COVENT GARDEN 1 – Henrietta Street Restaurant and bar seating in street, temporary closure of road (11am-11pm) 2 – Maiden Lane Restaurant and bar seating in street, temporary closure of road (11am-11pm) 3 – King Street Restaurant and bar seating in street, temporary closure of road (11am-11pm) 4 – Floral Street Restaurant and bar seating … Read more
Sadiq Khan slashes his own pay by 10 per cent as he warns of £500million black hole in London’s finances from lockdown – threatening cuts to police and Tube unless the government bails the capital out London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced that he is taking a 10 per cent pay cut Mr Khan said … Read more
Emin’s masterpiece! Forget that unmade bed, Tracey’s £12m home in London’s East End is a real work of art as it goes on sale Britart movement transformed an unloved post-industrial area into the hippest corner of London Now Tracey Emin has signalled end of that era by putting her home and studios there on the market … Read more
Noel Fielding ‘sells his bizarre painting of Ed Sheeran for nearly £1,000 at London’s Saatchi Gallery’ By Ellie May Donohoe For Mailonline Published: 02:12 BST, 14 June 2020 | Updated: 02:12 BST, 14 June 2020 He shares his unusual and abstract paintings with fans over Instagram. And now Noel Fielding has reportedly sold a bizarre … Read more
Nautical commuters will be able to enjoy a beer or a glass of wine as they sail along the River Thames when the Thames Clipper riverboat service resumes next week. The service, which operates between Putney, in West London and goes as far east as Woolwich Arsenal, will resume operations on Monday morning – including … Read more
London‘s first playhouse, the Red Lion, has been found by archaeologists. Excavations at a site in Whitechapel in central London yielded convincing evidence that the Red Lion has been discovered. The Red Lion is thought to be the earliest known purpose-built theatre of the Elizabethan era, opened around 1567, but its exact location has long … Read more
Sadiq Khan has announced he will ‘review and improve’ the diversity of London‘s public landmarks and called for the removal of all slave trader statues in the capital. It follows the tearing down of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol over the weekend by Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstrators. Last night, some people … Read more
London’s secret Covid raves: How organisers are using WhatsApp and Instagram to run £15-a-head illegal all-night parties in abandoned buildings where hundreds ‘risk lives’ by flouting social-distancing Organisers charged £15-a-head for the illegal raves in Leytonstone, east London Private social media pages would direct customers to shady WhatsApp groups Customers are then sent a picture … Read more
Thousands of Black Lives Matter protesters including singer Liam Payne and actor John Boyega gathered in London today as a show of force against the death of George Floyd in the US. Huge crowds gathered in Hyde Park this afternoon despite ongoing social distancing rules as many campaigners wore face coverings and held signs with messages such … Read more
An Inspector Calls at London’s The Curtain where a ‘poky slit of a room’ costs an ‘excessive’ £263 The Curtain is a six-storey brick hotel in London’s trendy Shoreditch area The Inspector booked the lowest category of room and was charged £263 Red Rooster, The hotel’s Restaurant, is an outpost of a Harlem eatery By … Read more