“#Hampstead was not only the backdrop to my childhood, it was the stage upon which it took place.” Thomas Harding, Blood On the Page, p3

“‘Where to, guvnor?’ asked the driver. ‘Um - #Hampstead,’ said Geoff.” Francis Spufford, Nonesuch, p36

“A postcard from an old friend, Nolan Westmacott, informing him that he had finally found a publisher for his latest slim volume of verses and inviting him to a small launch party at an independent bookshop in #Hampstead.” William Boyd, Cold Sunset, p47

“Around the time of the First Gulf War, in the early 1990s, the Saudi royal family purchased ten properties on The Bishops Avenue in #Hampstead, which became known as ‘Billionaires’ Row’.” Patrick Radden Keefe, London Falling, p19

“‘It’s basically adultery in #Hampstead only it’s not Hampstead. Everybody spends all their time yakking about politics and having steamy affairs. It’s coming out in a couple of months and my hunch is it’s going to be a hit.’” John Lanchester, Look What You Made Me Do, p16

“A Venus, presumably rising from the sea since dolphins played about her feet, was not so lucky; she was in the car park of a public house in #Hampstead and was complete until the 1950s.” Alison Kelly, Mrs Coade’s Stone, p131

“As well as paying him more money than he’d made in a decade, the producers rented a luxurious £3 million house in #Hampstead for the faded film star to stay in for the duration of the shoot.” Alexei Sayle, How I’ve Tried to Change the World, p173

“In the ward with me are three older male patients. My girlfriend sits at the end of the bed. I honestly believe I am in Bath, in the Royal United Hospital, but I am of course in #Hampstead in the Royal Free.” Roland Orzabal, Welcome To Your Life, p232

“I look out the window to see more trees surrounding the seats outside: it’s an overgrown haven for the weary walkers coming from #Hampstead Heath.” Lydia Wood, Locals, p138

“My husband - who was working as a locum GP in #Hampstead at the time - had been roped in to visit an old lady who just wanted someone to listen to her tales.” Triona Holden, An Iron Girl in a Velvet Glove - the Life of Joan Rhodes, p1

“From dawn’s first light it seemed every green space from Hyde Park to #Hampstead Heath resounded to the barks of drill sergeants instructing recruits in khaki how to charge and make frontal assaults through shrubs and bushes.” Rory Carroll, A Rebel and a Traitor, p62

“The Royal Free Hospital in #Hampstead, in North London, was the unlikely site for what is believed to be the only murder carried out by hitwoman.” Duncan Campbell, Underworld, p322

“We found a rental in #Hampstead, where we would take Ingrid - whom he loved as much or even more than I did, staring at her face for hours - ambling past sweet families on picnics or men “cottaging” in the brush, depending on the time of day.” Lena Dunham, Famesick, p382

“There must have been twenty people queuing up in Gail’s. The first branch opened nearby on #Hampstead High Street two decades ago and the locals seem to love it.” Alan Davies, White Male Stand-Up, p67

“She and Muriel set up home together in #Hampstead, Winifred hoping that her friend’s honeypot good looks would lure some of Gustav’s male friends, and that one of them would spare a look for her nether limbs and might even want to marry her.” Virginia Nicholson, Singled Out, p67

“He said I have the right look for a film he’s casting and he wants me to go to his place the day after tomorrow in West #Hampstead. That’s quite a posh area! Things are happening! WOOOO!!” Jess Robinson, Life is Rosi, p121

“1907 view of an entrance to the #Hampstead Tube at Oxford Street station (now Tottenham Court Road). The list of possible destinations is supplemented with journey times, fares, and an early network map on the railings.” Maxwell J Roberts, Underground Maps Unravelled, p10

“Sheldon Oaks was in #Hampstead, a wealthy part of North London; it’s pretty grounds bordering Hampstead Heath. This was the sort of place the rich came to die.” Fergus Craig, I’m Not the Only Murderer in my Retirement Home, p2

“Compared to what, though? He had in mind, I suppose, the unheard - but somehow heard-of - dialect of #Hampstead Highbrow, in which there was no chat or gossip, only earnest discussion of literature, philosophy, theatre, ideas and whatnot.” Geoff Dyer, Homework, p263

“Leicester Square Underground Station, Cranbourn Street, 1916: An interchange for the Piccadilly and Northern lines (then the #Hampstead Line). The corner houses the premises of Salmon & Gluckstein, tobacconists.” Philip Davies, Panoramas of Lost London, page 257

“He brought in Annabella Lwin as the group’s lead singer – a thirteen-year-old with no showbiz connections – after she was discovered singing along to the radio in a dry-cleaners in London’s West #Hampstead.” Justin Lewis, Into the Groove, p29