EAST END BACKPASSAGES
Alan Gilbey
From Gilbert and George to the Kray Twins, from Cockney costermongers to cocky young bands posing in front of Banksy graffiti, let Bafta-winning writer Alan Gilbey take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of another kind of London.
This is a book of history walks like no other (one’s on a train for a start) written by a life-long east-ender. Packed with facts, lies, sights, insights, bad jokes and more than a few strong opinions, this is an insider’s guide to London's most exciting cultural quarter – perfect for people who wouldn't normally be seen dead with a book like this.
Based on the author’s cult theatrical tours – and illustrated with maps, cartoons, subtly subverted period photographs and anything else he felt like throwing in – East End Backpassages is irreverent, pertinent and very funny; the antidote to Albert Square and all those bloody Jack the Ripper tours...