{"product_id":"derelict-london","title":"Derelict London","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe huge word-of-mouth bestseller – completely updated for 2019\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE LONDON THAT TOURISTS DON’T SEE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLook beyond Big Ben and past the skyscrapers of the Square Mile, and you will find another London. This is the land of long-forgotten tube stations, burnt-out mansions and gently decaying factories. Welcome to \u003cb\u003eDERELICT LONDON\u003c\/b\u003e: a realm whose secrets are all around us, visible to anyone who cares to look . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Talling – our best-loved investigator of London’s underbelly – has spent over fifteen years uncovering the stories of this hidden world. Now, he brings together 100 of his favourite abandoned places from across the capital: many of them more magnificent, more beautiful and more evocative than you can imagine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCovering everything from the overgrown stands of Leyton Stadium to the windswept alleys of the Aylesbury Estate, \u003cb\u003eDERELICT LONDON\u003c\/b\u003e reveals a side of the city you never knew existed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt will change the way you see London. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePRAISE FOR THE DERELICT LONDON PROJECT\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eFascinating images\u003c\/b\u003e showing some of London’s eeriest derelict sites show another side to the busy, built-up capital.’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Talling has managed to show \u003cb\u003eanother side to the capital\u003c\/b\u003e, one of abandoned buildings that somehow retain a sense of beauty.’ \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eExcellent\u003c\/b\u003e . . . As much as it is an inadvertent vision of how London might look after a catastrophe, \u003cb\u003eDERELICT LONDON\u003c\/b\u003e is valuable as a document of the one going on right in front of us.’ \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘From the iconic empty shell of Battersea Power Station to the buried ‘ghost’ stations of the London Underground, the city is peppered with decaying buildings. \u003cb\u003ePaul Talling knows these places better than \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eanyone in the capital.\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eDaily\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eExpress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘[London has an] unusual (and deplorable) number of abandoned buildings. \u003cb\u003ePaul Talling’s surprise bestseller, DERELICT LONDON, is their shabby \u003ci\u003ePevsner\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316525277566,"sku":"NW9781847948380","price":12.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781847948380.jpg?v=1778719049","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/derelict-london","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}