In the organizer's words:

For centuries, writers have come to London from across Europe. Their encounters with the city - squalid slums of the East End, in the glitter and glamor of Belgravia, in the unspoilt expanse of Hampstead Heath - have left a mark: on the writer, on their work and, sometimes, on London itself. The exhibition uncovers these literary traces, revealing London and a Europe of the imagination. It is based on an interactive online map curated by the UCL European Institute, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. Come and explore London through thematically arranged texts in over 25 languages, as a place where people, cultures and languages meet and are transformed.

Writers from all over Europe have been coming to London for centuries. Their encounters with the city - in the slums of the East End, the glitz and glamor of Belgravia or the unspoiled expanse of Hampstead Heath - leave their mark on the storytellers, their works and sometimes on London itself. The exhibition uncovers these literary traces and reveals a Europe and a London of the imagination. It is based on an interactive digital map curated by the European Institute, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and UCL's Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. Explore London through themed texts in over 25 languages, as a place where paths and languages cross, cultures meet and change.

Cooperation Partners:
UCL, British Council, British Embassy, Heinrich Heine University, International English Library