Ken Livingstone’s London: An Ex-Mayor’s Tour

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  07.10.08 | 4:53 PM ET

imageKen Livingstone, the colorful ex-mayor who handed over power in London this past May, shares his favorite London spots in the Guardian. The list is a good one; it’s varied and thoughtful, and shows his decades-long relationship with the city. We’ve talked a lot lately about the future of guidebooks and who, exactly, is most qualified to write them—if Livingstone’s list is anything to go by, could retired local politicians be the secret sauce the industry is looking for?

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Photo by 13bobby via Flickr (Creative Commons)

Tags: Europe, England, London

Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


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