5 h. ago A Midsummer Night’s Dream to return to the Bridge Theatre in London this summer 2025

A Midsummer Night’s Dream to return to the Bridge Theatre in London this summer 2025  WestEndTheatre.com

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28 h. ago Everything we know so far about Rihanna’s rumoured London Stadium shows this summer

Everything we know so far about Rihanna’s rumoured London Stadium shows this summer  Time Out London

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33 h. ago ‘A dream come true’: Syrian twin actors return home after 14 years of exile in France

For the 41-year-old brothers, returning to their flat is bittersweet. Their apartment was more than just a home. It was once a stage, a space where they performed original theatre plays away from the watchful eye of the Bashar al-Assad regimeThick layers of dust shimmer in sunlight as Mohamad and Ahmad Malas sift through old belongings in their Damascus apartment, abandoned for 14 years.The air inside is heavy with a scent of old wood. With every step the brothers make, the floor creaks. Chairs, couches and chandeliers in the living room are cloaked in dust, and on one of the walls portraits of their father and one of their brothers, who have died, hang frozen in time. There’s no electricity so they use their phone torches to light their way as they collect personal artefacts they long forgot about.Mohamad goes through their belongings in Damascus in January, finding a box containing his love letters and memories collected from when he was young. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Is Rihanna playing Glastonbury and a London residency this summer?

Is Rihanna playing Glastonbury and a London residency this summer?  Dork Magazine

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3 d. ago Homeless man tragically starved to death after trapping arm in skylight of empty home

Khaled Aribi, 32, was tragically found by an estate agent when she arrived for a viewing of the empty property in Walthamstow, northeast London, last summer.

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4 d. ago Noel Gallagher looks in good spirits as he returns to the studio ahead of the Oasis reunion gigs this summer

Noel Gallagher looked in good spirits on Thursday as he was seen arriving at a North London studio, ahead of the Oasis reunion gigs in the the summer.

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4 d. ago Arsenal 'interested' in rivalling Tottenham for £43m summer transfer

Arsenal 'interested' in rivalling Tottenham for £43m summer transfer  Football.London

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5 d. ago The cannabis farm scandal: how a rogue lettings agency destroyed countless homes

Imperial Property Group said it rented homes to NHS staff. In fact, they were torn apart to create drug factories, causing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage. Why has the culprit not been brought to justice?When Hajaj Hajaj decided to rent out his house in south London in the summer of 2020, his daughter, Kinda Jackson, urged him to use a reputable lettings agent for peace of mind. Her father had enough on his plate. Hajaj, a 79-year-old retired garage owner, is the primary carer for his wife, who has Alzheimer’s disease. The income from the rental property in Lewisham is effectively Hajaj’s pension, which he uses to pay for her care.So, when a manager from Imperial Property Group contacted Hajaj about his Gumtree listing, Hajaj arranged to meet them. A sharp-suited British Asian man named Shan Miah arrived in a sports car. He was in his late 20s or early 30s, charming and confident. He boasted of his business interests in Dubai. “He was doing very well for himself...

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6 d. ago The big London festival guide for summer 2024: from All Points East to Cross The Tracks

No Glasto? No problem! From Kylie to SZA, many of music’s biggest names are flocking to the capital this summer – here’s where to catch them

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6 d. ago Hugh Jackman's BST Hyde Park replacement revealed as he pulls out

US pop star Sabrina Carpenter has added a second headline show at British Summer Time festival in London's Hyde Park this summer after the first sold out in minutes.

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6 d. ago Richard II at the Bridge Theatre review: Jonathan Bailey is electric as the flawed king

Bailey inhabits and humanizes the king in a clean, clear, martial staging from Nicholas Hytner that feels right for our times

Society

6 d. ago Richard II at Bridge Theatre review – Jonathan Bailey is a vicious monarch

Richard II at Bridge Theatre review – Jonathan Bailey is a vicious monarch  WhatsOnStage.com

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7 d. ago All the Ryanair Routes Being Axed From London Airports Before Summer 2025

All the Ryanair Routes Being Axed From London Airports Before Summer 2025  Time Out London

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7 d. ago Was the last woman hanged in Britain the victim of a terrible miscarriage of justice? A new campaign is calling for her to be PARDONED after extraordinary evidence came to light

As the crowds gathered outside Holloway Prison in London on a warm summer's morning in July 1955, the tinkling of the popular tune La Vie En Rose wafted out of the condemned cell.

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7 d. ago Was the last woman hanged in Britain the victim of a terrible miscarriage of justice? A new campaign is calling for her to be PARDONED after extraordinary  evidence has come to light

As the crowds gathered outside Holloway Prison in London on a warm summer's morning in July 1955, the tinkling of the popular tune La Vie En Rose wafted out of the condemned cell.

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