DK Travel : London

A city of infinite colour and variety, London is both richly historic, tracing its roots back over 2000 years, and unceasingly modern, at the forefront of fashion, music and the arts. There is a fantastic amount to interest and entertain the visitor here: a selection of the best of the best is explored here.

Jarndyce

The handsome antiquarian bookshop is best for 18th- and 19th-century British literature.
Jazz After Dark

Things don’t get going here much before 9pm, and the jazz and blues go on until 2am Mon–Thu, 3am Fri–Sat. Cajun chicken and fajitas are on the menu.
JB's Restaurant

Near Victoria Station, Buckingham Palace and the Apollo Victoria Theatre. French cusine with Provencal influences.
Jerusalem Tavern

A delightful little pub with cubicles, a small bar and little more than the 18th-century coffee shop it once was. People come here to try out the full range of a rare but popular brewery, St Peter’s in Suffolk. Light meals are served at lunchtime.
Jessops Classic Photographica

Enter this shop from Pied Bull’s Yard, a camera collector’s haven, and browse among old Leicas and Hasselblads.
Jimi Hendrix

The American guitarist (1942–1970) stayed in central London at No. 23 Brook Street.
JMW Turner Bequest

Turner’s paintings were left to the nation on condition that they be seen by the public free of charge (see Tate Britain).
Joe Allen

Modern European cuisine plus American classics in this friendly, New York-style restaurant.
John Betjeman

A devoted Londoner, with a fine disdain for bureaucracy, mediocrity and hideous architecture, Betjeman (1906–84) was made Poet Laureate in 1972. His poems are full of gentle wit and humour and he remains one of Britain’s favourite poets.
John Keats

The London-born Romantic poet (1795–1821) lived in Hampstead from 1818 to 1820 before leaving for Italy to try to cure his fatal tuberculosis. After falling in love with his neighbour’s daughter, Fanny Brawne, he wrote his famous and beautifulOde to a Nightingale in the garden (see Keats House).

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