News, views and interviews from around London, by N Quentin Woolf for Londonist.

London is a fertile ground for urban myth, tall tales and legend. From the story of the corpse on the tube carriage, to the Hackney bear, N Quentin Woolf explores the truth behind the city's stories with Scott Wood of the London Fortean Society.

How much do you really know about London at night? Author of Night Walking, Matthew Beaumont, talks to N Quentin Woolf about the history of the city's life after sunset. Discover a world of nightwatchmen, prostitutes, curfews, and more - a time of moral a

How do we fund 'affordable' housing and infrastructure? What is the impact of regeneration on social housing stock? Should we rethink the Green Belt? In this second of a two-part special on London's housing crisis, Londonist writers Jonn Elledge, Rachel H

Is London in a housing crisis? How bad has it got and what can be done about it? N Quentin Woolf talks to Oxford University's Professor Danny Dorling, author of books such as Inequality And The 1%; Alex Hilton, director of campaign group Generation Rent;

This week N Quentin Woolf is at the Royal Veterinary College in Camden, where he hears how the centre has progressed the science of animal medicine, from the early days with race horses, to achieving realistic special effects in Harry Potter films. WARN

This week, N Quentin Woolf follows in the footsteps Dickens, Ruskin and Tennyson as he visits the home of Thomas and Jane Carlyle in Chelsea. He meets custodian, Lin Skippings, who actually lives in the home of the renowned 19th century social commentator

This week, N Quentin Woolf meets political activist and Levellers expert John Rees, to discuss the rise and fall of this 17th century political movement, and what their legacy is in London and the rest of the UK.