06
May
2026

Walking the Regents Canal from Limehouse to Camden, and What the Towpath Tells You About How East London Has Changed

Harper-Thames on the substantial seven-mile walk, the substantial cyclists who continue to ignore the speed limit, and…

06
May
2026

Sunday Morning at Columbia Road, Where the Flower Sellers Have Outlasted Approximately Eleven Generations of New Arrivals

Harper-Thames on the dawn rituals of the East London flower market, the working life of a stallholder,…

04
May
2026

Columbia Road Flower Market on a Sunday Morning Is Evidence That London Is Worth It

Harper-Thames on the Weekly Ritual of East London’s Most Cheerful Street and What It Says About the…

04
May
2026

I Attended a Shoreditch Networking Event and I Have Information to Share

Harper-Thames on the Specific Theatre of East London Professional Socialising, What People Say They Do, and What…

04
May
2026

The Old Street Roundabout Is Being Redesigned and I Have Strong Feelings About Roundabouts as Urban Policy

Harper-Thames on TfL’s Plans for Silicon Roundabout, What Makes a Junction Work, and Why Pedestrians in East…

04
May
2026

The Best Fifteen Minutes of My Week Happen in a Courtyard Off Bethnal Green Road and I Am Not Going to Tell You Which One

Harper-Thames on the Specific Joy of Discovering a Place Before the Algorithm Does and the Impossibility of…

04
May
2026

The Shoreditch Mural I Walk Past Every Day Just Got Cleaned Up and Now It’s Worse

Harper-Thames on Street Art, Restoration, and the Specific Problem of Making Raw Things Look Finished Reported by…

03
May
2026

The Shoreditch Sunday Market Season Has Opened and the Queues Are Telling You Something

The Sunday Morning Queue at the Bagel Shop Tells You More About the Neighbourhood Than the Estate…

03
May
2026

The Shoreditch Flat: What You Get, What It Costs, and Why People Keep Coming

The Converted Victorian Warehouse Flat With the Original Beams and the Modern Kitchen Is the Specific Shoreditch…

03
May
2026

The Shoreditch Dog Walk: A Tour of the Neighbourhood’s Best Olfactory Geography

The Specific Route That the Neighbourhood’s Dog Population Has Identified as Optimal Is Different From the Tourist…