The most ingenious, insightful, inspiring, intoxicating, and simply interesting guide to the great city that I have ever seen—Philip Pullman

Remarkable ... a nerdy Londoner's paradise ... an exquisite 450-page cross between an encyclopaedia and an artwork—Evening Standard

The greatest book about London published in modern times ... an illuminated manuscript for the 21st century city—Londonist

London's bookshops and libraries are filled with printed guides to the city but few (if any) are as comprehensive as Curiocity—Creative Review

Utterly extraordinary—Tom Holland

An endlessly fascinating guide to London ... an eccentric lexical juggernaut ... I doubt that anything of such crazy magnitude will be attempted again in a hurry—Evening Standard

Here is something different [...] composed of fresh flashes of insight [...] constructed as a cabinet of curiosities, the literary equivalent of Sir John Soane's Museum in Lincoln's Inn Fields. The work [the authors] have put into it is formidable, the collaboration they have won from contributors, illustrators and publishers quite breathtaking.—Times Literary Supplement

The authors' delight in London trivia is infectious—Guardian

A glorious treasure trove—Esquire

A beautifully produced miscellany of fascinating facts about London. Wonderful illustrations are added to intriguing nuggets of information on a huge range of subjects from street cries to earthstars. An object of beauty in itself—The Oldie

Reimagines the 'guidebook' in the same way that Peter Ackroyd's London: the Biography reinvented historical writing about the capital. And just as Ackroyd set a benchmark, every new guide to London will now be viewed with reference to Curiocity. [...] However well you think you know London, you will discover something new on virtually every page, and the things you know well will be seen completely differently. Highly recommended—The London Society

Beautifully illustrated, quirky and irreverent—Danny Dorling

Incredibly clever and gorgeous. It's like a London treasure hunt - an unexpected explorers' map of a city I've lived in all my life and thought I knew—Bidisha