Emily Kearns grew up on the outskirts of London and from a young age regularly took the Tube, train and bus armed with an Oyster card. She found that the capital’s modes of transport not only offered a sense of freedom, but its history provided a wealth of untold stories ripe for discovery. Emily has also written 'Mind the Gap' ISBN: 978 1 84953 357 7 and' Tea: A Miscellany' ISBN: 978 1 84953 679 0.