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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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