London A to Z

2 July, 2016
Author: John Metcalf and Edward Bawden
Genre: Travel
Category: Heywood Hill Readers

Recommended by Heywood Hill Reader Charlotte Metcalf: 

"My father originally wrote this delightfully playful little book for the Queen’s coronation and this new reprint, faithful to the original but with an introduction by Peyton Skipwith, remains a gem with its Edward Bawden ‘decorations’.   Though London has changed beyond measure in 64 years, the London my father describes is recognisable as the gentler city of my childhood and he captures the immutable essence of London’s character – humorous, tolerant and eccentric – with perceptive charm and wit."

Charlotte Metcalf: journalist, magazine editor, award-winning documentary film-maker and author of 'Walking Away', her account of making films in Africa.