97 m. ago One of London’s only thatched cottages goes up for sale for £850,000

After a decade in the fairytale cottage, the owners are embarking on a new adventure

Economics

7 h. ago ‘Artefacts were just sitting in suitcases in people’s homes’: the London museum preserving Somali culture

The UK’s first dedicated space for Somali heritage has built its collection from 15 years of donations. Culture House’s founders explain the power of giving a permanent home to a community’s heritage and hopesYou could probably walk right past Culture House without noticing it. Tucked away, just off the bustle of London’s Uxbridge Road, the building’s muted colours, simple sign and arched doorway give little away. Step inside, though, and you’ll soon be enticed by what is the UK’s first permanent exhibition and cultural space dedicated to Somali heritage.Officially opened last May, Culture House features a collection of over 150 artefacts, a rotating exhibition, poetry workshops and a digital archive. It has quickly developed a reputation as a hub for the UK’s Somali community, while drawing in curious visitors from outside the diaspora too. Non-profit group the Anti-Tribalism Movement, who lead the project, say the aim is to “celebrate, preserve and connect” Somali culture and comm...

Culture

21 h. ago Girl, 6, ‘sent home to die’ from London A&E after doctors dismiss sickle cell complication as stomach flu

Shen’iyah Green, from Enfield, died on the journey home from hospital, after being being wrongly diagnosed with stomach flu

Society

25 h. ago I had to stop raving after bunion surgery – so I became a DJ instead

Tina Woods, AKA Tina Technotic, now DJs around the world and has found a new sense of connection. She even believes it’s lowering her biological ageTina Woods was sitting in a taxi when the dancing bug bit. It was after midnight and she and two friends were heading home from another friend’s 60th birthday party. South-west London rolled past the window. They had had a bit to drink. As they passed Le Fez nightclub, they realised they didn’t want to go home. “We were like: let’s go dancing before we go to bed,” she says.Woods, then 56, had gone clubbing in her 20s, but on Le Fez’s dancefloor, as her body caught the beat, she had “an epiphany moment”, a shock of pure euphoria: “The joy I felt – the mind, body and soul connection – was like a lightning bolt.” She knew then that “dancing and music were going to be a bigger part of my life than I’d ever thought”. Continue reading...

Politics

25 h. ago Kate Garraway's firm loses £288k as she sells £2m London home to pay off £800k debt

The GMB presenter, 58, was left with almost £1 million of debt from caring for her late husband Derek Draper

Economics

26 h. ago Illegal immigrant fraudster who made £8.5m in one of Britain's biggest ever property swindles is jailed

Anopkumar Maudhoo, 46, made at least £8.5million from 45 victims by selling them homes he did not own across London and the South East.

Events

31 h. ago Buying for schools in London: how to get a catchment area move right and what to avoid

Schools matter. But your sanity — and your home — matter more

Politics

50 h. ago Studio McW renovates London home to be a "space primed for hosting"

Studio McW renovates London home to be a "space primed for hosting"  Dezeen

Politics

50 h. ago Studio McW turns London home into a "space primed for hosting"

Studio McW turns London home into a "space primed for hosting"  Dezeen

Politics

51 h. ago Bayeux Tapestry: Thousands rally against ‘catastrophic’ move of 1,000

More than 64,000 people have signed a petition calling on Emmanuel Macron to revoke the loan of a 1,000-year-old tapestry to London

Politics

55 h. ago London leaver: 'we're so close to the sea in West Sussex our London friends visit all the time'

The couple and their five-year-old son are enjoying the community feel of their development in West Sussex, 10 minutes from the sea

Politics

66 h. ago Tens of thousands sign petition against France loaning Bayeux Tapestry to British Museum

More than 64,000 people have signed a petition calling on Emmanuel Macron to revoke the loan of a 1,000-year-old tapestry to London

Politics

3 d. ago Woman, 29, is stabbed to death in London home as police arrest 33

Police responded to reports of a stabbing on Trafalgar Road, Greenwich, on Wednesday.

Events

3 d. ago Hidden London: Goldsboro Books, a creaky literary Eden deep in Covent Garden

This Central London bookshop is home to a library of rare treasures, it’s spine-tingling, says Vicky Jessop

Politics

3 d. ago ‘Literature can be a form of resistance’: Lea Ypi talks to Elif Shafak about writing in the age of demagogues

The Albanian author of Free and Turkish novelist discuss the rise of populism, censorship – and how today’s conflicts all come from the unresolved trauma of the pastLea Ypi’s prize-winning memoir, Free, detailed the experience of growing up in Albania both before and after communist rule. Her new book, Indignity, reconstructs the life of her grandmother, who arrived in Tirana from Salonica as a young woman and became closely involved with the country’s political life. She currently holds the Ralph Miliband chair in politics and philosophy at the London School of Economics. The Turkish writer Elif Shafak is author of more than 20 books, both nonfiction and fiction, including the Booker-shortlisted novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World and, most recently, There Are Rivers in the Sky. When the pair talked over videocall, Ypi travelling in India and Shafak at home in London, their conversation ranged over the threats of censorship and the rise of populism, the challenge...

Politics

3 d. ago West London school to be knocked down so 107 homes can be built

West London school to be knocked down so 107 homes can be built - over half will be 'affordable'  My London

Politics

3 d. ago 'Underused' school to be knocked down so 107 homes can be built

'Underused' school to be knocked down so 107 homes can be built  My London

Politics

3 d. ago 'Children of immigrants' turned viral superstars taking travel vlogs to the next level

Three London-born friends have been vlogging their travels to their parents homelands to represent their cultures authentically - now they plan to take their channel to the next level

Events

3 d. ago Man who hid cameras in London home pleads guilty to string of sexual offences

Man who hid cameras in London home pleads guilty to string of sexual offences  The Guardian

Politics

4 d. ago Illegal immigrant fraudster made £8.5m selling homes he didn't own in one of Britain's biggest ever property swindles

Anopkumar Maudhoo, 46, made at least £8.5million from 45 victims by selling them homes he did not own across London and the South East.

Events