Russell Square is one of the odder areas of London.

I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the…

— Karen Hawkins

Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I know my…

— Sharon Horgan

Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I…

— Manolo Blahnik

Go to The Spaniards Inn on Hampstead Heath. It's an old-fashioned pub, and from there, you can look out over the London skyline.

— Richard Quest

Global poverty is the product of reversible policy failures overseen by politicians, past and present. The poorest of the poor don't vote in American…

— Hugh Evans

In that sense, I became politicized because the people in the coal mining villages who were involved in the struggle knew why they were…

— Billy Bragg

I've been so lucky with the people I've worked with, but I'm such a fan girl. When I moved to London at 16, I…

— Sheridan Smith

London, from the architecture to the culture to the fashion to the accents, feels like it's a special place.

— G-Eazy

Rien ne se peut comparer a' Paris. Nothing can compare to Paris.

— Eustache Deschamps

My parents and my sister always leave me over New Year, so I'm always on my own in London.

— Amelia Dimoldenberg

Londoners are really good at dealing with any crap that's thrown at them. We hunker down, we grit our teeth and we get on…

— Andi Oliver

Whether Theresa May had stabbed has stabbed the former Mayor of London in the back and Michael Gove had stabbed him in the front.…

— Nigel Evans

I don't think it's any different if I'm in the U.S. or in London. I look at operations globally.

— Shahid Khan

When I was a kid in London there was just something about the light and there's something about the way London went onto film…

— William Monahan

I miss my kids, and they miss me. It's very difficult, but I have to do it for my country and fulfill my dreams…

— Mary Kom