Author: london
New David Hockney paintings depicting members of inner circle to go on display
March 11, 2026A new body of work from David Hockney, which features portraits depicting members of his inner circle including his family and carers, is to go on display in London. The Bradford-born artist, 88, will present a number of new and recent works in his exhibition titled David Hockney: A Year In Normandie And Some Other […]
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Boy, 16, arrested after teenage girl stabbed and school put into lockdown
March 11, 2026Pupils were put into lockdown in their classrooms after a teenage girl was stabbed at a secondary school near Norwich. The girl was taken to hospital with minor injuries after the attack at Thorpe St Andrew School, which happened at about 10.24am on Wednesday. A 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and […]
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Revealed: Lord Mandelson asked for £550,000 payout after sacking as UK ambassador to US over Epstein scandal
March 11, 2026Sir Keir Starmer faced fresh criticism over the Lord Mandelson scandal as a dossier of documents relating to his appointment as British ambassador to the US was published which also revealed the peer asked for nearly £550,000 in severance pay after being sacked. The Mandelson Files show that in the end he was awarded a […]
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Lord Mandelson handed £75,000 payout after contract as US ambassador terminated
March 11, 2026Lord Peter Mandelson was handed a £75,000 taxpayer-funded payout to terminate his contract as the UK’s ambassador to the US, newly released documents show. Emails contained within an initial batch of papers relating to Lord Mandelson’s appointment showed he first requested his contract was paid out in full, totalling more than £500,000. A member of […]
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Gerry Adams ‘bears prize and burden’ of Provisional IRA leadership, court told
March 11, 2026Gerry Adams “bears both the prize and the burden of being the last prominent Provisional IRA leader”, a former volunteer has told the High Court. Shane Paul O’Doherty, who was jailed for 14 years over an IRA letter bomb campaign in London in the 1970s, gave evidence in the civil trial brought against the former […]
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Sombr calls out London venue as ‘the most poorly managed’ over security concerns
March 11, 2026Sombr has labelled O2 Academy Brixton as ‘poorly managed’, just over three years since two people died following a crowd crush at the London venue. This week the American singer – real name Shane Michael Boose – played three shows at the venue, which has a capacity of around 5,000 people. However, during his final […]
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Iconic London landmark takes next step to finally reopen to the public after 46 years
March 11, 2026Charlie Sawyer Published March 11, 2026 2:19pm Updated March 12, 2026 9:52am Plans to reopen one of London’s most recognisable buildings have moved one step closer. The BT Tower has been a figure on the city’s skyline since 1964. At 177m, back then it was the second-tallest structure in the capital, built to handle the […]
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‘My venues are being held hostage and destroyed by Tube strikes’
March 11, 2026London’s nightlife are pleading with Tube strikers to rethink their planned action saying they ‘can’t cope with any more losses’. Drivers from the RMT union will walk out for days at a time over the spring months over the introduction of a four-day work week. Not only will this leave Londoners battling to get to […]
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Quentin Tarantino’s ‘swashbuckling epic’ The Popinjay Cavalier set for West End premiere
March 11, 2026Since Quentin Tarantino announced last year that he had written his first play, it has remained as mysterious as the contents of Marsellus Wallace’s briefcase in Pulp Fiction. But on Wednesday it was announced that the play, which Tarantino will also direct in London, is to be a “rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise” set […]
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Richard Orna obituary
March 11, 2026My son, Richard Orna, who has died aged 40 of a brain tumour, was an inspiring and well-respected IT manager. In his last years he became an ambassador for Brain Tumour Research. As managing director of Callisto, an energy solutions company, Rick had vision and strategy. He worked to secure the IT for its smart […]
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