A detailed study uncovers the mundane and magical aspects of the life of Camden Town artist Walter Sickert, writes Gerald Isaaman

Matthew Sturgis was born in Gloucester Crescent, Camden Town, just a few doors from the house where Walter Sickert once lived. “So he was a neighbour and I suppose I must have kicked my football into his garden at some time,” he says with a smile.
He lives now a little further south in Warren Street, where the peripatetic painter once had one of his many backroom studios in odd lodging houses around Camden, taking this one after telling bemused landladies that he was searching for “paradise”.

A study of the capital’s eating habits charts the progress from the Roman army’s lard ration to chicken tikka masala, writes Dan Carrier

AN army marches on its stomach: and Feeding London, shows the same rule applies to a city.
London has expanded with its waistline: it was founded simply because of the accessibility of food. The river provided fish and transport for grains and cereals, while the surrounding forests provided hunting grounds and places for livestock to forage.