'A record of what has moved me between Uxbridge and Dagenham', Nairn's London is an idiosyncratic and intensely subjective meditation on a city and its buildings. Including railway stations, synagogues, abandoned gasworks, dock cranes, suburban gardens, East End markets, Hawksmoor churches, a gothic cinema and twenty-seven different pubs, it is a portrait of the soul of a place, from a writer of genius. 'One of the finest and most evocative books ever written about a city.' Gavin Stamp 'A way of writing about architecture that I'd never imagined possible before . . . his masterpiece.' Owen HatherleyHow do we see the world around us? This is one of a number of pivotal works by creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision for ever.