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if there's something strange in your neighbourhood who you gonna call? BUG BUSTERS

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Thanks to climate change, invasive bug species have put UK ecosystems at risk of collapse. In the depths of the Natural History Museum, a team of bug experts, with help from a professional model, are trying to stop it. @milesellingham.bsky.social met them: www.the-londoner.co.uk/beetlemania-...

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For @londonermag.bsky.social I visited a room in the @nhm.org that contains 300 years, nine million beetles and a few dedicated bug experts at the cusp of a changing world. Have a read www.the-londoner.co.uk/beetlemania-...

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Millions of visitors descend on London every year. As councils face bankruptcy and a quarter of some area's homes are turned into Airbnbs, the capital is considering something new: a tax on tourists. @andrewkersley.bsky.social found out what's going on: www.the-londoner.co.uk/should-londo...

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🚘 How are TfL forcing Uber drivers out of their jobs? ⚽ Why was Wayne Rooney caught short in Marylebone? 🔎 Which magazine is arguing that second homeowners are being discriminated against? All that and more in our Monday briefing, catch up here: www.the-londoner.co.uk/tfls-taxi-li...

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“The health and safety risks of wearing the costume were so severe that actors could spend a maximum of half an hour playing the ogre before they had to be pulled out of the suit for their own safety.” Absolutely wonderful stuff from @andrewkersley.bsky.social and @londonermag.bsky.social 👏

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Do you ever wonder what it's like to work at Shrek’s Adventure? Well I spoke to ex-staff. They told me about actors running Shrek-themed OnlyFans accounts and ogre costumes too dangerous to wear for over 30 mins. My magnum opus for @londonermag.bsky.social www.the-londoner.co.uk/life-inside-...

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Somebody once told me that every journalist has a white whale. That one story they just can’t get out of their head, that drills its way deep into their brain. Mine is big, green and has more layers than an onion: Shrek’s Adventure.

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Dermot Hudson has spent the last few decades as London's biggest mouthpiece for North Korea. What drove a quiet civil servant with no links to Korea to become a radical defender of an autocratic state? We sent @milesellingham.bsky.social to find out www.the-londoner.co.uk/north-koreas...

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For @londonermag.bsky.social I profiled Dermot Hudson, a London-born former civil servant who’s made it his life’s work to defend and support the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He also enjoys windmills. www.the-londoner.co.uk/north-koreas...

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"My event is the only one that fucks. Believe me, those bathrooms have seen a lot.” Reading series have become the capital's most in-demand tickets. Are they making London's literary scene sexy again? www.the-londoner.co.uk/inside-londo...

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I chronicled the saga of Fallout London in @londonermag.bsky.social It's the inside story of a group of volunteers with no funding and no training who outdid some of the world's biggest game studios, with a little help from former Commons speaker John Bercow. www.the-londoner.co.uk/inside-story...

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“An NHS doctor dies by suicide every three weeks. A nurse attempts suicide almost every day.” Heartbreaking piece by @andrewkersley.bsky.social in @londonermag.bsky.social this weekend.

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This is a fiercely sad and damning piece about the reality of one of our most admired professions. What a terrible fate for a dedicated man www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...

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"…doctors had been turned into "factory workers" in an effort to deliver ever-increasing productivity." A NHS doctor dies by suicide every 3 weeks. A nurse attempts suicide daily. Who cares for the carers? The lonely death of Dr Jagdip Sidhu www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...

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🤔 Who's behind a series of anti Elon Musk adverts on London's Tube and bus networks? 🏝️ Are the residents of the capital's most elite island set to lose their homes? 🍸 South London's cheapest new martini bar All that and more in our new briefing: www.the-londoner.co.uk/whos-behind-...

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An NHS doctor dies by suicide every three weeks. A nurse attempts suicide almost every day. @andrewkersley.bsky.social told the story of one of them, Dr Jagdip Sidhu, and how he was failed by the health service he gave his life to. www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...

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An NHS doctor commits suicide every three weeks. I told the story of one of them, Dr Jagdip Sidhu, and chronicled how working in an underfunded, broken health system left him feeling like there was no future. My story for @londonermag.bsky.social www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...

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London Zoo's penguin pool is a classic piece of modernist architecture. But now it sits empty. What happened? And why are people thinking of blowing it up? Check out today's story: www.the-londoner.co.uk/lubetkin-pen...

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Between billionaire developers, rising rents and venues shutting from arbitrary noise complaints, Soho's nightlife is struggling to stay afloat. Could a new plan by the local council salvage its future? We asked @ehgillett.bsky.social to find out. www.the-londoner.co.uk/can-we-save-...

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London Zoo's penguin pool is a classic piece of modernist architecture. But now it sits empty. What happened? And why are people thinking of blowing it up? Check out today's story: www.the-londoner.co.uk/lubetkin-pen...

