Sick of local election coverage already? Read my inside story of a "Game of Thrones" power struggle at the Barbican instead

I love this series of profiles of independent landlords in London by @andrewkersley.bsky.social and @petercarlyon.bsky.social for @londonermag.bsky.social. It's just nice to have some positive news at the moment! www.the-londoner.co.uk/londons-youn...

Across London a network of dozens of 20 and 30 somethings have rescued some of the city's oldest and best pubs from redevelopment or closure. I wanted to find out why. So I spent the last few weeks speaking to some of them for @londonermag.bsky.social www.the-londoner.co.uk/londons-youn...

I spent the last week getting to the bottom of a mystery. Why are dozens of Londoners turning up in A&E with severe frostbite, even in the middle of heatwaves? Go read my piece on it for @londonermag.bsky.social. I promise it's worth your time. www.the-londoner.co.uk/london-has-a...

In late 2024, patients started turning up in A&E with the same mysterious injury: a circular shaped cold burn cutting deep into their thigh. Now London hospitals are seeing up to four or five a week. But what's causing it? This week @andrewkersley.bsky.social found out:

When I first started looking into the epidemic of e-bike fires that's killing Londoners I had no idea what I was getting in for. Check out my @londonermag.bsky.social story, featuring some insane footage of an ebike explosion in Catford that destroyed a house.

This is footage of an e-bike exploding at a home in Catford. It's just one of 556 e-bike fires in the last three years in London. The infernos are toxic, spread within seconds and are almost impossible to put out. And they've killed half a dozen Londoners since 2023.

Were Robert Jenrick's undercover antics at Stratford station helping drive a rise in fare evasion? All that and more in my latest piece

More people than ever are forcing their way through the barriers at tube stations, according to social media, politicians and the right-wing press. So why is the rate of fare evasion in London actually going down? We looked into it. www.the-londoner.co.uk/is-fare-dodg...

I had to manually go through 32,000 land registry filings for this piece and have forgotten many treasured memories in favour of weird details about London attractions owned by overseas billionaires. Please make my toil worth it by giving the piece a read.

Three brothers fled Afghanistan for safety in London. Over the course of 39 days last year, two of them would be dead. This is the story of what happened, and the authorities that failed them. www.the-londoner.co.uk/three-brothe...

Three brothers fled Afghanistan for safety in London. Over the course of 39 days last year, two of them would be dead. I told their story for @londonermag.bsky.social It's a tale of broken systems, wrongful imprisonments and inescapable trauma.

We spoke to the people who design London's new tube lines to find how it gets done and what to expect for the Bakerloo extension. It's a surprising saga of hidden underground cities, secret TfL teams and a huge warehouse in Bedfordshire. www.the-londoner.co.uk/how-to-desig...

In which I speak to the people at TfL in my quest to get a tube extension to Peckham www.the-londoner.co.uk/how-to-desig...

I spent the last few months speaking to breweries for @londonermag.bsky.social on the Bermondsey Beer Mile about the chaos every Saturday when they're descended on by hordes of coked up Home Counties lads. Expect some insane tales of vomit, pelted cakes and tampon artworks.

Incredible reporting about a tenant's organisation that has gone rogue - leaving people in Brixton without even basic repairs done.

EXCL: Traders on Hackney's iconic Ridley Road market are being forced out by their tax haven based corporate landlord. The landlord claims it has been forced to kick them out due to a Met antisocial behaviour crackdown. The force says that's not true. My @londonermag.bsky.social scoop:

What's happening on the Loughborough Estate is one of the most insane sagas in London. There's secret oil drums, manbags worth £374,000 and accusations of devil worship. This week things went full Handforth parish council. Read my @londonermag.bsky.social story:

We solve the mystery of Knightsbridge's 'Langoustine Lifter'. Plus, is billionaire developer Asif Aziz offloading his pub empire? And why has the Albert Bridge been forced to close? For all that and more, check out our new Monday briefing: www.the-londoner.co.uk/londons-lang...

In 2010, the builders of the Olympic Park found toxic waste dumped all over the planned site. Their solution was to move it to a shrubland in Thamesmead. Now that same site is to become the city's biggest housing project in decades. Meet London's new towns: www.the-londoner.co.uk/new-towns-lo...

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From the Ritz to Broadcasting House, a secret rot is eating away at London's most iconic buildings. I investigated Regent Street Disease, and met the people stopping London pedestrians getting flattened by masonry like orcs at the siege of Minas Tirith.

A quarter of the passengers of London's bus network have disappeared in the last decade. What happened? And why is Putney to blame? Read my full deep dive in @londonermag.bsky.social www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-big-bus-...

"Hobbs brings up Putney a lot during our interview, with the kind of tone I imagine Vietnam War veterans use to talk about the Tet offensive." Since 2014, London's buses have lost a quarter of their passengers. What happened? And how is Putney to blame? Read @andrewkersley.bsky.social's deep dive

When I first started looking into what was happening in the fight over Hampstead Heath's cafes I had no idea it would end up being such a crazy saga.

