London
We Watched Anti-Capitalists Try to Bring Chaos to London Yesterday
This weekend, leaders of the eight richest countries in the world are converging in Northern Ireland for the G8 summit. There, they will discuss capitalism's continued dominance of the Earth. Unsurprisingly, a load of people who label themselves as...
Moronic English Fascists Marched on Parliament in London
Since Lee Rigby's murder in Woolwich last Wednesday, there has been a surge in Islamophobia in the UK. The English Defence League—long-time opponents of Islam—have attempted to capitalize on this by organizing a series of marches and demonstrations...
I Don't Have the Stones to Be a Crime Reporter
Last summer, I filed a story about a 12-year-old girl from London who'd failed to return home one Friday. People go missing all the time, so, although obviously sad, it was nothing that remarkable. In the days that followed, however, Tia Sharp's...
Making Friends at Thatcher's London Death Party
A bunch of people in London decided to have a street party to celebrate the death of the Iron Lady. We swung by to see why people were so stoked that an old lady had died.
The Coronavirus Could Be the 'Next Big One'
The deadly coronavirus was first discovered last September, when a Qatari man traveled to London to receive medical attention for a mysterious illness. It raised a red flag among experts from the outset. “There are certain families of viruses and...
Who Firebombed London's Oldest Anarchist Bookshop?
At around 5 AM Friday morning an arsonist entered Angel Alley, smashed a window, poured accelerant into the shop, and sent the books, pamphlets, and irreplaceable archives of Freedom newspaper up in flames.
Should Women Be Allowed to Fight on the Frontline?
Women are great at washing up, looking after the kids, and doing the cooking for their hardworking husbands. We were wondered if it was worth ruining all that good stuff just so they could fight on the frontlines of war. For an answer, we asked a bunch...
We Talked to the Lady Who Sent a Camera to Julian Assange's Embassy Hideout
A group of Swiss artists sent a package fitted with a camera that took a photo every ten seconds to the Ecuadorian embassy. The "Delivery for Mr. Assange" project gave us a glimpse into how the Carey Mulligan doppelgänger of the whistle-blower world...
Pooping in Trash Bags with London's Squatters
Will the cultural vibrancy of squatting, which offers many young Londoners the "economic amnesty" to pursue their art, be crushed by "Weatherley's Law," which bans squatting in residential properties? We met a bunch of urban homesteaders to find out.
Photographing London's Little Worlds
Daniel Stier is a German photographer who's been living in London for the last 15 years and still hasn't stopped finding the portly African women in their taffetas fascinating. Inspired by them, he roamed around the city's ex-pat communities, looking...
Would You Rather Be Peed on by Everyone in Japan or Have Sex with Everyone in London?
Did you know that the population of Japan is capable of producing 64 million liters of urine in one go? Or that it would take 69 years to have sex with every member of the opposite sex in London between the ages of 16 and 60? (That's three million...