34 h. ago National Weather Service confirms tornado in New London early Wednesday morning

National Weather Service confirms tornado in New London early Wednesday morning  Cleveland 19 News

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50 h. ago London museum tells forgotten story of African and Indian troops in second world war

National Army Museum’s Beyond Burma exhibition examines stories of soldiers from Britain’s coloniesThe forgotten story of African and Indian troops who fought in south Asia against Japanese forces during the second world war and who have largely been omitted from the official history is to be brought to life in a London exhibition.The National Army Museum’s Beyond Burma: Forgotten Armies show includes rare items from Indian and African soldiers who toiled in some of the harshest conditions seen anywhere during the conflict. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Bexleyheath curry house crowned best in London at national awards

Bexleyheath curry house crowned best in London at national awards  News Shopper

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65 h. ago Man sparks fierce debate after sitting topless in Pret during the heatwave

One man's bold choice to ditch his shirt in a Pret a Manger, in Holland Park, London , on Tuesday afternoon, that has divided the nation about heat wave etiquette.

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3 d. ago Nicola Sturgeon bids for her independence... from Scotland! Ex

The former first minister suggested living elsewhere would give her a 'perspective shift', although she insisted she would not be going away for 'very long'.

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5 d. ago Hundreds march to Downing Street urging release of Israeli hostages

There were several flare-ups with counter protesters as the ‘national march for the hostages’ made its way through central London on Sunday.

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5 d. ago Family of kidnapped Israeli hostages to join march on Downing Street

On Sunday afternoon there will be a ‘national march for the hostages’ in central London.

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6 d. ago Locatelli at the National Gallery, London: ‘Come for the Michelangelo, stay for the orecchiette’ – restaurant review

Locatelli at the National Gallery, London: ‘Come for the Michelangelo, stay for the orecchiette’ – restaurant review  The Guardian

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7 d. ago These 7 seaside towns are perfect for a day trip from London by train

These 7 seaside towns are perfect for a day trip from London by train  National Geographic

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8 d. ago White nationalists are posting pictures from the London area. Here are the locations

White nationalists are posting pictures from the London area. Here are the locations  CBC

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8 d. ago London’s National Gallery Taps the Public to Help Chart Its Next Chapter

London’s National Gallery Taps the Public to Help Chart Its Next Chapter  Artnet News

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8 d. ago National Grid prepares for two major supergrid transformer deliveries in London

National Grid prepares for two major supergrid transformer deliveries in London  National Grid Group

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9 d. ago London’s National Gallery Creates Panel of Citizens to Shape its Future

London’s National Gallery Creates Panel of Citizens to Shape its Future  ARTnews.com

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9 d. ago Power to the people: London's National Gallery seeks public panel to help shape its future

Power to the people: London's National Gallery seeks public panel to help shape its future  The Art Newspaper

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9 d. ago Arrest warrant issued for lawyer who skipped court citing London hospital visit

Arrest warrant issued for lawyer who skipped court citing London hospital visit  Daily Nation

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1 week ago Millet: Life on the Land review – phallic forks and suggestive wheelbarrows enliven a landscape of toil

National Gallery, LondonThere’s a undeniably erotic charge to Millet’s paintings of gloomy hard work – reminding us that, behind the hoes, these are real people with real desiresThe figures in Jean-François Millet’s 1859 painting The Angelus, a French icon that’s come to the UK on loan from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, seem extremely odd on close inspection. Their faces are obscure, their bodies intriguing under their shapeless work clothes. What age are they? How are they related? The man is quite young, his top shirt button loose, although his legs are as stiff as a doll’s, inside thick, rough-cut trousers. It’s harder to tell the woman’s age because she stands in profile, a breeze pressing her heavy skirt against her legs, as she clasps her hands. They might be a married couple or, as this painting’s unlikely fan Salvador Dalí claimed, mother and son. Their physicality is intense. The phallic prongs of a thick wooden potato fork and wheelbarrow shafts add to the feeling that, now ...

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1 week ago ‘We can hear their saliva’: why are so many actors suddenly using microphones?

From Greek tragedy to Chekhov to Rosamund Pike in Inter Alia, handheld mics are everywhere on stage right now. Is this a thrilling innovation – or a pointless fad?Wig, robes and moves like Jagger. Rosamund Pike’s star turn as a crown court judge, at the National Theatre in London, has proved that there’s just one prop you need to turn even the most serious of subjects into a punk performance – a microphone. And Inter Alia is only the latest in a number of major openings to star the humble handheld: from Greek tragedy to Chekhov, the device seems to be increasingly common in West End productions.Microphones were integral to Thomas Ostermeier’s meta-theatrical production of The Seagull at the Barbican, and Jamie Lloyd – having used handhelds to transform James McAvoy into a rapping Cyrano de Bergerac three years ago – has deployed them in both Shakespeare (Much Ado) and Lloyd Webber (Evita). And no production used them more controversially than Daniel Fish’s Elektra, whose lead, Brie ...

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1 week ago MP says he was sexually abused by former National Youth Theatre boss

The Labour MP said at least one friend from his NYT days was also abused by Michael Croft, who died in 1986

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3 w. ago I'm an Only Fools And Horses superfan and Sir David Jason was a family friend

The BBC sitcom (pictured) about two south-east London market trader brothers, won its away into the nation's hearts as soon as it hit our screens in 1981.

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3 w. ago Police clampdown on Palestine Action sees more than 100 people arrested nationwide

Rallies (pictured) were also held in Edinburgh and Truro today to protest the proscription of the campaign group as a terrorist organisation earlier this month.

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