Is London becoming a city of assets instead of homes?
According to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, there are currently 93,000 empty homes in London…
West End ticket prices at ‘tipping point’: Is theatre in London simply unaffordable now?
Nadia Fall, the artistic director of the Young Vic, has put the spotlight back on the “eye watering”…
Hammersmith Bridge: why is it closed and will it ever reopen?
Emerge onto terra firma from Hammersmith Station and head towards what is often described by locals as a…
Inside London’s smash and grab crimewave
It was a quiet Tuesday morning in Haringey, north London, when a man wearing all black rode his…
Expat exodus: Are Brits leaving Dubai for good?
What the day-to-day looks like now, however, is a mixed picture. Some say everything is as it was…
How London’s men got caught in a blizzard of cocaine
It’s an early weekday morning in east London. The city around him is slowly waking up, but Danny*…
Klepto capital: How London became a dirty money hub
Almost £90 million of luxury London buildings, including apartments in London’s Grosvenor Square, are under sanctions over the owners’…
The truth about the royal finances: why do we have the most expensive monarchy in Europe?
Edward and Sophie have two grown-up children. They live in a 120-room Tudor gothic mansion set in 51…
‘We were screaming for help’: How Venezuelans in London feel about Maduro’s capture
On Monday evening, several hundred people gathered outside Downing Street for a hastily organised protest against the kidnapping…
For Vietnam’s young, favoured Germany vocational path is fraught with greedy middlemen
January 2, 2026 BERLIN – Mr Tien Nguyen is a man on a mission. The second-generation Vietnamese-German wants…