While we wait for English Heritage to reprint the gorgeous Lost London book (it's due some time next month we cannot believe what amazing value it is at £29.99--this is a must-have item as far as we're concerned), those with an appetite for London's past can satisfy their cravings at Kenwood, where EH is staging a new photographic exhibition of around 100 images from its archive. The pictures cover the years 1870 to 1945, a period which saw London deteriorate from a thrusting imperial capital to a crumbling post-war ruin, and many have never been previously exhibited, so this could prove to be a real treat.
Lost London runs from 23rd Jan to 5 April and entrance to it, and the rest of the Kenwood treasures, is free.
And if you're still in the mood for post-war London, don't forget to book a place at our forthcoming author event with Elizabeth Wilson, whose War Damages novel is set in a bleak and down-at-the-heel post-war Hampstead and which crackles with period intrigue. You can meet the author at West End Lane Books at 8pm on February 3rd. Book a seat via info@welbooks.co.uk or 0207 431 3770.
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