London
London is unaffordable – even for an optimist like me
My rent is about to jump by well over 10% and I’m not alone in my struggle. Why aren’t alarm bells ringing for the government?
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A letter to Donald Trump, from London
You don’t seem to like London very much, or our mayor. But people around here live longer than Americans, and we’re much less likely to get murdered. As for your Sharia law claims - have you ever actually been here?
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L’Autre, London’s most unexpected restaurant
This Polish-Mexican bistro is a mismatch that probably shouldn’t work. But it absolutely does, and there is nowhere like it in Britain, maybe even the world
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London, the city that scares Trump
Populists have some very strange ideas about London. The best way to get over their irrational fears is to pay the capital a visit
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What the hell do we do with Canary Wharf?
Finance companies have moved out and the empty buildings aren’t suitable for homes. Is a community-focused redevelopment the way forward?
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Down in the dumps: Inside London’s sewers
After 150 years, the city’s Victorian sewers are at last being upgraded – but Thames Water remains firmly lodged in the financial mire
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A flat “no” for generation rent in London
The rental market in the capital is bad and getting worse
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Multicultural Man: On circumcision and Jewish identity
Will Self on a Jewish ritual, and two new TV shows that perpetuate the religion's stereotypes
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STEVE PORTUGAL: Where do all the dead pigeons go?
Steve Portugal answers one of the great urban conundrums of our time It may not seem like one of life’s great mysteries, but a quick internet search reveals that people from across the world – London to Hong Kong, Cape Town to Buenos Aires – are asking this same question: for all the pigeons out […]