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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has opened a garden memorial dedicated to those who have lost their lives to Covid-19. Thirty-three trees have been planted at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, to create the London Blossom Garden. The project, set up in partnership with the National Trust, was created to pay respect to more than 19,000 Londoners who have died from coronavirus. Mr Khan was joined by Hilary McGrady, director general of the National Trust, and key workers from the NHS...

Published: 8:38 PM May 24, 2021    Sadiq Khan opens the London Blossom Garden, which is a living memorial to honour the efforts of key workers and mark the impact of Covid-19 on the capital. - Credit: PA The mayor of London pledged to protect jobs at the opening of a garden to remember those who have died from Covid-19. Sadiq Khan was speaking about Newhams recovery after cutting the ribbon at the London Blossom Garden at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Monday, May 24. Sadiq Khan and Hilary M...

Josie Long, Brighton Festival 2021 c. Giles Smith On Monday 24 May, Abigail Conway’s The Candle Project opens at The Spire in Kemptown. An ancient ritual for our times, participants can make their own candle with a message inside, to be added to a large installation. At the end of the week, a spectacular livestreamed lighting ceremony will feature soundscapes with contributions from local choirs. Robot Selfie arrives in Brighton on Friday 28 May. At Greater Brighton Metropolitan College, a wa...

I’m watching all this              through Simon Armitage I was just about the busiest I’d ever been when lockdown arrived, so it was a huge change, and some of that’s been quite good for me. I’ve slowed down, I’ve caught up with a lot of deadlines. But from a creative point of view, everything has just become a little bit overfamiliar. I’ve written three poems about my Velux window. And there’s probably more to come. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian “The Sky Stretched...

Share The three winners of the James Berry Poetry Prize will each win £1,000, receive year-long mentoring and their debut book length collection will be published by Bloodaxe Books. The winning poets will be invited to take part in a James Berry Poetry Prize reading as part of the NCLA events series. Devised by Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo with inclusivity specialist Dr Nathalie Teitler, the prize is the first national poetry prize to include both mentoring and book publication. ...

Talks with Russell Tovey, David France and Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor announced for BFI Flare This year’s BFI Flare offers a programme of free events and discussions for audiences around the world. 17 March 2021 Russell Tovey © Photo by Jason Dimmock The 35th BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival, which launches today, is thrilled to announce a new Screen Talk with stage, film and television actor Russell Tovey and, as part of BFI Flare’s The Makers series, conversations with award-wi...

B  ‘I want to be a role model,’ says ernardine Evaristo emphatically. ‘And an inspiration. Because my background, it’s not, you know, a white background. It’s not upper-class; it’s not privileged; it’s not Oxbridge. I come from a large, working-class, mixed-race family growing up in suburbia. The things that have happened to my career this last year have been absolutely wonderful, but people shouldn’t forget that it’s been a very, very long journey.’ The 61-year-old winner ...

Writer Alex Wheatle, photographed for the Observer last year. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer As historian and writer Paul Gilroy writes in the introduction to Wheatle’s book: “This novel’s historical and geographical setting should be carefully specified. It can be defined by the immediate aftermath of the New Cross Massacre.” The thriller, which culminates in the Brixton riots, begins on 27 January 1981 and follows the life of Biscuit and his sticky relationship to the streets ...

DJ, father remembered as larger than life after long battle with COVID-19, complications Tommy Jammer Muzzillo died on Monday at the age of 51 after a long battle with COVID-19 complications Author: James Grant (12NewsNow), Raegan Gibson Published: 6:57 PM CST January 6, 2021 Updated: 8:01 PM CST January 6, 2021 BEAUMONT, Texas — Friends and colleagues are remembering a beloved Southeast Texas DJ who died after a long battle with COVID-19 and it...

The Art of Queer Support in 2020 This year has shown many of us the importance of community-building, but for queer artists it isn’t just about mirroring an existing public sphere In June 2020, London’s Cell Project Space posted hundreds of fluorescent-yellow envelopes to addresses in the UK and abroad. Each contained a photocopy of a handwritten letter that described the feeling of being drenched by ‘the waterfall of the world’, plus a vial housing a scent recalling ...