Only In London: A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

"Only in London" is a comprehensive illustrated guide to more than 100 fascinating and unusual historical sights in one of Europe‘s great capital cities. Roman ruins and sci-fi skyscrapers, eccentric museums and novel art spaces, ancient customs and living traditions. From Roman Londinium and Shakespeare’s Globe to Winston Churchill’s bunker and Banksy''s street art. The Necropolis Railway, Soho’s Buddhist temple, ghost stations on the Tube, and the best Eel and Pie shop. Cleopatra’s Needle, at home with Jimi Hendrix, Florence Nightingale’s lamp, and the philosopher’s mummy.

Discover Europe with the ''Only In'' Guides. These ground breaking city guides are for independent cultural travellers wishing to escape the crowds and understand cities from different and unusual perspectives. Unique locations, hidden corners and unusual objects. City tales from new perspectives provide independent travellers with memorable itineraries.

About the Author:
The Urban Explorer Duncan J. D. Smith is a travel writer and photographer. In his ground breaking ''Only In'' Guides he reveals European cities from unique and hidden perspectives. He has travelled across several continents and described his experiences in books, magazines, and online. Born in Sheffield, England in 1960, he studied history and archaeology at university. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.