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AI turns coders, lawyers and analysts into ghosts of London’s past

Businesses have invested a lot in the technology, but the radical gains many hoped for have yet to materialise

A statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, London. The statesman produced more than 500 canvases before ultimately putting his paint brush down in 1962.

Was Churchill a serious artist? This exhibition says ‘yes’

In the first major British retrospective for over 65 years, a London museum seeks to recast the wartime leader as a painter with emotional depth

What New York needs from Mayor Zohran Mamdani is not a retreat from progressive ambition, but the recognition that the city needs to compete for its tax base in a global market.

Why Mamdani’s New York has to fight to retain its crown

With Singapore, London and Dubai doing more to attract talent, the world’s premier financial hub is finding out its title is contestable

Liam McGovren at The Kings Arms Hotel, a former boutique hotel, now a guardian property in London. McGovren has lived in eight locations as a guardian since 2021.

As rents soar, Londoners turn to vacant pubs, offices and police stations

Property guardianship, in which residents live in otherwise vacant buildings, used to be considered edgy. But more people are embracing the arrangement

Visitors in New Delhi. India has lately picked up the pace of liberalising trade, striking deals with the UK and New Zealand.
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Commonwealth’s economic momentum grows

The 56-member group can advance trade liberalisation by building on existing Asia-Pacific and African agreements

Along with AI companies, legal firms are the latest to splash out in London, with US law consultants increasing the space they lease by 75 per cent in the final quarter of 2025

Anthropic, OpenAI splurge on London office space in leasing wave

AI-enabled firms are looking for roughly 630,000 square feet of space across the UK’s capital

The property plan of the parish of St Ann Blackfriars in London discovered by Lucy Munro, professor of Shakespeare and early modern literature at King's College London.

Shakespeare bought one property in London. Now we know exactly where

In confirming the precise location of the Bard’s Blackfriars house, a British scholar raises fresh questions about what he intended to do with it

Short-term demand from families relocating from the Middle East added to the impact of impending regulations weighing on supply.

London luxury rents rise as Gulf demand adds to supply crunch

Rents in the city’s prime central area are up 1.2% in the year until March

The BOE has been criticised for underestimating the inflation surge after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Bank of England sheds senior staff as 75 get top £150,000 payout

As part of cost-cutting efforts, 8% will depart in the coming months

Some 71.5 billion euros of European commercial real estate transactions were completed in the final quarter of 2025, down 9 per cent from the same period a year earlier.

Iran shock upends real estate’s long-anticipated recovery

Institutional investors have reduced their target allocations to the sector for the first time since 2012