Articles Written By Jonathan Bell
TMN Contributing Writer Jonathan Bell lives in South London. He co-edits Things Magazine and likes to write about architecture.
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Destinations
Don’t Look Back
The ATP-organized Don't Look Back gigs feature "classic albums" performed in their entirety by all-original lineups: Step forward, Dinosaur Jr., Mudhoney, and the Lemonheads. It's an idea that smacks of...
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Letters From London
Big Brother Nation
The London bombers were identified by the city’s vast camera system, recording footage of them humping their deadly backpacks, so did Orwell get it wrong? Are these spies more helpful than sinister? Our man in the U.K. explains how the capital keeps tabs on its citizens.
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Letters From London
London Underground
Terror strikes twice in as many weeks. A major city is disrupted, and discomfort is widespread. Our London correspondent sends us three days’ dispatches about life on the tube.
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Letters From London
New Fidelities
Our perceptions age with the cities around us—old thoughts are razed, new theories go up, the subway seems less confusing. But what about that band we loved as teenagers? What happened to them?
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Letters From London
An Evening Out
Though New York now has its own Soho club, it’s London where the eating club has its roots, though only in recent years for celebrities with hungry noses.
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Letters From London
Raising the Game
As New York recovers from Sept. 11 with construction, it would do well to look abroad for ideas. Reporting on the history of London’s skyline, and how architecture heals.
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Letters From London
Royal Memories
As Britain prepares for the Golden Jubilee—the 50th anniversary of the Queen’s throning—a reflection on the pomp, circumstance, and correctly colored ties in the monarch/subject relationship.