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Two arrested over arson attack at former synagogue in east London
May 10, 2026Two people have been arrested by counter-terrorism officers investigating an arson attack at a former synagogue in east London. A 45-year-old man and a woman, 52, were arrested on Sunday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson and have been taken into police custody. Police and firefighters were called to the fire at 5.16am on […]
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Soft armour, pert nipples: how London design team made Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala breastplate
May 8, 2026At Monday’s Met Gala, it inevitably fell to Kim Kardashian to deliver the evening’s biggest jolt. One of the few celebrities to straightforwardly interpret the “fashion is art” dress code – which focused on how the dressed and undressed human body is the through-line in most works of art – she decided to forgo her […]
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Reflections on the Festival of Britain | Letters
May 8, 2026Celebrating the legacy of the Festival of Britain 75 years on by considering “how art can bring people together in the darkest times” is a fine sentiment (Editorial, 1 May). But far too many in this country have no opportunity to share in that legacy. We need to recognise that this country is a very […]
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Green party threat to Labour in London laid bare in Starmer’s own back yard
May 6, 2026In Highgate New Town, a north London housing estate whose brutalist architecture has been a fixture of film shoots, the enormous scale of the challenge Labour faces in the capital from the Greens was starkly evident. “I’ve always voted Labour. My entire family has, but it feels like a time for a change,” said Cynthia […]
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Golders Green MP decries ‘lack of vocal solidarity’ from liberal left for Jewish community
May 4, 2026There has been a “lack of vocal solidarity” from parts of the liberal left in the face of rising antisemitism against the Jewish community, the Labour MP for Golders Green has said. Sarah Sackman said the response to antisemitic violence across the UK from parts of the “moderate majority”, including some anti-racist organisations, had been […]
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The moderate majority needs to wake up in the fight against antisemitism | Sarah Sackman
May 2, 2026“One day, this terrible war will be over. The time will come when we’ll be people again and not just Jews.” I keep coming back to those words from Anne Frank’s diary. They sum up what I feel as a British Jew and as the MP for the largest British Jewish community, in the face […]
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Tension and dissent: inside the Green party’s antisemitism struggle
May 2, 2026A Green party member for more than 30 years, Elise Benjamin admits to bittersweet feelings even as fellow activists anticipate a historic breakthrough in next week’s elections. Benjamin was involved in drawing up the party’s guidance on antisemitism, which she describes as comprehensive. But the former Green councillor in Oxford now wonders whether further guidance […]
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Banksy confirms statue of man blinded by flag in London is his work
April 30, 2026A new Banksy statue, featuring a man with his face covered by a flag, was this week erected in the dead of night in central London. His new work of art was first spotted on Wednesday, and the artist’s signature was scrawled at the base of the statue’s plinth. The elusive artist, known for his […]
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Met investigating suspected arson attack on north London memorial wall
April 28, 2026Police are investigating a suspected arson attack at a memorial wall in north London. Scotland Yard said the investigation was being led by counter-terrorism policing, but it was not being treated as a terrorist incident. No arrests have yet been made and the memorial wall was not damaged. The memorial wall is a tribute to […]
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A new haven for wildlife: London’s Queen Elizabeth II garden opens to the public – in pictures
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