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Tag Archives: London
Gross Domestic Product
The anonymous street artist and provocateur Banksy has opened a new online store, called Gross Domestic Product. The launch was heralded by an art installation-come-shop in the London Borough of Croydon, which stocks Banksy-related merchandise. However, the IRL store can’t … Continue reading
London : Food For Thought
My favorite London travel book store Stanfords has opened a food-themed bookshop in a joint venture with street food pioneers KERB “to showcase London’s food and cultural history through literature,” the Bookseller reported. Market Bookshop will be a permanent fixture at the newly opened Seven Dials Market in Covent … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Restaurants, Tourism
Tagged Covent Garden, London, London markets, Stanfords
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Reading Cities
When I am planning my travels, I always spend time reading about the destinations. Those of you who follow TBTP know that I am devoted to old school travel guidebooks, but I also do my due diligence by reading both … Continue reading
Never Underestimate The Hanseatic League
This recently discovered map of London from 1572 was created by the engraver Frans Hogenburg. Commissioned by the free-wheeling capitalists of the Hanseatic League,it provides a fascinating aerial view of the rapidly growing capital city. It shows that there was … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, History, Maps
Tagged Cartography, City of London, Hanseatic League, London
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Alternative Literary Mapping
Map loving bibliophiles at In The Book designed this clever alternative London Tube map, replacing actual station names with titles from novels set nearby. Covering just zones one and two, the map features book titles from authors including Zadie Smith, Arthur Conan … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Maps, Public Transport, Writing
Tagged Charles Dickens, Graham Greene, London, London Underground, Zadie Smith
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Global Dickens
I’m hoping that I will be able to catch the just opened exhibition called Global Dickens: For Every Nation Upon Earth this Fall at London’s excellent Dickens Museum. The show runs from this week through November 3, 2019. Here’s what … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Museums, Writing
Tagged Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens Museum, London, Robert Falcon Scott
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Making Your Mark
Most of us don’t give a second thought to the greatest human achievement in history. But now the British Museum’s new interactive exhibition Writing: Marking Your Mark is celebrating more than 5,000 years of our most amazing legacy. The exhibit, which runs … Continue reading
Look for the Book Label
Over the many years that I have been collecting and selling antiquarian and secondhand books, I have been intrigued by the small booksellers’ labels that were once a fixture in the book trade. These are typically diminutive, usually small rectangles … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe
Tagged book labels, booksellers, London, Paris, Venice
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The World Turned Upside Down
This week, the prize-winning British sculptor Mark Wallinger unveiled a dynamic new work at the London School of Economics. The World Turned Upside Down is an enormous inverted globe reversing our normal view of the world. Wallinger’s piece forces the observer to … Continue reading
Fancy a Pint ?
Way back in the 20th century I spent considerable time visiting London. While I was there I occasionally popped into the random pub to quench my thirst with a pint or two of real ale. As a foreigner, it was … Continue reading
