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TIME OUT LONDON WALKS VOLUME 1
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| By: |
Time Out Guides Ltd. |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1846702011 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781846702013 |
| Publisher: |
CRIMSON PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
3 February, 2011 |
| Edition: |
3rd edition |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
This first volume of Time Out London Walks, featuring 30 walks from some of London's finest writers, has been fully revised and updated |
| Synopsis: |
Time Out London Walks features 30 walks from London writers, each revealing a personalinsight into their chosen corner of London. From ancient woodland to modern skyscrapers,motorway underpasses to stately homes, most parts of the city are subject to the scrutinyof the writers. The end result is a book that can be read with pleasure at home, as acollection of writing about London, and above all used as a thought-provoking guide to aseries of walks through the capital. Snapshots: Margaret Forster lets us in on her regular walk around Hampstead Heath Dan Cruickshank passes an architectural eye over the city Graham Norton takes us to the gay bars and clubs of Soho John Vidal trudges 29 miles along the side of the Thames, giving a passionate critique ofsoulless developments and sensitive regeneration from the Thames Barrier to Hamptoncourt Kate Kellaway makes a nostalgic return to her childhood in Kentish Town and Hampstead Irma Kurtz rediscovers the monied pavements of Knightsbridge and Kensington Yvonne Roberts contrasts the class-conscious commons of Clapham and Wandsworth Lucinda Lambton leaps from grave to grave in Kensal Green Cemetery |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Time Out Group Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |