Akavharwa Negoridhe naDavid Long-Book Review

Kuziva West End yeLondon

Wati wambofamba uchienda kuLondon mumugwagwa ndokushamisika kuti nhoroondo yenharaunda ingave iri chii? Nzira iyi yakawana sei zita rayo? Chii chivako icho uko? Ndiani aigara ikoko? Chii chakanga chiripo zvisati zvaitika? Zvino iyi ibhuku raunoda. Zvigadzirwa neGolide zvine hupfumi huri pakati peLondon mharaunda uye rinotarisa mumugwagwa mumwe nomumwe nekunyatsoongorora.

Munyori

Munyori ndiDavid Long, uyo-uye ini nguva dzose ndinofanira kutaura izvi pakutanga kwebhuku rimwe rekuongorora kwebhuku reimwe remazita ake - ndiri munhu wandinoyemura.

David Long ndiyo munyori anonyanya kushamisa anonyora mabhuku mazhinji pamusoro peLondon (ona mamwe mabhuku anotsanangura pasi apa). Nguva yakareba inounza hupenyu hupenyu hweLondon nekutsvakurudza kwake kwakanyatsonaka uye kunakidza anecdotes.

The Neighborhoods

Sezvo Pavheta neGoridhe inotarisa kuWest End (pakati peLondon), nzvimbo nhatu dzakasarudzwa ndezi: Mayfair, St James, Fitzrovia, Bloomsbury, Soho, Covent Garden neStand, Westminster, uye Belgravia.

Chikamu chimwe nechimwe chekugara chinotanga nemapu uye mapeji mashomanana anotsanangura izvo zvinowanzoyeuchidza nezvekutanga kwekuzvininipisa kwezvi nzvimbo zvino dzakapfuma.

Book Format

Rakabudiswa mumakore ekupedzisira ra2015, iyi huru formatbackback ine 376 mapeji. Migwagwa yega imwe neimwe inoratidzirwa nerabhaibheri uye kune Indaneti yakazara. Yeuka kuti , Pakave neGoldo inosvika muzana yepamigwagwa yemugwagwa muLondon West End asi kwete yose.

Iko kune mifananidzo yakawanda uye yakaipisisa 200 mumabhuku ose, pamwe nepeji yemapuraneti ane mapeji makumi matanhatu nematanhatu muzere wakazara pakati.

Zvose iye zvino uye ipapo kune mapeji akazvitsaurira kumusoro unoti "ILondon Club" inotsanangura muchidimbu nyaya yegentleman's clubs muLondon. Kana kuti "Kuvakirwa kweGrosvenor Square" iyo inosanganisira chiitiko chenhoroondo.

Bhuku Rangu Ongororo

Ndakagara pasi ndikaverenga peji iyi nepeji asi ini ndinotarisira kuti vaverengi vakawanda vanoishandisa seyo bhuku rinotarisa uye vanotarisa pamusoro pemigwagwa inovafarira.

Yakanzwa isinganzwisisiki kuiverenga muZvitsauko sokunyora kwemaalfabheti kunoreva nzira dzemigwagwa hazvirevi maitiro aunozviwana munzvimbo.

Bhuku racho rakakura uye rinorema saka zvakanakisisa kuti ugare kumba uye kwete imwe yekuenda nayo iwe uchiongorora. Asi ndinofunga kuti izvi zvingava shamwari inofadza kune maawa akawanda anofara pamusha achishandisa Google Street View kutarisa kwakapoteredza West End.

Kutsvakurudza kwenguva refu kunogara kwakadzika uye paunenge uchiriverenga unogona kunzwa sokunge uri kufamba mumigwagwa neshamwari ine ruzivo.

Kune nhau dzinofadza dzevakapfuura vagari: avo vachiri kuzivikanwa uye nhau dzevanhu vanoyevedza avo vari kunyanya kukanganikwa ikozvino. Uye pane zvinyorwa kune mabhuruu epepuru sezvo izvi zvinowanzoita zvose zvatingaona zvino zvehupenyu hunokosha pane imwe nzvimbo.

Zvinyorwa izvi zvinosanganisira imba yakagadzirwa naWilliam Kent iyo yakatsanangurwa se "imba yakanakisisa yematombo muLondon" uye paunogona kuona chinyorwa chekare chakavigwa muLondon.

Dzimwe nguva ndainzwa zvinhu zvandinofarira mumigwagwa zvakakanganwa (zvakadai sezvifananidzo zveBourdon Place) asi kazhinji pane chimwe chinhu chitsva chokuwana pane peji rimwe nerimwe kuita bhuku iri rakakura kune veLondon uye kune avo vasina kumboshanyirwa.

Kune tsanangudzo inoshamisa yeimba huru yeGeorgia muMayfair, yakakwana nechiteshi motokari uye gedhi mahotera, zvandakambofamba asi handina kumbomira kuti ndinoyemura.

Kuberekwa vana vanozivikanwa, rufu uye mhosva kune dzose. Ndakatanga kunzwa kuti ndakanga ndichitamba-famba ndichibhururuka kana ndakanga ndasuwa zvose zvaiitika asi, chokwadi, zvinongouya muupenyu kana mumwe munhu akagovera ruzivo.

Dzimwe nguva ndakanga ndine chimwe chinhu chokuwedzera (chakadai saL. Ron Hubbard's Fitzroy House paFitzroy Street) asi kazhinji ndakanga ndiri kunyora zvinyorwa zvandaida kudzokera kuitira kuti ndivatarise zvakare nechitsva. Ndakanga ndisati ndabhadhara kuCleveland Street workhouse iyo yaive yakafemerwa yehutori huri muna Oliver Twist naCharles Dickens sezvaakanga agere pedyo. Kana kune nhoroondo yezita reLondon inosanganisira seThe Blue Posts. (Ichinzi mushure memahofisi maviri / mabhiridhi pachibvumirano icho chaizova nzvimbo yekumirira chigaro che sedan, panzvimbo yekutengesera tekisi.)

Uye ndakangoda kuti pane zvinyorwa zvekuti izvi zvakange zvakaita "masimi ose".

Clever Architectural Recycling

Zvaifadza kuverenga kuti kakawanda zvikamu zvezvivako zvakachengetedzwa sei zvakare zvakare kune imwe nzvimbo kana kuchengetedzwa uye zvakaratidzwa musamuziyamu yakafanana neV & A. Mifananidzo iyi kubva kuCarlton House inogona kuonekwa pamberi peNational Gallery paTrafalgar Square , uye nzvimbo dzomoto dzakashandiswazve muBuckingham Palace neWestern Castle .

Chinhu Chandisina Kuda?

Mifananidzo yakasviba nechena haisi nguva dzose mifananidzo yakanyanyisa uye ndinoshuva kuti mufananidzo wacho ainge apedza nguva yakareba pamapuranga ose kuitira kuti paisazova nevanhu vane zvikwama zvekutakura mufaira kana mavheni anotyaira kupfuura. Asi mazwi akaunza nzvimbo iyi kuhupenyu kwandiri uye mapikicha zvaingova zvishandiso.

Mhedziso

Akavharwa neGolide ndeimwe bhuku raifadza chaizvo raDavid Long. Kunyangwe iwe uchifunga kuti iwe unoziva London zvakanaka kana kuti uchangotangira kunze kuziva zvinofadza zveguta iwe uchadzidza zvakawanda kubva mubhuku rino.