Category Archives: London

Alternate Versions of London in Film and TV

Posted on September 4, 2015 by admin

A little while ago, I posted about my favourite novels featuring alternative versions of London (other than mine). I promised a follow-up post on alternative film and TV versions of London. It’s a slightly shorter list, I’m afraid. I’m more … Continue reading →

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Disease and Punishment – The Intertwined Histories of The Old Bailey and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital

Posted on August 7, 2015 by admin

In Transferral, I’ve used the real locations of The Old Bailey  and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital because, historically and geographically, they embody the connection between sickness and crime that is central to the book.

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Alternate London Novels

Posted on July 17, 2015 by admin

I’ve always loved alternate versions of familiar places. Books that add the strange, the horrific or the magical to the everyday. It’s one of the reasons I set Transferral in a London that’s recognizably ours, but with one major difference. … Continue reading →

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Four Facts about the Barbican Estate

Posted on June 23, 2015 by admin

There’s no place quite like the Barbican. A brutalist conglomeration of terraces and tower blocks in Central London, it was built in the 1960s and 70s on a World War II bomb site. It’s an astonishing place. A labyrinth of … Continue reading →

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