We're being sued for libel by a London businessman who thinks he can bully us into taking down a @londonermag.bsky.social story about him. He's wrong! Please read and share. www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...

So @londonermag.bsky.social is being sued.... www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...

Hidden knives, amateur poetry and failed start-ups. I investigated Laila Cunningham, the rising star of Reform who Nigel Farage thinks will win London for her party. Turns out she has a pretty weird past. Read my @londonermag.bsky.social write-up: www.the-londoner.co.uk/laila-cunnin...

EXCL: The World's End in Finsbury Park may be banned from airing football matches after a single neighbour made a noise complaint. Plus, why are Reform trying to recruit a socialist ex-Labour MP? Read our scoop-filled Monday briefing: www.the-londoner.co.uk/worlds-end-n...

I went to deepest darkest Thamesmead to meet an angry bee and hear about the time hundreds of Londoners drowned in sewage.

I spent months secretly contacting the country's most powerful politicians to find out their favourite pubs in the capital. Then I went on a @londonermag.bsky.social pub crawl to find out who has the best taste. It really wasn't who I was expecting. www.the-londoner.co.uk/we-found-out...

NEW: Iconic Finsbury Park bowling alley and nightclub Rowans is facing demolition as part of new plans to build a 190-home development. More details in today's briefing, plus the war between a Farringdon kebab shop and its wealthy neighbours. www.the-londoner.co.uk/beloved-bowl...

For years, I've been plagued by one question: why in hell are there so many tube stations in tiny Acton? I mean seven is just way too many. I went looking for answers in today's piece for @londonermag.bsky.social. Turns out it's way weirder than you'd think. www.the-londoner.co.uk/confused-by-...

This is one of the most harrowing, distressing, but important, pieces of investigating I have ever had to do. Please read it.

Vincent Chan just pled guilty to a litany of child sex offences he committed at the North London nursery he worked in, in one of the “most harrowing” cases in recent history. But we found that the multi-billion dollar company that ran the nursery has a long history of serious safeguarding failures.

Vincent Chan abused multiple children in the North London nursery where he worked. It’s one of the most harrowing child abuse cases in recent history. The billion-dollar chain that ran his nursery has a history of major safeguarding failures, including not doing background checks. Read my exposé:

The Thames & London deserves a lot better. Must read horrific investigation by @andrewkersley.bsky.social for @londonermag.bsky.social into @londonportauth.bsky.social. Lays bare literally 'toxic' culture in org. I've had couple of work encounters w PLA officers. Not a constructive experience IMO.

In August, 25,000 kilograms of ‘toxic’ tar was spilled in the Thames. Why was no-one told? This is a saga of broken valves, anonymous whistleblowers and hundreds of undisclosed oil spills. My investigation for @londonermag.bsky.social www.the-londoner.co.uk/how-25-000-k...

The signs are there, if you know where to look: new cameras, abandoned fliers, skid marks by the Science Museum. All a clue to the fact that at night the Exhibition Road has secretly become a hub for illicit car meets. @andrewkersley.bsky.social found out more

EXCL: London's Exhibition Road, home to the city's biggest museums, has been taken over by late night, secret drag races. I found out why. It's a saga of anonymous emails, undercover police and car meets on industrial estates. Read it in @londonermag.bsky.social

For years there's been one London landlord I've heard whispered about non stop from charities and council officers alike. I decided to investigate him for @londonermag.bsky.social

Wait... it's all private equity and massive landlords? Always has been.

This was an absolutely insane saga to report on

Newspapers are full of stories about the disappearance of London’s historical East Enders. But the reality is a lot more complex: a strange story of 14th century chickens, Yiddish slang and 1960s town planning. Check out @andrewkersley.bsky.social's story: www.the-londoner.co.uk/is-the-cockn...

Particularly proud of my latest @londonermag.bsky.social investigation into Linea Homes, a developer that says it saves pubs but actually shuts them and turns them into luxury flats. I spent a night with Oli Carter-Esdale, the landlord of their latest victim, The Trafalgar in Wimbledon.

Oli is a mate of mine and one of the best publicans to grace London. These developers are ripping the heart out of so many communities and it's truly disgusting. www.the-londoner.co.uk/trafalgar-wi...

Ryan Bridge has become a familiar face in Stirchley lately. He's one of two "company directors" of raisetheflags.org, where he collects donations from £10-£500 for flags.

Linea Homes says it brings London pubs "back to life". But we've discovered the firm has tried or succeeded to shut dozens of pubs to turn them into luxury flats. Their targets include some of Peckham, Wimbledon and Camden’s most iconic boozers. www.the-londoner.co.uk/trafalgar-wi...

On their holiest day, Manchester’s Jews face their ‘darkest of moments’. Our story about today’s attack. manchestermill.co.uk/on-their-hol...

From scooping Jay Rayner to breaking news of the death of the beloved Corsica Studios, it’s been a landmark month here. But we need help. We’re ten new subscribers away from hitting our monthly target. If you enjoy our work, please help us get over the line! www.the-londoner.co.uk#/portal/signup