从早期至今，伦敦为艺术家提供了强大的情感灵感。 这部纪录片唤起了历代画家、摄影师、电影制片人和作家眼中的这座城市； 狄更斯、霍加斯、特纳、弗吉尼亚·沃尔夫、莫奈和阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克以及每天走在城市街道上的当代伦敦人的观点。 所有这些人都在伦敦的污垢和污垢中找到了美丽和灵感。 建筑师和社会工程师努力组织伦敦，但画家、作家和更多人却陶醉于它迷宫般的不守规矩。 这是一个城市的故事，它试图在街道上施加秩序，但实际上却一次又一次地发现，它的真正本质在于无计划、混乱的本质。

From its early years until the present day, London has provided powerful, emotional inspiration to artists. This documentary evokes the city as seen by painters, photographers, film-makers and writers through the ages; the perspectives of Dickens, Hogarth, Turner, Virginia Wolfe, Monet and Alfred Hitchcock alongside those of contemporary Londoners who tread the streets of the city every day. All these people have found beauty and inspiration in London's dirt and grime. Architects and social engineers have strived to organise London, but painters, writers and many more have revelled in its labyrinthine unruliness. This is the story of a city that tried to impose order on its streets, but actually discovered time after time that its true character lay in an unplanned, chaotic nature.