Published to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the ending of WW2, London Can Take It reveals Valerie’s remarkable first-hand account of growing up in wartime London where she spent over 5 ...

New data from the British Library reveals London’s most borrowed books - and the results are pleasantly surprising. As a city, London is truly a literary lovers dream. Besides the fact that it ...

The Blitz of WW2, sometimes known as the London Blitz, was the German bombing campaign that lasted eight months and targeted 16 British cities.

Almost everyone I know who lives in London has a story about seeing the ... Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry, best described as a novel ...

2 I'M HONOURED I feel honoured to receive prizes for my books, but this one from 2008 is special. It’s the JM Barrie Award in the form of a glass book from Action For Children’s Arts and it ...

I can see practically the whole of London spread round me…the whole of the skyline to the south lit up with a ruddy glow…the flames are leaping up in the air now…the dome of St Paul's ...

The London Review of Books is the largest cultural, political and literary magazine in Europe and has an unparalleled international reputation for long form literary journalism. Published every two ...

Plus, two more women-focused bookshops you can visit today. There’s no shortage of brilliant bookshops in London. From Gay’s the Word in King’s Cross, which sells queer fiction and non ...