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Olympic torch circus comes to West End
When we heard that the Olympic Torch relay was passing through our neighbourhood yesterday afternoon, we hot-footed it down to Cambridge Circus, where Shaftsbury Avenue meets Charing Cross Road. Squeezing our way to the front of the barricades, we passed the time watching assorted police officers and officials trying in vain to muster wayward pedestrians. […]
View of the week: Assange in Ecuador
July 2, 2012
Just a stone’s throw from the shiny super cars and decadent food halls of Harrods department store, an interesting political stand-off is in progress. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is seeking political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy, and is staying there as a guest while his application is considered. His fear is that, once he is taken to Sweden for […]
Stellan Skarsgård @ Curzon
June 26, 2012
The prolific and versatile Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård, star of films including Breaking the Waves, Taking Sides, and Mama Mia, was in London last week to promote his latest film, King of Devil’s Island. We caught up with him at a preview screening and Q & A at the Curzon Soho cinema. King of Devil’s Island is a small […]
Wave-watching “Idler” wins Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2011
November 18, 2011
Sir Paul Nurse, the new President of the Royal Society, and Director & Chief Executive of the Francis Crick Institute, presided for the first time over the Royal Society’s annual science book prize award ceremony last night, Thursday 17th November 2011. Last year’s winning author, biochemist Nick Lane, was in the audience, as was geneticist Steve Jones, […]
Brain-fest! “Garden Marathon” this weekend @ Serpentine Gallery
October 12, 2011
This weekend the Serpentine Art Gallery hosts its sixth annual ideas marathon, where a swag of speakers from the arts and sciences converge to discuss their work, as well as the latest research in their fields, under the umbrella of a particular theme. This year’s theme, “The Garden”, takes its inspiration from the 2011 Serpentine pavilion, designed […]
A cosmonaut joins a Cook on The Mall – Yuri Gagarin unveiled
October 4, 2011
There’s a new face down on The Mall, standing tall outside the British Council office block, just west of Admiralty Arch, and opposite that other great explorer of the unknown, Captain Cook. Captain James Cook (1728 – 1779), below, is a man who needs no introduction. Nor does his new neighbour across the road. Russian pilot […]
RIP Josephine Hart
June 3, 2011
On April 16, London Bytes profiled the Josephine Hart Poetry Hour, held the previous evening at The National Theatre. Sadly, this was to be Josephine’s last, as we have learned that she has died of ovarian cancer, aged 69. She is survived by her husband Maurice Saatchi, and her two sons. For Josephine Hart’s obituary at […]
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