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Piccadilly Circus
London is the most horrible place in the world, and the most horrible place in London is Piccadilly Circus. - Allen Upward, ‘The Horrors of London’, 1897 |
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Has London a real heart? Well, it has got Piccadilly Circus (…), this paste jewel set in a noisy asphalt sea. - Len Deighton, London Dossier 1967 |
Here are links to four sets of images of Piccadilly Circus:
See also, here, a recording with illustrations of 'Invisible Things', a talk I gave in Piccadilly Circus in 2014.
See also, here, a recording with illustrations of 'Invisible Things', a talk I gave in Piccadilly Circus in 2014.
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Every time they passed through Piccadilly Circus, Mrs. Viveash leant out of the window to look at the sky signs dancing their unceasing St. Vitus's dance above the monument to the Earl of Shaftesbury.
'Too lovely.' 'Too revolting', Gambril corrected her. 'These things are the epileptic symbol of all that’s most bestial and idiotic in contemporary life. Look at those beastly things and then look at that.' He pointed to the County Fire Office on the northern side of the Circus. 'There stands decency, dignity beauty, repose. And there flickers, there gibbers and twitches—what? Restlessness, distraction, refusal to think anything for an unquiet life.' Aldous Huxley, Antic Hay, 1923 |
Tonite Let's All Make Love In London (1967)
Smashing Time (1967)
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The lights of the Circus are the best night-sight in London. Lawrence Alloway, 'City Notes', 1959 |
Ark 20 (1957)
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Nice Time (1957)