Ivon Hitchens: Space Through Colour at Pallant House
1 DAY AGO - It could be argued that this major exhibition of Hitchens’ work, the largest since a Expand
1 DAY AGO - It could be argued that this major exhibition of Hitchens’ work, the largest since a retrospective at the RA in 1979, gets better as one wanders through it, culminating in his absorption with abstraction. In my view, the closer he got to the abstracted landscape, the better he became....
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New regulations order property developers to build ‘thousands’ more affordable homes in Kensington and Chelsea
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1 DAY AGO - Property developers will be forced to build fewer millionaire mansions and thousands more affordable homes in London’s wealthiest borough, council chiefs have said. Pushed by Government house-building targets, Kensington and Chelsea Council has published a set of new regulations, with the aim of building 733 new homes per year. It...
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Mid-engine for the ‘Vette
4 DAYS AGO - For all its innovations, one thing that has eluded Detroit is the mid-engined supercar. There have Expand
4 DAYS AGO - For all its innovations, one thing that has eluded Detroit is the mid-engined supercar. There have been American cars with the engine mounted behind the driver, including the Saleen S7 and the SSC Ultimate Aero. But these are rare cars made by small boutique manufacturers. Elsewhere, mainstream manufacturers, including Audi,...
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Poet Laureate Simon Armitage ‘poem on a pill’ cuts cancer down to size
4 DAYS AGO - Newly appointed Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has written a poem for The Institute of Cancer Expand
4 DAYS AGO - Newly appointed Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has written a poem for The Institute of Cancer Research, London, symbolising the goal of precision science to turn cancer into a manageable disease. The poem, commissioned to highlight the incredible research that will take place in the new Centre for Cancer Drug Discovery,...
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DragWorld UK
5 DAYS AGO - DragWorld UK, is ready to present the best drag the UK and the USA have to offer. Combining Drag Expand
5 DAYS AGO - DragWorld UK, is ready to present the best drag the UK and the USA have to offer. Combining Drag queens who made their fame on US TV show Ru Paul’s Drag Race, with the hottest talent the UK scene has, creates the lineup for the perfect weekend. Alaska, Tatianna, Jinkx...
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The inaugural Chelsea History Festival dates and headlines announced
02/08/2019 - The first Chelsea History Festival is confirmed to take place 9 – 13 October, 2019, along the Expand
02/08/2019 - The first Chelsea History Festival is confirmed to take place 9 – 13 October, 2019, along the Royal Hospital Road at founder venues: the National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Chelsea and Chelsea Physic Garden. The all-new, five-day event will bring the past to life through a programme of world-class speakers,...
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London’s Best Private Healthcare Clinic
31/07/2019 - MyHealthcare Clinic has recently been awarded London’s best private healthcare clinic 2019 by GHP Expand
31/07/2019 - MyHealthcare Clinic has recently been awarded London’s best private healthcare clinic 2019 by GHP for its efforts in revolutionising private healthcare in London. The family run business is making first class private healthcare accessible and affordable with comprehensive membership plans. With clinics in Wandsworth and Fulham, MyHealthcare Clinic offers medical,...
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The world’s greatest festival of cycling returns to the capital and Surrey this weekend
29/07/2019 - Prudential RideLondon, the world’s greatest mass participation festival of cycling, will return to Expand
29/07/2019 - Prudential RideLondon, the world’s greatest mass participation festival of cycling, will return to London and Surrey this weekend and Transport for London (TfL) is encouraging Londoners to make the most of traffic-free streets and join in with a number of events planned across the 3 and 4 August. Prudential RideLondon...
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Westminster council decrees weather emergency for rough sleepers
26/07/2019 - As the mercury soars to the high 30s and the people “melt” in the heat a severe weather emergency Expand
26/07/2019 - As the mercury soars to the high 30s and the people “melt” in the heat a severe weather emergency was called to support the homeless. Last night workers in Westminster – which has the highest number of homeless people in the UK – were giving out supplies of water to...
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The Baptist Grill at L’Oscar
1 DAY AGO - For the uninitiated, a group which I belonged to until very recently, L’Oscar is a boutique hotel Expand
1 DAY AGO - For the uninitiated, a group which I belonged to until very recently, L’Oscar is a boutique hotel overlooking Holborn’s Southampton Row like a stately castle. Its facade exudes that mannered form of sophisticated luxury both seductive and somewhat intimidating for the more budget conscious. If you let yourself be enticed...
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Overcrowding delays on the Tube skyrockets 42 percent
1 DAY AGO - Overcrowding delays on the Tube have gone up 42 percent since Sadiq Khan became Mayor, data from Expand
1 DAY AGO - Overcrowding delays on the Tube have gone up 42 percent since Sadiq Khan became Mayor, data from City Hall has revealed. There were over 559 delays due to overcrowding at stations in 2018/19, up from 393 hold-ups three years before. It is not just central London that’s been affected –...
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KCWT August Edition
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‘Boris Buses’ cost 3.6 million a year through fare evasion
4 DAYS AGO - Fare evasion on ‘Boris Buses’ cost Transport for London (TfL) £3.6 million last year, according to Expand
4 DAYS AGO - Fare evasion on ‘Boris Buses’ cost Transport for London (TfL) £3.6 million last year, according to analysis by the transport network. The rate of fare evasion on New Routemaster buses is more than twice as high as the bus network as a whole. Critics of the new Prime Minister say...
