Blue plaques, bearing names both familiar and intriguing, can be found all across the capital. From Virginia Wolf to Vincent van Gogh, Christopher Wren to Alan Turing, Mahatma Gandhi to Emeline Pankhurst, the plaques celebrate an incredible array of London's past residents. Whether they be musicians, scientists, sports stars, artists, actors, inventors or politicians - this compact English Heritage guide reveals, with wit and insight, the stories of over 950 of London's most extraordinary people and the homes in which they lived.