London is not just an international financial centre: it is also one of the most ethnically diverse places on earth. Three hundred… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
The 'Shoreditchification' of certain areas, although it's seen as a negative by some, has actually been very positive for parts of London. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
When I bought my first house in London with my husband-to-be, our surveyor said: "Nicki, you're paying top dollar, but it's not… — Nicki Chapman Copy Share Image
In London, nobody comments on what you wear - they think that's not important to you or your state of well-being. — Steven Berkoff Copy Share Image
“No, the events which I am about to describe were simply too monstrous, too shocking to appear in print. They still are.… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Mother was like this sometimes. Conversations became riddles with traps in them, and your answers had consequences.” — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
I ended up landing in London out of high school, and I saw a performance that Vanessa Redgrave gave, just because it… — Elizabeth Marvel Copy Share Image
My daughter recommended Chris O'Dowd to me after seeing him in 'Bridesmaids,' so I watched that and his sitcom, 'The IT Crowd.'… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
Yes, I love going to fittings and talking about the history of a costume. For 'Versailles,' a play set in 1919, the… — Gwilym Lee Copy Share Image
My mother had lived in London since I was little, so she never got to see my school plays and stuff. — Lauren Graham Copy Share Image
“Commuting in London is basically warfare. It's a constant campaign of claiming territory; inching forward; never relaxing for a moment. Because if… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
I spent my whole teenage life trying to get to London and go to dance school, but when I got there, I… — FKA twigs Copy Share Image
'Sister Act' was my first audition out of school. I was 21 and cast as the understudy. It was non-Equity, so I… — Patina Miller Copy Share Image
Whenever I tell people I'm a misanthrope they react as though that's a bad thing, the idiots. I live in London, for… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
I think Galliano returning to London Fashion Week at some point would be hugely well received by the industry. — Matthew Williamson Copy Share Image
I live halfway between London and the airport, which means I can operate my European career and get home every night. It… — Chris Rea Copy Share Image
I went to an all boys' school in South London and the only god was sport. — Lennie James Copy Share Image
To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over… — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
I did a degree in media and culture studies in London and moved there when I was eighteen from Paris. — Stacy Martin Copy Share Image
Richard wrote a mental diary in his head. Dear Diary, he began. On Friday I had a job, a fiance, a home,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
It was such a culture shock for me, being plucked from this diverse neighborhood in London into Jamaica Queens. I'm in this… — Ella Mai Copy Share Image
I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to… — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
In a public dialogue with Salman in London he [Edward Said] had once described the Palestinian plight as one where his people,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Intricately plotted, beautifully paced, The Music of the Spheres is an elegant historical novel rich in detail, at times Dickensian in its… — Martha Grimes Copy Share Image
In America they make too much fuss of poets; in London they make too little. — Caitlin Thomas Copy Share Image
My mother was Welsh and I loved going to Wales every summer, where Uncle Les had a farm. My mother had seven… — Keith Allen Copy Share Image
He who drinks a tumbler of London water has literally in his stomach more animated beings than there are men, women, and… — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
I'd love to open a private museum in Paris, London, or New York, but I don't have the money. If I were… — Jean Pigozzi Copy Share Image
It's amazing what you can do in your bathroom! I would do vocals and stuff on my computer that would need to… — Nadine Coyle Copy Share Image
[On writer George Moore:] ... I grew curious about Moore. Yet when at the rehearsal of 'Countess Cathleen' in some dark by-way… — Susan Mitchell Copy Share Image
Now I belong to this fantastic group called The London Writers Salon, which runs Monday to Friday with sessions in London, New… — Lesley Sharp Copy Share Image
Freak is easily spooked. Flesh-eating monsters tend to scare him away. So do fireworks, clowns, and the smell of Sadie's weird British… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I was pretty young when I bought my first place, and at that time didn't really view it as an investment. After… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
Everyone acknowledges that dinner parties are equally dull in London and Paris, in Calcutta and in New York, unless the next neighbour… — Isabella Bird Copy Share Image
I lately met with an old volume from a London bookshop, containing the Greek Minor Poets, and it was a pleasure to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
After studying in Sheffield, I went down to London to do my post-graduate degree at the National Film and Television School, embarking… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
I seem to respond most to places that are more cosmopolitan because of my Manhattan upbringing. Some of the major international cities… — Bobby Flay Copy Share Image