Counting the homeless dead
Every year, over a hundred homeless people die in London. If we don't know they existed, how can we mourn them?
Miles Ellingham
Miles has written for the Financial Times, Rolling Stone, Prospect, British GQ, 1843 Magazine and The Fence.
“I thought I was in heaven.” How residents actually feel about "the deadliest estate in Britain".
Back in 1961 the Brandon estate was meant to revolutionise social housing. Then its reputation declined.
The maverick who built London's best club
Jan Mohammed shot AK-47s with the Mujahideen and raved in prison. Now he's remaking the capital's nightlife in his image.
The great chicken shop war
Inside Morley's secret campaign to crush its competitors and build a city-wide monopoly
To catch a hooligan
Over the years, the Met have developed a network of “spotters”, dedicated to monitoring football violence. Miles Ellingham shadows them for a day.
The little Italian job
For years, London's "Little Italy" has been gradually dissipating. Can a Clerkenwell social club change its fortunes?
“Headphone dodgers” are taking over London transport. Should we ban them?
“Everyone is totally zoning out and being incredibly obnoxious in the process”
"It's like the hunger games": How to try for West End stardom
On Tuesday, hundreds of young aspiring performers waited up to ten hours outside the Other Palace Theatre for nothing. These are their stories.
Toby Carvery felled an ancient oak tree. So why is everyone blaming Spurs?
“This is, without a shadow of a doubt, the most inexplicable, most devastating tree felling that I've seen."
Ofsted vs Stamford Hill
A government bill is seeking to regulate yeshivas, sparking outcry in London’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. But not everyone wants to keep parliament out.
Beetlemania: the crack team responding to London’s insect invasion
In the depths of a London institution you’ll find 27,000 boxes, nine million beetles and a race against time
North Korea's man in London
Meet Dermot Hudson: retired civil servant, windmill enthusiast and lifelong champion of the DPRK
Inside the hidden, (mostly) silent convent at the heart of London
Meet the cloistered nuns of Tyburn. They're always praying and can't leave except to vote or access medical care.
