Get ready for new energy minister Miatta Fahnbulleh’s war on London’s drivers Opinion You may not have heard of Miatta Fahnbulleh, but she has a long history of writing bonkers papers for lefty think tanks proposing more low traffic neighbourhoods and ultra low emmissions zones all across London, says Arthur Reynolds If you thought Ed Miliband’s departure from the energy department marked the end of Labour’s eco-lunacy, I’ve [...]
The new V&A East Museum is a bold addition to Stratford Life&Style If the purpose of art is to provoke a reaction, the V&A East Museum manages that feat before you’ve even stepped across its threshold. Design studio O’Donnell + Tuomey’s £135m creation is a mad-looking thing, an impossible collection of angles and aspects, animalesque, squatting on its haunches beside Sadler’s Wells and overlooking West Ham’s London [...]
Government climate tsar picks up enough air miles for six trips around the world Politics The government’s climate envoy has totted up more than 150,000 airmiles since she was appointed by Labour, in trips to conferences such as COP 30. That’s more than six times the circumference of the earth. Rachel Kyte reports directly to energy secretary Ed Miliband and foreign secretary Yvette Cooper. The role of climate envoy had [...]
What happened to high heels? The new face of female corporate fashion September 30, 2025 There’s been a quiet revolution in corporate fashion, with the post-Covid workforce ditching stilettos for sneakers. For the Autumn edition of City AM The Magazine, Dr Eliza Filby surveys the footwear landscape Back in the 1990s, the image of a corporate woman rushing to the office with trainers hastily slipped over tights – formal footwear [...]
Howden’s insurance conference disrupted by climate activists January 29, 2025 An insurance conference held at Howden’s City office was disrupted this morning following a slew of protesters from Extinction Rebellion
Chris Hohn: Hedge fund boss’s pay slumps to just £42m December 23, 2024 Hedge fund boss Chris Hohn took a £233m pay cut this year, as his fund paid out around £340m in charitable donations. The head of TCI Fund Management, Hohn took home $53m (£42m), down from the $346m (£276m) he collected in 2023, Companies House filings have revealed. TCI, which previously employed former prime minister Rishi [...]
Want climate action for grownups? Become a climate Yimby October 5, 2024 Instead of throwing soup at artwork, do something actually constructive and become a climate Yimby, suggests Chis Hocknell
David Oyelowo in Coriolanus review: Too much muscle, too much music September 26, 2024 Muscles do not a character make, though many men forget this. Sadly David Oyelowo's Coriolanus at the National Theatre is one of them
Just Stop Oil protestors arrested at London Gatwick Airport after blocking departure gate July 29, 2024 Seven protestors entered the terminal and used suitcases with lock-on devices to block the gates at around 8am on Monday morning.
London City Airport granted five-year ban for Just Stop Oil July 11, 2024 The injunction comes in response to Just Stop Oil's plans to cause disruption during one of the busiest summers in decades.