
Financial Capitals

According to the Financial Times, London won a larger amount of IPOs in 2006 than New York City. What were the drivers behind London's success? Can New York recover its title?
Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk

London and New York are two of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. Yet they are diverse in their own ways, and there are notable cultural differences between the them. Paradoxically, they also share many things in common.
Arts and the City

"If London and New York were sisters, they would be the lovable Jane and Elizabeth Bennet from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice," writes Cathy in an excellent article comparing the two cities' art scenes.
London 2012

In this excellent report, Heidi exposes the bidding timeline for the 2012 Olympics and London's ultimate success. She also analyzes the facts behind the victory, as well as New York's shortcomings in the process.
London Cuisine: A Defense

Our layout artist, and more importantly, food connoisseur, dispells the longstanding bias against British food by exposing some fine dishes to be found in the country's capital.
Letters Abroad: London
Igor Bakharev; Weijia Li
The lattest contributions to our Letters from Abroad column were made by two fellow Sternies spending their semester abroad in London. Their intimate accounts of life in that city adds an excellent personal touch to our issue.