Books and Movies about LondonBook and Video reviews
Best books and documentaries about London
Books about London for the visitor - reviewed
Get in the mood for your trip to London and England with my book and video recommendations and reviews - these are aimed at people who haven't been to London a lot before. If you already know the best of the capital, read on for my suggestions for people who've been to London before.
Romantic London DVDs
Forget Paris, LONDON is one of the most romantic cities in Europe. Want to watch some romantic English movies to transport you to this greatest of cities? Here's my pick of the bunch.
Britain at war: DVD reviews
It’s easy to view the Second World War as just history, something long in the past that’s as irrelevant to our lives as the Romans or the Greeks. It’s not. This conflict still stands like a colossus over British public life, shaping attitudes there not only to England's neighbors (the French, the Germans) but to her friends (Americans, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders.) Understanding what happened then helps you understand the country of today.
Best London movies – gangsters & crime
London today is safe and essentially violence-free. It wasn’t always thus. In the 60s in particular parts of the East End had a reputation for being in the pocket of local crime barons – as a kind of English mafia most characterized by the Kray Twins - and, as ever, the ‘glamour’ of crime was depicted on the silver screen. In some movies, the glitz of the underworld was replicated unquestionably; others are more ambivalent about the whole thing.