London (England)

City of Gilt

By Tanya Gold,

In the early 1980s the Southwark side of the River Thames was a wasteland. It had a power station with a tower — a rude finger — for emphasis; you,…

The Pure Gold Baby

By Emily Stokes, on October 7, 2013

Dame Margaret Drabble on the essayistic voice in fiction and North London anthropology Read More

A Brief Period of Rejoicing

By Geoff Dyer,

As the summer of 2012 approached, the third coming of the Olympics to London began to feel like an impending apocalypse—especially after it became clear that Britain was in the…

Electric ladyland

By Craig Taylor,

Don’t mention the war

By Harper’s Staff,

The poll tax riots

Art by Dexter Dalwood,

I’m Hatin’ It

By Davina Patel,

The last drop

By Thomas Gloning, Janet Clarkson,

The big dome

By Will Self,

Taxpayer revolt, English style