9 h. ago Awkward flirting, 4am breakdowns and a last kiss: David Eldridge on a decade of writing about love

Beginning, Middle and End form a trilogy charting the ups and downs of different relationships. Audiences have taken them to their heart – one couple saw the first play on a date, got married and had its title engraved on their ringsIt’s October 2017 and I’m sitting at the National Theatre, notebook open and pen poised, waiting for the third preview of my play Beginning to begin. The first previews had flown and I felt relaxed, enjoying the preshow music and its house party vibes. But instead of the play’s two characters, Laura and Danny, awkwardly flirting in her north London flat, I found myself imagining a couple 10 years older, in a big house in Essex. A relationship at breaking point. Middle. Fuck, I thought, and pushed the thought away as the show started.Eight years on and the final play of my trilogy, End, is in rehearsal at the National Theatre, with Saskia Reeves and Clive Owen playing a couple knocking 60. The three plays aren’t linked narratively as I wanted audiences to...

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48 h. ago You can buy an entire cinema in Wales for less than a London flat

The cinema has two screens and boasts all fixtures and fittings in the sale

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64 h. ago Four people and dog rescued from fire at six storey flat block in Bethnal Green

Four people and dog rescued from fire at six storey flat block in Bethnal Green  East London Advertiser

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3 d. ago London leaver: 'I sold up for £525k in Oval but have chosen to rent in Broadstairs for £800pcm'

Fed up with how long it was taking to sell her London flat, Leah Brown snapped up a rental on the coast

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5 d. ago £25K in Adaptable Millwork Gives a Tiny London Flat “Rooms Within a Room”

£25K in Adaptable Millwork Gives a Tiny London Flat “Rooms Within a Room”  Dwell

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6 d. ago London leaver: 'I swapped Oval for Broadstairs and only regret not moving sooner'

Fed up with how long it was taking to sell her London flat, Leah Brown snapped up a rental on the coast

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1 week ago A Victorian flat in London that has the feel of an English country house

A Victorian flat in London that has the feel of an English country house  House & Garden

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1 week ago North London landlord fined £6,500 after family left in damp and mouldy flat

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1 week ago East London council flat residents rehoused after lift shaft fills with sewage

Lift shafts at Angela Court in Burdett Road filled with ‘wastewater’ after the sewage system broke down

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2 w. ago Pearl Lowe: After 20 years in the countryside, we moved to a party flat in London

Pearl Lowe: After 20 years in the countryside, we moved to a party flat in London  The Telegraph

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3 w. ago My cultural awakening: The Parent Trap made me reconnect with my estranged father

Growing up with a stepfather made me wonder about my real dad – until the Lindsay Lohan film inspired me to seek him outIn 1998, the year The Parent Trap was released, I was six. My mum and I had recently moved out of a one-bedroom council flat into a Victorian terrace house in London; my half-sister had just been born, and I was training myself to call my stepdad “Dad”.My life felt as if it had been torn in half, right down the middle – like the photograph of their parents that Hallie and Annie piece together in the film. The 11-year-old identical twins (both played by Lindsay Lohan) reunite at summer camp after being separated at birth, and switch places in their plan to reunite their family. My own biological dad had left for good on my second birthday, moving back to Hungary. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Manhunt continues after intruder grabs woman by the mouth in central London flat

Manhunt continues after intruder grabs woman by the mouth in central London flat  Guardian Series

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4 w. ago Fire rips through north London flat block as three children rushed to hospital

70 firefighters tackle blaze in Enfield which left at least three children needing hospital treatment

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4 w. ago Fire rips through north London flat block as three people rushed to hospital

70 firefighters tackle blaze in Enfield which left at least three needing hospital treatment

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