[Londoners 01] • Londoners · The Days and Nights of London Now - As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It and Long for It by Taylor, Craig -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Dedication Epigraph INTRODUCTION PROLOGUE

Simon Kushner, former Londoner

PART I

ARRIVING

Kevin Pover, commercial airline pilot Raymond Lunn, on arriving from Leeds Jane Lanyero, on arriving from Uganda John Harber, a tourist from America Farzad Pashazadeh, on arriving from Iran

GETTING AROUND

Emma Clarke, voice of the London Underground Nicky Dorras, taxi driver Emily Davis, cyclist Craig Clark, TfL Lost Property Clerk Noel Gaughan, driving instructor Nick Tyler, civil engineer

SEEING THE SIGHTS

David Doherty, on Buckingham Palace Bruce Smith, on Big Ben Philip and Ann Wilson, on the Tower of London Tim Turner, on ‘Londin’

EARNING ONE’S KEEP

Ruby King, plumber Kamran Sheikh, currency trader Ruth Fordham, manicurist Mary Forde, publican

LOVING ONE ANOTHER

Alina Iqbal, a love story Peter Davey and Milan Selj, a couple Mistress Absolute, dominatrix Jay Hughes, nurse

GETTING ON WITH IT

Nikky, Lindsay and Danielle, students Paulo Pimentel, grief counsellor Liston Wingate-Denys, personal trainer Smartie, Londoner

PART II

CONTINUING YOUR JOURNEY

Peter Rees, urban planner Davy Jones, street photographer Joe John Avery, street cleaner Jill Adams and Gary Williams, bus operations managers Paul Akers, aboriculturalist Elisabetta de Luca, commuter

GLEANING ON THE MARGINS

Sarah Constantine, skipper John Andrews, angler Mikey Thompkins, beekeeper Christina Oakley Harrington, Wiccan priestess

FEEDING THE CITY

Adam Byatt, chef David Smith, markets chief Peter Thomas et al. New Spitalfields Market traders

CLIMBING THE LADDER

Ashley Thomas, estate agent Robert Guerini, property owner Stephanie Walsh, property seeker Nick Stephens, squatter Mike Bennison and Geoff Bills, residents of Surrey

PUTTING ON A SHOW

Henry Hudson, artist Martins Imhangbe, actor Laetitia Sadier, singer Rinse, rapper Darren Flook, art gallerist

GOING OUT

Dan Simon, rickshaw-rider Daniel Serrano, cruiser Emmajo Read, nightclub door attendant Smartie, Londoner

PART III

MAKING A LIFE

Jo the Geordie who stayed in Newcastle Stacey the Geordie, who came to London

GETTING ALONG

Ed Husain, commentator Abul Azad, social worker Nicola Owen, teacher Guity Keens, interpreter Lucy Skilbeck, mother

KEEPING THE PEACE

Paul Jones, home security expert Colin Hendricks, police officer Nick Smith, riot witness Mohammed Al Hasan, suspect David Obiri, Jeremy Ranga and Keshav Gupta, barristers Charles Henty, Under-Sheriff and Secondary of London Barbara Tucker, protester

STAYING ON TOP

Stuart Fraser, Chairman, Policy and Resources Toby Murthwaite, student Paul Hawtin, hedge fund manager George Iacobescu, Canary Wharf developer

LIVING AND DYING

Alison Cathcart, marriage registrar Alex Blake, eyewitness Perry Powell, paramedic John Harris, funeral director Spencer Lee, crematorium technician

DEPARTING

Michael Linington, seeker Rob de Groot, antique clock restorer Ethel Hardy, old-age pensioner Ludmila Olszewska, former Londoner Smartie, Londoner Kevin Pover, commercial airline pilot

Acknowledgements Index Also by Craig Taylor Copyright

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