Black eyes, white knights: welcome to chessboxing
As the sport grows bigger than ever, we head to Scala to meet the first-timer fighting for glory.
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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?
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”
Cleaners strike at the heart of London
Plus: noise complaints at an Oasis gig, strikes at Heathrow and the best croque monsieur money can buy
How a charity founded to solve the housing crisis became one of London’s worst landlords
What went wrong at Notting Hill Genesis?
"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."
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?
Sex, drugs and Soviet spy rings: welcome to Dolphin Square
London's most infamous estate is being modernised. But can it ever truly shake its reputation, wonders Huw Lemmey.
Is the King shutting down London’s oldest Indian restaurant?
Plus, a bad week for Peter Hendy and the Met’s Inspector Batman
The rhythm section: meet the unsung stars of the Palm Tree's jazz band
They never meet outside of the beloved East London boozer. But together, Izzy Sapsard and Alan Jackson have been keeping time for 30 years.
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.
