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In a series of specially commissioned works, four contemporary photographers explore their feelings about the capital
‘In our Mount Rushmore of important vegetable vendors worldwide, the man in fleece quickly became the first face’
‘I pass the former petrol station that is becoming a hotel. For a summer in 2010 it housed an outdoor cinema. I watched “Barbarella” there’
Three Londoners pick what they like most about the capital
‘The wish to live here has as much to do with time as place and space. What I really want is to wind back the clock and live here as a student’
‘As a teenager I would run barefoot to meet friends on the benches and gaze and gossip until the park police would shoo us out’
The British author reflects on a historic place devoted to helping abandoned children
‘A babel, if not menagerie, of Polish, Somali, Syrian, Afghani, Arab cultures — and a sufficient mix of dereliction and danger’
The novelist on a special place full of food, wigs, rubbish and phones
The artist chooses her favourite part of the city
The writer on why the historic area makes her feel like a time traveller
The film-maker says the area conveys the hectic, dirty, crazy rhythm of city life
The writer loves the peaceful area for the views and for its delightful quirks
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