Month: June 2026
On the Jubilee Line at Eight-Thirty on a Monday, Reconsidering Everything
Lowri Griffiths Communes With Two Hundred Strangers in a Metal Tube Under London and Arrives at Some Conclusions About Urban…
London’s New Cycle Lanes Are Wonderful Unless You Are Trying to Drive, Park, or Not Be Hit by a Cyclist
Lowri Griffiths Navigates the Capital’s Infrastructure Revolution With the Measured Perspective of Someone Who Owns Neither a Car Nor a…
I Have Been to the New Battersea Power Station Development and I Have Complicated Feelings
Lowri Griffiths Visits the Redeveloped London Landmark, Buys Nothing, Thinks About Gentrification for the Tube Ride Home I Have Been…
I Tried to Find a Flat in North London This Week and I Have Questions
Lowri Griffiths Documents Her Property Search, Three Estate Agent Lies, Two Mould Patches, and One Letting Fee That Should Be…
The Borough Market Tourist Problem Has Solved Itself Accidentally by Being Too Expensive
Lowri Griffiths Notes That London’s Most Famous Food Market Is Now Priced at a Level Where the Tourists Cannot Afford…
My Neighbour Has Started a Podcast and I Can Hear It Through the Wall
A noise complaint disguised as cultural commentary on the current state of audio content production in Greater London My Neighbour…
The Bus Replacement Service Has Replaced My Entire Personality
A meditation on TfL engineering works, the Gospel Oak to Barking line, and what it means to plan your entire…
My Landlord Has Raised My Rent Again and I Have Had Some Thoughts
A North London renter processes her twelfth rent review in eight years with the help of spreadsheets, wine, and a…
The Farmers Market Has Got Completely Out of Hand and I Am Part of the Problem
A confession from someone who spent £47 on vegetables last Saturday and is not entirely sure how it happened The…
I Went to a Supper Club and Did Not Know Any of the References
A social evening in Highbury that assumed cultural knowledge I do not possess, attended by people who all seemed to…
