girlfriend when they lose)
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not a big nick hornby fan but Fever Pitch is all about arsenal and going to highbury (and being a pouty brat to your girlfriend when they lose)
benjybars
village elder.
yeah china mielville is serious..
he also ran for the Socialist Alliance a few years ago.. i bought unlondon for my 10 year old sister recently.. might have to jack that off her.
STN
sou'wester
Damn right. The clumsy bits of absolute beginners are more than made up for by the utterly humane ending.
ifp
Well-known member
and george orwell's london and paris
fokse vektaire xeven
Arab Nazi
Thought you londonheads might appreciate these old skool london flix from a 1946 issue of lilliput magazine:
Horselydown New Stairs, Bermondsey
Hermitage Stairs, Wapping
Charley Browns', Limehouse
Horselydown New Stairs, Bermondsey
Hermitage Stairs, Wapping
Charley Browns', Limehouse
jenks
thread death
I found a fantastic 3 volume series entitled 'Wonderful London' edited by Arthur St John Adcock.
I think it's published in about 1926-7 and is full of the most remarkable pictures. In particular, you are able to get a feel for what Victorian London was like as so little had changed whereas come the 40s and the Luftwaffe, things are gone forever.
Absolutely delightful and the kind of book that you can just flick through, charmed by the photos and ignoring the rather deathless prose.
I tried to track down a few images from the net but couldn't find any, I'll look again.
Oh and i got it in a jumble sale for about a quid for all three volumes - it may well be my ultimate book bargain.
I think it's published in about 1926-7 and is full of the most remarkable pictures. In particular, you are able to get a feel for what Victorian London was like as so little had changed whereas come the 40s and the Luftwaffe, things are gone forever.
Absolutely delightful and the kind of book that you can just flick through, charmed by the photos and ignoring the rather deathless prose.
I tried to track down a few images from the net but couldn't find any, I'll look again.
Oh and i got it in a jumble sale for about a quid for all three volumes - it may well be my ultimate book bargain.
jenks
thread death
I have just found this flickr group who appear to be dedicated to taking contemporary pictures of all the sites in Wonderful London.
I couldn't get the pictures into the post, despite clicking the button and pasting the URL in, nevermind. Here's a link to a slideshow of many of the images.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/wonderfullondon/pool/show/with/561699356/
I couldn't get the pictures into the post, despite clicking the button and pasting the URL in, nevermind. Here's a link to a slideshow of many of the images.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/wonderfullondon/pool/show/with/561699356/
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
I had a brilliant time with that book, thought it was great.
If we're talking London a few hundred years ago, Neil Stephenson's 'Baroque' cycle paints a portrait as explicit, evocative and well-researched as you could wish for.