The Latest Breaking News from Archway

How did a bakery become a political hotbed?

Once best known for its £5 sourdough, Gail’s has become a symbol of cultural tensions in today’s London. Claudia Cockerell finds out why

Evening Standard · Mar 19

Gail’s bakery in London targeted in repeated anti-Zionist attacks as residents express fear and anger

The newly opened outlet in Archway has been subject to vandalism after Palestine solidarity protests

Evening Standard · Feb 26

London leaver: 'I left my band the Holloways and then quit Archway to follow my heart to rural Austria'

London had always been a shock to Alfie Jackson’s system, but after five UK indie number one singles as a stalwart of the city’s music scene, the musician was more than willing to follow his girlfriend home to her native Austria

Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2025

Josh Barrie's bacon and eggs: Cafe Forum, Archway

Josh Barrie ruminates on fried eggs

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2024

Area guide to Archway: why ceramicist Florian Gadsby’s ‘peculiar’ north London patch is a paradise for dog lovers

The urban potter says ‘tiny’ Archway is perfectly placed for the best of north London

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2023

Further arrest after double knife killing of boy, 15, and man, 23, in Archway

Leonardo Reid, 15, was named by police as the first victim while second victim has not been named

Evening Standard · Jul 6, 2023

Archway stabbings: Man charged with murders of boy, 15, and 23-year-old in Islington

Abel Chunda, 26, of Highgate Hill, has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2023

Two more arrests over fatal stabbing of boy, 15, and man, 23, in Archway

Leonardo Reid, 15, and a 23-year-old man died of stab wounds

Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2023

OPINION - The Standard View: Londoners want to know what the Mayor and Tory candidates will do to address knife crime

Another young life lost, another family in grief, another neighbourhood in shock. Police have named 15-year-old Leonard Reid as one victim of a double stabbing in Archway, north London. Another victim, agd 23, has not been named. The news comes days after Victor Lee, 17, was found dead in a…

Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2023

Police renew appeal for witnesses after fatal stabbing of boy, 15, and man, 23, in Archway

Police urge witnesses to come forward to ‘get the answers victims’ families so desperately need’

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2023