londonist.com Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Kensington's yet another place named after an otherwise forgotten Saxon chappie. This time, Mr Cynesige or Kenesigne. Chelsea's a bit more interesting, with various ancient spellings al…

londonist.com Islington More properly, it should be Islingdon, as (like Hillingdon and Wimbledon) the name denotes a hill (don), here formerly governed by a Mr Gisla. Old records call the place Giseldone (1005) and Gislandune (1062). The a…

londonist.com Hounslow This one's not certain. It might derive from Honeslaw, meaning an area of land suitable for hunting, or it may indicate a hill claimed by a man called Hund or a tribe called Hundi. ◆単語の訳 derive から〜を引き出す ↓…

www.bbc.com Night rider: 21 years sleeping on a London bus At the age of 55, in 2017, Sunny was granted leave to remain. It had taken a year but finally he had the right to shelter, to work, to exist. And he was thankful. It is almost his …