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jonn elledge
What would London's new orbital rail link look like?
Yesterday the mayor’s office released its £1.3trn (yes, trillion) London Infrastructure 2050 plan. The document contains all sorts of goodies…
The urban revolution
As years go, 2008 was a bit of a biggie. It was the year that the United States elected its…
Major government project in "going well" shocker
Well here’s a sentiment you don’t see every day: “With Crossrail, we see a textbook example of how to get…
The Chinese government is creating a city with twice the population of France
Here in Blighty, the idea of a London of 10 million people still leaves government officials rocking back and forth…
Two charts that show why London home buyers are totally screwed
More hilarious news from the London housing market. In the year to June, the average house price in the city…
People don’t leave London at the rate they once did
The Office for National Statistics just published its latest (deep breath) statistical bulletin on “Internal Migration, England & Wales, Year…
It's time to work out which green belt land we should build on
Let’s get one thing straight: Britain is going to build on its green belts. Over the next 15 years, government…
The pros and cons of water cannon policing
Here’s the first thing to say about Boris Johnson’s decision to purchase three water cannon for use in riot policing:…
London has more branches of Starbucks than any EU country
A few years back, I found myself on the phone, trying to direct a friend who’d got herself terribly lost…
The most polluted cities on earth are not where you think
Here’s some cheerful news from the World Health Organisation (WHO): just 12 per cent of the world’s city dwellers are…