15 penguins are trapped in a Southbank basement. This is the plan to free them
An activist, a journalist and an MP walk into the London Aquarium. A colony of Gentoo penguins walk out
Andrew Kersley
Andrew has done reporting and investigative journalism for the Observer, the Sunday Times, Vittles and Private Eye.
The great chicken shop war
Inside Morley's secret campaign to crush its competitors and build a city-wide monopoly
Are the super rich really leaving London?
A controversial advisory firm for the ultra-wealthy convinced national newspapers that we're facing an exodus of millionaires. Was it true?
“Headphone dodgers” are taking over London transport. Should we ban them?
“Everyone is totally zoning out and being incredibly obnoxious in the process”
How a charity founded to solve the housing crisis became one of London’s worst landlords
What went wrong at Notting Hill Genesis?
The death of County Kilburn
This corner of northwest London was once known as the 33rd county of Ireland. Did its disappearance take the soul of Irish London with it?
Should London start taxing tourists?
It could raise tens of millions of pounds a year. But no-one can agree on how to do it.
Cocaine, kids and Shrek-themed OnlyFans: life inside London’s immersive tourist attractions
One former Shrek’s Adventure employee tells all
How to make London into a nuclear wasteland
Inside Fallout London: how an underdog team of unpaid, untrained enthusiasts made a video game that outshone the biggest corporate studios
The lonely death of Dr Jagdip Sidhu
He was a rising star of the NHS. Could his work have contributed to his death?
Collapsing balconies, West Ham tickets and a council that got very cosy with developers
Investigation: While its new buildings were falling apart, councillors in Barking were getting football and concert tickets from key property companies — and even jobs
The numbers behind London’s empty — and closing — schools
Primary schools are shutting all over the capital. But that’s only part of the problem
Inside the London A&E operating under ‘siege conditions’
Insiders describe staff trapped in faulty lifts, as corridors fill with makeshift beds and those at risk of self-harm are left unsupervised
Noise complaints are killing London’s pubs
We mapped the dozens of pubs forced to shut early or that faced closure last year due to everything from “faint giggles” to “constant honking” from cars.
Exclusive: Sadiq Khan’s Taylor Swift tickets were gifted by a company awarded £45m contracts by City Hall
The mayor faces major questions about a conflict of interest in relation to an events company that helped to organise the late Queen’s funeral
Hang on, where actually is Central London?
It's the beating heart of the city, but finding it is much harder — and more controversial — than it seems