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City Hall said our story may be a threat to national security. To find out why, and catch-up on all the biggest London stories, read our Monday briefing: www.the-londoner.co.uk/are-we-a-thr...

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How did a sleepy East London football club become the home of the capital's biggest ultras? And what does it have to do with antifascists in Naples? We sent @milesellingham.bsky.social to cover the rise, fall and miraculous rebirth of Clapton Community FC. www.the-londoner.co.uk/story-of-cla...

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For @londonermag.bsky.social weekend slot, I wrote about @claptoncfc.co.uk and how to foment revolutionary praxis at an east London, non-league football club. It's a great story, some of which is reported from Naples. www.the-londoner.co.uk/story-of-cla...

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Really great piece in @londonermag.bsky.social on the genesis of @claptoncfc.co.uk www.the-londoner.co.uk/story-of-cla...

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A thrilling story of perseverance, @claptoncfc.co.uk fan dedication and the love of non-league football via @londonermag.bsky.social. www.the-londoner.co.uk/story-of-cla...

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Recently posters went up around Hampstead Heath claiming; “This is not a cruising ground”. People seeking gay sex to get on the apps and “get a room”, they said. I headed to a protest in favour of cruising to get to the root of this controversy for @londonermag.bsky.social

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A few weeks ago, mysterious posters appeared around Hampstead Heath calling for residents to "take back" the area from gay men. Was it guerrilla marketing or a homophobic crusade?

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The house may be Victorian, but the colourful decor, murals, and garden are a unique work of 20thC outsider art that deserve to be saved. @londonermag.bsky.social on Mr Pink's house in Lewisham, and what it says about Windrush-era Caribbean-British identity. www.the-londoner.co.uk/mr-pinks-hou...

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'Our reporting shows that Barking’s leading councillors accepted thousands of pounds worth of gifts and hospitality from key construction companies, two of which also employed Barking councillors, including the daughter of the council leader.' Pretty clear grounds to investigate here!

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These are pictures of the conditions at two new blocks of flats in Barking. The firms that built them were given tens of millions in contracts by the council to do so, after giving expensive gifts and even jobs to councillors. The council called it a "non-story". Do you agree?

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London is seeing a wave of new singles nights. But no men are turning up. We sent our reporter to find out why www.the-londoner.co.uk/where-are-al...

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In today's briefing, we explored... 🏠 if the London exodus is finally ending 💸 the truth behind TfL's reported multimillion pound shortfall 🍴 London's best pub pies www.the-londoner.co.uk/is-the-great...

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The ARC conference has been dubbed "the right-wing Davos", where speakers like Jordan Peterson and Nigel Farage talk up the importance of "Judeo-Christian values" and call climate change action "poison". Our reporter crashed its Mayfair afterparty. www.the-londoner.co.uk/inside-the-f...

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In my latest for @londonermag.bsky.social, I went full Children of Men and looked into London's pandemic of closing schools and the city's increasingly childless future. www.the-londoner.co.uk/london-schoo...

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Ever wondered why so many schools seem to be shutting all over London? @andrewkersley.bsky.social decided to find out why, and what the cost could be to communities of the capital's increasingly childless future. It's more complicated than you might think... www.the-londoner.co.uk/london-schoo...

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Catch up on our London Briefing. We covered... 🏢 Slough Council's new potential plans to officially become part of London 📋 How Southwark Council buried a critical report on its free school meals programme 🍴 The best empanadas in South London www.the-londoner.co.uk/slough-becom...

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For our weekend read, @milesellingham.bsky.social visits a hidden, cloistered community of nuns. An (almost) silent spot in central London. This one's free to read and goes in some strange directions. www.the-londoner.co.uk/inside-the-h...

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The London Chamber Orchestra was the longest running chamber orchestra in the country but now they seem to have gone quiet. Their website is dormant, as is their social media presence. We got @hwfmorris.bsky.social to find out what happened to them. www.the-londoner.co.uk/london-chamb...

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A report on an orchestra that vanished for @londonermag.bsky.social www.the-londoner.co.uk/london-chamb...

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the London Chamber Orchestra piece in today's @londonermag.bsky.social is oddly horrifying

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I looked into one of the country's busiest A&Es for @londonermag.bsky.social. Insiders described staff trapped in faulty lifts, corridors full with makeshift beds and those at risk of self-harm being left unsupervised www.the-londoner.co.uk/whipps-cross...

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In our new piece @andrewkersley.bsky.social went inside one of London's busiest A&Es. Staff at the East London hospital describe being trapped in faulty lifts, corridors full of makeshift beds and those at risk of self-harm left unsupervised. Full story here www.the-londoner.co.uk/whipps-cross...

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