A RESPECTED former councillor who founded and helped maintain a series charities in Paddington and was the husband of Karen Buck MP has died, it was announced this week. Barrie Taylor, who died on ...

• Hisham Matar’s novel The Friends (Viking) is about three Libyan friends living in exile. Khaled and Mustafa meet at Edinburgh university. When they travel to London to join a demonstration in front ...

STEP into a courtroom and you’ll find an actor in a black gown selling a story to the judge and jury. Add to the fact that courtrooms are where the minutiae of communal life comes together, it is ...

CONDUCTOR Sir John Eliot Gardiner has been absent from concert platforms since the unfortunate incident last year when he punched a singer backstage – and however bad the behaviour, you might think he ...

METAL gags and tubes were used to force-feed suffragettes on hunger strike in Holloway Prison, and many were left with lasting injuries. Jailed campaigners for votes for women began going on hunger ...

• I AM absolutely delighted to read that the city of Melbourne has banned e-scooters after a trial period. Of course, the dangers these vehicles pose to other road users are reason enough. But my ...

On Thursday 9 th May WM College hosted its first book launch event in the newly refurbished Grade II listed library for author Natty Mark Samuels’ new book ‘The Encyclopedia of Rootical Folklore’.

THE deal has been signed and the champagne is ready to be popped. The world famous Black Cap cabaret bar in Camden High Street will re-open before Christmas, ending a near 10-year battle to save the ...

A CROWD gathered as firefighters climbed an aerial ladder to save a pigeon tangled-up at the top of a tall tree. There was a round of applause as teams from Kentish Town and Soho freed the squawking ...

There were periods when PSG looked likely to score, but Arteta’s hyper-organised defence always looked good to see out the ...

IT is back to the drawing board for developers in King’s Cross after they took the drastic decision to drop plans for a high-end shopping “pavilion” on the old railwaylands. Argent’s plans for the new ...

THERE are plenty of contemporary resonances in American playwright Sarah Ruhl and singer-songwriter Elvis Costello’s musical adaptation of Budd Schulberg’s 1957 Hollywood screenplay. Set in the late ...