One of the most disturbing examples in modern London crime is the long-running feud between two rival Turkish/Kurdish organised-crime groups: the Hackney Turks, also known as the Hackney Bombers or Bombacilar, and the Tottenham Turks, sometimes called the Tottenham Boys.
London has always had an odd talent for turning fiction into architecture. Stand in Baker Street today and you get
In that murky half-light between fact and legend stands one of the most vivid figures of the old London underworld: Gypsy Hill.
He may be less famous than the Krays, less tabloid-friendly than Mad Frankie Fraser, but for decades Pyle was regarded by police and underworld figures as one of the most powerful criminals in Britain.
For decades, whispers of the “A-Team” sent shudders through North London’s criminal underworld. The Adams family—no relation to the fictional
In his prime, Kenny Noye was one of London’s most feared London gangsters.
South East London at the end of the 1980s was a place where money moved faster than truth. Stench, G.M. Barden’s
South London, 1987. A pub car park. A man with an axe in his head. No, this isn’t a pitch
If you were to draw a map of London’s criminal underworld in the middle of the 20th century — the
Walk long enough through the City of London and you’ll pass ghosts disguised as office blocks. Beneath the glass and
In the late 2010s, as East London’s skyline was busy sprouting high-rises and boxy co-living utopias, something less architecturally elegant
Once, Ronnie Knight was the man who lit up Soho. He glided through smoke-filled nightclubs in a sharkskin suit, charm
In the fragrant swirl of grilled meats, hookah smoke, and north London bustle, Green Lanes looks, at first glance, like
In the underbelly of East London, past the rising glass of the Royal Docks and the high-spec marketing promises of
In London, power doesn’t always wear a suit. Sometimes it wears a tracksuit, drives a battered Mercedes, and keeps a
In the sprawling, smoky theatre of South London’s underworld, few names carry the whispered reverence accorded to the Tippett clan.
In the early 2000s, amidst the bustling streets of Camden—more commonly associated with punk rock, vintage shops, and street food—a
Somewhere between Dad’s Army and Ocean’s Eleven, with a pinch of Last of the Summer Crime, lies the true story of the Hatton Garden
In the soot-slicked arteries of Elephant and Castle—where London’s soot met its swagger—there once ruled a brotherhood of thieves, bookmakers,
Before Sexy Beast was a cult film, it was a whispered biography. The suave, sun-drenched, and terrifying criminal played by Ray Winstone
If the Kray twins were the suited poster boys of East End villainy, then the Richardson Gang were their South
David Hunt’s name doesn’t just echo in the alleyways of East London; it reverberates through the streets like a whispered
It’s not just delays and signal failures that Londoners are dealing with on their daily Tube journeys. Increasingly, commuters are
In the 1970s, Soho was a neon-lit jungle of vice, glamour, and criminal enterprise. It was the heartbeat of London’s
For over a century, a group of stylish, sharp-witted women in London pulled off some of the most audacious heists,
At around 7:30 am on 3 January 1911, a quiet street in London’s East End exploded into a scene of
In the sprawling rogues’ gallery of East End gangland, there are few nicknames as instantly evocative as Jack the Hat. Even
If you were looking for the dark heart of 1950s Soho, you didn’t need to go far—just follow the money,
It was the morning of January 23, 1909, and Tottenham was bracing for another ordinary winter’s day. The workers at
In the smoky, post-war underbelly of London, where the fog clung to cobblestones like whispered secrets, one man reigned supreme:
