{"id":42997,"date":"2017-05-10T12:08:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T11:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997"},"modified":"2017-05-10T12:08:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T11:08:38","slug":"for-the-love-of-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997","title":{"rendered":"For the Love of London"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cLondon is an epic story, with glorious locations that make your heart race and your head think. And, like all the best stories, it has wonderful characters\u201d. These are the words of Conrad Gamble<\/a>, the author of the recently published For The Love of London<\/a>. What Gamble has done is to create a collaborative love letter, an ode to the city, written by the people who make it great.<\/p>\n

\"9781844039210(2)[1]_opt\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The book contains vignettes and anecdotes, the type that you come across while having a coffee with a stranger, or while sitting at a bus stop. Each person reveals what most captivates them about London, which aspect they most romanticise. What becomes apparent in reading the book is that the things people love about London are as diverse as the people living there.<\/p>\n

The underground club culture, Soho clubs, Battersea Park at dusk, Shoreditch, London street art, Harrods food hall, the pigeons, a 24-hour laundrette and our own Creative Director, Jo Phillips\u2019 <\/a>first coffee in London. These are just some of the things people love.<\/p>\n

The people who tell these stories include Sir Paul Smith, Stephen Fry, an art curator, a Camberwell gent, the head of Global Street Art, a culinary maestro, a burlesque starlet, an actor, a poet, a comic book writer, a builder, a yoga teacher, a DJ, a clown and London\u2019s most senior firefighter.<\/p>\n

Conrad Gamble is a London writer and performance poet. He has been commissioned to write poetry for \u2018The Book of Everyone\u2019 and\u00a0\u2018Suitcase Magazine\u2019 among other things. He has performed at Secret Cinema and curates a monthly poetry night, named \u2018Ear Smoke\u2019 in Hackney.<\/p>\n

We’ve picked some stories to give you a taste.<\/p>\n

Cecilia Knapp<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Writer, performer and poet, Knapp writes a poem about her favourite place in London – the 24-hour laundrette. Her thoughtful and evocative story of the Laundrette evokes memories of black and white film, lonely London and Martin Scorsese’s ‘After Hours’. Watch Knapp performing the poem here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"rsz_21cecilia_knapp-63\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Deyan Sudjic<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Writer, broadcaster and Director of the Design Museum Deyan Sudjic writes about his morning walk through the sublime Regent’s Park. Walking through the park on a Summer morning lets us contemplate the moment quietly in the midst of the grand city.<\/p>\n

\"rsz_deyan_sudjic-16[1]\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Pauline Black<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Lead singer of The Selecter, actress and author Pauline Black chooses The Foundling Museum. The Fondling Museum tells the story of the Foundling Hospital – the UK’s first children’s charity. She tells how it pulls at the heartstrings, asking how any child could be resigned to such a life. The Tracy Emin sculpture of a pink mitten on\u00a0 the railing outside the museum illustrates a perfect metaphor for loss. It’s a museum that serves to remind us of the importance of compassion.<\/p>\n

