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Zusatztext Tired of the Tube? Buses driving you barmy? Time Out Guides have the solution - walk! Informationen zum Autor Time Out is a multi-platform media and e-commerce business with a global content distribution network comprising magazines, online, mobile apps, mobile web and physical presence via live events and Time Out Market. With a presence in 107 cities and 39 countries, Time Out seeks to inspire and enable people to experience the best of a city through curated content around food, drink, music, theatre, art, style, travel and entertainment. By covering an exciting range of destinations, Time Out Guides help visitors to cities around the world get the most of their travels. Klappentext 3rd edition. Zusammenfassung Time Out London Walks features 30 walks from London writers, each revealing a personal insight into their chosen corner of London. From ancient woodland to modern skyscrapers, motorway underpasses to stately homes, most parts of the city are subject to the scrutiny of the writers. The end result is a book that can be read with pleasure at home, as a collection of writing about London, and above all used as a thought-provoking guide to a series of walks through the capital. Snapshots: Margaret Forster lets us in on her regular walk around Hampstead Heath Dan Cruickshank passes an architectural eye over the city Graham Norton takes us to the gay bars and clubs of Soho John Vidal trudges 29 miles along the side of the Thames, giving a passionate critique of soulless developments and sensitive regeneration from the Thames Barrier to Hampton court Kate Kellaway makes a nostalgic return to her childhood in Kentish Town and Hampstead Irma Kurtz rediscovers the monied pavements of Knightsbridge and Kensington Yvonne Roberts contrasts the class-conscious commons of Clapham and Wandsworth Lucinda Lambton leaps from grave to grave in Kensal Green Cemetery ...
