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The Westminster City Council Magazine
SEPTEMBER 2018
THE WESTMINSTER
Issue No. 130
REPORTER
CITY FOR ALL – COVER STORY BUILDING A
BE PART OF IT Commonwealth silver BETTER FUTURE
The vision for a council medallist, Melita Delivering the most
of the people, run by Emanuel-Carr, takes ambitious house-
the people a tour of the new Moberly building programme
Sports Centre in a generation
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CONTENTS
The Westminster Reporter is published by:
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News in brief On the cover
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The latest news about the council and Commonwealth silver medallist,
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To discuss editorial matters, please contact: Creating a City for All 16
The Editor, The Westminster Reporter,
Westminster City Hall, 5 Strand, London
Unveiling a vision for a council of the
WC2N 5HR. people, run by the people for the people A nation’s Thank You
Email: reporter@westminster.gov.uk and how everybody has a part to play The campaign to commemorate
Minicom: 020 7641 2948
12 First World War heroes from
Advertising: please contact Mohsin Lahkim Westminster and a focus on one
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10 – 11 of the heroes, Ferdinand West
Reference copies of The Westminster
Reporter are available in large print and
Building a better future for all 17
audiotape format. To have a free copy Find out about the plan to build nearly
sent to your home call 020 7641 6000. 2,000 new council and affordable Summer celebration
The Westminster Reporter is delivered homes by 2023 A round-up of the summer’s
to homes throughout Westminster. community events across the borough
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please call 020 7641 6000. 18 – 23
Also available from libraries and Planning for a city for all
leisure centres. As a consultation is launched for a #MyWestminster
For general enquiries about the council, new City Plan, what are the challenges Find out about the latest news
call our switchboard on 020 7641 6000. in future proofing the city for the and events in North, South and
next generation? Central Westminster
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A vision for a City for All – pages 8–9
NEWS
IN BRIEF
LEADER’S
C O L U M N
Calling all budding
entrepreneurs!
New workspace
Westminster Enterprise Week (WEW) is back and promises to for creative businesses
be bigger than ever before. In previous years, hundreds of young
people aged 16 to 25 have taken part in events across Westminster
Creative entrepreneurs and start-ups can grow
and this year will be no different. From behind-the-scenes tours
their businesses in an innovative, high quality
to pitching competitions, interactive workshops and special guest
workspace opening this autumn. Located near
speakers, WEW 2018 is packed with sessions designed to get
Paddington Station, Paddington Works is a
young people thinking like entrepreneurs.
cutting-edge building with a difference. It is
I hope you’ve enjoyed your summer of
Taking place from 12 to 16 November across a number of locations designed to provide a healthy working
cloudless skies and soaring temperatures.
in Westminster, sessions give participants the opportunity to meet environment, and offers studios, co-working
For me, it all started on 1 July when we
the experts and get a taste of different industries. desks, events and training spaces, including an Opening up the creative hosted two civic and community events
80-seat auditorium, and ultra-fast internet. The
space is ideal for growing businesses who need world to young people which really showcased what Westminster
is all about.
Participating schools, colleges and universities will have quality workspace at an accessible price. It has
more details about how to get involved in WEW 2018. been developed by the council in partnership In the morning we held the annual Civic
Westminster is home to a unique choice of cultural venues,
For more information, visit westminster.gov.uk/get-involved- with an experienced workspace provider. Service in Westminster Abbey, which was
events and creative businesses and we have been working
enterprise-week a fantastic celebration of our city and our
with them to open up this world to more young people.
community.
Find out about renting space at Paddington City Lions, part of the council’s #MyWestminster
In the afternoon, we moved from the historic
Works at paddingtonworks.com programme, is available for teenagers aged 13 to 16, to help
Abbey to the buzzing Paddington Recreation
them discover the creative opportunities that lie on their
Ground for the second-ever #MyWestminster
doorstep. The programme brings together some of the world’s
Day, which was a colourful celebration of
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most prominent creative organisations from across the city, to
everything that makes our city a great place
help young people unlock fresh ideas, discover new interests
to live. I am always immensely proud of how
and nurture creative talent through interactive workshops,
Westminster comes together on days like
Try something new this Silver Sunday guest speakers and experiences of work.
this - it shows us at our best.
During its successful pilot involving pupils at St Marylebone
Looking ahead, we have launched an exciting
Silver Sunday is an annual day of fun to our communities while combating All Westminster residents aged 65 School, City Lions took participants behind the scenes at
new programme of activity for the city, which
and free activities for older people loneliness and isolation. and above are eligible to take part. Somerset House to meet some of the resident artists in their
builds on the commitments I made at the
across Westminster and the whole of Some events must be booked ahead creative workspace.
