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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 27m

Newspapers are full of stories about the disappearance of London’s historical East Enders.

But the reality is a lot more complex: a strange story of 14th century chickens, Yiddish slang and 1960s town planning.

Check out @andrewkersley.bsky.social's story:

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Is the Cockney extinct?

Newspapers are full of stories about the disappearance of London's historical East Enders. The truth is a lot more complicated

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Peter Carlyon @petercarlyon.bsky.social · 21h

Hard-hitting journalism from the capital's premier conker competition. Great to report this one for @londonermag.bsky.social!

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They came, they saw, they conkered

How the Peckham Conker Championships became the capital's dirtiest fight

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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 21h

Welcome to the Peckham Conker Championship, which is slowly becoming one of the capital's most outrageous, and bloody, sporting competitions.

Read today's dispatch from Peter Carylon:

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They came, they saw, they conkered

How the Peckham Conker Championships became the capital's dirtiest fight

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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI last week me profiled of Kollier Din-Bangura, the homeless artist of Mayfair beloved by everyone from the King to Naomi Campbell.

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The homeless artist of Mayfair

Meet Kollier Din-Bangura, London legend

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Andrew Kersley @andrewkersley.bsky.social · 1d

Particularly proud of my latest @londonermag.bsky.social investigation into Linea Homes, a developer that says it saves pubs but actually shuts them and turns them into luxury flats.

I spent a night with Oli Carter-Esdale, the landlord of their latest victim, The Trafalgar in Wimbledon.

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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 2d

Exclusive: Why is one of South London's oldest Turkish restaurants faced with a £2.5mn fine over a misplaced vent?

Plus, evicted traders in Elephant and Castle, McGlynn's set to reopen and an "anarchist bible study crush".

Read our Monday Briefing:

www.the-londoner.co.uk/one-of-south...

One of South London's oldest Turkish restaurants is being fined £2.5m over a misplaced vent

Plus, the future of McGlynn's, trader evictions in Elephant and Castle and horses on Tooting Common

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Jon Collins @jonbcollins.bsky.social · 5d

This is a terrific article on pub closures, including looking at the Trafalgar near me in Colliers Wood.

It’s so impressive what @londonermag.bsky.social, and @jim.londoncentric.media’s @londoncentric.media, are doing for London journalism.

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They claim to save London pubs. So why have they shut so many down?

Linea Homes has been called the “grim reaper” of pubs. Their targets include some of Peckham, Wimbledon and Camden’s most iconic boozers.

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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 4d

True, but our thinking was that it's in the area of Colliers Wood – while South Wimbledon is the nearest station, it's less of a recognised district versus Colliers Wood

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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 4d

Linea Homes says it brings London pubs "back to life".

But we've discovered the firm has tried or succeeded to shut dozens of pubs to turn them into luxury flats.

Their targets include some of Peckham, Wimbledon and Camden’s most iconic boozers.

www.the-londoner.co.uk/trafalgar-wi...

They claim to save London pubs. So why have they shut so many down?

Linea Homes has been called the “grim reaper” of pubs. Their targets include some of Peckham, Wimbledon and Camden’s most iconic boozers.

www.the-londoner.co.uk

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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 8d

From scooping Jay Rayner to breaking news of the death of the beloved Corsica Studios, it’s been a landmark month here.

But we need help. We’re ten new subscribers away from hitting our monthly target.

If you enjoy our work, please help us get over the line!

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London's new quality newspaper

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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 8d

Great reporting here, of something I'd been looking at, after receiving a bunch of emails from aggrieved people. Clearly I didn't get on to it quickly enough. The Londoner very much have the story.

The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 10d

Victor Garvey is one of London's biggest chefs; beloved by critics like Giles Coren.

But ex-staff, friends and investors paint a different picture; of bailiffs, mid-restaurant fights and Warhammer 40k fans losing their savings to Garvey.

Our weekend exposé:

www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-rise-and...

He's one of London’s most famous chefs. So why do so many people say Victor Garvey owes them money?

Giles Coren called him his “favourite kind of chef”. But former staff and business partners paint a different picture of the Michelin star winner.

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Marina O'Loughlin @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social · 9d

This is quite the story. Proper, fact-collecting reportage too

The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 10d

Victor Garvey is one of London's biggest chefs; beloved by critics like Giles Coren.

But ex-staff, friends and investors paint a different picture; of bailiffs, mid-restaurant fights and Warhammer 40k fans losing their savings to Garvey.

Our weekend exposé:

www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-rise-and...

He's one of London’s most famous chefs. So why do so many people say Victor Garvey owes them money?

Giles Coren called him his “favourite kind of chef”. But former staff and business partners paint a different picture of the Michelin star winner.

www.the-londoner.co.uk

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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Iconic south London club Corsica Studios is set to close next year.

Read: www.the-londoner.co.uk/exclusive-co...

Exclusive: Corsica Studios is closing next year

Plus, Thames Waters’ wasted £500mn, arson attack on an asylum hotel and the return of one of Bermondsey’s best boozers, all in your Monday briefing

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 9d

Cracking reporting here 👇👇

The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 10d

Victor Garvey is one of London's biggest chefs; beloved by critics like Giles Coren.

But ex-staff, friends and investors paint a different picture; of bailiffs, mid-restaurant fights and Warhammer 40k fans losing their savings to Garvey.

