Archive - London Centric

Why Zipcar gave up on London

The car-sharing scheme was hit by rapidly increased costs, a new congestion charge, and a lack of support from councils.

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November 2025

Rachel Reeves vs The Snails

Tax, landlords, and London transport theories: A weekend edition featuring updates on some of London Centric's ongoing stories.

Nov 30 •

Less WFH, more Lime, slower buses

What's really going on in London transport?

Nov 26 •

London's giant AI artwork to be torn down

The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and…

Nov 20 •

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“Don’t want no Samsung”: London’s phone thieves get picky

Plus: Scroll down to see what might be the strangest new artwork in the capital and read more on our investigations into the capital's landlords.

Nov 18 •

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Sophie Wilkinson

The inside story of Winter Wonderland

It's one of the biggest events in the capital — but what goes on away from the public's eyes?

Nov 15 •

London's tube drivers are divided

Plus: A £20m home in Mayfair, the growth of "water charges" in London restaurants, another cinema collapse for London's cursed cinema chain, and more…

Nov 11 •

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Would your home have been under a motorway?

"The most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London," says the man who has spent twenty years researching the first true map of the…

Nov 9 •

Can anyone stop the We R Blighty fundraisers?

Plus: Another defection to the Greens — and Sadiq Khan compares Zohran Mamdani's election experience to his own.

Nov 5 •

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Goodbye service charge, hello 'admin fee'

Plus: The difficulty of sourcing live snails for a London restaurant and a tribute to one of London's leading American candy shops.

Nov 2 •

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October 2025

London's thieves are burying phones in flowerbeds

The police don't take much interest in returning the stolen devices when they're dug up — so London Centric decided to do it.

Oct 30 •

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Hampstead Heath and the battle over London's green spaces

Plus: We speak to the restaurant owner berating locals for not eating at his restaurant, go litter picking with Ed Davey, and explain how we…

Oct 26 •

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