The UK’s largest hippie commune was on an island in the Thames
It hosted David Bowie, orgy rooms and 'Fuckbucket Flo'. So how did we lose the Eel Pie Hotel?
Art
Tracey Emin asserts her genius with blood, guts and an unmade bed
Plus: a financial black hole at the National Gallery, must-see photographs of Jim Crow American South and the writer who burnt her own books
Tsars, filthy beds and murder in Earl's Court
Plus: a must-see exhibition and the play everybody's trying to get tickets for
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?
Champagne, humiliation and Leonardo DiCaprio: It's Frieze 2025
Going native at the art fair to end all art fairs
From Beaton to Blitz: Lee Miller's astonishing life
Plus: the capital's best church cafes and your exclusive guide to the season's festivals
