Only in London by Duncan J.D. Smith

7 Contents 62 Hotels with History 143 63 Shrines to Shopping 146 64 Eros and the Rebus Myth 149 65 A 20th Century Icon 151 66 For Members Only! 153 67 Banksy’s Falling Shopper 155 NORTH BANK (SW) From Knightsbridge to Westminster 68 A Wayside Miscellany 157 69 The Home of Geography 160 70 Orthodoxy in Knightsbridge 162 71 Quest for the First Computer 164 72 Building the V&A 166 73 In the Spirit of Darwin 169 74 Monument to the Michelin Man 171 75 In Praise of the Humble Shed 173 76 A Tour of Buck House 175 77 Septem juncta in uno 177 78 London Made to Measure 179 79 Bolt-holes for Bookworms 182 80 History Ahoy! 184 81 Whitehall Above and Below 186 82 A World Famous Front Door 188 83 Scotland Yard on the Move 190 84 Bombs and Bunkers 192 85 The Abbey on Thorney Island 195 86 The First Parliament 198 SOUTH BANK (SE) From Lambeth to Bermondsey 87 A Celebration of English Gardening 200 88 At Home with the Archbishop 202 89 War and a Little Peace 204 90 Goldfinger’s Crowning Glory 206 91 The Necropolis Railway 208 92 The Lady with the Lamp 210