A beautifully designed, brilliantly imagined journey into the dark heart of twenty-first century London

London at night has always been seen as a lawless orgy of depravity and pestilence. But is it now as bland and unthreatening as any new town? Sukhdev Sandhu journeys across the city to find out whether the London night really has been rendered neutral by street lighting and CCTV cameras. His nocturnal forays see him prospecting in the London night with the people who drive its pulse, from the avian police to security guards, urban fox hunters and exorcists. He wades through the sewers, hangs out with pirate DJs, and accompanies the marine patrol looking for midnight corpses. Beautifully written, Night Haunts seeks to reclaim the mystery and romance of the city—to revitalize the great myth of London for a new century.

Praise for London Calling:

“The material is so rich, and Sandhu is so lively a writer … a spectacular, stimulating work.” — The Times

Praise for ARTANGEL:

“Some of the most ambitious and memorable work of the last decade.” — Time Out

Night Haunts can also be visited online at www.nighthaunts.org.uk.

Sukhdev Sandhuis the author of, among other books, London Calling: How Black and Asian Writers Imagined A City. Chief film critic for the Daily Telegraph, he was named Critic of the Year (British Press Awards, 2005); he also teaches English at NYU. His writes for LRB, Modern Painters, and the TLS. He lives in Whitechapel, London.

ARTANGEL collaborates with artists including Rachel Whiteread, Francis Alys, Michael Landy, Barbara Kruger, Brian Eno and John Berger to create highly successful commissions. Most recently, Artangel’s The Margate Exodus was explored in the Channel 4 documentaries Waste Man and Exodus.