5 h. ago A new start after 60: I moved on to a boat, fell in love – then opened my own restaurant

After a lifetime of working for others, Rich Baker threw caution to the wind. The result was a national award for his pizza and a surprising surge in confidence When his kimchi fiorentina pizza won a national award, Rich Baker knew he was turning a corner. It was 2023. Baker was 60. He and his wife, Sarah, had made the kimchi themselves and their win put Flat Earth Pizzas, the east London restaurant they had launched the previous year, on the map. “My life has changed so much,” Baker says. “A lightbulb has lit up inside and given me energy, and that energy has given me something that is quite amazing: a sense of confidence and a sense of fulfilment.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago South London train station wins award after being restored to its art deco glory in stunning makeover

The transformation was completed in September this year and has been officially recognised with a National Heritage Railway Award

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4 d. ago Is this Britain's prettiest railway station? Busy London hub scoops national award after £325K 'Art Deco' renovation

The busy London train station underwent a huge transformation starting in 2023 to retore it to its former Art Deco style glory.

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2 w. ago Activities team at Hamilton care home are shortlisted for a national award

Abercorn House Care Home are in the running for the Activities Team Award.

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2 w. ago Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember review – a heartbreaking attempt to fight his dad’s dementia

The Thor actor and his father try to stave off the latter’s symptoms by taking a road trip to old haunts. It becomes a moving treatise on the sadness of letting go of a parentCelebrities are forever taking their parents on televised road trips, and they’re usually cheap, easy commissions. Look how self-deprecating I am, says the famous person as they try to award themselves national treasure status by moving into light-factual programming: the person who knows me best is about to mildly embarrass me on holiday!Be assured that Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember is a more serious endeavour. It features some intergenerational joshing as the guy from the Thor movies goes on a motorcycle ride with his old fella, but this is a journey filled with a wistful, desperate longing, towards a destination nobody can quite reach. Craig Hemsworth, 71, has early-stage Alzheimer’s. His mental faculties are starting to slip. But his boy is a Hollywood star, with the resources of a TV company beh...

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2 w. ago Rabih Alameddine wins National book award for fiction with darkly comic epic spanning six decades

True to his irreverent style, author of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) thanks his psychiatrist, his gastrointestinal doctors and his drug dealersRabih Alameddine has won the National book award for fiction for The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother), a darkly comic saga spanning six decades in the life of a Lebanese family.The novel, which traverses a sprawling history of Lebanon including its civil war and economic collapse, is told through the eyes of its titular protagonist: a gay 63-year-old philosophy teacher confronting his past and his relationship with his mother and his homeland. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Lewisham Councillor shortlisted for national Lifetime Legend Cllr Award

Lewisham Councillor shortlisted for national Lifetime Legend Cllr Award  London Post

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3 w. ago Jody Cundy 'gobsmacked' after crowning golden year with prestigious national award

Cundy was named Paralympic Athlete of the Year at the 2025 British Cycling Awards

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