"... a stellar cast, presenting us with a full picture of London life, past and present."
-- Times Literary Supplement

This is our London.

A capital city of historic buildings set beside degraded social housing. A city of the enormously wealthy living alongside the poorest and dispossessed. A city in which the burnt-out hulk of Grenfell Tower stands in London's richest borough and is a shocking landmark of the fatal consequences that can ensue from our society's inequalities. A city in which nearly 40% of the population were born outside of the country.

A city with stories to tell, but whose citizens' stories don't often seem to come from the same place.

Tales of Two Londons, reasons that freedom should be the same wherever you live.

Curated by Claire Armitstead, this contradiction is illuminated in this collection written by as diverse a group of people as the metropolis it records. Here work from the famous sits alongside the previously unpublished in fiction, reportage and poetry to capture the nuances, accents and schisms that define this contemporary city.

Featuring writers such as Ali Smith, Iain Sinclair, Arifa Akbar and Ruth Padel, and stories from previously unpublished writers, immigrants and refugees, this is a compelling collection which captures the constantly evolving fabric and etiquette of the city: its housing, its restaurants and its pubs; its communities, its architecture and its landscape; its art, its buses and tubes, and even its graveyards.

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