Mayor “failing” to tackle housing crisis as just 347 affordable homes started between April and June

Mayor “failing” to tackle housing crisis as just 347 affordable homes started between April and June

Kumail JafferAug 13, 2025

The Mayor of London has been accused of “failing” to tackle the capital’s housing “emergency” as new figures showed developers only started building 347…

Storms, Maybe Snow Expected in Seven Dials

Storms, Maybe Snow Expected in Seven Dials

Michael HollandAug 12, 2025

An intimate exploration of love, memory and family tension The premiere of Storms, Maybe Snow, a powerful new work by playwright and director Miranda…

Happy Ending in Waterloo East Theatre

Happy Ending in Waterloo East Theatre

Michael HollandAug 12, 2025

A seductive dose of suspense After sell-out seasons in the US, Ronnie Larsen’s acclaimed play Happy Ending will transfer to London. The play invites audiences…

Vanishing into Recognition

Vanishing into Recognition

Michael HollandAug 12, 2025

There’s a word used in the depiction of Indian art and experience, rasa, which B. N. Goswamy explains has multiple, multifaceted meanings: it is…

Hak Baker takes the Sandwich Above & Beyond

Hak Baker takes the Sandwich Above & Beyond

Michael HollandAug 12, 2025

Everything was perfect about this dish Burger & Beyond picks its spot carefully to ensure it can show off its fine food range in…

Plans to overhaul South London town centre’s notorious one-way traffic system scrapped

Plans to overhaul South London town centre’s notorious one-way traffic system scrapped

Plans to overhaul a notorious one-way traffic system in South London have been scrapped. Transport for London (TfL) confirmed it is not moving ahead…

London Literature Festival 2025

London Literature Festival 2025

Michael HollandAug 12, 2025

The Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival 2025(Tue 21 Oct – Sun 2 Nov 2025) line-up, includes Rebecca Lucy Taylor a.k.a. Self Esteem curating a day of exclusive…

Review: Luna Wine Bar

Review: Luna Wine Bar

Michael HollandAug 11, 2025

Offering the thrill of adventure Luna, the new wine bar in Shad Thames, is the vino oasis in the middle of some of London’s…

Deporting TfL staff under new visa rules “unfair and short-sighted”, Assembly Members warn

Deporting TfL staff under new visa rules “unfair and short-sighted”, Assembly Members warn

Kumail JafferAug 10, 2025

The Home Office has been urged to reverse “unfair and short-sighted” rule changes on the sponsorship of foreign workers which could lead to dozens…

Hundreds of homes are going to be built across multiple sites

Hundreds of homes are going to be built across multiple sites

It has been a busy year for Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham with a raft of major developments being given the go-ahead…

South London hospital to shut mobile operating theatres to save £3m a year

South London hospital to shut mobile operating theatres to save £3m a year

Four mobile operating theatres that opened at a South London hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic are set to shut down, in a move expected…

Broken cars now litter alleyways after Croydon takes action to remove them from the road

Broken cars now litter alleyways after Croydon takes action to remove them from the road

A crackdown on abandoned and unlicensed vehicles littering a Croydon street has just moved the issue on to nearby alleyways, residents claim. People living…