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

Great reporting here, of something I'd been looking at, after receiving a bunch of emails from aggrieved people. Clearly I didn't get on to it quickly enough. The Londoner very much have the story.

Kudos @andrewkersley.bsky.social

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Iconic south London club Corsica Studios is set to close next year. Read: www.the-londoner.co.uk/exclusive-co...

Cracking reporting here 👇👇

Check out my latest @londonermag.bsky.social exposé on Michelin Star winner, and Giles Coren's "favourite kind of chef", Victor Garvey. It's one of those insane sagas that feels impossible to sum up in a single tweet or headline.

column on why is the far right is obsessed with dubai www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

After 9 months of fighting, we've obtained secret docs from Redbridge Council that shine a new light on our Jas Athwal exposé. Plus: underground film screenings, getting trapped in sewage tunnels and the truth about Declan Rice’s £14m housing donation. www.the-londoner.co.uk/a-new-develo...

Reform’s first London councillor is a rogue landlord with a 33-person HMO! Great story by @andrewkersley.bsky.social. Shooter has been fined for illegally renting out crammed bedsits in Camden. And one of his former tenants is.. @zackpolanski.bsky.social. www.the-londoner.co.uk/reforms-firs...

EXCL: Reform's first councillor in London is a convicted "slum landlord" who rents out a 33-person HMO. While digging into him I found out one of his former tenants is new Green party leader Zack Polanski. www.the-londoner.co.uk/reforms-firs...

Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals A trove of leaked data from Boris Johnson’s private office reveals how the former prime minister has been profiting from contacts and influence he gained in office in a possible breach of ethics and lobbying rules.

From Washington Post to Manchester's @millmedia.bsky.social for new investigations editor Cameron Barr Barr wants to help "restore and revive the kind of investigative accountability, tough minded, rigorous reporting that that we all need" pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...

So I failed to post this as I was on leave, but I wrote about how London is dying of thirst for @londonermag.bsky.social. Give it a read: it's a weird saga of sweaty firefighters, collapsing bank vaults and references to the ancient Trojan seer Cassandra. www.the-londoner.co.uk/is-london-ru...

"He's a serial pub killer ... a danger to urban life as we know it" Billionare developer Asif Aziz has bought and shut dozens of London pubs for redevelopment. Good reporting by @andrewkersley.bsky.social for @londonermag.bsky.social

Another story about a very rich man determined to strip London's cultural assets. And another story that highlights the job that the London Evening Standard *hasn't* been doing: reporting on London.

Has your local pub closed down? It might be the work of the billionaire property developer Asif Aziz. If you recognise the name, that's because he's the man behind Criterion Capital, the firm that was recently accused of trying to shut down the Prince Charles Cinema.

Another excellent investigation into Aziz who appears story by story to be a total menace to London’s social fabric at the motivation of profit by property

Billionaire developer Asif Aziz is one of London's most powerful and influential landowners. In my latest investigation for @londonermag.bsky.social I found out how he has brought and shut down dozens of London pubs for redevelopment. www.the-londoner.co.uk/exclusive-th...

Great investigation by @coramazov.bsky.social about an amazing character and London's high-end sub-letting market www.the-londoner.co.uk/claudio-is-s...

New Providence Wharf is a luxury block in Canary Wharf with a gym, pool and valets. It has also set on fire three times in the last four years. I found out what's been going on for @londonermag.bsky.social www.the-londoner.co.uk/new-providen...

Exclusive: Sheffield’s secret lab working on the UK’s next nuclear warheads www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/exclusive-sh...

‘Cutthroats and sell outs’: An editor’s note from me about Laurence Westgaph’s threats The historian has been threatening us with High Court action and trying to intimidate our sources and staff ⬇️ www.livpost.co.uk/cutthroats-a...

TfL banned a Tube ad by rap trio Kneecap saying it would cause “serious offence”. So why did they run ads by the UCKG, an evangelical church that former members say is coercive, conducts conversion therapy and is like a "cult"? Catch up on our story: www.the-londoner.co.uk/tfl-banned-a...

“Marshall is so desperate to be invited to the dinner parties that he paid twice what it [The Spectator] was worth” 👀 It’s July and @hkatewilliams.bsky.social wanted a gossipy media read so here it is! Murdoch vs Marshall is getting tasty - and expensive.. www.the-londoner.co.uk/250k-salarie...

Six years ago the government offered £37m to a company promising to end London's homelessness crisis. But after years of missed targets, whistleblower complaints and staff allegedly playing Xbox at work, this year it shut down. Where did it all go wrong?

Astonishing story. Huge questions over the company culture that allowed this. www.ft.com/content/c0e6...

EXCL: I got access to secret plans to ban cars from a chunk of Central London stretching from Elephant and Castle to Regent's Park. My latest in @londonermag.bsky.social www.the-londoner.co.uk/plan-to-ban-...

I wrote about the behind the scenes story of how Lime beat out TfL's Santander Cycles to become London's new cycle hire overlord. Read my inside story of lobbying, million pound council pay-offs and a cycling wild west in @londonermag.bsky.social www.the-londoner.co.uk/how-lime-squ...

EXCL: The University of East London was given a £1.6m grant by City Hall, a record high for any uni, right after it hired the mayor's wife. It promised the scheme would produce hundreds of green jobs. The number created so far? Just 14. My @londonermag.bsky.social scoop

EXCL: The University of East London was given a £1.6mn grant by City Hall, a record high for any university, right after it hired the mayor's wife. It promised the scheme would produce hundreds of green jobs. The number created so far? Just 14. @andrewkersley.bsky.social's latest investigation