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How we treat other animals is important for us, for them, and for the entire planet.
Une Renault 16 garée à Nevers, 2017. La voiture écolo par définition ?
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While electric cars have significantly lower emissions over their entire lifecycle, research shows that owners of older cars can experience mobility in a more restrained way.
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Efforts to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the UK to the US have gone on for years. Here’s what’s been going on and what might happen in court this time.
City leaders often appear reluctant to discuss London’t role in growing levels of regional inequality.
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Business bosses appear reluctant to take part in open debate about their firms’ contribution to growing regional inequalities.
Getting some fresh air has long been viewed as an important part of staying in good health.
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Eighteenth-century writers worried about “infectious air,” so they opened windows and built ventilation systems to bring fresh air indoors.
A low-traffic neighbourhood in Waltham Forest, London.
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LTNs were introduced to UK cities to create a more pleasant environment for pedestrians and cyclists - but they’ve become controversial.
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When a community is involved in how their spaces are developed, these can foster a sense of belonging and make diverse societies more cohesive.
London imagined from above by artist Claes Jansz. Visscher, in 1616.
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Even in a time with limited alternatives, polluted waterways were not simply accepted without complaint.
Jeremy Corbyn speaks to constituents in 2017.
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Newcomers have in fact proven much more successful at running as independents than big name politicians.
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Researchers took samples of the River Thames for two years to track levels of microplastics.
Pigeons are a key source of food for the peregrine falcon.
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Lockdown wasn’t good news for London’s peregrine falcons.
Conference attendees, from top left: Sir Syed Sultan Ahmed, Mahatma Gandhi, Sir Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner, Sarojini Naidu, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Radhabai Subbarayan, Bhupinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala, Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Dr BS Moonje, Jahan Ara Shahnawaz, J Ramsay MacDonald, Sir Jai Singh Prabhakar, Maharaja of Alwar.
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Britain wanted to showcase its imperial power to the world, through official business in ancient palaces and socialising in the dazzling West End.
City of London bankers and executives at the annual Lord Mayor’s dinner in Mansion House, 2018.
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My research suggests City firms’ efforts to deliver more equal representation at the top have not worked because they were never meant to.
Daily trading is worth around $3.7 trillion in London compared to $200 billion in Paris.
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Although Paris’s capitalisation overtook London’s in late 2022, the City of London is still Europe’s leading financial centre. Understanding why will require that we look beyond stock indices.
Sam Bankman-Fried, once considered a star in the freewheeling world of cryptocurrency, has been charged with conspiracy, fraud and money laundering.
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In the Charitable Corporation Scandal, a group of politically connected directors leveraged the company’s altruistic image to attract investors – before raiding the funds to prop up other ventures.
In the city of London, security cameras can even be found in cemeteries. In 2021 the mayor’s office launched an effort to establish guidelines for research around emerging technology.
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As states and nations struggle to regulate growing AI use, municipal authorities are often leading the way. An emerging paradigm known as AI Localism can help us better define the way forward.
London’s Piccadilly Circus on the first day of national mourning.
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An award-winning photographer reflects on iconic images of the late monarch and pictures a nation in mourning
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These maps have gone viral – here’s what they owe to 19th century cholera campaigns.
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The move follows recent detections of poliovirus in London’s wastewater.
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A landmark report in 1999 concluded that the police were institutionally racist, but the new action plan fails to acknowledge it.