4 h. ago West London home next to North Korean embassy goes on sale for £1 million

The embassy on Gunnersbury Avenue was bought by the North Korean government in 2003

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9 h. ago Detached 1920s family home goes on sale on leafy London street for £1.7million

The four-bedroom home in leafy Ealing, west London, boasts two reception rooms and ample green space with a front and rear garden.

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33 h. ago ‘Under 5ft 5in? Forget about being a prince!’ How the Royal Ballet is kicking out the old rules

What will the ballet dancer of the future look like? We visit the hunting lodge where the next generation are being trained – and find huge changes are under wayIt’s an idyllic autumn day in leafy Richmond Park, London, where a grand Georgian hunting lodge houses the Royal Ballet school. Enter through the classical columns and it feels like a bubble away from the world. “I was on a video call with my son,” says the school’s artistic director, Iain Mackay. “He said, ‘Where are you? Hogwarts?!’” This is indeed a place of magic for children who come here, hoping to follow in the footsteps of generations of leading dancers. They touch the middle finger of Margot Fonteyn’s statue for luck as they pass, the bronze rubbed shiny by their superstition.Getting a place at the school, founded in 1926 by the formidable Ninette de Valois, is a huge achievement. Two years ago, 40 students were accepted from more than 1,000 applications (all on merit – 90% are supported by bursaries). Mackay, 45, a...

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33 h. ago ‘Under 5ft 5in? Forget about being a prince!’ How the Royal Ballet school is kicking out the old rules

What will the ballet dancer of the future look like? We visit the hunting lodge where the next generation are being trained – and find huge changes are under wayIt’s an idyllic autumn day in leafy Richmond Park, London, where a grand Georgian hunting lodge houses the Royal Ballet school. Enter through the classical columns and it feels like a bubble away from the world. “I was on a video call with my son,” says the school’s artistic director, Iain Mackay. “He said, ‘Where are you? Hogwarts?!’” This is indeed a place of magic for children who come here, hoping to follow in the footsteps of generations of leading dancers. They touch the middle finger of Margot Fonteyn’s statue for luck as they pass, the bronze rubbed shiny by their superstition.Getting a place at the school, founded in 1926 by the formidable Ninette de Valois, is a huge achievement. Two years ago, 40 students were accepted from more than 1,000 applications (all on merit – 90% are supported by bursaries). Mackay, 45, a...

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1 week ago René Magritte’s ‘superstar of surrealism’ to go on sale in Paris

La Magie Noire, bought by family of wartime resistance heroine 90 years ago, expected to fetch more than €7mA painting by the surrealist artist René Magritte that has been held in a private collection for more than 90 years will go on sale later this month.La Magie Noire was bought by the family of the second world war resistance heroine Suzanne Spaak, who were Magritte’s benefactors at a time when he was struggling financially and had failed to sell a single work for two years. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago This quiet, leafy north London area will get 10,000 new homes

This quiet, leafy north London area will get 10,000 new homes  Time Out Worldwide

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2 w. ago Extra tickets going on sale for sold out LaplandUK Manchester experience loved by Kate Middleton and the Beckhams

LaplandUK is opening a new attraction this Christmas

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3 w. ago Unassuming family home in Shrewsbury goes on sale for £399,000

A family home boasts a unique feature in the bathroom as people joke it's 'super romantic'. At first glance, the house, appeared to be ordinary home in Shrewsbury

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3 w. ago Poldark and The Gilded Age star's family flat on sale in Pimlico for £2 million

Actor Harry Richardson reminisces about his formative years spent at the flat in Warwick Square

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3 w. ago Man dead and woman hospitalised after 'deeply distressing' shooting in leafy London park

Man dead and woman hospitalised after 'deeply distressing' shooting in leafy London park  GB News

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4 w. ago I went home, to one of Labour’s safest seats, and it felt like a newly minted Reform constituency | Kirsty Major

Knowsley is a Labour stronghold. But judging by the polls and the people I spoke to, the messages of the right are truly cutting throughAt the weekend, I took the well-worn journey from London to Knowsley in Merseyside. I’ve made this trip so many times that I can execute it with military precision, arriving just in time before the train doors close, even with a toddler in tow this time around. My uncle picked us up from the station and as we turned on to the motorway, I saw St George’s flags hanging over us from the sides of bridges. Union jacks circled the roundabout just before we turned off to go to my auntie’s house. Knowsley is Labour’s fourth-safest seat in the UK, but it felt like a newly minted Reform constituency.It was a Friday evening, so we opened a bottle of wine and put pizzas in the oven. I was updated on various family milestones – a house sale had gone through, a baby bump was starting to show, the poor dog was on its last legs. My daughter entertained everyone wit...

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