Paul Mescal roars onto London stage in gripping new Streetcar Named Desire January 19, 2023 ★★★★☆ The Almeida’s production of Tennessee Williams’ steamy southern gothic A Streetcar Named Desire was one of the most hotly anticipated plays of 2022, with Normal People star Paul Mescal lending some zeitgeist-capturing sex appeal to this sad tale of fantasy, identity and mental illness. But on the eve of opening, lead actor Lydia Wilson [...]
London venues warn they will haemorrhage sales if rail strikes go ahead this Christmas December 5, 2022 London restaurants have warned they will haemorrhage sales should planned railway strikes go ahead this month, as union bosses rejected a new pay offer over the week. Searcys champagne bar and restaurant chain, which has venues at the Gherkin and St Pancras International station, said it was worried it would take a 30 per cent [...]
Average London rents near £1,000 and are unlikely to fall in 2023 – SpareRoom January 12, 2023 UK rent prices soared to their highest peak ever in the final quarter of 2022, inching closer to the £1000 mark, according to new data published today. Flatshare site SpareRoom reported that London rents for the last quarter of 2022 were up 22 per cent on the same period the previous year, taking the average [...]
Elizabeth Line: Almost half of Londoners have used the new route since May 2022 February 20, 2023 Nearly half of Londoners have used the Elizabeth line since it opened in May 2022, a new survey suggests. The results of a YouGov poll shared with the PA news agency indicate 45 per cent of the capital’s residents have made at least one journey on the £19 billion railway. That is up from 24% [...]
Shelter warns that Londoners are faced with ‘increasingly unaffordable’ rents August 9, 2022 Campaigners at Shelter have warned that Londoners are faced with “increasingly unaffordable” rents. “We are hearing from people every day who are battling increasingly unaffordable private rents, who are struggling to find somewhere to live,” the charity’s policy manager Ruth Ehrlich told the Financial Times’ personal finance podcast, Money Clinic, today. “And when they do, [...]
Russian tycoon’s ex criticised by London judge for ‘costly and destructive’ divorce fight with £9m bill April 5, 2023 A wealthy Russian businesswoman’s ex-husband has come under fire from a London judge who oversaw a “costly and destructive” divorce fight. Sir Jonathan Cohen said Alla Rakshina, 42, and ex-husband Lazaros Xanthopoulos, 43, ran up lawyers’ bills of nearly £9 million as disputes over jurisdiction, money and children featured in more than 60 hearings in [...]
CMA gives London Stock Exchange green light on Quantile takeover October 26, 2022 The competition watchdog has given the greenlight to London Stock Exchange Group's takeover of compression firm Quantile today after an in-depth investigation did not raise “substantial competition concerns”.
Drag Race’s Miz Cracker on her new London show Who’s Holiday December 2, 2022 Forget the London Palladium: if you want a camp Christmas show with drag in it you’d better head to the Southwark Playhouse this season. One-woman show Who’s Holiday is an adults-only comedy kicking off on 16 December and starring RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni Miz Cracker. She placed fifth in the tenth season of Drag Race in [...]
London airports cancel flights to avoid noise on Queen’s funeral September 15, 2022 London airports such as Heathrow and London City are cancelling flights to avoid noise on Monday, the day of the Queen’s funeral. Heathrow has announced it will cut 15 per cent of its daily schedule, i.e. more than 100 flights, while London City will not fly over Westminster. The west London hub – jointly with [...]
Moneyhub eyes London IPO after £35m cash injection October 24, 2022 Fintech firm Moneyhub said it was eyeing up a London listing today as it bagged £35m in fresh funding from investors including Legal & General and Lloyds Banking Group.