The high-rise that stole the sun
At the centre of Covent Garden lies the area's last community garden. Soon, it might disappear — all due to a new luxury hotel and theatre built for Cirque du Soleil.
Culture
Is this the future of London's art scene?
Plus: Harry Styles' favourite sandwich shop and Notting Hill Carnival in jeopardy
Ceilidhs, dry humping and £12 memberships: Why young London is mad for Set Social
Forget St James'. The capital's hottest members' club is in Peckham
No laughing matter: Why didn’t a top Soho comedy club pay its performers?
21Soho was meant to breathe life into London's stand-up scene. Yet dozens of artists and former staff members paint a portrait of a company in utter chaos.
Black Panthers, Gucci bags, and Hollywood stars: my night at London's strangest art opening
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"Things get pretty crazy later on": how sauna became London's hottest activity
From macho City boys to South London wellness warriors, the city's gone mad for steam. One dissenter tries to work out why.
Goodbye, green belt?
Plus: the end of one of London's oldest Vietnamese restaurants, LTN legal wrangling and Prince Harry's knock-a-door run
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.
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.
London in miniature
Tiny postboxes, working trains and Boudica's grave: inside the secret world of the capital's scale modelling community
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
Cocaine, kids and Shrek-themed OnlyFans: life inside London’s immersive tourist attractions
One former Shrek’s Adventure employee tells all