Popular Insite on Life in London
Three Families On My Street Have Left For Kent This Year And I’m Trying To Work Out If I’m Next – A London writer reckons with the city’s third population decline in four decades, watching her own neighbours join the exodus of thirty and fortysomethings priced out with children in tow
Ninety Percent Of Renters My Age Apparently Cannot Afford A Room Alone In This City And I Read That Statistic While Literally Splitting A Studio With Two Strangers – A London politics diarist on the JLL “missing middle” rental report, the Deputy Mayor’s turnaround promise, and doing the actual maths on her own flatshare
Sat in on a London Council Housing Debate and Left With Genuine Respect for How Hard the Actual Numbers Are to Balance – A diary entry on local politics, housing policy, and the unglamorous work of actual governance
Interviewed a First-Time Voter Outside a Polling Station and Her Genuine Optimism Was Contagious for the Rest of My Day – A diary entry on election day mood, first-time voters, and small moments that restore your faith a little
Spent an Evening Fact-Checking a Politician’s Speech Line by Line and the Actual Accuracy Rate Genuinely Surprised Me – A diary entry on political fact-checking and one speech that held up better than expected
Watched a Local Campaign Volunteer Team Fold Two Thousand Leaflets by Hand While Arguing About Football the Entire Time – A diary entry on grassroots campaign work and the specific camaraderie of tedious shared labour
Sat Through a Genuinely Tense Radio Debate Between Two Local Candidates and the Host’s Patience Deserves Its Own Award – A diary entry on local media, political debate, and one impressively composed radio host