The politics, development and culture of the UK capital
I am a journalist and author specialising in London - its politics, places and people. I run a website called OnLondon.co.uk and publish my own books, including fiction under the pen name John Vane. And I'm busy. Busy, busy, busy.
The number of free subscribers for Dave Hill On London: Politics, Places, People over time since it was added to the directory.
Borders and borderlands, and some thoughts that don't quite fit - essays and thoughts to accompany my book Borderlines
Thoughts on UK and EU law, politics and government and how they all relate to each other. The law will mainly be from my practice areas (regulation; public law; trade and EU-related): the politics will be broadly Labour.
In the innocence of 2020 I started END OF THE LINE: a BIG IDEA mashng tales of end of line Tube stations, notes on Parkinson's and of London in 1960's...sex/clothes/rock. But by chilly jaded April 2026 all my lights have gone out so...FVCK PARKINSON'S .
The best Substack in the Anglosphere by top British journalist, David Aaronovitch