In this Special Issue we have collected stories from our staff that tell the tale of London Met - its staff and its students - its passions and its liberatory practices. We have ordered them to constitute an argument-framed narrative: Setting the scene; Theoretical perspectives; Curriculum models and (re-)designs (including Work Based Models); and Critical academic literacies and creative practices. We hope you enjoy reading the research and writing of our LondonMet colleagues - and in future consider writing an Investigations article yourself.