Dan Synge

The idea behind bringing out a range of Curious London  guides appeared earlier this year when, one drab February afternoon I went to meet some friends at a restaurant in Bloomsbury. The street I was looking for was a turning off the Tottenham Court Road. Not the most interesting or attractive of London districts, to be frank, but then I found myself in Store Street gazing up at a colourful mural depicting a timeless automotive scene at the old Bloomsbury Service Station, a filling station...

A new illustrated guide examines the glamorous and free spirited legacy of pre-war motoring. So how have we got stuck in the slow lane?...

A new coming-of-age memoir examines what it’s like to fall in love with music and start a band spanning the eras of glam, punk, new wave...