This book is a unique collection: ordinary Londoners, in their own voices, tell about ordinary London lives. Interviews with over a hundred people in eight localities, from inner-city Battersea, to suburban Heston, to Greenhithe on the London fringe, have been edited with a linking commentary by Professor Sir Peter Hall. The first half, "London Voices," introduces the characters - their hopes and aspirations, their frustrations and struggles, their determination and optimism. The second, "London Lives," introduces the themes that dominate their everyday lives: the struggle to keep their heads...