Victor Keegan's Lost London, the fruit of over three years of research, unearth's 160 gems of forgotten history from the Grand Opera House which was built by Westminster Tube station before being pulled down to the oldest structure in London which only appears at very low Winter tides under one of the bridges.
The author spent most of his working life at the Guardian writing among other things a fortnightly economics column for nearly 25 years before finishing off with a weekly column on consumer technology ranging from mobile phones to virtual worlds. He has written six poetry books including London My London with over 80 poems about the capital and the Thames. He is married to Rosie with two children Dan and Chris.