By Battersea Bridge 1st January 1970
Anita Mostyn feels the need to take a holiday from her life. As a child, she was dismissed by her parents in favour of her self-confident brothers, and as an adult, her choices are disapproved of – the small...
Blogs in January 1970
Secret London – an Unusual Guide (Jonglez Guides) 1st January 1970
Explore London in a very different and unusual way. This is not a typical guidebook, but takes you off the beaten track – away from the bustling tourist hub. Pray in a floating church, for example, or sail on...
84 Charing Cross Road 1st January 1970
This is a series of letters charting the twenty-year correspondence between Hanff, searching for books which she could not find her homeland and Frank Doel, a London antiquarian bookseller. A unique and touching exchange, the friendship blossoms, but Hanff...
Down and Out in Paris and London 1st January 1970
You have talked so often of going to the dogs – and well, here are the dogs, and you have reached them.’ George Orwell’s vivid memoir of his time among the desperately poor and destitute in London and Paris...
London: The Biography 1st January 1970
London, seen as a living organism, Ackroyd charts the ups and downs of this city, the people, the quirks, the history – and there is soooo much to tell. A real background setter for this capital of capital cities.
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