The complete online text of London River by H. M. Tomlinson.

During his long and varied literary career, H. M. Tomlinson wrote thirty book-length works that, in terms of sheer volume and variety, place him among the most prolific writers of the modern age. His books include collections of essays, literary criticis...

From his earliest publications, Henry Major Tomlinson has been cast by his critics as an adventure writer of seafaring novels. Four of his seven novels are either set on ships or strongly reflect life on sailing vessels. The remaining three are historica...

During his lifetime, H. M. Tomlinson was popularly known as a writer of the sea in the Joseph Conrad tradition and as the author of travel books. It is possible, however, that his literary reputation will rest on his essays, which cover a wide variety of...

I'M A bit of a London boy myself. When I hear Geordies, Welshmen and Milton Keynesians disparaging the capital city, my tendency is to chase them with a pointed stick. So when a chap called George Monbiot pops up on the television, in The...

If the Thames is the capital's most underused asset, why are its banks lined with crass, gimmicky apartment blocks? THERE'S nothing like the Thames for giving architects, planners and politicians a fit of moist-eyed, catch-in-the-throat piety; they call it the "heart of London",...