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Tim Moore: Do Not Pass Go (Vintage UK / Random House) 4 stars

Welcome to London. A city where a house is yours for £50, banks make errors …

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4 stars

Part history lesson, part travelogue, Digitiser's Mr Hairs visits the streets and locations of London made famous by the Monopoly board. There's a lot to unpack here - London is dense and varied, and continually evolves, so the London of 1935 (when Monopoly came to the UK) is significantly different to London today (or, indeed, London of 2002 when the book was written).