2 h. ago ‘Somebody is always obscured by the winner of history’: Stan Douglas considers race, gender and power in London

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69 h. ago A Popular British Power Metal Band from London Formed in 1999 Print on Black Hooded Sweatshirts

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6 d. ago Boost for the City as AI power provider launches biggest London IPO since 2020

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7 d. ago Trump defends troops in US cities after Hegseth decries military DEI efforts

President and defense chief delivered pair of incendiary speeches to a crowd of hundreds of generals and admiralsUS politics – latest updatesAt an address of assembled generals and admirals, Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, outlined changes to military policy and philosophy in a set of 10 directives meant to change organizational culture around fitness, race and gender, describing the previous state of military affairs as the “woke department.”Donald Trump followed Hegseth’s call to embrace the virtues of lethality as a doctrine with a suggestion buried in an hour-long campaign-style speech that the gathering of officers and senior enlisted advisers should consider targeting US cities and civilian populations as a training exercise. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Rugby fans hail Red Roses as ‘cracking inspiration’ at rainy celebration

Jubilant scenes unfolded at London’s Battersea Power Station on a wet Sunday afternoon as the team raised the trophy to a crowd of hundreds.

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1 week ago Thousands without power after power lines deliberately cut under London bridge

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2 w. ago Photographer Joy Gregory on her new project, decades in the making: ‘A lot of people I worked with on it have died’

A new retrospective by the Black British artist plays with everything from the Victorians’ use of flowers to Eurocentric beauty standards – including one piece she started in 2003There weren’t many Black students at the Royal College of Art when Joy Gregory was a student in the 1980s, but she did study alongside artist and Blk Art Group founder Keith Piper, who was putting together a Black photography exhibition. “He asked me if I would submit some work,” says the 65-year-old artist.Piper had liked her work, which explored themes of colonialism, beauty, gender and race. However, her submission was rejected by the organisers on the basis that it simply wasn’t Black enough. “You have to recognise the political climate at that time around practice and making a mark and I was basically taking pictures of flowers,” says Gregory. “For me, you have the right to make whatever work you want. By shutting down what can and cannot be, you start to censor yourself. I was a bit pissed off, thinki...

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Ambitious investors want to power London Broncos to Super League  The Guardian

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