18th century Quote by Neil MacGregor

I consider myself extremely lucky to have been born and raised in London, and to have had on my doorstep this most fascinating of…

— Jean Plaidy

That first replica of the Globe that I saw at the Chicago World's Fair was a suspect thing, made of plywood and papier-mache. But…

— Sam Wanamaker

“London was like a machine. We were all being shot backwards and forwards on this plain foundation to make some pattern. The British Museum…

— Virginia Woolf

Provided that the City of London remains, as it is at present, the clearing-house of the world, any other nation may be its workshop.

— Joseph Chamberlain

There are stories and history everywhere in London.

— Sarah Pinborough

London imbued me with an appreciation of the beauty and value of history in general. As it has evolved and grown, the city has…

— Hilary Farr

London is a very energising place to be.

— Kevin Spacey

It is a standing source of astonishment and amusement to visitors that the British Museum has so few British things in it: that it…

— Neil MacGregor

You absorb 2,000 years of history just by being near the Thames.

— Martin Freeman

The Thames could be thought of as England's longest archaeological site, and no fewer than 90,000 objects recovered from its foreshore are in the…

— Jean Hanff Korelitz

On March 4th, 1830, I arrived in London, where a new world seemed opened to me.

— Henry Bessemer

Most Britons, and most Americans as well, either thought the Globe was in Stratford-Upon-Avon or didn't know where it was at all.

— Sam Wanamaker