In August 2014, I quit my job as a reporter in Berkeley, California, and moved to London to pursue a master's degree and experience an adventure. Though I was only supposed to stay here for three ...
I chose to pursue a master's degree in London for a few reasons. I had lived abroad in Spain and South America, and I wanted one more adventure before settling in New York, where I grew up. I also ...
Confession: I've been very late to the game with Iconic London. So much so, that I completely missed the brand's social media presence and marketing messages (my bad). However, the products have ...
I’ve done my fair share of crying in airports. For me there was some corner of Dublin Terminal One that was forever “the last piece of home” as I sat sobbing into my packet of Taytos before boarding a ...
I’d forgotten how reticent Brits can be. Try to connect with strangers and they just recoil I don’t know how accurate it is that the children of immigrants are themselves well suited to leaving home.
At the end of 2018, I decided to leave my life in Perth, Western Australia and move to London. I had planned to do this for as long as I could remember, hoping to further my career and meet new people ...
I’ve never enjoyed staying in one place for too long, preferring to move around and explore different areas, which is why during my 19 years of London living, I made a home in nine of the city’s 32 ...
Seven years ago, London spat me out. This was not something I had ever imagined possible — until it happened. London was in my blood; people with my surname — and we’re all related — have been in ...
Long Read'The UK, France and me' (1/6). British journalist and writer Simon Kuper, who left London for Paris 20 years ago, describes how the French and British are similar and how they are different.