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By mvitti185 | Published 22/07/2010

City of God [2002]

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By mvitti185 | Published 06/06/2010

photo courtesy of frogcake.net Or to let Peter Ackroyd be heard in context from the formidable biography he wrote of this city – ‘It is in the nature of the city to encompass everything…London goes beyond any boundary or convention…It is illimitable. It is Infinite London.’ Having been born and bred in London, my biased [...]

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