By Ben Lynch, Local Democracy Reporter The first thing that strikes you about west London’s White City Estate is its size. The place is huge. The Shepherd’s Bush complex, which began construction... Read more »
A total of 33 estates across the region passed to the Crown as ‘ownerless property’ since the start of 2023. This happens when a person dies without leaving a will and there... Read more »
A glorious cacophony of brass filled a south London community hall one afternoon last week. At one end of a semicircle of young musicians sat Emmanuel, eight, tooting on a donated silver... Read more »
There are currently more than 100 estates across Dartford, Lewisham, Greenwich, Bromley and Bexley which have passed to the Crown as ‘ownerless property’. This happens when a person dies without leaving a will and... Read more »
It’s crunch time for many of the city’s post-war housing estates. Could its crop of radical co-design projects provide a model for delivering regeneration at scale? Toni Gray and her three-year-old daughter... Read more »
Local charities, trusts and churches around Pimlico have been donated furniture worth thousands of pounds by the owners of historic apartments about to undergo a major refit. Some 100 self-contained service flats... Read more »
Photographer David Hoffman recalls documenting the extreme wealth inequality around Tower Hamlets and Hackney int the 1980s. Photographer David Hoffman recalls documenting the extreme wealth inequality around Tower Hamlets and Hackney int... Read more »
On my trip to the infamous Brentford Towers, I was happy that mine was only a fleeting visit, after seeing arguments and heated confrontations, I knew I was out of my depth.... Read more »
Lucy Rowe’s son can’t stop coughing. At night the hacking sound wakes his two brothers in the bunks below and Lucy has to help them go back to sleep. Once they are... Read more »
Show Fullscreen Maccreanor Lavington and Erect Architecture have won planning for 91 social housing homes in north London. The scheme will also provide a community centre, landscaping improvements and new play spaces.... Read more »