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London's Transport and the Olympics
When London first applied as a contender to stage the 2012 Olympic Games, there was cynical speculation as to whether the transport infrastructure could cope should it win. During …
London's Blue Plaques in a Nutshell Volume 8: Foreign Visitors, Religious and Historical Sites Plaques
London's Blue plaques celebrate great figures of the past and the buildings that they inhabited. Originally proposed by William Ewart MP in the House of Commons in 1863, the scheme …
London's dialect, an ancient form of English speech, with a note on the dialects of the North of England and the Midlands and of Scotland
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age
D.J. Taylor's Bright Young People offers a scintillating portrait of 1920s London and the birth of the cult of celebrity.Before the media circus of Britney, Paris, and our modern …
The Bishop of London's Pastoral Letter to the People of His Diocese; ... by Way of Caution, Against Lukewarmness on One Hand, and Enthusiasm on the Other. the Fifth Edition
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its …
Rise and Fall of London's Ringways, 1943-1973
Urban motorways are among the greatest - and least forgiven - legacies of post-war planning in Britain. Ringways explores the genesis, development and collapse of London's …
London's 'Big Bang' Moment and its Architectural Conversations
This book explores the topic of architecture as a component of public discourse, focussing on the reception of four high-profile developments in the City of London (the UK …
London's Glory! on Saint George's Day ... 1789. with ... Observations on the Late Royal Excursions in the South and Western Counties of England, Etc. [in Verse.]
Title: London's glory on Saint George's day ... 1789. With ... observations on the late Royal excursions in the South and Western Counties of England, etc. In verse.]Publisher: …
A Description of the River Thames, with the City of London's Jurisdiction and Conservacy Thereof Proved, to Which Is Added, a Brief Description of Those Fish, Caught in the Thames, to Which Are Added, Rules, Orders, and Ordinances
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its …
London’s Grand Guignol and the Theatre of Horror
A companion to UEP’s Grand-Guignol: The French Theatre of Horror (now in its third reprint). A genre that has left more of a mark on British and American culture than we may …
London's West End Actresses and the Origins of Celebrity Charity, 1880-1920
Today's celebrity charity work has deep historical roots. In the 1880s and 1890s, the stars of fin-de-siecle London's fashionable stage culture-particularly the women-transformed …