Untold London
Stories from Time-Trodden Streets
Format:Hardback
Publisher:The History Press Ltd
Published:17th Nov '22
Should be back in stock very soon
‘Just pick up a copy and set off. You’ll be amazed at what you’ve missed.’ - Sir Michael Palin
March, 2020: A columnist watches as London locks down, facing a conundrum as his weekly deadline for his newspaper diary approaches.
With the city shutting up shop and column inches to fill, journalist Dan Carrier takes to the deserted streets of Central London to uncover the forgotten stories the heart of the UK capital holds.
Untold London is a consideration and celebration of a city whose famous landmarks and thoroughfares are often taken for granted. Setting out to find lingering evidence of days gone by, Dan reveals unexpected delights, triumphs and tragedies alongside plenty of skulduggery and scandal in the greatest city in the world.
‘Dan about town! CNJ reporter publishes his lockdown ‘love letter’ to London.’
* Camden New Journal *‘I like to call Dan Carrier “The Mayor of Dartmouth Park” - the area we both inhabit in North London. He’s the guy who knows everyone, organises every community street party, helps out at the food bank, trains the local football team … But reading this endlessly fascinating and revelatory book, I now realise that he is “The mayor of London”. Or ought to be. Where do I vote?
While the rest of us were locked away in our flats and houses during lockdown, Dan Carrier was touring the city. In his imagination. These extraordinarily fascinating essays take us on a personal, historical, biographical ghost-ride around the crevices and crannies of the capital city - a place that Dan knows better than anyone else. His curiosity and knowledge are evident on every page - as is his deft skill as a writer. He’s a “Boz” for our age - and these his loving sketches of a city situated somewhere between sleep and waking.’
-- Kevin MacDonald, Oscar-winning film direISBN: 9781803990491
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256 pages