citylikeyou — The London Library — London by Vanessa Pelz Sharpe

London / Library

There are libraries full of screaming children and strip lighting, and then there are libraries like The London Library. Whenever I’m there it’s hard to believe I’m not caught inside a wonderful dream, because everything about this place is so perfect as to be almost unreal.

Website
londonlibrary.co.uk

Address
The London Library, 14 Saint James's Square, London, United Kingdom

Writer

Current city: London

pelzsharpe.com

Vanessa Pelz-Sharpe is a writer and broadcaster. Born and bred in London, she has written for a number of independent magazines and newspapers, including The Guardian, Illustrated Ape, and Pen Pusher, and was Contributing Editor for literary magazine Full Moon Empty Sports Bag. She co-hosts Letters You Never Sent, a monthly literary radio show on NTS. Pelz-Sharpe recently won a Cosmopolitan Magazine Blog Award for her blog Nightmares and Boners and is currently working on her first novel.

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London / Park

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London / Pub

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London / Architecture

Where 1984 of George Orwell got its inspiration from, the craziness of a real ministry of propaganda.

London / Bookstore

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