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Hannah Williams

Hannah is a feature writer and critic whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Guardian, the New Statesman and the Financial Times. Email her at hannah@the-londoner.co.uk.

How to adapt 'A Christmas Carol'

How to adapt 'A Christmas Carol'

Plus: our picks for the festive season, a new museum-to-museum thoroughfare and no more Lambeth County Show, all in our culture edition

Happy birthday to us

Happy birthday to us

The Londoner turns one

My first year in London: David Ginsberg

My first year in London: David Ginsberg

'My best friend’s father was from the West Indies — a chap called Russ Henderson, who was one of the founders of [Notting Hill] Carnival'

Here's to the future

Here's to the future

An end of summer dispatch from your Londoner editor

Honouring London's outcast dead

Honouring London's outcast dead

Outside a cemetery for sex workers and paupers, the Crossbones Vigil happens every month without fail. What brings people back?

My first year in London: Hannah Burke

My first year in London: Hannah Burke

"Everybody talks about how the tap water in Scotland tastes better, but nobody talks about the limescale down here…"

The high-rise that stole the sun

The high-rise that stole the sun

At the centre of Covent Garden lies the area's last community garden. Soon, it might disappear — all due to a new luxury hotel and theatre built for Cirque du Soleil.