How beautifully the past has been preserved in this modern multicultural city.
So declares Vaughn Grylls in the introduction to London Then and Now, published by Pavilion, a book that chronicles the transformation of England’s capital over the past two centuries.
Taking us on a tour of some of the city’s cherished landmarks, such as Big Ben, Oxford Street and London Bridge, the tome compares archival images with contemporary pictures of the same location.
Photographer and artist Grylls, who first