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Steve Russell, graffiti defeater
'I think London these days, people try and make it too nice and clean'
Beloved bowling alley Rowans is under threat from a 190-home development
Plus: Dalston's best hidden pub, a war between a Farringdon kebab shop and its neighbours, and more in our Monday briefing
Bark the herald angels sing!
Animal magic abounds at the Museum of Homelessness' annual Christmas dog show
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
Confused by the tube? You’re not alone
We look into the bamboozling history of the capital's iconic transport network
Mice at the viral panto, new coats of arms and a £451m facelift for the Barbican
Plus: a Chiang Mai classic comes to London, our pick of Tower Hamlets' best pubs and more in our Monday briefing
Why does London have so few statues of women?
Rom-com heroines, Crimean War nurses and suffragette activists: which members of the fairer sex have been given their dues by the capital?
A thirst for the Knowledge
Black cabs are set to be extinct within 20 years. So why are the numbers of applicants taking the infamously difficult licensing exam going back up? Rosie Swash meets the hopefuls.
Abuse at a north London nursery: The disturbing, perplexing case of Vincent Chan
There are questions for the police and one of London’s biggest nursery chains after today’s shocking news
Bankruptcies, fraud investigations and servants of the devil on the Loughborough Estate
Plus: Ealing council's new social media campaign, the Langoustine Lifter and the best pub in Fulham
The last of the barrow boys
Central London's once ubiquitous fruit sellers are nearly extinct. We meet the survivors.
'If you can’t sing, you can still shanty!'
They may not be merchant sailors. But the salty dogs of Greenwich's Sea Shanty Festival 2025 are loud — and proud.
London's cat cafes are big business. So why do things seem less than purrfect?
The RSPCA wants to phase them out, while defenders claim they're a sanctuary for abandoned moggies. We go inside the strange world of the capital's feline cafes.
The government comes for We R Blighty
Plus, a Christmas tree thief, a queer pub rebrands as straight and a major victory for The Londoner