Our weekend exposé:

www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-rise-and...

He's one of London’s most famous chefs. So why do so many people say Victor Garvey owes them money?

Giles Coren called him his “favourite kind of chef”. But former staff and business partners paint a different picture of the Michelin star winner.

www.the-londoner.co.uk

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Andrew Kersley @andrewkersley.bsky.social · 10d

Check out my latest @londonermag.bsky.social exposé on Michelin Star winner, and Giles Coren's "favourite kind of chef", Victor Garvey.

It's one of those insane sagas that feels impossible to sum up in a single tweet or headline.

The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 10d

Victor Garvey is one of London's biggest chefs; beloved by critics like Giles Coren.

But ex-staff, friends and investors paint a different picture; of bailiffs, mid-restaurant fights and Warhammer 40k fans losing their savings to Garvey.

Our weekend exposé:

www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-rise-and...

He's one of London’s most famous chefs. So why do so many people say Victor Garvey owes them money?

Giles Coren called him his “favourite kind of chef”. But former staff and business partners paint a different picture of the Michelin star winner.

www.the-londoner.co.uk

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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 10d

Victor Garvey is one of London's biggest chefs; beloved by critics like Giles Coren.

But ex-staff, friends and investors paint a different picture; of bailiffs, mid-restaurant fights and Warhammer 40k fans losing their savings to Garvey.

Our weekend exposé:

www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-rise-and...

He's one of London’s most famous chefs. So why do so many people say Victor Garvey owes them money?

Giles Coren called him his “favourite kind of chef”. But former staff and business partners paint a different picture of the Michelin star winner.

www.the-londoner.co.uk

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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 16d

After 9 months of fighting, we've obtained secret docs from Redbridge Council that shine a new light on our Jas Athwal exposé.

Plus: underground film screenings, getting trapped in sewage tunnels and the truth about Declan Rice’s £14m housing donation.

www.the-londoner.co.uk/a-new-develo...

A new development in our Jas Athwal investigation

Plus, underground film screenings, getting trapped in sewage tunnels and the truth about Declan Rice’s supposed £14mn housing donation

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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 17d

Every day, a group of dozens of volunteers across the capital stand ready as a rapid response force.

Their job? To save trapped pigeons. @petercarlyon.bsky.social went out on patrol to find out why they're dedicated to London's most-hated feathery friend.

www.the-londoner.co.uk/hes-like-the...

‘He's like the Batman of pigeons’: On the road with London's bird rescuers

Rats with wings? Or long-misunderstood feathered friends? Meet the group who spend their days protecting the capital's Columbidae

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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 20d

In deep East London, a nondescript warehouse filled with fake supermarkets and imitation bus stops is shaping the future of our city.

Welcome to PEARL, the capital’s cutting-edge urban laboratory.

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Inside simulated London

Fake supermarkets? Imitation bus stops? Welcome to PEARL, the capital's cutting-edge urban laboratory.

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Andrew Kersley @andrewkersley.bsky.social · 26d

EXCL: Reform's first councillor in London is a convicted "slum landlord" who rents out a 33-person HMO.

While digging into him I found out one of his former tenants is new Green party leader Zack Polanski.

www.the-londoner.co.uk/reforms-firs...

Exclusive: Reform’s first London councillor is a “rogue landlord” with a 33-person HMO

Mark Shooter has been fined thousands of pounds for illegally renting out crammed bedsits in Camden. One of his former tenants just became Green Party leader.

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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 27d

Labubus, love letters and Brewdog cans. Some insane tributes have been left at Karl Marx's Highgate grave over the years.

This is the story of how and why things got so weird, and the one man who now looks after the messy collection of tributes.

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Karl Marx's Labubus

The memeification of the communist grandee's final resting place

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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 29d

On an unassuming side street in Elephant and Castle is a secret workshop.

It's where an army of outsourced mechanics fix the city's vast fleets of rental e-bikes.

We went in to find out more

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The secret army keeping the city pedalling

On an assuming Elephant & Castle side-street we meet the people who fix your e-bike, 24/7

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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 29d

A new pub shut by Asif Aziz, Latin American strip malls and the convicted pedophile attending anti-migrant protests for the “protection of women and children”.

Catch up on yesterday's Monday Briefing

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Is another London pub getting shut by Asif Aziz?

Plus: Tube strikes, Latin American strip malls and the convicted pedophile attending anti-migrant protests for the "protection of women and children"

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hughesroland.bsky.social @hughesroland.bsky.social · Sep 6

For @londonermag.bsky.social, I visited the Hyman Archive, the world’s biggest magazine collection, as it sits in a strange limbo inside a south London lock-up www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-south-lo...

The South London lock up home to one of the world's best cultural archives

James Hyman has built up a globally renowned magazine collection. What should he do with it?

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Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨I'm absolutely delighted to announce that the brilliant Cameron Barr, the former Snr Managing Editor of the @washingtonpost.com, has joined @millmedia.bsky.social as our first Investigations Editor. It's a huge win for us and for local journalism in this country.

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From Washington Post to Manchester's Mill Media for new investigations editor

Ex-Washington Post managing editor Cameron Barr hopes to help "restore and revive investigative accountability" at Manchester-based Mill Media

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