Fun piece from me over the weekend, on the pigeonopolis that is modern-day London - and those who dedicate their lives to 24/7 pigeon rescue www.the-londoner.co.uk/hes-like-the...

Every day, a group of dozens of volunteers across the capital stand ready as a rapid response force. Their job? To save trapped pigeons. @petercarlyon.bsky.social went out on patrol to find out why they're dedicated to London's most-hated feathery friend. www.the-londoner.co.uk/hes-like-the...

After a chaotic Saturday of dodging bottles and interviewing all involved, my dispatch from the front lines of the 'unite the kingdom' is now up - for @londonermag.bsky.social www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-day-the-...

FT mag piece from me: Spent a long time looking into the Britannia hotel chain, beneficiaries of a vast amount of taxpayer money via the asylum system on.ft.com/47HEE46

The cost of a single place in a residential children’s care home in England has nearly doubled in five years to an average £318,000 a year, with private firms racking up huge profits as a result of market failure, according to the public spending watchdog. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I wrote about the Brazilian motoboys who supply London with blood, for @londonermag.bsky.social 'If you’re delivering food, nobody gives a fuck about you. With blood it’s more respect.’ www.the-londoner.co.uk/londons-braz...

Across London, hundreds of couriers carry blood, urine or tissue samples all over the city. Almost all of them are Brazilian. @petercarlyon.bsky.social finds out what it's like to be the secret backbone of the capital's medical sector. www.the-londoner.co.uk/londons-braz...

I wrote about the crime ring diverting pet food meat into London butchers for @londonermag.bsky.social www.the-londoner.co.uk/a-rotten-bus...

New piece in @londonermag.bsky.social this morning on the current status of Haggerston Baths! The private equity scheme to restore the building... is not going so well. Still derelict after 8 years, and Hackney Council now spends over £200,000 p/a on security www.the-londoner.co.uk/haggerston-b...

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I went on the East London measles trail for @dispatchmedia.bsky.social , where cases are currently the highest in the UK. Spoke to a Rabbi trying to turn things around, and the antivax mums who aren't so worried...

Obviously I'm biased — but this feels like important work by @petercarlyon.bsky.social on Britain's measles crisis. Uncovering the human stories behind a very important (and unreported) datapoint:

NEW: Tony Blair's staff took part in a BCG project for the redevelopment of Gaza along the lines of the 'Trump Riviera' plan www.ft.com/content/0b1b...

A superb piece of journalism in The Observer: it seems like the one of the sacred texts of Nature Writing (TM) is not quite as much of an unflinchingly honest read as claimed observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

my story of the Antepavilion architecture competition is still (just about) the cover of @thefence.bsky.social - and online here!

The cover story from Issue 23, written by @petercarlyon.bsky.social, is now free to read online. Do dig in this afternoon. www.the-fence.com/a-shark-tale

For the cover story of @thefence.bsky.social #23, I wrote about the incredible story behind the 5 giant fibreglass sharks floating in Regent's Canal - and how one man, Russell Gray, has battled to keep them there. www.the-fence.com/a-shark-tale/

thrilled this piece is now online!

Open days, LEGO lodges and karaoke nights are just some of the ways London Freemasons are attempting to attract (and retain!) a new generation of members. For @londonermag.bsky.social, I met several young Londoners turning towards the tradition.

The crisis of male loneliness is well publicised. But in London, a very modern affliction is pushing young men towards *very* traditional institutions. @petercarlyon.bsky.social is on the cobbles of Covent Garden, meeting a new generation of fresh-faced Freemasons.

“Why doesn’t a duck act like an elephant, and why doesn’t an elephant act like a duck?” I spent an evening with the Icke family learning to the answer to that, and much more. For @dispatchmedia.bsky.social