Probably the most famous cricket ground in the world, the home of the MCC is where every cricketer wants to play. The centuries of the sport are so intertwined with this club, and N Quentin Woolf uncovers some of the secrets of this past at the museum, with libraries and research manager, Neil Robinson. As well as encountering artefacts such as the famous Ashes urn, he hears how cricket was used by the British Empire, and how that legacy has endured today.

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

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Whether you know it from the song Doing The Lambeth Walk, as the home of William Blake or from the contemporary street art of the Leake Street tunnel, Lambeth has a fascinating and varied history. N Quentin Woolf meets Diane Burstein for a stroll around part of the borough.

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This week, N Quentin Woolf meets Dr Tom Pey from the Royal London Society for Blind People, and discovers what it's like for blind people living in the city.

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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.

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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 and literal darkness.

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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 Holdsworth and Beth Parnell-Hopkinson talk to N Quentin Woolf about the solutions being proposed and which ones make sense.

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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; and David Orr, chief executive of the National Housing Federation. Featured image by Andy Worthington.

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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. WARNING: Contains bits squeamish people might find makes them go a bit wonky.

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