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Ezra Collective review – a home-town triumph for jazz’s young heroes

Fresh from their Mercury prize win, the genre-melting, future-building London party band bring out guests aplenty in a night of inspirational, infectious joy

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2023

Piotr Anderszewski review – raw and astonishing, Beethoven is transformed

The Polish pianist is an understated presence but in his hands, a programme that also included Bach, Webern and Szymanowski, was muscular and full of ferocious energy amid meticulous playing

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023

‘We had no money’: desperate UK public increasingly turning to pawnbrokers to make ends meet

Financial Conduct Authority says cost of living crisis has sparked a 25% rise in number of new loans over past year

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2023

‘Lib Dems will raze this place to the ground’: Mid Beds byelection duel could gift seat to Tories

A split-vote Conservative victory is seen as ‘a serious threat’ as Labour and Lib Dems battle for Nadine Dorries’s former seat

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2023

Wilco review – guitar fireworks fused with complex emotions

The still-startling sonics of Jeff Tweedy and his Chicago survivors keeps them sharp-edged as they return to their Americana roots

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2023

‘It has come in too quickly’: sense of injustice in Uxbridge on day one of Ulez

Aggrieved residents in west London say ordinary motorists – rather than big airlines – are paying price of clean air scheme

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023

‘The atmosphere is one of beauty’: revellers celebrate Notting Hill carnival

On the 75th anniversary of the Windrush arrival, carnivalgoers share their experiences and memories

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2023

‘This is a public health crisis’: how the expansion of Ulez is affecting the daily lives of Londoners

Some welcome the low emissions zone, others question it … and many despise it. But almost everyone agrees something has to be done about air pollution in London

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2023

Heartbroken woman who lost her husband becomes a ‘widow coach’, helping others find love after loss

Karen Sutton was devastated to lose her partner of 13 years, but after training as a life and grief coach she now specialises in supporting other widows

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2023

‘It’s a brilliant atmosphere’: flags, fans and fun as England’s women win

Supporters celebrate at south London’s Boxpark as quarter-final success brings World Cup within reach

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2023