Londoners : The Days and Nights of London Now -As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Have Left It, and Long for It

by Taylor, Craig

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9780062005854

ISBN10:

0062005855

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Hardcover

Pub. Date:

2/21/2012

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Harpercollins

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Summary

Cover title: Agricultural and veterinary chemicals.

Introduction	p. xiii
A Note About London	p. xxxi
Prologue	p. 1

Arriving
Kevin Pover, commercial airline pilot	p. 7
Raymond Lunn, on arriving from Leeds	p. 9
Jane Lanyero, on arriving from Uganda	p. 18
John Harber, a tourist from America	p. 19
Farzad Pashazadeh, on arriving from Iran	p. 22
Getting Around
Emma Clarke, voice of the London Underground	p. 29
Nicky Dorras, taxi driver	p. 34
Emily Davis, cyclist	p. 36
Craig Clark, TfL Lost Property Clerk	p. 38
Noel Gaughan, driving instructor	p. 44
Nick Tyler, civil engineer	p. 47
Seeing the Sights
David Doherty, on Buckingham Palace	p. 53
Bruce Smith, on Big Ben	p. 62
Philip and Ann Wilson, on the Tower of London	p. 66
Tim Turner, on "Londin"	p. 67
Earning One's Keep
Ruby King, plumber	p. 71
Kamran Sheikh, currency trader	p. 74
Mary Forde, publican	p. 82
Ruth Fordham, manicurist	p. 84
Loving One Another
Alina Iqbal, a love story	p. 91
Peter Davey and Milan Selj, a couple who met on Parliament Hill	p. 98
Mistress Absolute, dominatrix	p. 99
Jay Hughes, nurse	p. 102
Getting on With it
Nikky, Lindsay, Danielle, students	p. 105
Paulo Pimentel, grief counselor	p. 107
Liston Wingate-Denys, personal trainer	p. 111
Smartie, Londoner	p. 114

Continuing Your Journey
Peter Rees, City Planning Officer, City of London	p. 125
Davy Jones, street photographer	p. 132
Joe John Avery, street cleaner	p. 136
Jill Adams and Gary Williams, bus operations specialists	p. 140
Paul Akers, arboriculturalist	p. 144
Elisabetta de Luca, commuter	p. 149
Gleaning on the Margins
Sarah Constantine, skipper	p. 153
John Andrews, angler	p. 162
Mikey Tompkins, beekeeper	p. 167
Christina Oakley Harrington, Wiccan priestess	p. 169
Feeding the City
Adam Byatt, chef	p. 173
David Smith, Director of Markets, City of London	p. 178
Peter Thomas et al, New Spitalfields Market traders	p. 181
Climbing the Property Ladder
Ashley Thomas, estate agent	p. 199
Robert Guerini, property owner	p. 204
Stephanie Walsh, property seeker	p. 208
Nick Stephens, squatter	p. 213
Mike Bennison and Geoff Bills, residents of Surrey	p. 216
Putting on a Show
Henry Hudson, artist	p. 221
Martins Imhangbe, actor	p. 224
Laetitia Sadier, singer	p. 230
Rinse, rapper	p. 233
Darren Flook, art gallerist	p. 237
Going Out
Dan Simon, rickshaw driver	p. 243
Daniel Serrano, cruiser	p. 249
Emmajo Read, nightclub door attendant	p. 254
Smartie, Londoner	p. 259

Making a Life
Jo the Geordie, who stayed in Newcastle	p. 271
Stacey the Geordie, who came to London	p. 274
Getting Along
Ed Husain, commentator	p. 281
Abul Azad, social worker	p. 286
Nicola Owen, teacher	p. 289
Guity Keens, interpreter	p. 297
Lucy Skilbeck, mother	p. 302
Keeping the Peace
Paul Jones, home security expert	p. 307
Colin Hendrick, police officer	p. 310
Nick Smith, eyewitness to the London riots	p. 320
Mohammed Al Hasan, suspect	p. 323
David Obiri, Jeremy Ranga, Keshav Gupta, barristers	p. 325
Charles Henty, Under-Sheriff of London	p. 331
Barbara Tucker, protestor	p. 334
Staying on Top
Stuart Fraser, Chairman, Policy and Resources Committee	p. 339
Toby Murthwaite, student	p. 341
Paul Hawtin, hedge fund manager	p. 343
George Iacobescu, CEO, Canary Wharf Group PLC	p. 350
Living and Dying
Alison Cathcart, Superintendent Registrar, City of Westminster	p. 355
Alex Blake, eyewitness	p. 360
Perry Powell, paramedic	p. 365
John Harris, funeral director	p. 373
Spencer Lee, crematorium technician	p. 380
Departing
Michael Linington, seeker	p. 385
Rob de Groot, antique-clock restorer	p. 388
Ethel Hardy, old-age pensioner	p. 392
Ludmila Olszewska, former Londoner	p. 394
Smartie, Londoner	p. 396
Kevin Pover, commercial airline pilot	p. 398
Acknowledgments	p. 401
Index	p. 405
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