They knew it was coming, however for an absent colleague it already had It was early March as they assembled within the basement eating room a spit from the West Finish, there to eat, drink and take into account how finest to assist London assist itself to bloom and develop....
John Vane: Ward evacuation
A detailed encounter with a sick man and his bowels In hospitals, it appears, you get to know individuals with out having to talk to them. Simply listening is sufficient. The arduous half is avoiding listening to them. “Nurse!” Ten second pause. “Nurse!” Ten second pause. “Nurse!” That is how...
John Vane: A police car and a view of the Emirates, Finsbury Park – OnLondon
A bit of slice of north London residential road life You’re strolling alongside, minding your personal enterprise, on the lookout for an handle someplace north of Finsbury Park, and all of the sudden there’s this bloke on the steps main down from his entrance door: white, bald, hoodie, joggers, spherical...
John Vane: Nervousness on WhatsApp Street – OnLondon
A neighbourhood watches and wonders about strangers searching for favours at their doorways It started with a late night door knock. The nice residents of WhatsApp Avenue had their dishwashers whirring, their laptops recharging and their bicycles secured. Their craft beer bottles have been rinsed for recycled, their homes triple...
John Vane: London fiction mission accomplished – OnLondon
Some had been monumental novels, some had been brief tales they usually all shed their very own mild on town, its individuals and its altering instances As I’ve talked about greater than as soon as in latest months, I set myself the duty for 2024 of studying after which writing...
John Vane: London fiction – The Diary of a Nobody – OnLondon
George and Weedon Grossmith captured the struggles a selected class of Victorian to achieve and retain respectability amid the fixed assaults of vulgarity I set myself the duty for 2024 of studying after which writing about 25 items of London fiction I haven’t learn earlier than. That is the twenty...
John Vane: London fiction – Rosie Hogarth – OnLondon
Alexander Baron's novel captures the conservatism and the discontents of post-war working-class Islington I set myself the duty for 2024 of studying after which writing about 25 items of London fiction I haven’t learn earlier than. That is quantity 24 within the collection. Because of Richard Derecki for bringing it...