On the fascinating world of London real estate.
London
The Man Who Lived in a Hole in Hampstead Heath
“He knew there were a lot of people just like him, irregularly employed, regulars in pubs, the owners of passports and phones and all the right charger leads, only with nowhere stable to live.”
Guy Gunaratne on the ‘Push-Pull of Ancestry and Meaning’ in London
Guy Gunaratne’s Man Booker-longlisted “In Our Mad and Furious City” recognizes multiple, overlapping versions of London and its inhabitants, examining the ways violence can bubble up through the city’s fissures.
How Offshore Banking Destroyed Everything
This is the story of how a handfull of mega-rich ended up hoarding most of the world’s wealth.
Turning Love and Grief into Outsider Art
How one London man transformed his house into a work of art, and a physical love story to the people he’s lost.
The Roaring Girls of Queer London
Flashy hooligans like Moll Cutpurse and Long Meg sported broad-brimmed hats, wore “ruffianly short locks,” and carried swords. Other women lived quietly in secret same-sex marriages.
Trying to Understand YouTube Success
How a successful YouTube celebrity barely leaves the house.
Maybe Your House Can Be “Most Congenial”
Richard Wallace considers his chances (not great) at being memorialized by a blue English Heritage plaque.
How to Get So Famous They Give Your House a Medal
What decides whose legacies get memorialized? Mostly richness and whiteness.