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Headlines

Politics

Council leader says ‘antiquated’ Mayoralty is ‘unacceptable’ in modern era
Nickie Aiken slammed as 'upstart' politician for 'decimating' Westminster pageantry
13 April — By Tom Foot

Health

Vicar’s hellish walk on the polluted Strand
13 April — By Tom Foot

Politics

Campaigners fighting Oxford Street pedestrianisation set to stand in local elections
13 April — By Tom Foot

Politics

Eddie Izzard: Headless chickens better clued-up than Conservative cabinet
13 April — By Helen Chapman

Politics

Tory councillor is deselected, as planning chief quits
13 April — By Tom Foot

Other News

Health

Duchess of Cambridge to have third baby in private hospital wing
Media scrum expected outside Lindo Wing of the St Mary's Hospital
13 April — By Tom Foot

Property

Major fire doors review is ordered at tower blocks
13 April — By Tom Foot
From the Camden New Journal

Business

‘We are normal but we have beliefs’: Witchcraft bookshop celebrates its 96th birthday
05 April — By Helen Chapman
Battle to save ‘delicate ecosystem’ of Neal’s Yard
06 April — By William McLennan

Business

Gas firm apologises for leak chaos after hundreds were evacuated
06 April — By Heather Kroeker

The Xtra Diary

The Xtra Diary

Jazz man Jim tells tale of when Ronnie Scott’s was brassed
Music aficionado Jim Godbolt recalled how record company boss came to the rescue of iconic venue
13 April

The Xtra Diary

Soho café, for those with a taste for nostalgia
13 April

The Xtra Diary

John Simons documentary reveals inside story on man who had an eye for threads
06 April — By The Xtra Diary

The Xtra Diary

A year after resisting sell-off, street market is on right road
04 April

The Xtra Diary

Fitrzoy Tavern wins ‘best restored pub of the year’ award
23 March — By The Xtra Diary

Review

Theatre

Review: The Way of the World, at Donmar Warehouse
A wealth of talent on display in Restoration comedy with rich and scheming people in pursuit of money and power
12 April — By Sipora Levy
From the Camden New Journal

Opera & Dance

How dancer who fled Nazis found perfect stage in north London
12 April — By Mike Pentelow
From the Camden New Journal

Food & Drink

La Ferme is on course to shake up convention
12 April — By Tom Moggach
From the Camden New Journal

Theatre

Review: Happy Warriors, at Upstairs at the Gatehouse
12 April — By Michael Stewart
From the Camden New Journal

Film

Building society: Western is a masterclass in storytelling
12 April — By Dan Carrier

From the Camden New Journal

Rock n Pop

Róisín Gadelrab’s music news: The Rock Tour + Tea; GALAXIES 12×12; State of Access
13 April — By Róisín Gadelrab
From the Camden New Journal

Film

High spirits at the seaside in Ghost Stories
06 April — By Dan Carrier

Classical & Jazz

Drop in on The Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition
05 April — By Sebastian Taylor
From the Camden New Journal

Film

Dan Carrier’s movies news: Even When I Fall
13 April — By Dan Carrier

Letters

Letters

Hell has arrived in Soho with works that disrupt people’s lives
• WESTMINSTER City Council’s Conservative administration has long made it clear that, in contrast to property developers,...
13 April

Letters

The gas leak chaos you reported was not the first
13 April
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

Templar House in High Holborn must be protected
• THE residents who live in Eagle Street and Red Lion Square were not the only people to...
12 April
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

EU citizens can vote on May 3, so register now
• CALLING all European citizens in Camden: as you may already know, there are local...
12 April
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

We dissociate ourselves from the accusations of anti-Semitism made against Corbyn by the Board of Deputies and some MPs
• AS Jewish Labour Party members in Holborn & St Pancras we are dismayed by unbalanced...
12 April
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

Note the man from Gaza who wants a one-state solution
• THE good letters in the New Journal and the Westminster Extra about anti-Semitism in...
12 April
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

John Gulliver’s piece on the Board of Deputies was inaccurate
• MEMBERS of the Jewish community have written in to notify us of a misleading comment...
12 April
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

Thanks for the Review piece about Pentameters Theatre
• YET again, I found the piece about the Pentameters Theatre celebrating its 50th...
12 April

More news

Property

Property developers’ squeeze on new homes
06 April — By Tom Foot

Crime

Family of bus crash victim seek ‘justice’
30 March — By Tom Foot

Politics

Miliband: ‘We can end Tory rule at local elections’
23 March — By Tom Foot

The Xtra Diary

Jamie gets a roasting as Piccadilly restaurant goes belly-up
27 March
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