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Oliver Green is a Research Fellow at the London Transport Museum. His two most recent books are Underground: How the Tube Shaped London (2012, Allen Lane) and The Tube: Station to Station on the London Underground (2012, Shire Books).
Drawing on evidence from contemporary maps, paintings and writings, and modern environmental science, the lecture will offer a 'virtual' walk around the City with Sir Thomas Gresham.
Professor Tony Travers is director of LSE London, a research centre at the London School of Economics. He is also a professor in the LSE’s Government Department. His key research interests include public finance, local/regional government and London government. He