Stephen Halliday is a historian specialising in British history and in particularly is an authority on the history of London. He is the author of both “Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: London” and “Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: London Underground. He contributes articles and reviews to magazines such as Literary Review, Times Higher Education, BBC History and History Today.Stephen lives in Cambridge.

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