The Museum Next Door: Smithfield’s Final Years as a Working Market
At four in the morning on a weekday, the lorries are still backing into the loading bays along Charterhouse Street,…
Why London’s Booksellers’ Row Still Survives
Watkins Books moved into 21 Cecil Court in 1901. This year it has been at the same address for 125…
Stay as Long as You Like, Just Don’t Make a Sound. The Quiet Death of Corsica Studios
On the last Sunday in March, Kode9, SHERELLE, Pearson Sound, Josey Rebelle and Daniel Avery took turns in the two…
Taxed on a Good Year: How London’s Locals Ended Up Paying for 2024
The Bricklayers Arms on Upper Richmond Road is Putney’s oldest pub, and this spring it became something else as well:…
Polishing the Frame, Losing the Picture – Portobello Road’s £4.4m Makeover
Stand at the Chepstow Villas end of Portobello Road early on a Saturday and you can still watch the old…
Thirteen Green Huts: London’s Cabmen’s Shelters at 150
There is a queue at the hatch in Russell Square most mornings. Office workers from the Bloomsbury blocks and tradespeople…