Quiet London: Quiet Corners

Siobhan Wall (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2014
Frances Lincoln (Verlag)
978-0-7112-3560-1 (ISBN)

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This is a guide to over 100 quiet corners in the city – peaceful gardens, green spaces, places to rest, relax and recuperate.

London is an exciting, vibrant and often noisy city but this busy metropolis also has a quiet side. Siobhan Wall encourages Londoners and visitors to the capital to wander away from the crowds and discover calm amid the hustle and bustle.
This is a guide to over 100 quiet corners in the city. There are peaceful gardens to enjoy, green spaces to wander through, places to rest, relax and recuperate, to meditate and invite mindful contemplation.
With evocative photographs and a short description for each location, including travel, access and contact details, Quiet London: Quiet Corners reveals the hidden, tranquil places in one of the world’ s liveliest cities.

Siobhan Wall is a writer and artist. She has worked as a senior lecturer, teaching photography, cultural studies, video production and fine art for over ten years at universities in London and Oxford. Her artwork has been exhibited alongside Paula Rego and at the Whitechapel Art Gallery and ICA in London. She is the author of Quiet London, Quiet Amsterdam and Quiet Paris. She lives Amsterdam.

Introduction

Parks, gardens and open spaces

Churchyards

Places to relax

Places of worship

Places near water

Places to sit

Places to stay

Index of places by area

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.8.2014
Zusatzinfo	120 colour and b&w photographs
Sprache	englisch
Maße	120 x 162 mm
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Europa ► Großbritannien
ISBN-10	0-7112-3560-0 / 0711235600
ISBN-13	978-0-7112-3560-1 / 9780711235601
Zustand	Neuware