Andrew Boff’s removal is a symbol of the Tories’ self-destruction
The London Assembly chair is exactly the sort of liberal, urban voter the Conservative Party has not just lost, but…
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Susan Hall: “I’m not what you think I am”
The Tory London mayoral candidate on how she will beat Sadiq Khan, the “disgraceful” treatment of the police, and her…
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The meanwhile space deception
Temporary neighbourhood gimmicks are turning your next home into a Potemkin village.
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Will Sadiq Khan lose the London mayoral election?
The London Mayor is just a point ahead of his Conservative rival Susan Hall even without Jeremy Corbyn on the…
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Stop making local issues national
From Ulez to Andy Burnham, the whole country is viewed through the lens of Westminster and the general election.
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You can thank Boris Johnson for Ulez
Sadiq Khan is owning his predecessor’s policy.
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London’s charming India Club is closing, and I feel bereft
A modest candle of quirkiness and affordability has been snuffed out, so the capital can have another luxury hotel.
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How Vittles trolled London
The newsletter seems to hold its readers in low esteem.
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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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