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Mansell Street Estate residents must have final say
The Mansell Street Estate housing has been called upon to hold a full residents’ ballot as the landlord prepares to bring back shelved plans for redevelopment.
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Furore re-erupts between Barbican residents and school
Residents of the Barbican Estate are 'up in arms' over the City of London School for Girls' plans to build a new dining hall right beneath their own homes.
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The importance of social enterprises in London
Social Enterprise UK CEO, Peter Holbrook, explains why the need to support businesses that have made a commitment to society is greater than ever before.
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Time for the City of London to leave Brexit’s shadow
City of London Corporation policy chief, Catherine McGuinness, says the Capital must focus on its many strengths despite political turmoil and Brexit uncertainty.
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What’s on around the City of London this week
Visitors to the Square Mile can expect to check out a whole host of festivals, exhibitions, films and theatre performances this week as we pray the rain away.
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Mansell Street Estate residents must have final say
The Mansell Street Estate housing has been called upon to hold a full residents’ ballot as the landlord prepares to bring back shelved plans for redevelopment.
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Food and art come together in new London supper club
As a part of this summer's The Other Art Fair, The Gramounce will be running a quirky four-day supper club event critiquing millennials and capitalism as a whole.
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Albania: visit the underdog of the Mediterranean
Albania is only now starting to get onto more mainstream traveller's radars, but that only means the hoards of tourists are circling above. Get here before they take over....
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Tried & Tested: BLOK’s boutique gym in Shoreditch
BLOK, the Clapton-based ‘award-winning fitness meets art, design and fashion’ boutique gym has recently opened its doors on the border of Shoreditch and the City.
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An effective post-Brexit immigration system is ‘imperative’
New CEO of the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry, David Frost, reports a decline in domestic and export sales across LCCI’s concerned membership.
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Creative youngsters show us why not all art belongs in a museum
Our man in Golden Lane, Billy Mann, makes the case for bringing art to the City’s streets, and fills us in on a creative project being run by...
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The best rooftops in and around the City of London
Its officially rooftop season, and those scattered about the Square Mile are not holding back this summer as they host a huge array of parties in the sun.
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Rambunctious Italian dining at Gloria in Shoreditch
The new Italian restaurant in Shoreditch has been receiving rave reviews from everyone in London lately, so we just had to go down and check it out for ourselves.
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