New towns promise to solve the capital’s housing crisis. Can they?
Toxic waste, green belt meadows and some very irate locals
Developers
The rot at the heart of London's most iconic buildings
From the Ritz to Broadcasting House, Regent Street Disease is corroding thousands of the capital's best-known structures
They claim to save London pubs. So why have they shut so many down?
Linea Homes has been called the “grim reaper” of pubs. Their targets include some of Peckham, Wimbledon and Camden’s most iconic boozers.
Haggerston Baths is sinking into ruin — and locals fear it won't be saved
The Grade-II listed pool has been shuttered for 25 years. But with a private-equity-funded redevelopment falling through and a cash-strapped council, will it ever reopen, wonders Peter Carlyon.