Jonathan Cape fiction by James Joyce and T. E. Lawrence. After Cape's death, the firm later merged successively with three other London publishing houses. In 1987 it was taken over by Random House. Its name continues as one of Random House's British imprints. Herbert Jonathan Cape was born in London on 15 November 1879, the youngest of the seven children of Jonathan Cape, a clerk from Ireby in what is now Cumbria, and his wife Caroline, "née" Page. He received a basic schooling and in his early teens he was taken on by Hatchards bookshop in Piccadilly as an errand-boy. Four years
The Ballet of Change: Piccadilly Circus Business Academy and Produced and Directed by Paul Atherton and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund The Ballet of Change: Piccadilly Circus The Ballet of Change is a series of four films (approximately 4 minutes) Produced & Directed by Paul Atherton, each one about a world-famous landmark in London – London Bridge, Leicester Square, Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus. Each film tells the history of its location using imagery and music. Taking as its starting point the earliest image available from museum and other archives (usually a drawing circa 16th Century) and then dancing with the imagery (hence the title