It's weird leaving London - you go through the fields between London and Essex and think, 'This is so beautiful - why… — Joe Thomas Copy Share Image
By 1956, London Transport was recruiting in Barbados, even loaning migrants the costs of their passage to Britain. British Rail placed ads… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Anyone who has the temerity to write about Jane Austen is aware of [two] facts: first, that of all great writers she… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Unreal City, Under the brown fog of a winter dawn, A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many, I had not thought… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
The great thing about London is the little pockets of culture, like Hackney, which has its panto and its great community. Of… — Clive Rowe Copy Share Image
The confection made of Cacao called Chocolate or Chocoletto which may be had in diverse places in London, at reasonable rates, is… — William H. Coles Copy Share Image
The English are a tolerant bunch and, outside elements of the London elite, never much minded the rise of the Scottish Raj:… — Andrew Neil Copy Share Image
“This was London, in all its filth and glory. Nostalgic for the past, while yearning to cast off the chains of bygone… — Marie Brennan Copy Share Image
Drag for me is costume, and what I'm trying to do is, sometimes I'll go around and wear makeup in the streets,… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
When I went to Scotland to do another movie, I would sing with a coach up there and then when I went… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
The appearance presented by the streets of London an hour before sunrise, on a summer's morning, is most striking even to the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended into the skies… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
Is it true or false that Belfast is north of London? That the galaxy is the shape of a fried egg? That… — J. L. Austin Copy Share Image
Certain streets have an atmosphere of their own, a sort of universal fame and the particular affection of their citizens. One of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I like filming in New York a lot myself, but London is accommodating to me; the weather's very good there and the… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I was born in London. I moved to New Zealand when I was really young; I can't remember London. My parents went… — Thomston Copy Share Image
Spending time in Soweto, and looking at the issues, and experiencing the poverty first-hand, had an enormous impact. I was brought up… — Gregg Wallace Copy Share Image
Well, I'm kind of an urban girl, I like big cities. I like New York, I like London, I like L.A. I… — AnnaSophia Robb Copy Share Image
I can remember earning £5,000 a game playing for Hibs at the end of the Seventies. They let me commute from London,… — George Best Copy Share Image
The first time I landed in New York and got a cab to my hotel, I was completely struck by it: a… — America Ferrera Copy Share Image
It was something I always wanted to do, to own a restaurant, because I love food. But particularly when I first moved… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
And there is London!--England's heart and soul. By the proud flowing of her famous Thames, She circulates through countless lands and isles… — Robert Montgomery Copy Share Image
That first replica of the Globe that I saw at the Chicago World's Fair was a suspect thing, made of plywood and… — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
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People were consuming on average less calories after the war than during the war. Things were still very tough. If you look… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The point is [Donald] Trump goes way too far. He then demonizes Muslims - American Muslims. He wants to ban all Muslims… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
On the other hand, all kinds of adventurous schemes to add security checkpoints to subway and bus systems have been circulating since… — Otto Schily Copy Share Image
Will remembered the two of them, running through the dark streets of London, jumping from rooftop to rooftop, seraph blades gleaming in… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
A man bumps me on his busy way without so much as an apology. But that is all right. I forgive you,… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
The provincial intellectual is doomed to arguing at low level... there is still no Australian literary world, not in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide.… — Clive James Copy Share Image
When I first moved to L.A., I discovered Roy London. I didn't know anything about the arts, the profession; I had no… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
London 'Harry Potter' premieres are very special events: There is this sense of love and ownership and pride, and it's just palpable.… — Michael Goldenberg Copy Share Image
“Victoria sighed deeply as the clock tower bell chimed midnight. Light snowflakes, almost weightless, began drifting down from the sky. Tiny, white… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Theatre is relatively easy if you're British - you're living in the theatre capital of the world, London - there are so… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
It's too late. It was too late by the time I arrived in London to turn your notebook into a dove; there… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
A flight from London carrying the artist we all used to know as Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, was forced… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
My first acquaintance with 'Peter Pan' was back when I lived in South London. I was at art school, and I needed… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
“You're going to be a famous artist." His voice is deep velvet - soothing and sure. "You'll live in one of those… — A.G. Howard Copy Share Image
I was lucky I went to school in London because the tutors could see what to do. I knew I wanted to… — Hussein Chalayan Copy Share Image
Plenty of people are intrigued by their family history. Growing up as the son of West Indian immigrants who moved to London… — David Lammy Copy Share Image