Articles

Canon Peter Babington, Priest-in-Charge at St Mary le Strand in Westminster, has turned a daily walk outside his church into a social media sensation.
He stands by the historic 18th-century building and films the magnolia blossoms as students stream past, carving out a quiet moment in one of London’s busiest corners.
His message is simple: “Stop doomscrolling and start bloomscrolling.”
Babington is urging people to actively curate their feeds with something lighter, instead of endlessly absorbin...

★★★★☆The father, the son, and the holy bingo hall. A likely place to find your dead relative reincarnated as a cordless vacuum, right? Chi – played by the show’s creator Lucia Keskin – attempts exactly that in the opening episode of Things You Should Have Done’s second series. Nonsense? Yes. But a particular brand of Keskin nonsense that transforms suburban Margate into a surreal fever dream. A world that contains everything in excess but nothing at the same time.Keskin’s home-grown absurdity wa...

Transport for London have issued a preliminary engagement notice welcoming market input for a low stimulus refuge on one of the Underground’s busiest platforms.
The proposal is part of its Equity in Motion strategy as TfL admits its network “was not designed to consider neurological difference”.
Space on the main concourse of Paddington’s Elizabeth Line has been identified for the potential trial of an “off-the-shelf product to effectively meet the needs of neurodivergent customers”.
The announc...

TW: Discussion of Sexual Assault Caitlin was sexually assaulted on the tube in August 2025. “I remember at the time freezing in my system”, she recalls, “it felt like my brain was window wipers. It took me a moment to realise what was happening.” There were 595 sexual offences reported across the London Underground between 2024-25, the highest level since 2019-20 when there were 776 reports. Sexual offences can range from intrusive staring to violent attacks, including rape, sexual assault or se...

“I was really shocked … but I also wasn’t particularly surprised”.
City News has spoken to one young  female police officer about her reaction to the BBC documentary and her struggle to balance public mistrust with personal pride.
“I was pretty ashamed [but] can see definitely how those cultures have become entrenched and normalised”
The officer who asked to remain anonymous, says this culture contributes to the “keep calm and carry on” mentality of the Met.
She describes adopting masculine trai...