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Julie Hamill: How Peter Doig taught me to listen to London

The artist's new exhibition at the Serpentine is all about how music has influenced his painting, but can also help you hear ...
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Dave Hill: A small lament for the old City Hall

For a beacon of London pride and innovation, the original City Hall building had a short and rather disappointing life doing ...
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John Vane: Horse hunt

John Vane’s London novel Frightgeist can be bought here.
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Charles Wright: London tourism is booming despite enemies’ ‘hellhole’ claims

Sir Sadiq Khan made headlines last week for crediting London’s “open, liberal and diverse” culture for a “major surge” in ...
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Dave Hill: Where are the Greens going in London?

Activists have been invigorated by the election of Londoner Zack Polanski as their leader, but they have a lot to do if they ...
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Sadiq Khan says there’s “a long way to go” before Enfield gets New Town

Speaking at City Hall, the Mayor set out big issues to be addressed before the government taskforce's recommendation can be ...
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On London is run by Dave Hill, formerly the Guardian's award-winning London commentator, and written by him and an array of fellow Londoncentrics. It aims to improve the quality of coverage of London ...
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John Vane: Dottie Trott

It took her back to 2017 when victory came so near.
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Russell Curtis: Croydon’s Conservative Mayor has put suburban resistance before home building

Announced with considerable fanfare in 2018, and becoming formal planning policy the following year, Croydon Council’s Suburban Design Guide supplementary planning document (SPD) was London’s first – ...