\"rsz_pauline_black-27[1]\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You can pick up a copy of For the Love of London here<\/a>, published by Octopus Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All photographs by Andy Donohoe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cLondon is an epic story, with glorious locations that make your heart race and your head think. And, like all…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[10848,10846,352,10847],"features_issues":[],"featured_themes":[],"ppma_author":[16671],"class_list":["post-42997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literature","tag-conrad-gamble","tag-for-the-love-of-london","tag-london","tag-what-makes-london-great"],"yoast_head":"\nFor the Love of London | Cent Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"For the Love of London | Cent Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cLondon is an epic story, with glorious locations that make your heart race and your head think. And, like all...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cent Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-10T11:08:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/978184403921021_opt-1.jpg?fit=238%2C238&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"238\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"238\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jo Phillips\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jo Phillips\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/?p=42997#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/?p=42997\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jo Phillips\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9b56d16b50b53f84b367add207eeec08\"},\"headline\":\"For the Love of London\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-10T11:08:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/?p=42997\"},\"wordCount\":488,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/?p=42997#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/978184403921021_opt-1.jpg?fit=238%2C238&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Conrad Gamble\",\"For the Love of London\",\"London\",\"What Makes London Great\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Literature\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/?p=42997#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/?p=42997\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/?p=42997\",\"name\":\"For the Love of London | Cent Magazine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/?p=42997#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/?p=42997#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/978184403921021_opt-1.jpg?fit=238%2C238&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-10T11:08:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/?p=42997#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/?p=42997\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/?p=42997#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/978184403921021_opt-1.jpg?fit=238%2C238&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/978184403921021_opt-1.jpg?fit=238%2C238&ssl=1\",\"width\":238,\"height\":238},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/?p=42997#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"For the Love of London\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cent Magazine\",\"description\":\"Be Inspired, Get Involved\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Cent Magazine\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/centmagazine.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/logo_cent-01.jpg?fit=501%2C503&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/centmagazine.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/logo_cent-01.jpg?fit=501%2C503&ssl=1\",\"width\":501,\"height\":503,\"caption\":\"Cent Magazine\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9b56d16b50b53f84b367add207eeec08\",\"name\":\"Jo Phillips\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1d6c7fd0ccf52c0e184d542356f4fb5282577ca25e9de20408aba5c67afca4eb?s=96&d=mm&r=g61b8a432fec4616e37b325b299cffaad\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1d6c7fd0ccf52c0e184d542356f4fb5282577ca25e9de20408aba5c67afca4eb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1d6c7fd0ccf52c0e184d542356f4fb5282577ca25e9de20408aba5c67afca4eb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jo Phillips\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centmagazine.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"For the Love of London | Cent Magazine","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"For the Love of London | Cent Magazine","og_description":"\u201cLondon is an epic story, with glorious locations that make your heart race and your head think. And, like all...","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997","og_site_name":"Cent Magazine","article_published_time":"2017-05-10T11:08:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":238,"height":238,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/978184403921021_opt-1.jpg?fit=238%2C238&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jo Phillips","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jo Phillips","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997"},"author":{"name":"Jo Phillips","@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/9b56d16b50b53f84b367add207eeec08"},"headline":"For the Love of London","datePublished":"2017-05-10T11:08:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997"},"wordCount":488,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/978184403921021_opt-1.jpg?fit=238%2C238&ssl=1","keywords":["Conrad Gamble","For the Love of London","London","What Makes London Great"],"articleSection":["Literature"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997","url":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997","name":"For the Love of London | Cent Magazine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/978184403921021_opt-1.jpg?fit=238%2C238&ssl=1","datePublished":"2017-05-10T11:08:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/978184403921021_opt-1.jpg?fit=238%2C238&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/978184403921021_opt-1.jpg?fit=238%2C238&ssl=1","width":238,"height":238},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=42997#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"For the Love of London"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/","name":"Cent Magazine","description":"Be Inspired, Get Involved","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/#organization","name":"Cent Magazine","url":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/logo_cent-01.jpg?fit=501%2C503&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/logo_cent-01.jpg?fit=501%2C503&ssl=1","width":501,"height":503,"caption":"Cent Magazine"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/9b56d16b50b53f84b367add207eeec08","name":"Jo Phillips","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d6c7fd0ccf52c0e184d542356f4fb5282577ca25e9de20408aba5c67afca4eb?s=96&d=mm&r=g61b8a432fec4616e37b325b299cffaad","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d6c7fd0ccf52c0e184d542356f4fb5282577ca25e9de20408aba5c67afca4eb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d6c7fd0ccf52c0e184d542356f4fb5282577ca25e9de20408aba5c67afca4eb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jo Phillips"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.centmagazine.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":16671,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"cmag","display_name":"Jo Phillips","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d6c7fd0ccf52c0e184d542356f4fb5282577ca25e9de20408aba5c67afca4eb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"Jo","last_name":"Phillips","user_url":"https:\/\/www.centmagazine.co.uk","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/978184403921021_opt-1.jpg?fit=238%2C238&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42997"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43143,"href":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42997\/revisions\/43143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42997"},{"taxonomy":"features_issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ffeatures_issues&post=42997"},{"taxonomy":"featured_themes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ffeatured_themes&post=42997"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=42997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}