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Too Old To Die Young: Nicholas Winding Refn and the strange rebirth of the auteur
5 DAYS AGO - The established wisdom is that auteur driven cinema went out with the binary 1-2 punch of Heaven’s Expand
5 DAYS AGO - The established wisdom is that auteur driven cinema went out with the binary 1-2 punch of Heaven’s Gate and Star Wars. Heaven’s Gate was the foundering of the old New Hollywood ideal, unthinkable millions spent on an hours long artistic vision that nobody wanted to watch, whilst Star Wars was...
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Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life at Tate Modern
01/08/2019 - The Danish-born artist Olafur Eliasson needs a big canvas for his installations, and Tate Expand
01/08/2019 - The Danish-born artist Olafur Eliasson needs a big canvas for his installations, and Tate Gallery’s new-ish extension has space a-plenty to accommodate his immersive and topical works. Fifteen years ago he packed them in at the Turbine Hall with his Weather Project, which was dominated by a giant sun, with...
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How to Write a Brilliant UCAS Personal Statement with Simply Learning Tuition Consultancy
31/07/2019 - Workshop – 6th August The Personal Statement is a vital part of the UCAS application that Expand
31/07/2019 - Workshop – 6th August The Personal Statement is a vital part of the UCAS application that will need to be submitted ahead of January 15th 2020 for students starting university in Autumn 2020. It is easy to underestimate the amount of work that is required to make an excellent impact...
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Frieze Sculpture 2019 in Regent’s Park
26/07/2019 - It is billed as London’s biggest sculpture show and ‘a museum without walls’. True, there Expand
26/07/2019 - It is billed as London’s biggest sculpture show and ‘a museum without walls’. True, there are no walls, except hedges, bushes, shrubs and trees, but there are reasonably discreet barriers around some of the works, but then these are re-emphasised by red plastic cordons, as though guarding a hole...
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Coronet Theatre begins development on ‘hearing loop’
24/07/2019 - The Coronet Theatre has been awarded £5000 from the the Theatres Trust towards the installation of Expand
24/07/2019 - The Coronet Theatre has been awarded £5000 from the the Theatres Trust towards the installation of a hearing loop at The Coronet Theatre, helping to improve access. In a statement they announced that ‘With the introduction of an induction loop, our theatre, dance and music productions can be enjoyed properly by...
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New figures show that over half of eligible families not using food vouchers
1 DAY AGO - The most vulnerable families in London are missing out on help with food costs, with almost half Expand
1 DAY AGO - The most vulnerable families in London are missing out on help with food costs, with almost half of eligible households not using Government vouchers. The Government’s Healthy Start programme provides weekly coupons to low-income pregnant mothers or families with children under five, to help buy healthy food. But 47 percent...
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Incarceration and Rehabilitation. The UK versus Norway
3 DAYS AGO - With the increasingly high levels of violence and overcrowding in Britain’s prisons, is it time to Expand
3 DAYS AGO - With the increasingly high levels of violence and overcrowding in Britain’s prisons, is it time to find an alternative solution to crime? A look at the Norwegian prison system suggests that with a focus on rehabilitation, and ‘restorative justice’, prisoners can adapt to be model citizens, but with a meagre...
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International News Roundup August 2019
4 DAYS AGO - ANATOLIKI MANI, GREECE Chiselled out of rock in a cave on the Southern Peloponnese peninsula Expand
4 DAYS AGO - ANATOLIKI MANI, GREECE Chiselled out of rock in a cave on the Southern Peloponnese peninsula came a piece of skull which researchers now claim is the oldest human fossil outside of Africa. Excavated out of a limestone cliff in the early 1970s, the fragment was originally put in a...
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Wandsworth announces plans to become carbon neutral
4 DAYS AGO - Wandsworth Council leader Cllr Ravi Govindia has laid out his ambition for the council to play its Expand
4 DAYS AGO - Wandsworth Council leader Cllr Ravi Govindia has laid out his ambition for the council to play its part in tackling climate change. This includes an ambitious plan to make it carbon neutral by 2030 and a zero-emissions council by 2050. “The threat of climate change to our environment is one...
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Carnival Round-Up
09/08/2019 - What’s shaking at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival? The streets, no doubt; thanks to its Expand
09/08/2019 - What’s shaking at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival? The streets, no doubt; thanks to its legendary collection of sound systems. Geoff Cowart talks to veteran selector Gladdy Wax about his three decades in the game. Plus, our guide to the impressive array of parties before and after the carnival The...
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The inaugural Chelsea history festival dates and headlines announced
01/08/2019 - The first Chelsea History Festival is confirmed to take place 9 – 13 October, 2019, along the Expand
01/08/2019 - The first Chelsea History Festival is confirmed to take place 9 – 13 October, 2019, along the Royal Hospital Road at founder venues: the National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Chelsea and Chelsea Physic Garden. The all-new, five-day event will bring the past to life through a programme of world-class speakers,...
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Summer Party at All Star Lanes
30/07/2019 - Tuesday 6th August 6.30 until 9.30pm Join us for our summer party of relaxed networking and fun at Expand
30/07/2019 - Tuesday 6th August 6.30 until 9.30pm Join us for our summer party of relaxed networking and fun at All Star Lanes in Shepherd’s Bush. Are you craving some of that Miami heat and style, but lost in the urban jungle of London? All Star Lanes have come through to bridge...
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Heathrow accused of broken promises over noise
26/07/2019 - Heathrow airport has been accused of broken promises on noise pollution, as officials claimed a Expand
26/07/2019 - Heathrow airport has been accused of broken promises on noise pollution, as officials claimed a third runway would not make noise worse for Londoners. Matthew Gorman, director of sustainability at Heathrow, said a new runway would also allow longer breaks from overflying – although some communities in northwest London will...
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