Can a few lines of verse, make commuting less worse? That, in essence, is the question asked four decades ago by Judith Chernaik, an American writer in London ...

Yet one of London’s busiest thoroughfares on the Thames is not a bridge at all, but a shopping arcade twenty metres below the river. The Thames Tunnel, once hailed as the Eighth Wonder of the World, ...

On the access front, Centre for Cities approves: “All large British cities, except Glasgow, have worse public transport accessibility than their European peers”.

Stuck in a rut, Ben Jureidini decided to live his life by the gospel of Gwyneth. Bone broth and burnt boxers followed – just ...

The Hong Kong-born writer reflects on how ordinary users navigate China’s shifting online landscape — and what their stories reveal about the myths both China and the U.S. project onto each other.

Metro’s Deputy TV Editor Tom Percival recently flew premium economy from London to Tokyo with British Airways.

When Atsushi Maeda talks about rural, he doesn't use the language of festivals. He talks about zones: sonic, emotional, mental. Places you didn't know existed until the music took you there. "I would ...

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got Bavaria, Egerland and ...

The expedition passed through Brookfield, Spencer, Leicester, Worcester, Shrewsbury, Northborough, Marlborough, Southborough, ...

One of one.“ The folklorist and emerita professor Lydia Fish, Ph. D., left us in her sleep on January 20. She was 85–and like that, one of our city’s human treasures is gone. Many of you knew Lydia ...

It dropped down to number two for a while, but more recent exploration confirms Mexico's Ox Bel Ha is officially the longest ...

Drawing lessons from Morocco’s successful hosting of the 2025 Afcon, Musonye singled out infrastructure, security, hospitality, and marketing as the key areas that Kenya must prioritise in order to ...