Around Quote by John Lanchester

Contrary to received wisdom, the British are not an insular people in the conventional sense - far from it. For most of their early…

— Linda Colley

In London, people can be so... well, it's not even a case of people being unkind or unfriendly. You just don't make any contact…

— Carey Mulligan

I've been lucky that I haven't encountered much adversity growing up in London and having friends from all different backgrounds.

— Emma Weymouth

I grew up in a middle class English family just outside London. I wasn't surrounded by that speedy city lifestyle, it was a little…

— Ed Westwick

People in London are so much more exposed to danger, or bad things. It took me quite a long time to grow up in…

— Eliot Paulina Sumner

Contemporary Britain seems an endlessly fascinating place to me - but if I knew a little bit more about other places, and other times,…

— Jonathan Coe

I grew up in a small town about 40 miles outside London, but it was a fairly cosmopolitan household.

— Jacqueline Bisset

I did once start chatting to some strangers in a pub - that's not really done in London.

— Lou Sanders

The average Londoner knows just one neighbour. I travel a lot, and I'm always surprised by the strong sense of community in some countries.…

— Lily Cole

When all is said, its atmosphere [England's] still contains fewer germs of aggression and brutality per cubic foot in a crowded bus, pub or…

— Arthur Koestler

I've lived in London more or less permanently since the 1950s.

— Sam Wanamaker

“I lived in London; I did not approach strangers”

— Lindsey Kelk