Sadiq Khan’s silent city

Sadiq Khan’s silent city

The strangest thing about living in the middle of London is the noise. There is none. Sometimes there is less than none. If you write for a living you get used to awful stillnesses – you crave them most of the time, and are grimly cognisant of sacrificing friends, partners and money at this altar – but still, the weirdest thing about renting out a shoebox halfway between King’s Cross station and Russell Square is the perfect nightly silence. Eve…