London
The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill
A murder in a locked room. Whodunit? And more importantly, howdunit? Who would want to kill philanthropist, union organizer, and…
In Love with London Fog
I kept coming across paintings of London by Yoshio Markino - gauzy portraits of a mysteriously colorful, old-world city often…
The Day Trip
One childhood ritual during the days between Christmas and the return to school was the day trip to London. The…
It’s Holy Month
I put this image together in honor of the Holy Month that's now upon us. Given the proliferation of days,…
A Scream in Soho
It's London in wartime, in the blackout before the Blitz and the streets of Soho are full of characters straight…
The East Coker Opera House Murders #1940Club
Based on his published letters,1940 was a busy year for T.S.Eliot. He was based in London and working at Faber…
The Pineapple Party
Norman Pearson returned towards the end of January, after an absence in Spain and Portugal, bearing two bananas, two oranges…
Comfort Food and Comfort Books
A recent NYTimes Cooking newsletter from Melissa Clark drew my attention to the article about Raghavan Iyer by Kim Severson …
Our Flag Stays Red – Communists and Snore Detectives at the Savoy
In Our Flag Stays Red (1948) Phil Piratin - the Communist Party MP for Mile End - wrote an account…
Fizz and Filth – Kate Atkinson and Babylon London 1926
A novel by Kate Atkinson is always something to look forward to and I've just finished reading her latest -…
Summers and Adventure
It's all a long time ago now but I spent the summer of 1969 playing. With a shiny new degree…
The Sun Like a Force-Ripe Orange
The sun shining ... just there in the sky like a force-ripe orange That striking image is from Samuel Selvon's…
Three Lords and a Lady
A musical backdrop to Unreal City: the London of the Lonely Londoners When the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in…
A Street in London W11
Six stops on the Hammersmith and City from Euston Square to Westbourne Park, up the stairs, along the bridge over…
Out of the London Mud Come the London Cabbages
A friend is reading Steven Johnson's The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science,…