The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is… — Jackie Joyner-Kersee Copy Share Image
The vibe of London as a city is captivating. It's both fast-paced and extremely rushed but still has the calmness that would… — Ali Fazal Copy Share Image
I got my first library card, for Hendon Library in north London, when I was two years old. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“London was a city of ghosts, some deader than others. Thorne knew that in this respect, it wasn't unlike any other major… — Mark Billingham Copy Share Image
London's central role in the financial market would be undermined if wealthy foreigners did not want to come here. — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
'Tum Jo Mile' came as a surprise. Vivek and Kumaar sir, who has written the song, sent me the track just to… — Armaan Malik Copy Share Image
I was a fashion editor for years in London before I came to 'Vogue,' and I spent my life arranging the folds… — Hamish Bowles Copy Share Image
In North America, more than half of all children travel to school by bus. We need a similar programme in London. — Zac Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The food that's never let me down in life is porridge, especially with milk and maple syrup, which is delicious. Paris isn't… — Marianne Faithfull Copy Share Image
I cannot love people in the country, I discover, because there is always this danger that they may be acquaintances, with all… — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
“It was a bad night to be about with such a feeling in one's heart. The rain was cold, pitiless and increasing.… — Charlotte Riddell Copy Share Image
“Blaise decided that the thing he would remember most about this London was the sour stink of it. The overripe foulness of… — Teresa Flavin Copy Share Image
In the early '60s there was very little reliable information on Tibetan Buddhism. I was living in London and I had joined… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
My family is from Liverpool, so I have some of those vowel sounds, I've got the slack tone of someone from Birmingham,… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
I was a fashion assistant. I bought the fabric. I made sure that everything was smooth in the workroom. And I scrambled… — Jaye Davidson Copy Share Image
Band Of Gold' nearly did me in. We had 16 weeks of night shoots and I was never getting home to London… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
There's all this stuff that is happening in Edinburgh now, it's a sad attempt to create an Edinburgh society, similar to a… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
I never get recognised here in London, which I like. Once a year, someone comes up to me and asks if I… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
The attacks of September 11 - and subsequent acts of terror from London to Madrid to Fort Hood, Texas - embody the… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Some people have human muses - mine is a city. I feel a startling ambivalence towards London, but for better or worse… — Will Self Copy Share Image
To be a young Irishman in London and go to the theater to see 'Rosemary's Baby'... it scared the crap out of… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
But London is my favourite city as I've walked the streets of the capital so often, I know it really well. — Viv Richards Copy Share Image
