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| - | # The capital [[city]] of the [[United Kingdom]] and of [[England]], situated near the mouth of the River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 12,000,000. | + | The capital [[city]] of the [[United Kingdom]] and of [[England]], situated near the mouth of the River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 12,000,000. |
| == London underground == | == London underground == | ||
| The [[UK Underground|''Underground'' movement in the UK]] was focused on the [[Ladbroke Grove]]/[[Notting Hill]] area of London, which [[Mick Farren]] said "was an enclave of [[freak scene|freak]]s, immigrants and [[bohemian]]s long before the [[hippie]]s got there". It was depicted in [[Colin MacInnes]]' famous novel ''[[Absolute Beginners]]'' depicting [[street culture]] at the time of the [[Notting Hill race riots]] in the [[1950s]]. | The [[UK Underground|''Underground'' movement in the UK]] was focused on the [[Ladbroke Grove]]/[[Notting Hill]] area of London, which [[Mick Farren]] said "was an enclave of [[freak scene|freak]]s, immigrants and [[bohemian]]s long before the [[hippie]]s got there". It was depicted in [[Colin MacInnes]]' famous novel ''[[Absolute Beginners]]'' depicting [[street culture]] at the time of the [[Notting Hill race riots]] in the [[1950s]]. | ||
| - | === London in literature === | + | == London in literature == |
| London has been the setting for many works of literature. Two writers closely associated with the city are the diarist [[Samuel Pepys]], noted for his eyewitness account of the [[Great Fire of London|Great Fire]], and [[Charles Dickens]], whose representation of a foggy, snowy, grimy London of street sweepers and pickpockets has been a major influence on people's vision of early [[Victorian era|Victorian]] London. | London has been the setting for many works of literature. Two writers closely associated with the city are the diarist [[Samuel Pepys]], noted for his eyewitness account of the [[Great Fire of London|Great Fire]], and [[Charles Dickens]], whose representation of a foggy, snowy, grimy London of street sweepers and pickpockets has been a major influence on people's vision of early [[Victorian era|Victorian]] London. | ||
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The capital city of the United Kingdom and of England, situated near the mouth of the River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 12,000,000.
London underground
The Underground movement in the UK was focused on the Ladbroke Grove/Notting Hill area of London, which Mick Farren said "was an enclave of freaks, immigrants and bohemians long before the hippies got there". It was depicted in Colin MacInnes' famous novel Absolute Beginners depicting street culture at the time of the Notting Hill race riots in the 1950s.
London in literature
London has been the setting for many works of literature. Two writers closely associated with the city are the diarist Samuel Pepys, noted for his eyewitness account of the Great Fire, and Charles Dickens, whose representation of a foggy, snowy, grimy London of street sweepers and pickpockets has been a major influence on people's vision of early Victorian London.
