The high-rise that stole the sun
At the centre of Covent Garden lies the area's last community garden. Soon, it might disappear — all due to a new luxury hotel and theatre built for Cirque du Soleil.
Hannah Williams
Hannah is a feature writer and critic whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Guardian, the New Statesman and the Financial Times.
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Are the super rich really leaving London?
A controversial advisory firm for the ultra-wealthy convinced national newspapers that we're facing an exodus of millionaires. Was it true?
NFTs, Basquiats and a depressed Eeyore
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Hang on, where actually is Central London?
It's the beating heart of the city, but finding it is much harder — and more controversial — than it seems
The dying of the light
For most of its history, London was dark — now it's illuminated 24/7. What happens to a city's atmosphere in an age of LEDs, asks Hannah Williams.
The Yellow Bittern and the conservatism of London’s restaurant scene
‘Almost every buzzy launch of a bar or restaurant in the city features a painted sign with a faux-patina or a Victorian scrubbed-wood panel’
Does Sadiq Khan have a plan for Oxford Street?
Candy stores, tourist traps and the councillor who says of City Hall's dramatic new proposal: 'They don't know what they're doing'
Meet Hannah Williams
'There’s a reason they’ve been telling stories about London for thousands of years'