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
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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
"My event is the only one that fucks": inside London's hot new literary scenes
Reading series have become the capital's most in-demand tickets. Is literature sexy again?