Deacon Blue's Lorraine McIntosh, from Glasgow's slums to pop stardom
The Scottish pop star and TV actress looks back on the band's forty year career of incredible highs and heartbreaking lows and promises much more is to come.
Londonist18d
Mapping The London Of Sherlock Holmes
No fictional character is so intimately associated with London. The very name of Sherlock ... It’s also interesting to note how little of the East End makes it into the Holmes Canon.
London Review of Books24d
Daniel Trilling
Most of them made their homes in the slums and tenements of London’s East End, but by the middle of the 20th century many had moved to Hackney, a few miles up the road. Hackney isn’t in the East End – ...
Happenings — what’s coming up in Northeast Ohio starting March 21
Here is a brief rundown of some coming entertainment options in Northeast Ohio. Make submissions for consideration via email to [email protected] or [email protected]. You ...
World Socialist Web Site27d
Stalinist Communist Party Marxist-Kenya seeks new political trap for rising discontent among workers, youth—Part One
At the same time, he has deepened Kenya’s alignment with US imperialism, becoming a major Non-NATO ally, supporting Washington’s efforts to reshape the Middle East ... that the end of the ...
England rugby great almost had career ended in Wales match as battle left him in pieces
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ...
Premier League25d
Kudus: I feel responsibility of representing Ghana in Premier League
Kudus shares his journey to the east end of London in the video above, celebrating the diversity of the Premier League through the theme of "Greatness comes from everywhere" as part of the No Room For ...
Inner London residents told me their food waste problems—composting definitely isn't the answer
"It's always frustrated me that we can't compost here—even though I get why. Tower blocks just aren't built for it," said ...
Indiatimes27d
Supreme Court upholds eviction for Bharat Nagar slum redevelopment in Bandra East
The Supreme Court has allowed the redevelopment of the Bharat Nagar slum in Bandra East, dismissing appeals from residents who contested its slum status. Despite disputes over the redevelopment ...
London Free Press29d
Man suffers life-threatening injuries in east London motel blaze
Two men were injured, one of them critically, in an early-morning fire at an east London motel Monday, officials say. Emergency crews were called around 5:10 a.m. to a fire at the American Plaza ...
Newsday23d
East End blaze brings back memories of Sunrise Fire of 1995
Fires whipping across the East End on Saturday have drawn quick and worrisome memories of the Sunrise Fire of 1995 that scorched thousands of acres of nearby woods around Westhampton late that summer.