I’ve just read Iain Sinclair’s “The last London”. Great informative book by historian and friend of walking Youtuber John Rogers. Sinclair takes us on a journey across London in a series of walks, sharing personal anecdotes and history of the sites he came across. Much recommended.
As it is the last day of VE day celebrations in the UK today, I paid a visit to City Hall Memorial Garden in Central, Hong Kong. There are many plaques and monuments paying tribute to the sacrifice of the servicemen and women who fought in both world wars. In particular it focused on the bravery and the sacrifices made by those involved.
One of my biggest bugbears in life is seeing an interesting cooking recipe and then seeing that it serves four or sometimes six. It never serves one or in my current case two. One way I get around it is to divide the final result into four or six sealable containers, eat one serving and freeze the rest. For any on his or her on own I recommend “One is fun” by the legendary Delia Smith.
After finishing John Roger’s “This other London”, I went to Hong Kong’s city hall library for the first time to borrow Iain Sinclair’s “The last London”. I first heard of Sinclair from John Roger’s youtube videos where he sometimes joins John on his walks. Iain Sinclair offers a deep understanding of many places in London, so I decided to give one of his books a try. I will write a review after finishing the book.
City Hall library, in a listed building in Hong Kong’s Central district that was built in 1962 during the British administration. The whole building reminds me of the schools I attended back in the UK with its brutalist facade.
After not reading any books for a while, I have just finished reading “This other London: Adventures in an overlooked city” by walks Youtuber John Rogers.
It’s a very readable and entertaining book documenting ten of his walks around London back in 2012. Just like his videos, John shares his thoughts and anecdotes about various landmarks he comes across. He has a particular fondness for rivers, especially obscure and lost rivers, rivers that have now been buried underground.
I have subscribed to his channel for over five years and this book is like his videos in text form.
