London

They spend their lives seeking seconds of darkness • Some call it an intellectual orgasm • I went to Spain to lose my virginity

Chingford created Harry Kane and David Beckham • A suburb built on World Cup dreams • What happens after the heartbreak?

Music hall once ruled British popular culture • Now its stars are in care homes • But a few refuse to leave the stage

The Aetherius Society was founded by a London taxi driver • It then spread to LA and New Zealand • It also celebrates Easter

A cancer diagnosis • Weekly taxi rides to the hospital • What do you say to the man at the wheel?

40 years of al-Muhajiroun • How a council house in Tottenham spawned global terror • Shisha, chicken wings, jihad