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Selling Mayfair: The Very Different World of Prime Central London Realtors

by Carolyn Wells February 14, 2022October 14, 2022

On the fascinating world of London real estate.

Posted inNonfiction

Don’t F**K With the Pet Detectives

by Longreads March 9, 2021February 22, 2023

To catch a serial killer.

Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

The Man Who Lived in a Hole in Hampstead Heath

by Krista Stevens March 5, 2020October 19, 2022

“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.”

Posted inBooks, Fiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

Guy Gunaratne on the ‘Push-Pull of Ancestry and Meaning’ in London

by Hope Reese December 11, 2018October 19, 2022

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.

Posted inBusiness, History, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

How Offshore Banking Destroyed Everything

by Aaron Gilbreath September 14, 2018October 19, 2022

This is the story of how a handfull of mega-rich ended up hoarding most of the world’s wealth.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes

Turning Love and Grief into Outsider Art

by Aaron Gilbreath May 14, 2018October 19, 2022

How one London man transformed his house into a work of art, and a physical love story to the people he’s lost.

Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Story

The Roaring Girls of Queer London

by Longreads May 8, 2018October 19, 2022

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.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes

Trying to Understand YouTube Success

by Aaron Gilbreath February 27, 2018October 19, 2022

How a successful YouTube celebrity barely leaves the house.

Posted inHistory, Nonfiction, Quotes

Maybe Your House Can Be “Most Congenial”

by michelleweber December 7, 2017October 19, 2022

Richard Wallace considers his chances (not great) at being memorialized by a blue English Heritage plaque.

Posted inEditor's Pick

How to Get So Famous They Give Your House a Medal

by michelleweber December 7, 2017October 19, 2022

What decides whose legacies get memorialized? Mostly richness and whiteness.

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