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Headlines

Business

Restaurant workers set for walkout over tips policy
Staff at TGI Fridays in Covent Garden gear up for industrial action over pay dispute
18 May — By Tom Foot

Politics

Labour councillor claims ‘tide is turning’ after historic election victory
11 May — By Tom Foot

Politics

Council leader: Arsene Wenger saga taught me to quit while I’m still on top
11 May — By Tom Foot
Artist Patrick Maguire sketched by Supreme Court artist Isobel Williams
11 May — By Tom Foot
Duke of Kent opens £6million wing of Westminster City School
11 May — By Tom Foot

Other News

Politics

Westminster Council election results
Westminster City Council elections take place on May 3. Here is the final, full list of candidates standing: Abbey Road...
03 May

Transport

All aboard for nostalgia as the No 31 bus makes ‘farewell’ journey
04 May — By Tom Foot
From the Camden New Journal

Politics

Row over halting free food for rough sleepers in Lincoln’s Inn
26 April — By Richard Osley

Education

Billy backs outsourced university workers
27 April — By Tom Foot
Grenfell firefighter heroes raise tens of thousands of pounds
27 April — By Tom Foot

The Xtra Diary

The Xtra Diary

Anarchy in Mayfair: ashes of punk on show at gallery
Coffin full of burnt remains of punk-related artefacts is response to movement being ‘hijacked by corporations and the...
04 May

The Xtra Diary

Bye Bye Baby to be screened in Soho
27 April — By The Xtra Diary
Roadhouse a test case for Garden future?
20 April

The Xtra Diary

Square sculptures are a mystery
20 April

The Xtra Diary

Jazz man Jim tells tale of when Ronnie Scott’s was brassed
13 April

Review

From the Camden New Journal

Film

Lost in Vagueness: revels with a cause
Story behind artistic chaos in a late-night area at the Glastonbury festival is heart-warming viewing
17 May — By Dan Carrier
From the Camden New Journal

Art

Pete Dunne: the wild rover artist
18 May — By Dan Carrier
From the Camden New Journal

Art

How Greece helped shape Rodin in stone
18 May — By Jane Clinton

Opera & Dance

Lessons in Love and Violence is a right royal affair with music to die for
17 May — By Sebastian Taylor
From the Camden New Journal

Food & Drink

Cocktails? Something’s stirring at George’s Bar…
18 May — By Tom Moggach

From the Camden New Journal

Film

Dan Carrier’s movies news: Shadow World; The Sound of Music
11 May — By Dan Carrier
From the Camden New Journal

Theatre

Review: Yvette, at Camden People’s Theatre
11 May — By Leo Garib
From the Camden New Journal

Rock n Pop

Róisín Gadelrab’s music news: Hoping For Palestine; Nick Mason; Susanne Sundfør; The Frights
17 May — By Róisín Gadelrab
From the Camden New Journal

Theatre

Julie Tomlin’s theatre news: A Sockful of Custard; Into the Woods; Left My Desk; Stitchers
18 May — By Julie Tomlin

Letters

Letters

Election victory is a vindication of switching parties
• I’M honoured to have been re-elected as Conservative member for Churchill ward. It’s a great privilege to serve on Westminster...
18 May

Letters

Many suffer in silence
• THIS is Mental Health Awareness Week. While it’s estimated that two million Londoners suffer from mental ill health, previous...
18 May
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

More tortoise less hare at the canal
17 May
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

When did we surrender the streets to the construction companies?
• FOR months the area about Cambridge Circus was disrupted by works to “improve the...
18 May
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

Thanks for the mobile sauna TfL
17 May
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

Marriage lines…
• I SUBMIT a poem celebrating the wedding of Ms Meghan Markle and Prince Harry: This is a...
17 May
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

The wedding is a boost for Britain
• CAROLE Taylor objects to Meghan Markle spending a reputed £100,000 on her wedding...
17 May
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

That dress is too expensive at £100K, Elizabeth II could easily pay for it
• I AGREE 100 per cent with Carole Taylor’s contention that £100,000 is far too much for...
17 May

More news

Property

Right to Buy properties in Westminster at centre of homes probe
20 April — By Tom Foot

Politics

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

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
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