Peter Carlyon
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Steve Russell, graffiti defeater
'I think London these days, people try and make it too nice and clean'
The last of the barrow boys
Central London's once ubiquitous fruit sellers are nearly extinct. We meet the survivors.
Is London’s council tax system fair?
A group of MPs are claiming that council tax is biased towards London. The truth is more complicated.
Back to the future at Oslo Court
Welcome to the art-deco apartment block home to the pink, carpeted heart of London’s traditional food scene
Epping Forest campsites and measles raves: Inside London's home schooling boom
Across the capital, more and more parents are choosing to remove their kids from mainstream education. Why?
They came, they saw, they conkered
How the Peckham Conker Championships became the capital's dirtiest fight
‘He's like the Batman of pigeons’: On the road with London's bird rescuers
Rats with wings? Or long-misunderstood feathered friends? Meet the group who spend their days protecting the capital's Columbidae
London’s Brazilian Blood Couriers
'If you’re delivering food, nobody gives a fuck about you. With blood it’s more respect.'
A rotten business: Inside London's spoilt meat dealing ring
How a visit to a Walworth cutting shop blew open a nationwide scheme to sell pet-food grade meat to unsuspecting customers
Haggerston Baths is sinking into ruin — and locals fear it won't be saved
The Grade-II listed pool has been shuttered for 25 years. But with a private-equity-funded redevelopment falling through and a cash-strapped council, will it ever reopen, wonders Peter Carlyon.
London’s lonely young men are lining up to join the Freemasons
'I think maybe the younger generation is moving towards Freemasonry because it’s got something that’s pure.'