John Le Carré and the spectre of British decline
The 1970s London of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was a place of decay. What defines it now?
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Scrapper is a sickly sweet father-daughter comedy
In Charlotte Regan’s playful but twee debut, a fiercely independent 12-year-old is reunited with her absent young dad.
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Down with free market urbanism
London is more than an economic engine.
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Oxford Street’s decline is a parable for the UK
The failure to pedestrianise the shopping street shows our local government system is broken.
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For the first time I see the point of suburbs
Forced back to my childhood home by circumstance, I find it has changed – albeit slowly – and now I…
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With its impossible rents, London is trying to spit me out
In June I replied to 22 adverts on SpareRoom and made it through to five viewings. The competition is wild.
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A Ulez U-turn could land Sadiq Khan in greater danger
It would be electorally and financially risky for the mayor to reverse the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone.
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Sadiq Khan is not your mate
The London mayor’s new anti-misogyny campaign does not understand the male psyche.
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Is Sadiq Khan’s re-election campaign in trouble?
Ulez is one of many reasons why securing a third term will be a challenge for the London mayor.
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Does Susan Hall have any hope against Sadiq Khan?
The Tory London mayoral candidate’s vocal support for Donald Trump and Liz Truss means she will likely struggle in a…
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As a charity shop obsessive, I fear fast fashion’s impact on our relationship with our clothes
Clothes will just be clothes, stripped of context and sentiment.
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Too big to blame: the great Libor cover-up
Andy Verity’s Rigged reveals how a few City bankers became scapegoats for a national rates-rigging scandal.
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Marina Litvinenko: “I’m glad to talk about him – it feels like a duty”
The wife of Alexander Litvinenko on Putin, Peter Morgan’s Patriots and depictions of her husband’s assassination on stage and screen.
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Why New York and London are betting on climate budgets
As mayors of two of the world’s largest cities, we believe this powerful tool can help us reach net zero.
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The roots of the conflict in Sudan
Intense fighting broke out in Sudan, while Ron DeSantis stalls in race for Republican presidential nomination
Why we should save O2 Academy Brixton
The police’s suggestion that the venue should shut is an unimaginative, narrow-minded decision that pits the state against culture.
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The death of local government
Westminster has been systematically stripping councils of power, funding and stature for decades. As a result, our local politics is…
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This England: Let’s park that
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Abolishing the Met Police is the only option left
A force found to be institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic is at odds with London – and needs to be…
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Everything is Clapham now
It’s no longer possible to be cool.
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