9 d. ago Former Dominican Republic Embassy Selling as a Luxury Townhouse Near London’s Hyde Park

Former Dominican Republic Embassy Selling as a Luxury Townhouse Near London’s Hyde Park  Mansion Global

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1 week ago Veere Grenney’s London Townhouse Is Proof You Can Live Elegantly—and Closer to Nature

Veere Grenney’s London Townhouse Is Proof You Can Live Elegantly—and Closer to Nature  veranda.com

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2 w. ago ‘The King Lear in I Am the Walrus? That came from John Cage’: Paul McCartney on the Beatles’ debt to great avant

In the mid-60s, the Beatles tuned in to the world’s most audacious experimental musicians. Paul McCartney reveals how many of the Fab Four’s ‘far-out’ masterpieces were inspired by their sonic breakthroughsIt is a sunny October afternoon and I am sitting in a long wood-panelled hallway in an old converted townhouse in London waiting to be called into the office of Paul McCartney. I am dressed in my best clothes and trying not to let nerves get the better of me. I am here to ask him about an aspect of his career that is rarely discussed but which, I believe, helped cement his reputation as a world-conquering compositional force and which made the Beatles the most interesting and influential band of all time.In the mid-1960s, as well as topping the charts, turning a generation of teenage girls hysterical and finding themselves the focus of obsessive media attention, the Beatles were also engaged with, and educating themselves about, the work of classical music’s most audacious and imp...

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3 w. ago Lily Allen confirms she's moving out of her New York townhouse following split from David Harbour as she reveals decorating her new London flat has 'helped me' amid her 'hard time'

Lily Allen has confirmed she's moving out of her New York townhouse following her split from husband David Harbour .

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4 w. ago Homelessness minister resigns after 'forcing out tenants from east London townhouse and raising rent by £700'

Rushanara Ali reportedly increased living costs on the four-bedroom property near the Olympic Village to £4,000 a month

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4 w. ago UK homelessness minister faces calls to quit over tenant eviction claims

Rushanara Ali accused of hypocrisy after claims she evicted tenants from east London property before putting up rent by almost £700 a monthThe homelessness minister, Rushanara Ali, is facing calls to resign after reports emerged she issued her tenants a notice to leave as her east London property was being sold – and the townhouse was re-let weeks later for almost £700 a month more.The minister’s office has said the tenants were informed they could remain in her four-bedroom townhouse beyond the end of their fixed-term tenancy while the house was on the market. Continue reading...

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last month Homelessness minister 'forced out tenants from townhouse and raised rent by £700'

Homelessness minister 'forced out tenants from townhouse and raised rent by £700'  London Evening Standard

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last month Homelessness minister facing calls to resign after ‘hiking rent at London townhouse by £700’

Rushanara Ali has previously criticised ‘private renters being exploited and discriminated against’

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last month Homelessness minister ‘hiked rent at London townhouse by £700 weeks after ending tenancy’

Rushanara Ali has previously criticised ‘private renters being exploited and discriminated against’

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last month Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali 'forced out tenants from east London townhouse and raised rent by £700'

Rushanara Ali, 50, is said to have increased the rent on the four-bedroom property near the Olympic Village from £3,300 to £4,000 a month

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last month Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali 'kicked out tenants from east London townhouse and raised rent by £700'

Rushanara Ali, 50, is said to have increased the rent on the four-bedroom property near the Olympic Village from £3,300 to £4,000

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