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The Thames is a wretched river after the Mersey and the ships are not like Liverpool ships and the docks are barren of beauty…

— John Masefield

What Brighton's got is a major sea port on either side, good for importing drugs, great for exporting cash, stolen cars, stolen antiques. It's…

— Peter James

My dad grew up in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, desperate to get to London. I grew up in London, so I don't know what it's…

— Daniel Radcliffe

What I have always liked about Brighton is its impersonality. Since the 18th century, people have come, used the place and gone home again.

— Lynne Truss

The funny thing is, London is an incredibly interesting city. It's very sexy and it's very different, with the Thames winding through it like…

— Mel Smith

Islington, North London is just a magical place and I think Arsenal is core to it.

— Leah Williamson

Well the seaport, all seaports in Britain whether it's Glasgow or Newcastle or... or Liverpool, any of the seaports, I've got this kind of…

— Derek Taylor

I moved to Kentish Town from Chelsea in 1983, partly because I had a lot of friends already living in the area and because…

— Diana Quick

I wanted to cut past the polemics and experience London's Muslim communities for myself. My first visit was to Tower Hamlets, an East London…

— Andy Ngo

Most big cities like London and Glasgow have great big rivers that are unmissable. What's brilliant about the Water of Leith is that it's…

— Antony Gormley

The Thames is liquid history.

— John Burns

I've never been far from the river. I'm sort of like a Thames-nymph.

— Natalie Dormer