A fascinating intellectual history that takes a comparatively little-known but important idea and shows how it affects huge areas of our lives.  Meer

A fascinating intellectual history that takes a comparatively little-known but important idea and shows how it affects huge areas of our lives  Meer

City State showcases the work of twenty-seven London writers between the ages of 16 and 36. From hyperlinked walks of Battersea bombsites and guerilla gardening projects to jagged urban lyrics and dark hymns to the East End, City State presents a confident, entertaining and truly diverse snapshot of the best new poetry from London.  Meer

An invisible mountain rises above the streets of London. At over 1,400 metres it's Britain's highest peak. This ingenious book is an account of the ascent of Mount London by writers, poets and urban cartographers, each scaling a smaller urban mountain - from Crystal Palace to Parliament Hill.  Meer