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Stephen Graham and Steven Knight on class, boxing and new drama A Thousand Blows
TV

Stephen Graham and Steven Knight on class, boxing and new drama A Thousand Blows

Steven Knight’s new series about boxing and crime and survival in the East End of London packs a punch. Stephen Graham and Malachi Kirby join the writer to explain how boxing was a means of survival

The gentrification of EastEnders: How life has changed for people in the real Albert Square
Soaps

The gentrification of EastEnders: How life has changed for people in the real Albert Square

In 1985, EastEnders burst onto British TV screens, but the East End of London is a very different landscape today

Inside the ‘David vs Goliath’ fight to stop China building a ‘super-fortress’ embassy
Town planning

Inside the ‘David vs Goliath’ fight to stop China building a ‘super-fortress’ embassy

The row over Beijing’s proposed ‘super-fortress’ embassy has put the spotlight on relations between Britain and China and Labour’s approach to planning decisions

Rough sleeping in London ‘as bad as it’s been’ but Sadiq Khan warns things won’t improve until 2026
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London ‘as bad as it’s been’ but Sadiq Khan warns things won’t improve until 2026

Rough sleeping in London won’t get better until 2026, says Sadiq Khan
Exclusive

Rough sleeping in London won’t get better until 2026, says Sadiq Khan

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From Henry Moore to refugees: London’s remarkable post-war public art deserves to be noticed
Art

From Henry Moore to refugees: London’s remarkable post-war public art deserves to be noticed

The Story Hive: London’s new storytelling night is a chance for people to dream, imagine and enjoy
John Bird

The Story Hive: London’s new storytelling night is a chance for people to dream, imagine and enjoy

‘I’m going to miss him’: Calls for plaque in memory to ‘gentle’ Big Issue vendor who died aged 57
Our Vendors

‘I’m going to miss him’: Calls for plaque in memory to ‘gentle’ Big Issue vendor who died aged 57

Social housing went from a source of pride to a place of prejudice. It’s time to smash the stigma
Michael Verrier

Social housing went from a source of pride to a place of prejudice. It’s time to smash the stigma

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel
Our vendors

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel

I was made homeless in my 60s and slept on night buses. Then I found opera – and it saved me
Streetwise Opera

I was made homeless in my 60s and slept on night buses. Then I found opera – and it saved me

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell
ENERGY BILLS

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell

A young mum was left to rot in a home not fit for animals – and everyone needs to know about it
Daniel Hewitt

A young mum was left to rot in a home not fit for animals – and everyone needs to know about it

‘We are sick and tired’: Hundreds of renters demand ‘rent controls now’ in Christmas protest
RENTING

‘We are sick and tired’: Hundreds of renters demand ‘rent controls now’ in Christmas protest

‘There’s a war against buskers’: Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk
Busking

‘There’s a war against buskers’: Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk

Cost of buying an average home in England now unaffordable for all but very rich people
Housing crisis

Cost of buying an average home in England now unaffordable for all but very rich people

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I’m working in a London fine-dining restaurant
Christmas

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I’m working in a London fine-dining restaurant

Pride or safety? This is the reality of being LGBTQ+ on public transport  
Kristian Jackson

Pride or safety? This is the reality of being LGBTQ+ on public transport  

Sadiq Khan warns lack of affordable homes causing ‘profound and devastating’ effect on Londoners
Housing

Sadiq Khan warns lack of affordable homes causing ‘profound and devastating’ effect on Londoners

‘This is the dream’: These Londoners built their own homes to beat sky-high house prices
Housing

‘This is the dream’: These Londoners built their own homes to beat sky-high house prices

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Children in temporary housing want a home – not an Xbox – for Christmas, MPs told
homelessness

Children in temporary housing want a home – not an Xbox – for Christmas, MPs told

Homeless families occupy council housing offices on Halloween in plea to fix ‘houses of horror’
Homelessness

Homeless families occupy council housing offices on Halloween in plea to fix ‘houses of horror’

‘It should incense us all’: Rough sleeping in London hits new record high
Rough sleeping

‘It should incense us all’: Rough sleeping in London hits new record high

‘I’m sorry’: London mayor Sadiq Khan apologises to homeless kids spending Christmas in hotels
Homelessness

‘I’m sorry’: London mayor Sadiq Khan apologises to homeless kids spending Christmas in hotels