Ken Livingstone may be his own worst enemy but he has also been London’s best mayor

New piece by me

https://joelbtaylor.substack.com/p/despite-himself-ken-has-been-londons

Dozens of protected trees cut down in early morning raid

Locals step in to stop further destruction

New by me

https://joelbtaylor.substack.com/p/protected-trees-chopped-down-near

Real food heroes

The blight of food poverty and how Riverford are showing an alternative vision

https://joelbtaylor.substack.com/p/real-food-heroes

Buried treasures

The simple joy of finding newspaper cuttings and memories stored between the pages of old books

My latest piece

https://joelbtaylor.substack.com/p/buried-treasures

Buried Treasures The simple joy of finding newspaper cuttings and memories hidden between the pages of books

https://joelbtaylor.substack.com/p/buried-treasures

Photographer @SimonTownsley has won the Photo Essay category in the Press Photographer of the Year awards for his series on drug addicts in Kabul

It's an astonishing set of photographs providing a glimpse into a horrifying, barely believable world https://simontownsley.com/project/the-talibans-new-drugs-hell/

I've been writing on the welcome return of the statues at Brixton Station amid the government u-turn on its Windrush commitments

And it's a new start from me

https://joelbtaylor.substack.com/p/platform-pieces-a-welcome-return

I could have been at Twickenham today enjoying the Calcutta Cup

Instead I’m getting my Willy Wonka outfit ready

A new beginning

First substack post on the return of the statues to Brixton Station

Platform Pieces - a welcome return, by @joeltaylorhack https://open.substack.com/pub/joelbtaylor/p/platform-pieces-a-welcome-return?r=7agce&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web