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Bridget's Bermondsey | Marc Zakian | United Kingdom, London, London
You've read the books, seen the movie - now take the walk. With millions of pounds being spent on film locations in London, a new breed of movie tourist is hitting the streets of the capital
Down the Drain | Nancy Lyon | United Kingdom, London, London
Over-the-shoulder espionage and underground eavesdropping: spend a day as a mole, mindlessly riding the Northern Line, the oldest, longest line of oldest subway on earth-the London Tube
Hampton Court | Ben Mallalieu | United Kingdom, London, London
London | David Clement Davies | United Kingdom, London, London
'It was trying to get my shopping bags back from the supermarket, along the darker reaches of the North End Road, that finally clinched it...' David Clement-Davies plans his escape from the onset of yet another foul British winter.
London | Vitali Vitaliev | United Kingdom, London, London
I love London's velvety summer nights, when nightingales scream their little lungs out in Berkeley Square, and a podgy full moon mooches about in the brandy-coloured sky, like a pot-bellied drunk trudging home from a pub
London Calling | Kamin Mohammadi | United Kingdom, London, London
The history of cool Britannia, as told by one who saw the fading days of punk, the Day-Glo ‘80s, Chelsea Girls, the rise of Kate and Sienna—only to come full circle and find herself, once again, rifling the racks at Topshop
London's Canary Wharf | Martin O'Brien | United Kingdom, London, London
Only twenty minutes by Underground from London's West End, this major financial and business centre is moored like some mini-Manhattan in the heart of the Isle of Dogs
Shakespeare's London | Marc Zakian | United Kingdom, London, London
The George was one of Shakespeare’s locals. He may have watched plays here, supping the evening away after the show. Four centuries later it’s still a working pub, restaurant and – in summer – it still stages plays
Swinging back to Sixties London | Rory MacLean | United Kingdom, London, London
Alongside New York and San Francisco, London was the herald and harbinger of the Sixties, the place and time where the women’s movement, gay lib, the environment and pop music became mainstream
Walking the Millenium Mile along London’s River Thames | Christopher Somerville | United Kingdom, London, London
London’s Millennium Mile (it’s actually nearer two miles) along the south bank of the River Thames must contain more memorable sights and attractions than any city-centre stroll on earth