Publisher's Synopsis
A 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
