Imperial College London’s ‘safety first’ graduations are last bastion of social distancing
Parents have been barred from attending their children’s graduation ceremonies after Imperial College London insisted on enforcing “safety first” social distancing, despite all restrictions having been scrapped….
How east London’s answer to Venice turned into a ‘ghost town’
Under the flightpath of London City airport stands what was considered by Boris Johnson a key tenet of east London’s revival. Proposals for the redevelopment of a…
It’s going to get Messi: we try the world’s best footballer’s brand-new burger
Seven Ballon d’Ors, four Champions Leagues, 10 Spanish titles, a Copa America, 786 goals, one enormous burger. It would be a stretch to call this the highlight…
William Sitwell reviews The Colony Grill Room, London: ‘A sparkling gem – despite that pudding’
The crime against the rice pudding, a vicious assault on an established classic, stirred me more perhaps because I was so comfortable. On a banquette, opposite my…
The pandemic has left London a shadow of its former self
Instead the world locked down. We have lived through the pandemic in Islamabad where I cover Pakistan and Afghanistan for The Telegraph. Engrossed in our daily lives…
The Ballad of Maria Marten, review: lovingly restoring dignity to a 19th-century murder victim
Up to 20,000 people apparently witnessed the execution of William Corder, convicted in 1828 of murdering his 25-year-old lover Maria Marten and burying her under a Suffolk…
Lazy, soulless architecture is ruining our high streets – Historic England must act
Around the country, even more historic high streets are undergoing attack. As a letter to the Telegraph on Wednesday pointed out, a “1960s retro horror” is being…