To earn the right to operate one of London’s iconic black cabs, aspiring drivers must pass one of the hardest tests in the world, known as “The Knowledge.” It requires knowing central London’s maze of ...

Grave robbers had gotten there first. Sometime in the 16th century, they ransacked the tomb for its gold and grave goods, leaving the bones behind and lid cracked. But five centuries later, on the ...

Self-driving cars, meet your nemesis: the London roundabout. This strange piece of geometry, with tentacles shooting off at odd angles and cars nudging into impossible spaces, is one of the many ...

London shop-streets are in a great measure free from the abominable defacement of what we now call signs. Even in the Strand, in Oxford Street, and in Edgeware Road, where the shops are second-rate, ...

London is putting the brakes on the mess of electric bikes that litter the streets of the city. Today, the local transportation authority, Transport for London (TfL), announced a new enforcement ...

Confronted with deserted streets during the pandemic, drivers are turning in their rented black cabs by the hundreds. By Mark Landler EPPING, England — Drive through a leaf-strewn forest and past a ...