London is swinging again. The latest design trends, the best musicals, the most innovative plays and films are born in the capital of "Cool Britannia". What catches on in Notting Hill, Soho and Hoxton now influences taste as far away as the North Cape and Tierra del Fuego. At the same time, the city on the Thames, one of the most cosmopolitan on the planet, is home to people from every corner of the world and has assimilated many of their traditions and tastes.

With over 300 pages of rich colour photographs, "London Interiors" takes an intimate look at more than 40 private residences, among others the Indian-inspired hideaway of musician Talvin Singh and an amusing houseboat moored in Kew. From a 1930s penthouse at Highpoint Two, landmark of British Modernism, via the eccentric home of a "Royalist" living among Lady Di memorabilia to a loft crammed with "sexy kitsch", the tenth volume of the successful Interiors series is a window on the private worlds of a handful of Londoners whose homes reflect the city in all its spirited diversity.

Kaleidoscopic London

Le kaleidoscope Iondonien

Kaleidoskop London

Hassan Abdullah, Michel Lasserre & Stefan Karlson

Photos: Simon Upton

Nicholas Alvis Vega & Liza Bruce Photos: Simon Upton/The Interior Archive

Solange Azagury-Partridge Photos: Simon Upton

OU Baholyodhin & Erez Yardeni photos: Simon Upton

Ozwald Boateng Photos: Simon Upton

The Catharina Photos: Fritz vonder Schu]enburg/The Interior Archive

Shaun Clarkson & Paul Brewster Photos: Simon Upton

The Collectors Photos: Simon Upton

Carolyn Corben Photos:Simon Upton

Joseph Corre & Serena Rees Photos: Simon Upton, David Loftus

Christian de Falbe Photos: Mark Luscombe-Whyte

Noel Gallagher & Meg Matthews Photo: Matthew Donaldson

Vogue/The Conde Hast Publications Ltd.

David Gill Photos: Simon Upton

David Harrison Photos:Lucinda Lambton/Arcaid

Nick Hastings & Denise Hurst Photos: Simon Upton

Sera Hersham-Loftus Photos: Mark Luscombe-Whyte/Elizabeth Whiting & Associates

Peter Hone Photos: Ken Hayden

Gary H ume & Georgie Hopton Photos: James Merrell/Elle Decoration

Judy Kleinman Photos: Simon Upton

Michael Landy & Gillian Wearing Photos:Simon Upton

Tom & Polly Lloyd photos: Simon Upton

Chris Ofili Photos:Simon Upton

M a u reen Paley Photos: Henry Wilson/The Interior Archive

Stephen Palmer & Jacqueline Lucas Photos:Simon Upton

John & Catherine Pawson photos: Simon Upton

Oliver & Charlie Peyton photos: Simon Upton

Jonathan Reed Photos: Ken Hoyden

Sam Robinson photos: Simon Upton

Roll Sachs Photos: Andreas yon Einsiedel

Peter Saville Photos: Henry Bourne

Ann Shore Photos: Simon Upton

Talvin Singh Photos: Simon Upton

Michael Sodeau & Lisa Giuliani photos: Ciorgio Possenti/Vega

Misha Stef'an & Yvonne Courtney photos: Giorgio Possenti/Vega

Nikki Tibbles photos: Simon Upton

Wolf'gang Tillmans photos: Simon Upton

M argaret Tyler photos: Annabel Elston/Z photografic

Urban Oasis Photos: Henry Wilson/The Interior Archive

Peter Wylly & Birgit Israel Photos: Andrew Wood/The Interior Archive

Simon Upton is represented by The Interior Archive, London

Acknowledgements / Remerciements / Danksagung

 All black and white photos by Julian Anderson

 Photographies noir et blanc de Julian Anderson

 Alle Schwarzweigfotos von Julian Anderson