City of London: Where London Becomes a Spreadsheet
City of London: Where London Becomes a Spreadsheet | A Brutally Precise Satire of Suits, Silence, and the Holy Religion of Quarterly Returns
Tag: City of London
Simmons Bar Review: 4.8, and the Cheapest High Score in London
Simmons Bar Review: 4.8, and the Cheapest High Score in London | Two thousand three hundred people, a 4.8, and a ten-to-twenty-pound price band – which should not be possible
The Don Review: You Are Sitting in Sandeman’s Cellars
The Don Review: You Are Sitting in Sandeman’s Cellars | The caped silhouette on the port bottle is one of the oldest trademarks in the world, and it was invented in 1928 by a Scot
Mint Leaf Review: Newton Sent Counterfeiters to the Gallows
Mint Leaf Review: Newton Sent Counterfeiters to the Gallows | As Warden of the Royal Mint he went into the taverns in disguise, ran informers, and hanged twenty-eight men
Steel Yard Review: A German Trading Colony Stood Here for 400 Years
Steel Yard Review: A German Trading Colony Stood Here for 400 Years | The Hanseatic League had its own walled compound on the Thames, with its own laws, its own gates, and a curfew
Vault Review: The Best Rooms in London Were Never Meant for People
Vault Review: The Best Rooms in London Were Never Meant for People | Coal cellars, banking halls, lavatories and vaults – the finest drinking spaces in this survey were all service spaces
1 Lombard Street Review: The Lombards Are Why Pawnbrokers Have Three Balls
1 Lombard Street Review: The Lombards Are Why Pawnbrokers Have Three Balls | Italian bankers set up on this street in the thirteenth century, and their emblem is still hanging over every pawnshop in Britain
Canvas Bar Review: 3.3 From Forty-Seven People, and It Is a Trap
Canvas Bar Review: 3.3 From Forty-Seven People, and It Is a Trap | The lowest score in the City, on a sample small enough to be an accident and large enough to be fatal
Bedales Review: Buy the Bottle, Drink It Here, and Save Thirty Pounds
Bedales Review: Buy the Bottle, Drink It Here, and Save Thirty Pounds | The shop-and-bar is the single best value in London drinking and almost nobody uses it
Be At One Monument Review: The Third One Broke the Tie
Be At One Monument Review: The Third One Broke the Tie | Two branches matched exactly and forced us to soften our argument. A third has arrived and it does not match at all.
AI’s Apocalypse Now or Later
AI’s Apocalypse Now or Later: The City Trembles as Average Software Becomes Slightly Less Brilliant By General B.S. Slinger When Investors See AI, They See Red (Charts and the Tube Map) The City woke up yesterday and saw AI wasn’t just a buzzword anymore — it was an actual thing. Like a smart kettle that also contemplates mortality. Traders collectively spun in their ergonomic chairs, clutched mugs branded “I Survived…
Salotto Review: It Means the Front Room
Salotto Review: It Means the Front Room | The good room, kept for visitors, which nobody was allowed to sit in – and every culture in Europe had one
Fortnum’s Review: It Started With Stolen Candle Stubs
Fortnum’s Review: It Started With Stolen Candle Stubs | A footman was allowed to keep the used wax from the Queen’s candles. He sold it, and founded a shop.
Madison Review: You Are Looking at the Dome, and the Dome Is Fake
Madison Review: You Are Looking at the Dome, and the Dome Is Fake | St Paul’s has three domes. The one you see from outside is not the one you see from inside, and neither is holding anything up.
Aldgate: The City’s Most Productive Identity Crisis
Aldgate: The City’s Most Productive Identity Crisis | A Blunt Examination of Aldgate’s Speed, Status Anxiety, and Monetised History
Aldgate: The City’s Most Efficient Collision of Past and Present
Aldgate: The City’s Most Efficient Collision of Past and Present | A Dry, Alarmingly Accurate Portrait of Aldgate’s History, Hustle, and Glass Anxiety
City of London: Where London Goes to Work and Pretends That’s Living
City of London: Where London Goes to Work and Pretends That’s Living | City of London Neighborhood Satire With Suits, History, and Deadlines
