Living and Working in London by Clare O'Brien (Survival Books, 2000)
A practical guide to the city.
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London: A short history by A N Wilson (Weidenfeld and Nicholson, March 2004)
Celebrates the cosmopolitan city that mobility and immigration have created, while deploring the 'moronisation' exemplified by the Millennium Dome and Ken Livingstone's 2002 London Plan.
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London: A social history by Roy Porter (Penguin, 2000)
London's social life and experiences of living in the city.
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London: The biography by Peter Ackroyd (Vintage, 2001)
A monumental labour of love. 'London can be located nowhere in particular ... its circumference is everywhere,' Ackroyd says. So be warned.
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London Knowledge: Facts, fables and curiosities by William Wake (Little Brown, March 2005)
Which is the longest bus route? Which English cricket captains were born in London? Which famous Londoners were not born in London? Who owns London? Do you care?
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Footnotes and Queries
www.bbc.co.uk/london/ insideldn/radio/robert_elms_queries.shtml
Robert Elms, London lover, BBC London DJ and contributor to London Sucks, unearths some fascinating London stories and trivia.
London Treasures
www.londontreasures.com/know.htm
Quirky London facts sit alongside competitions and stories in this fun, informative site.
This is London
www.thisislondon.co.uk
Website of the year 2004.
Visit London
www.visitlondon.com
Official case for the defence.
Wish you weren't here?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/ magazine/3931277.stm
It's notoriously expensive, over-crowded, grubby and bewildering to out-of-towners. So why do so many foreign visitors bother with London?
The WOW Report
www.worldofwonder.net/world/ staff/jacques_peretti.php
Self-penned introduction to Jacques Peretti, the man behind London Sucks.
Produced to accompany The Art Show: London Sucks (a World of Wonder production), first screened on Channel 4 in October 2004.
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