Description
Book SynopsisA lively illustrated tour of London in the company of Vic Lee - artist, storyteller and self-confessed ‘ragamuffin from south-east London’. Based on
Vic Lee’s series of prints of London, this book covers a variety of different streets and areas across the city, from Walthamstow Village in the north to Lordship Lane in East Dulwich in the south, from Broadway market in the east to Portobello Road in the west.
Through over twenty different areas, he
brings to life the local life and architecture. Interwoven around the places are stories and anecdotes that he has picked up during his researches and conversations along the way, as well as some that may or may not be true...
Areas included in the book are:
- Saint Pauls Cathedral
- Soho
- Battersea
- Mayfair
- Portobello Road
- Southbank Centre
- The Tate
- Lambs Conduit Street
- Exmouth market
- Clerkenwell and Shoreditch
- Broadway market
- Kingsland Road
- Columbia Road
- Walthamstow Village
- Stoke Newington
- Islington
- Crouch end
- Clapham
- Dulwich Village
- East Dulwich
- Brixton
- Peckham
- Maida Vale
Created in Vic Lee's
inimitable, intricate illustration style this book is a
work of art for lovers of London life and its special places Table of ContentsStreets of London
South London SE22 Lordship Lane East Dulwich
SE15 Bellenden Road Peckham
SE21 Dulwich Village Dulwich
SW2 Brixton Brixton
SW11 Northcote Road Battersea
North London N1 Upper Street Islington
N8 Crouch End Haringey
N16 Church Street Stoke Newington
East London EC1 St Johns Clerkenwell
EC1 Exmouth Market Clerkenwell
E2 Columbia Road Tower Hamlets
E2 Shoreditch Hackney
E8 Kingsland Road Dalston
E8 Broadway Market Hackney
E17 Walthamstow Village Walthamstow
West London W9 Clifton Road Maida Vale
W11 Portobello Road Notting Hill
WC1 Lambs Conduit Street Bloomsbury
W1 Soho Central
W1 Mount Street Mayfair
