Monty Panesar drops plan to run as London MP for George Galloway's party after car-crash interviews The former international cricketer was planning to contest Ealing Southall Evening Standard · May 8, 2024
Comment: 'Hampstead versus Dulwich is London's new North-South neighbourhood competition' Drake and Kendrick;s beef has nothing on this new rivalry Evening Standard · May 8, 2024
India Is Banning Critics from Coming Home Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is cracking down on dissidents in the diaspora by revoking their right to re-enter the country The Walrus · May 8, 2024
London to become 'Manhattan-on-Thames' with 600 more skyscrapers in pipeline 10th annual tall buildings report from New London Architecture identifies 583 tall buildings of more than 20 storeys ‘queuing up in the pipeline’ Evening Standard · May 8, 2024
What is the Garrick Club? London private members' club accepts women for first time after vote Stephen Fry is among the celebrities backing the change following months of speculation and controversy about exclusionism Evening Standard · May 8, 2024
South By Southwest festival set to take over east London in June 2025 for its first ever European event SXSW is coming to London Metal Hammer · May 8, 2024
Leeds Green party councillor says sorry for comments about Gaza conflict Mothin Ali has not been suspended from city council despite outcry over remarks The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024
"The go-to destination for professionals and creatives seeking meaningful connections": Influential music, film and tech festival SXSW is coming to London in 2025 Events will take place across Shoreditch, London for a week in June next year MusicRadar · May 8, 2024
Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna review – a love letter to London under pressure The precarity and dreams of thirtysomething Londoners are adroitly explored in this tender portrait of contemporary queer life The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024
AI boss: How autonomous car drove me through London past Big Ben and Trafalgar Square with no hands on wheel Alex Kendall, co-founder and chief executive of Wayve, told how artificial intelligence is revolutionising driving Evening Standard · May 8, 2024
London travel news LIVE: Aslef train strikes hit commuters for second day as airport e-gates 'back online' Aslef train strikes have hit the capital’s transport network for a second day in a row. Evening Standard · May 8, 2024
Texan creativity festival SXSW to launch London edition in Shoreditch European debut to take over venues, galleries, clubs and spaces with focus on continent’s creative talent The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024
South by Southwest festival that featured Dua Lipa and Duchess of Sussex coming to London US festival that attracted Barack Obama to speak and helped launch careers of Billie Eilish and Ed Sheeran making its debut in capital Evening Standard · May 8, 2024
Marc Conway risked his life to stop the London Bridge terror attack. Why did he fear being sent to prison for it? He tackled a murderer to the ground to protect the public. But the draconian licence conditions of his ‘99-year sentence’ meant that the first person he called was his probation officer The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024
Al Jazeera · May 8, 2024 Members of London’s Garrick Club vote to let women join for first time Vote followed outrage over membership list that revealed the club was a bastion of Britain’s establishment.
Louder · May 7, 2024 "He told me 'I'm giving all the magic stuff up and I’m just going to play.' A few days later he was dead": The apocalyptic life of Graham Bond, one of British music's great lost talents Graham Bond told people he was the son of Aleister Crowley. His life was blighted by drugs. And on May 8, 1974, he died under a train in North London
Evening Standard · May 7, 2024 Ex-City Hall Tories say 'negative campaign' was partly to blame for Sadiq Khan's victory One former Tory assembly member said the party could face “a nationwide extinction level event” if it does not learn lessons from the mayoral race
Evening Standard · May 7, 2024 Garrick Club votes to accept women members for first time in its 193-year history Actress Juliet Stevenson says she would be ‘interested’ in becoming a member following the rule change
Guitar World · May 7, 2024 “You couldn’t sell them and you wouldn’t want to sell them because they’d be just too hard to say goodbye to”: Mark Knopfler on the guitars he couldn't bear to part with, and the six-strings that surprised him on One Deep River On the back of his stirring new album, the guitar icon discusses the primacy of songwriting, and how his relationship with the instrument has changed
Barchart · May 7, 2024 Sugar Prices Supported by Expectations of Smaller Global Supplies July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.47 (+2.41%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24 ) closed up +13.70 (+2.40%). Sugar prices rallied Tuesday to 3-week highs. Sugar has carryover support from Monday when the Indian Sugar and Bioenergy Manufacturers Association reported that India's...
The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024 ‘Where actors and men of refinement might meet’: history of the Garrick Club London club had been unsuccessfully challenged on its men-only rule over the years before finally changing policy
Wallpaper · May 7, 2024 RIBA’s ‘Raise the Roof’ show is a deep dive into the history of its London HQ With its ‘Raise the Roof: Building for Change’ exhibition, the RIBA explores themes including gender, ethnicity, race, and imperialism embedded within its own historic headquarters
The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024 Labour must win back voters’ trust over Gaza, say Rachel Reeves and Sadiq Khan Shadow chancellor and London mayor admit party’s local election losses were linked to its response to Middle East conflict
Evening Standard · May 7, 2024 Predator guilty of raping schoolgirl, 14, he cornered in toilets on London-bound train Awsaf Ahmed raped a schoolgirl after forcing her into a train toilet then tried to befriend her on snapchat, a court heard
Barchart · May 7, 2024 Sugar Rallies on the Prospects of Smaller Global Supplies July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24 ) this morning is up +0.43 (+2.21%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24 ) is up +11.00 (+1.92%). Sugar prices today are moderately higher, with London sugar posting a 3-week high. Sugar has carryover support from Monday when the Indian Sugar and...