21 November 2016

Google’s announcement last week that it would invest £1bn (€1.1bn) in a new London HQ raised eyebrows across the continent. To many it doesn’t seem like the most opportune moment to invest in a country whose government is…

24 March 2017

The day after a terrorist attack on the home of British democracy there was a minute’s silence at the House of Commons. Then MPs got back to business, including a debate on whether there should be a waste incinerator in the…

8 December 2016

The calligraphic drawings, notebooks and sketches of the late venerated Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid go on display at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London’s Hyde Park today. Hadid had been a trustee of the Serp…

3 June 2016

Make public transport free, put an end to mass tourism and ditch the mayoral post – these are some of the fixes for London proposed by members of the panel in last night’s special episode of The Urbanist, recorded live to…

19 September 2016

A new report from Eurostat has found that London has the worst traffic congestion of all European urban areas. But just how bad is the city’s congestion? Well, it’s so dire that the average driver was found to lose about…

2 May 2016

On Thursday London gets a new mayor. It will be one of two men: Sadiq Khan, the candidate for the left-wing Labour party, or Zac Goldsmith for the Conservatives. The betting seems to be on Khan taking over from the incum…

29 June 2016

London will not be declaring independence, the city’s mayor Sadiq Khan joked yesterday. But make no mistake, he plans to do what he can to ensure the UK’s capital remains an international city. While the UK as a whole voted…

12 December 2016

London has long prided itself on being a city that nurtures fledgling fashion talent​. With the city’s autumn/winter 2017 menswear week on the horizon​, Fashion East​ and Man have unveiled their line-up for the next season…

23 February 2017

A 1960s modernist dwelling in south London, designed by Richard Rogers, will become home to a group of architecture aficionados under a new Harvard University fellowship. Rogers, one of the UK’s pre-eminent architects,…

27 June 2016

The Centre for London’s publishing programme delivers handsome works of journalism with a twist: not only are they fun reads but they also come with wise policy suggestions. The centre has just published the latest in its…

1 August 2016

While many are putting plans on ice in London, so far the museum world is shaking off the Brexit gloom with a typically long-sighted shrug. This summer the city has seen the opening of the new Tate Modern extension by…