You can catch up with my latest inane musings on Twitter.
I'm a journalist who lives in London, which suits me quite well as writing and trying to make the most of all the capital has to offer are two of my favourite past times. I work as UK social media editor for BuzzFeed News. You can follow me on Twitter @andydangerfield. Here you can find a selection of my articles, which have appeared on the BBC, in various newspapers and magazines.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
OMG! I'm moving to BuzzFeed
You can catch up with my latest inane musings on Twitter.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
What lost rivers lie beneath London?
Dozens of rivers and canals were buried beneath London's streets more than a century ago. How do they look today? I delved beneath the streets to explore them.
Sunday, April 05, 2015
Dog map: Find the top pooch in your postcode
The British have a reputation for being a
nation of dog lovers. But what is the British Isles' favourite pooch? And does
your postcode play a role in which puppy you pick?
Fellow BBC reporter Beth Rose and I reveal all in our interactive Dog Map.
London from the sky
London's skyline has been transformed in recent decades - with the Shard and the Gherkin now among the capital's iconic skyscrapers.
The pilots of London's Air Ambulance
service have witnessed that change.
As the charity marks its 25th anniversary,
I took to the skies to get a pilot's eye view of the ever-changing city beneath.
Tube's lost property treasure trove
Paddington Bear could have ended up there.
False teeth, prosthetic limbs and thousands of mobile phones have ended up
there. But who leaves breast implants on the Underground? Or, for that matter,
their wedding dress?
As TfL’s Baker Street lost property office
marks its 80th anniversary, I took a look at some of the weird and wonderful things passengers leave behind.
I also chatted joined Simon Lederman in the
BBC London 94.9 studio to chat about what I found.
‘Glorious drag queen’ skyscraper
When is a
garden not a garden?
When it's
a "sky garden", according to critics of the space at the top of the the
latest addition to London's skyline-dubbedthe”Walkie-Talkie”.
Some have
said the garden is "not a proper public space" at the top of
"probably the ugliest building in London".
But others
have called it a “glorious drag queen of a building”
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