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THE TIMES has been recording the “here and now” of London for more than 200 years. This collection of photos draws on the newspaper’s incomparable archives to reveal the essence, the spirit, and the changing face of the city in the 20th century. From the Publisher London has inspired poets, painters, filmmakers, and writers, but it is the day–to–day lives of its inhabitants that make the city what it is—lives recorded daily by newspapers. These images—the majority fromTHE TIMES’ photographic archives—were taken over a 90–year period by an enormous team of photographers. They were not intended to depict London at its most beautiful or its most historic—rather, they are press photographs, and together they form a kaleidoscope of gritty, down–to–earth images that chronicle nearly a century of city life. “Like the Thames, the mighty city never stands still. It can only be captured in snapshots. But on these pages, it has been captured by some of the best snappers in the business.”