Read More 14 minute read Comment Long read Politics Wandsworth pays its councillors under £10 an hour. Here’s what that costs us Putney is full of people who govern NHS trusts and company boards for a living. The current structure is perfectly designed to keep them away. byThe EditorMay 10, 2026
Read More 17 minute read Election 2026 Long read Politics Squeezed from both sides: how Labour lost Wandsworth A remarkable election showed third parties surge across the borough — gutting Labour's vote and handing the Conservatives a one-seat lead that still wasn't enough for a majority. byKieren McCarthyMay 8, 2026
Read More 27 minute read Election 2026 Long read Politics Three forecasts, one answer: no party wins Wandsworth on Thursday A few hundred votes in five wards will decide who runs the borough. byKieren McCarthyMay 3, 2026
Read More 7 minute read Environment Long read Planning The man who designed Wimbledon has seen the plans. He is not impressed. Here is what he would do instead. The architect who designed Wimbledon in the 1990s on what the approved expansion gets wrong, and how to fix it. byKieren McCarthyApril 26, 2026
Read More 8 minute read Community Long read Planning Politics Wimbledon Two court defeats and a parliamentary ambush. Wimbledon Park’s residents won’t give up. The five-year fight to stop the All England Club building on protected land — and what happens next. byKieren McCarthyApril 25, 2026
Read More 12 minute read Long read Transport Every warning proved right: the full evidence behind Putney’s broken junction Putney Bridge carries fewer cars than 2018 but the redesigned junction can't handle them. byKieren McCarthyApril 15, 2026
Read More 10 minute read Long read Politics Transport London’s bridges keep cracking. Nobody fixed the system that let it happen. In 2021, London was told exactly what needed to change to stop its bridges failing. Nothing changed. This is what happened next. byKieren McCarthyApril 5, 2026
Read More 17 minute read Boat Race Long read Rowing Try our Boat Race predictor – built from 191 years of data. There’s just one number missing… Since 2022, crew weight data has quietly vanished from public record. Here is what a 191-year model says it would show. byKieren McCarthyApril 4, 2026
Read More 8 minute read Long read Transport Direct to Heathrow in 30 minutes: the plan to give Putney its own airport train How Heathrow's £49bn expansion has transformed the prospects for a 30-minute rail link from SW15. byKieren McCarthyMarch 15, 2026
Read More 12 minute read Health Long read The long road to merger: how St George’s planned its future while its hospitals struggled A five-year assembly of people, plans and private decisions — and a public kept in the dark. byKieren McCarthyMarch 14, 2026