High Street murders
A quiet shop, two bodies, and the fingerprint evidence that rewrote police work.
Brookmill Park Birds
A tiny sliding-tile game about our local wildlife. Match the birds and meet the species you can spot in the park.
Lost on London transport
Phones are reclaimed 42.5% of the time. For umbrellas and jewellery, it is barely 2%.
Two Londons
Two similarly sized foreign-born populations, but very different patterns of where they live.
London’s grave shortage
Three London boroughs have no space for new graves. Elsewhere, estimates range from days to decades.
A tale of two beavers
Beavers were absent from London for more than 400 years. Then London went from two to 18 in four years.
Diplomatic debt
London’s diplomatic missions owe £173.8 million in unpaid congestion charges.
About the diarist
I’m Elia Kabanov, science writer and habitual walker. Deptford has more history per square metre than most of London. I’ve been documenting it ever since I moved here.
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