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
Hannah is a feature writer and critic whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Guardian, the New Statesman and the Financial Times.
It's the beating heart of the city, but finding it is much harder — and more controversial — than it seems
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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.
Or does it? Hannah visits the city's historic boozers to find out
‘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’
Candy stores, tourist traps and the councillor who says of City Hall's dramatic new proposal: 'They don't know what they're doing'
'There’s a reason they’ve been telling stories about London for thousands of years'