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J. G. BALLARD: ‘First Impressions of London’ from A User’s Guide to the Millennium by J. G. Ballard, HarperCollins, 1996. © J. G. Ballard, 1993. Reproduced by permission of the author c/o Margaret Hanbury, 27 Walcot Square, London SEII 4UB.
JAMES BERRY: ‘From Lucy: Englan’ Lady’ and ‘From Lucy: Carnival Wed-d’n’, 1981 from Lucy’s Letters and Loving, by James Berry, New Beacon Books Ltd., London, 1982. Reprinted by permission.
WILLIAM BOYD: ‘Fly Away Home’ © William Boyd, 1997. Reproduced by permission of the author.
E. R. BRAITHWAITE: From Choice of Straws by E. R. Braithwaite, The Bodley Head, London, 1965. Reproduced by permission of The Bodley Head, an imprint of Random House UK Ltd.
DAVID DABYDEEN: ‘London Taxi Driver’ from Coolie Odyssey by David Dabydeen, Hansib Publishing Ltd. and Dangeroo Press, 1988. Reproduced by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd., London, on behalf of David Dabydeen.
ANITA DESAI: From Bye-Bye Blackbird by Anita Desai, Vision Books Private Ltd., 1985. © Anita Desai, 1985. Reproduced by permission of the author, c/o Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd., London.
LAWRENCE DURRELL: From Spirit of Place by Lawrence Durrell, Faber and Faber Ltd., London, and E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1969. © The Estate of Lawrence Durrell, 1969. Reproduced by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd., London, on behalf of The Estate of Lawrence Durrell, and Faber and Faber Ltd., London.
T. S. ELIOT: Letter to Henry Eliot and letter to Eleanor Hinkley from The Letters of T. S. Eliot 1898–1922, by T. S. Eliot, edited by Valerie Eliot, Faber and Faber Ltd., 1988, and Harcourt Brace & Co, 1989. © 1989 by SET Copyrights Limited. Reprinted by permission of Harcourt Brace & Company and Faber and Faber Limited.
EVA FIGES: From Little Eden: a Child at War by Eva Figes, Persea Books, 1978. © Eva Figes, 1978. Reproduced by permission of the author c/o Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd., London.
ROMESH GUNESEKERA: From Reef by Romesh Gunesekera, Granta Books, London, 1994. © Romesh Gunesekera, 1994. US rights granted by The New Press. Reprinted by the permission of The New Press and A. M. Heath & Co Ltd.
ABDULRAZAK GURNAH: From Pilgrims Way by Abdulrazak Gurnah, Chatto & Windus, 1988. © Abdulrazak Gurnah, 1988. Reproduced by permission of the author, c/o Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd., London.
WILSON HARRIS: From The Angel at the Gate by Wilson Harris, Faber and Faber Ltd., London, 1982. © Wilson Harris, 1982. Reproduced by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.
MICHAEL HOFMANN: ‘The Machine that Cried’ from Acrimony by Michael Hofmann, Faber and Faber, London, 1986. Reproduced by permission of the author.
CHRISTOPHER HOPE: From Darkest England by Christopher Hope, Macmillan/Picador (UK) and W. W. Norton (USA), 1996. © Christopher Hope, 1996. Reproduced by permission of the author, c/o Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd., London.
KAZUO ISHIGURO: From Remains of the Day, Faber and Faber Ltd. and Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1989. © Kazuo Ishiguro, 1989. Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf Inc., Faber and Faber Ltd. and Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd., London.
C. L. R. JAMES: ‘Bloomsbury: An Encounter with Edith Sitwell’ from The C. L. R. James Reader, Blackwell Publishers, London, 1992. © C. L. R. James, 1992. Reproduced by permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd., London
RUTH PRAWER JHABVALA: From Three Continents by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1987. Reproduced by permission of John Murray (Publishers) Ltd. and Harriet Wasserman Literary Agency, Inc.
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON: ‘Inglan is a bitch’ from Inglan Is a Bitch, Race Today Publications, 1980. Reproduced by permission of the author.
RUDYARD KIPLING: ‘The English Flag’ from Rudyard Kipling’s Verse: Definitive Edition, 1885–1932, by Rudyard Kipling, Doubleday, Doran & Company (USA), 1934. Reproduced by permission of A. P. Watt Ltd. On behalf of The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty.
GEORGE LAMMING: From The Emigrants by George Lamming, Michael Joseph, London, 1954. Reproduced by permission of the author.
DORIS LESSING: ‘In Defence of the Underground’ from London Observed by DORIS LESSING, HarperCollins Publishers, 1992.© 1992, Doris Lessing. Reprinted by kind permission of Jonathan Clowes Ltd., London, on behalf of Doris Lessing.
WYNDHAM LEWIS: From The Letters of Wyndham Lewis, edited by W. K. Rose, Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1963. © Wyndham Lewis Memorial Trust, London, 1963. Reprinted by permission of the Wyndham Lewis Memorial Trust.
PENELOPE LIVELY: From Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively, Harper-Collins Publishers, 1994. © Penelope Lively, 1994. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. and Penguin Books Ltd., London.
TIMOTHY MO: From Sour Sweet by Timothy Mo, Vintage Books, 1985. Reproduced by permission of André Deutsch Ltd., London.
SHIVA NALPAUI: From Beyond the Dragon’s Mouth by Shiva Naipaul, Viking Penguin Inc., 1984. Reproduced by permission of Aitken & Stone, Ltd., London.
V. S. NAIPUL: From The Enigma of Arrival by V. S. Naipul, Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Reproduced by permission of Aitken & Stone Ltd., London.
BEN OKRI: ‘Disparities’ from Incidents at the Shrine by BEN OKRI, Heinemann, London, 1986. Reproduced by permission of David Godwin Associates, London.
GEORGE ORWELL: From Down and Out in Paris and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1933. © The Estate of the late Sonia Brownell Orwell and Martin Seeker and Warburg Ltd. Excerpt from Down and Out in Paris and London, © George Orwell, 1933 and renewed 1961 by Sonia Pitt-Rivers. Reprinted by permission of Harcourt Brace & Company and A. M. Heath & Co. Ltd., London.
PETER PORTER: ‘An Ingrate’s England’ from Possible Worlds by Peter Porter, Oxford University Press, 1989. © Peter Porter 1989. Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press, Oxford, England.
JEAN RHYS: From Smile Please by Jean Rhys, André Deutsch Ltd., London, 1979. © Jean Rhys, 1979. Reproduced by permission of Sheil Land Associates, London.
SALMAN RUSHDIE: ‘A General Election’ from Imaginary Homelands, Granta Books, London, 1991. © Salman Rushdie, 1991. First published by Granta, reprinted with permission of The Wylie Agency, Inc.
SAMUEL SELVON: From The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon, Longman, London, 1956. © The Estate of the late Sam Selvon, 1956. Reprinted by permission of Susheila Nasta, Literary Representative of the late Sam Selvon.
GEORGE SZIRTES: ‘The Child I Never Was’ from The Photographer in Winter by George Szirtes, Seeker & Warburg, 1986, ‘Assassins’ from Short Wave by George Szirtes, Seeker & Warburg, 1983. Reproduced by permission of Reed Consumer Books Ltd.