In 1600, Shakespeare's London was a city of 200,000 people. At the same time, there were already over a million in Tokyo. — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
I moved to London to work at the National Theatre and spent my first wage packet on Patti Smith, Bowie and Velvets… — Toyah Willcox Copy Share Image
Fashion understands itself; good-breeding and personal superiority of whatever country readily fraternize with those of every other. The chiefs of savage tribes… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Not part of any London combination and you have to go a long way from London really to... to throw that feeling… — Derek Taylor Copy Share Image
London goes beyond any boundary or convention.It contains every wish or word ever spoken, every action or gesture ever made, every harsh… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
My relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra brought me many times to London and I will always reflect positively on that early period… — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
My first vote was for a communist in east London when I was a medical student. But I've voted Tory, Labour and… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
No, I've never moved on with a play. I did the original 'Closer' in London but didn't transfer to the West End… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
As a child, I always remember our home, which was a flat just on the Barnes side of Hammersmith Bridge in London,… — Samantha Bond Copy Share Image
The first thing that was intimidating was when I started rehearsing to play Riff in the London company. That first day of… — George Chakiris Copy Share Image
When I first went to London to do a film in 1949, I naturally went to visit the site of the Globe.… — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
When I started Virgin from a basement flat in West London, I did not set out to build a business empire. I… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I spend most of my time in London but I come back to Ireland whenever I can. — Rory Gallagher Copy Share Image
Thanks to the unprecedented reach of British navigation, London in the early 18th century was not just the emporium of the world,… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
My family didn't have much. You know, we didn't have much and everything. From when I was 17, I moved to London,… — Kyle Walker Copy Share Image
When anybody goes to L.A. from London, there's always this slight sense of, 'What are you doing? Who do you think you… — Ed Weeks Copy Share Image
I take absolutely no delight in the resignation of Sir Tim Hunt from his role as an honorary professor at the University… — Cathy Newman Copy Share Image
In the new series of 'Foyle's War,' London starts to get bombed, and the country falls under heavy attack. It affects people's… — Anthony Howell Copy Share Image
“All the lies, all the ways we have of trying to make life simple for ourselves by putting people into boxes marked… — Julia Gregson Copy Share Image
The one thing politicians will always vote for is more politics, so in 2000 they invented the post of mayor of London… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Ewan McGregor and I travelled 20,000 miles from London to New York by bike. It was incredible. — Charley Boorman Copy Share Image
Kate is determined that our children feel English, that this should be who they are. She adores London, as a Chiswick girl… — Justin Rose Copy Share Image
