London

Ronnie’s has been Britain’s premier jazz venue for decades. But as the cost of a night out in Soho escalates, can it and its new challenger both succeed?

If you pick a lane at the lido then you need to move at the right speed – and if not, then what on earth are you thinking?

Fifty years ago, a riot made the front pages – but violence, racism and political hysteria couldn’t stop the party

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?

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?

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

Populists have some very strange ideas about London. The best way to get over their irrational fears is to pay the capital a visit

Finance companies have moved out and the empty buildings aren’t suitable for homes. Is a community-focused redevelopment the way forward?

After 150 years, the city’s Victorian sewers are at last being upgraded – but Thames Water remains firmly lodged in the financial mire

The rental market in the capital is bad and getting worse

Will Self on a Jewish ritual, and two new TV shows that perpetuate the religion's stereotypes

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 […]