Hanna-Mariam Chowdhury BBC Radio 4 will be commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India in 1947. This will include an exciting dramatic revival of Salman Rushdie’s award-winning Midnight’s Children, which is due to be broadcast on the birthday of Partition ...
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Artists release Grenfell record
A HUGE LINE-UP of UK popstars have this morning released a charity single to raise funds for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire. The single is a special recording of Bridge over Troubled Water. The single was arranged by ...
Read More »Mixed feelings on Syria show
THOSE OF YOU WHO can get yourselves over to the Saatchi gallery in SW2 will be able to see a compelling set of photos of Syrian refugees taken by photojournalist Edward Jonkler. Is it illuminating art, or patronising bandwagon-jumping? The exhibition ...
Read More »Up at The O2 celebrates fifth birthday
HALF A MILLION people have already experienced Up at The O2 – a 90-minute climbing expedition to the peak of London’s O2 music and entertainment venue. Past climbers have included Ant & Dec, Rudimental, Sam Smith, Pixie Lott, 30 Seconds to Mars – and our ...
Read More »MCM London Comic Con celebrates 31st show
The first MCM London Comic Con of 2017 has just closed its doors to a successful weekend of sun, superhero battles and 130,212 sci-fi fans, gamers, comic collectors, movie buffs and anime enthusiasts attending the three-day pop culture fest. Alongside ...
Read More »The end of May
Jo Bialan Nasty Old Theresa May Took the childrens’ food away, And when the parents did revolt ‘Twas quickly someone else’s fault. She then attacked the frail and old, Removing warmth to leave them cold. And need you care in ...
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Enjoy the great outdoors with Up At The O2
Emdad Rahman WHETHER IT’S A solo or a group climb, you’ll hit the giddy heights as you scale the O2 and savour some fantastic views of our city. The great outdoors always gets the juices flowing, and with no help from ...
Read More »The Travelling Journalist docks at Regents Canal
Emdad Rahman CYPRIOT BORN Jack Jacovou is originally from north London but grew up in south London before beginning travelling by boat. He started photography in 1977 as a hobby and is now a well known snapper who has travelled the ...
Read More »Have a walk with TfL
MOST OF US IN London use the wheeled transport which Transport for London (TfL) provides: buses, Tubes and trains. However, Tfl is now reminding us that on 20th and 21st May they will be running a number of recreational walks which ...
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