The Black Museum
Opened on 25th April 1874, housed in No. 1 Great Scotland Yard, it was first known as the Central Prisoners Property Store.
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Highgate Cemetery
During the 19th Century, inner city cemeteries in London had been unable to properly deal with the number of burials and in order to address concerns about public health and safety, the idea of building seven large cemeteries, the Magnificent Seven, around central London was conceived. Highgate Cemetery in North London was one of the seven and opened in 1839.
Read moreTony answers a question about London’s character
London is like a character in the book, what are three places in London? Question submitted by Catherine Mount.
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Westminister Public Mortuary
Opened in 2008 to be used exclusively for post-mortem exams of suspicious deaths - the first of its kind in London to be used specifically for this purpose.
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West End Central
Savile Row is a street in Mayfair principally known for its traditional bespoke tailoring for men. It was built between 1731 and 1735, with the original name of Savile Street.
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Bar Italia
First opened in 1949 by Lou and Caterina Polledri, Bar Italia is a family run business that has been passed on through three generations.
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Smithfield Market
Smithfield is an area in the City of London where you'll find St Bartholemew’s Hospital, the London Charterhouse, the Livery Hall of the Butchers’ Hall and the Haberdashers’ Hall.
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Tony answers a reader’s question about breaking into a new genre
Given your tremendous success as a novelist, were you nervous about breaking out into a different genre? Question submitted by Chloe Healy.
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Tony on Tony
A bit about me. I always knew that I would write. I knew that nothing would stop me. I always loved stories, I always found that books engaged me like nothing else, and helped me to make sense of the world.
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Tony on Max
I have loved crime fiction my whole life and I know that the very best of it honours the form while adding something fresh, an unexpected twist. That's what I tried to do with The Murder Bag every step of the way.
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Tony on London
My first job in journalism was at New Musical Express (that's a shot of me with Bruce Springsteen above, when we were young and stepping out into the New York night wearing only our vests) but my first piece of journalism that didn't involve hanging out with rock stars, was soon after I left the NME, when I was embedded with the Vice Squad at 27 Savile Row, West End Central.
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