Social History

London Fictions is a book about London, real and imagined. Two dozen contemporary writers, from Ca..

£14.99

With an Introduction by Rosemary O'Day. London Labour and the London Poor is a masterpiece of pe..

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While many books, films and documentaries claim to have captured the phenomenon that was Swinging ..

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Voted by the London Times as one of the best writers since 1945, Michael Moorcock has long been co..

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A section that isn't entirely about dereliction but of places whose "musical heritage" is largely ..

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When people think of London's rivers, the vast thoroughfare of the Thames immediately springs to m..

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Three and half weeks. Three hundred miles. I saw roaring arterial highway and silent lanes, candle..

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The Hebrides hold a remarkable place in the imaginations of Scotland and England. On the outer edg..

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The battered and exhausted Britain of 1945 was desperate for workers - to rebuild, to fill the fac..

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Iain Sinclair's classic early text, Lud Heat, explores mysterious cartographic connections between..

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Total Refreshment Centre created space for new music, until the venue closed last year. The story ..

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Freedom fighter, fugitive, celebrated prisoner, president: the hero of a nation. Nelson Mandela wa..

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A quirky compendium of essays on maps, places and people, many by leading writers including Iain S..

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Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel depicts nothing less than the great clashes between capital and la..

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In the Middle Ages, surgery was performed by barbers, owing to their skill with sharp instruments...

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