Author: Lowri Griffiths
The Rent Is Eating Me Alive and I Think Shoreditch Has Peaked
Lowri Griffiths on North London rents, overpriced flat whites, and the slow realisation that she should have stayed in Cardiff…
The Overground Is Gentrifying and I Have Complicated Feelings About This
Lowri Griffiths traces neighbourhood transformation along the Overground’s orbital routes LONDON, UK – The London Overground, which rings the city…
I Went to a Hackney Networking Event and Have Several Observations
Lowri Griffiths on startup culture, the phrase ‘lean methodology’, and a room full of founders This report appears at Bohiney…
The New Mayor and What North London Actually Wants From City Hall
Lowri Griffiths on the issues that matter to Finsbury Park, Highbury, and the Overground commuter LONDON, UK – There is…
I Tried to Buy a House in London and Have Several Observations
Lowri Griffiths on the mortgage market, shared ownership, and an estate agent who called a bedsit a ’boutique studio’ LONDON,…
Crossing the River Is the Most Dangerous Thing a North Londoner Can Do
On the ancient and entirely irrational divide between the two Londons I write this column for The London Prat, and…
I Have Lived in Eleven London Flats and Loved Approximately None of Them
On the peculiar art of paying a fortune to live somewhere you would not choose I write for The London…
The London Pub Is Dying, and I Have Appointed Myself Its Doctor
On the slow vanishing of the local and the duty to drink in its defence This is a column for…
The Tube Is the Greatest Social Experiment in Human History
On the unwritten rules that govern eight million silent strangers This column comes to you, via The London Prat and…
My High Street Now Has Four Coffee Shops and Nowhere to Buy a Screwdriver
On gentrification, the artisanal everything, and the things we lose Writing for The London Prat and Bohiney Magazine, I report…
