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Headlines

Business

Bid to create ‘Mrs Riot’ venue faces opposition from neighbours
‘Bistro’ would be named after 18th-century West End stage character
15 January — By Constance Kampfner

Community

Food parcels for families ‘inadequate’
15 January — By Constance Kampfner
From the Camden New Journal

Coronavirus

Retired nurse Betty, 97, dies from Covid after a lifetime spent caring for others
14 January — By Tom Foot

Community

Lockdown 3: homeless to be left out in the cold
08 January — By Tom Foot
From the Camden New Journal

Books

Tome time
14 January — By Lucy Popescu

More news

Coronavirus

Police ‘break up party in basement’
Met officers say gathering was the latest example of Covid-19 rule-breaking
21 December — By Tom Foot

Community

Rare Mayfair demolition plan excites the archaeologists
24 December — By Tom Foot

Health

Great Ormond Street cleaners’ pay victory
14 December — By Bronwen Weatherby

Community

Izzard: ‘These rules criminalise our buskers’
04 December — By Tom Foot

Business

The Squirrel loses out to Covid in fight for survival
30 November — By Tom Foot

The Xtra Diary

The Xtra Diary

Coppers and a bit of bronze
Michael Faraday photographed by John Watkins GREETINGS, stay-at-homers, and welcome to another instalment of the Diary’s weekly...
15 January — By The Xtra Diary

The Xtra Diary

Seasoning’s greetings
24 December — By The Xtra Diary

The Xtra Diary

Fiction facts
18 December — By The Xtra Diary

The Xtra Diary

A wond’ring minstrel I
11 December — By The Xtra Diary

The Xtra Diary

A look back at anger and a murky past
27 November — By The Xtra Diary

Review

From the Camden New Journal

Books

Tome time
As we dig deep to get through yet another lockdown, there are plenty of great books to read now and until spring, says Lucy...
14 January — By Lucy Popescu
From the Camden New Journal

Theatre

Review: Forever Plaid, at Upstairs at the Gatehouse
24 December — By Bronwen Weatherby
From the Camden New Journal

Radio

Timely release for Breaking Blake
Barnaby Kay’s gripping drama explores what really happened during 1966 prison breakout by...
14 January — By Lucy Popescu
From the Islington Tribune

Books

The Grand Old Man of India
14 January — By Peter Gruner
From the Camden New Journal

Film

Give peace no chance: how Hoover hunted Martin Luther King
14 January — By Dan Carrier

From the Camden New Journal

Film

All The Vermeers In New York: tasteful portrait of 1990s Big Apple
08 January — By Dan Carrier
From the Camden New Journal

Rock n Pop

GROOVES: Smith & Burrows; Inside Out; Sing For Freedom Choir; Celtic Connections
14 January — By Róisín Gadelrab
From the Camden New Journal

Classical & Jazz

Michael White’s classical & jazz news: Sir Simon Rattle; Stephen Hough; Raymond Yiu
14 January — By Michael White
From the Camden New Journal

Theatre

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: The Girl and the Raven; Waiting for Obama; Overflow; Faith Healer
14 January — By Lucy Popescu

Letters

From the Camden New Journal

Letters

We are left helpless in this phony lockdown
14 January

Letters

Dear Lidl, make your store safer, please
Open letter to Christian Härtnagel, Lidl MD • THOUGH your website has information on Covid protocols, your store on Tottenham...
14 January
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

Our local hub shows how vaccination should be done
14 January
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

Where your masks in busy outdoor spaces
14 January

Letters

The RAF Benevolent Fund is there to help veterans and others
• A FEW days ago the prime minister announced the latest Covid-19 lockdown. Although necessary these measures mean many of our...
15 January
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

There are to be unintended consequences of Brexit
14 January
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

Ban facial recognition surveillance in public spaces
• LONDON’S new rules for developers of new public spaces must ban the use of facial...
14 January
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

Pay supermarket staff better wages
14 January

More news

Business

Markets’ secrets are dished up in online cookbook
24 December — By Tom Foot
From the Camden New Journal

Community

Tributes paid to ‘true force of nature’ Grenfell campaigner
10 December — By Angela Cobbinah

Crime

Robber ‘kicked woman of 87’
01 December

Community

Comic Izzard backs protest over ‘pointless’ busking restrictions
03 November — By Tom Foot

LGBT

From the Camden New Journal

Community

Events lineup for LGBT History Month
10 February
From the Camden New Journal

Community

Founder of LGBT History Month speaks about diversity and tackling homophobia
07 February — By Helen Chapman
From the Camden New Journal

Community

Heaven nightclub celebrates its 40th anniversary
07 February — By Danny Halpin
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