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John Vane: London fiction – The Diary of a Nobody
I set myself the task for 2024 of reading and then writing about 25 pieces of London fiction I haven’t read before. This is ...
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Josiah Mortimer: Soul Mama – live music meets good food in Stratford
Given the rate of closures, complaints from NIMBYs and a general sense of dread, London needs as much positive news about its ...
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John Vane: London fiction – Rosie Hogarth
I set myself the task for 2024 of reading and then writing about 25 pieces of London fiction I haven’t read before. This is ...
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Josiah Mortimer: Cheese versus cake – a learning experience in Bermondsey
I wasn’t sure what to expect as I headed for Bermondsey Street and the home of the Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET), ...
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London’s housing emergency: Perils of a Purley low-cost block
Within minutes the talk had turned to rats: rats in bin sheds, rats in drainpipes, rats scratching above ceilings and behind ...
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London’s transport chiefs strike positive note about year ahead
Transport for London bosses were in celebratory mood at the London Assembly this week, welcoming a forecast operating surplus ...
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Charles Wright: Sewage, swimming and supply – what next for the Thames and London’s water?
Thames Water is in a financial mess, but it’s also the focus of growing public concern – and anger – over its seemingly ...
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Greenwich: Labour holds off Lib Dem surge in West Thamesmead
The year 2024 was an important one in London for elections. It was the first year in which both a general election and ...
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Jack Brown: Khan’s fares hike does not betray a bust-up with the government over transport
Sadiq Khan and Transport for London have confirmed that some fares will rise by an average of 4.6 percent in 2025. From 2 ...
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Central London air pollution spike ‘directly attributed’ to farmers’ tractor protest
Last week’s protest by farmers against changes to inheritance tax, involving tractors being driven into Westminster, produced ...
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London’s housing emergency: The shocking, rising costs of homelessness
London’s boroughs do not expect local government finance settlements to be warming seasonal gifts. Rather, they anticipate these annual pre-Christmas arrivals being metaphorical pins that will burst ...