Penguin Underground Lines: The Blue Riband : The Piccadilly Line (Paperback)

from pivic

This book was, at first, as written by the female character in Pulp's song "Common People": a person who lives in wealth and "submerges" into poverty (meaning riding on the London subway for the first time as an adult) and liking it. Halfway into the book, York writes of wealth in the posh part o...

from kidzdoc

For many first time visitors the Piccadilly Line is their introduction to the London Underground, as it is provides fast and easy transport from Heathrow Airport to central London. Service on the line began in December 1906, more than 43 years after the first sub-surface line opened in the capita...

from arewenotben

Like getting stuck in a lift for 2 hours with a high-end estate agent.

from Eyejaybee

Peter York's contribution to the Penguin series of short books about the London Underground lines is enchanting. He doesn't attempt to describe or even comment upon every stop on the line (there are more than fifty of them, after all) but he does offer some startling insights into the different f...