Month: May 2026
My Local Pub Has Been Replaced by a ‘Craft Beer Experience Venue’ and I Am Not Coping Well
Lowri Griffiths on the slow death of the North London boozer, the rise of the fourteen-pound pint, and what we…
TfL Has Raised Its Fares Again and I Have Run Out of Polite Ways to React
Lowri Griffiths on the annual ritual of London transport price increases, the philosophical question of what ‘value for money’ means…
The London Food Scene Has Peaked and I Say This as Someone Who Loves It Unreasonably
Lowri Griffiths on the forty-two-pound small plates, the waiting list for a restaurant she could not describe to her mother,…
Labour’s Housing Promise and My Actual Rent: A North London Reality Check
Lowri Griffiths does the arithmetic on 1.5 million new homes, planning reform, and what it means for someone currently paying…
In Defence of the London High Street, Which Is Having a Terrible Time and Still Worth Defending
Lowri Griffiths on why she refuses to order everything online despite the evidence that the high street is not meeting…
The Overground Is Running Fine, Actually, and This Is Somehow the Most Suspicious Thing That Has Happened to Me All Week
Lowri Griffiths on Commuting Triumph, Rental Market Tragedy, and the Specific Joy of Finding a Seat at Finsbury Park Bohiney…
Seven Things That Happened in Hackney This Week That Confirm Hackney Is Still Hackney
Lowri Griffiths Visits the Neighbour Borough and Returns With Observations About Oat Milk, Planning Applications, and the Specific Self-Satisfaction of…
The Islington Council Meeting That Nearly Broke Me: A Report From the Front Line of Local Democracy
Lowri Griffiths Attends a Council Planning Committee Meeting and Discovers That Local Democracy Is Alive, Functional, and Takes Four Hours…
On the Specific Misery of Flat Hunting in Zone 2 in May: A Personal Testimony
Lowri Griffiths Has Looked at 14 Flats in Four Weeks and Has Opinions About the Phrase ‘Chain Free’ That She…
The Great North London Restaurant Audit of Spring 2026: Where I Ate, What It Cost, Whether I Would Go Back
Lowri Griffiths Reviews Five Restaurants in N4 Through N7, Discovers That Natural Wine Has Become Inescapable, and Finds One Genuinely…
