This England: Losing Faith
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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A shadow hangs over this year’s Chelsea Flower Show – our climate crisis
Chelsea was always ecologically problematic, but it feels impossible now to view it simply as a pretty flower show.
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Why levelling up the UK’s council homes has to involve the capital
London has the highest proportion of non-decent council houses in the country.
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London’s buildings emit the highest share of carbon of any major city
Almost four fifths of carbon emissions in the capital come from its buildings.
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“They have no respect for anything”: the quiet remorse of the man who sold London to Putin’s oligarchs
Andrew Langton sold houses to Roman Abramovich and others now sanctioned after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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We don’t hate London, we just want equality
Stop swallowing the rhetoric of conservative culture warriors.
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All hail the arrival of Crossrail
It’s four years late and has a cringe-worthy name, but I don’t care – the Elizabeth Line will make London…
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Why can’t the UK get over its hatred of London?
The city I love is dying, and no one seems to really care.
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Everything you wanted to know about the London local elections but were too embarrassed to ask
From Barnet in the north to Croydon in the south, Tower Hamlets in the east and Wandsworth in the west,…
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Mother bereaved by air pollution waits to meet Boris Johnson after nearly a year
Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah wanted to know lessons would be learned from the death of her daughter, Ella.
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Kleptocracy isn’t just a Russian problem
The West’s enabling of international oligarchy needs to stop now – and it extends far beyond London.
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Frustrated ambitions inside Sadiq Khan’s City Hall
Having faced three Tory prime ministers, Brexit and Covid-19, what is the Mayor of London achieving in a hostile political…
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Britain’s second empire: how London became an oligarchs’ playground
The UK has been cultivating a reputation as a gateway to the offshore world since the end of its territorial…
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Should we replace well-paid Tube drivers with driverless Tubes?
The fact that Tube drivers are very highly paid and the fact that they can bring the capital to a…
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Could the government really seize oligarchs’ houses?
Wealthy people with links to the Kremlin own swathes of luxurious London property, and Michael Gove is considering how to…
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What took us so long?
It should not have taken the biggest land invasion since the Second World War to end decades of amorality over…
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The Met’s toxic subcultures are no accident
Unless policing is publicly accountable, it will remain as racist and misogynistic as it was with the officers in Charing…
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There’s a reason why pandemic escapees are moving back to London
Maybe the capital is actually a great place to live.
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The long shadow of the Chinese Communist Party
Even in London, supporters of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement don’t feel safe.
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What’s the point of Sadiq Khan?
The London mayor is hiking TfL fares and council tax across the capital, while making it cheaper to drive into…
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