More than 50 events and activities election in May. Our new City for All plan
the UK. Now in its seventh year, the of time. To find out more and book
– such as afternoon tea and cycling Among the first to test the programme, Ayad, from sets out how your council will transform over
programme by Sir Simon Milton your activity visit silversunday.org.uk
along Embankment – will take place St Marylebone School, said: “We were previously taught the next four years to support you and your
Foundation celebrates the value and or look out for the latest issue of
across Westminster before, during that art is a paint brush and paper, but today has shown family to live enjoyable and productive lives
knowledge older people contribute Westminster Plus.
and after Silver Sunday on 7 October. us that art is a huge world.” in Westminster.
As always, if you have ideas about how we can
improve our offer to the city and work better
Young people interested in taking with the community, I’d love to hear them.
part can join via a participating
school or youth club, or by simply
registering via the website
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westminster.gov.uk/citylions
CLLR NICKIE AIKEN
LEADER OF WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL
Silver Sunday 2017: Open Age Queens Park and Harrow Road Hub Dance-A-Thon
Supporting our markets Innovative What a result
Westminster’s street markets
scheme raises This August, students across the Paddington Academy, for example,
have a key role at the heart of
their neighbourhoods providing
£400,000 borough were celebrating their GCSE
and A level results. As usual, our
set its best-ever record with 30% of
A level grades awarded at the highest
an important service to both schools were among the highest marks of A* or A; 67% of A level grades
residents and visitors. An innovative scheme launched achieving in the country. were awarded at A*–B. At Grey Coat
by Westminster City Council Hospital school, an impressive 37.4%
Westminster is asking residents,
has raised over £400,000 in of A level students scored A*–A grades.
community groups and traders to give
donations and pledges.
their views on a strategy to help the Deputy Leader of the Council,
city’s six street markets thrive. The
The consultation runs until 29
Residents in the highest council Cllr David Harvey, visited Tea Dance
council wants to help the markets tax band – band H – made the St Augustine’s CE high school in
become more environmentally and
October. Feedback can be given
donations to the Community Kilburn to congratulate students
applications
online and through surveys available
financially sustainable, offer a more
diverse mix of products and invest
in libraries and community centres
Contribution fund which was
launched after they responded
receiving their GCSE results. He met
Nancy Salem (both pictured left) who
now open
near market sites.
in new IT and infrastructure. The positively to voluntarily accomplished four 9 grades in history,
consultation is also considering contributing more than their English literature, English and religious The annual Westminster Tea
proposed changes to daily licence For full details visit existing council tax bill. studies and an 8 in biology. Dance, hosted by Sir Simon Milton
fees, which would be the first changes openforum.westminster.gov.uk/ Foundation, will be returning to
The Community Contribution Grosvenor House Hotel on Park
since 2006. street-markets
fund will be administrated by Lane on Sunday 9 December.
the City of Westminster
Charitable Trust and will be The event attracts more than
Listening to your views used to help young people by
investing in youth support,
1,000 Westminster residents
every year. It is a great
provide extra support for people opportunity for people who may
The council is committed to The fully anonymised outcomes who find themselves sleeping not get out of the house very
providing services that are of the City Survey will be made on Westminster’s streets and often - and single guests should
accessible and relevant to available on the council’s website helping to tackle isolation and not be put off going along. If you
everyone, ensuring all have a in spring of 2019. If you are selected loneliness – not just amongst the have a friend or neighbour who
stake in their city and can actively to take part, we hope that you will elderly but across all age groups might like to join in, spread the
contribute to their community. participate as your views are vital including children. word or offer to accompany them.
To help meet this commitment, for future plans.
Tickets are available to
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over the course of September and
For more information, Westminster residents aged
October, Westminster City Council
For more information, please visit please visit westminster. Search dogs smell out illegal over 65 and their carers only.
will be carrying out its annual
westminster.gov.uk/citysurvey gov.uk/westminster-trust
City Survey. cigarettes at local shops Please bring your freedom pass
as proof of eligibility. Please
note carers must also live in
Illegal tobacco use is on the decline, The dogs found forty unmarked
Westminster. You can apply
and that is in part due to the great shisha tobacco packets and eight
for a maximum of two tickets.
work of Trading Standards, but also thousand illegal cigarettes, which
End the night right due to reporting by our residents. included potentially counterfeited
During Operation Rover the council UK cigarettes. One of these For more information
Sometimes, just a bottle of water or recover, or just listening if they acted on information from members locations was believed to be and to apply online visit
a place to charge your phone, might need to talk. of the public who reported five local selling individual cigarettes, sirsimonmiltonfoundation.
mean the difference between a good shops selling illegal cigarettes. which are often targeted at com/tea-dance
They will get training from
night and a bad one. That’s why the young people.
Drinkaware and St John Ambulance With the help of rescue dogs Pippa To apply by post, please
council is launching the night hub
in caring for those who are and Rico, who have been specially provide your name, address,
– a #MyWestminster project - and
intoxicated, in conflict resolution, trained to smell tobacco, the team If you know of any sales of telephone number, dietary
looking for volunteers to help.
safeguarding and supporting is able to search an entire store in illegal tobacco please report requirements and if you
Volunteers will support anyone who vulnerable people. These skills For more information, visit minutes. The dogs are amazing it to Trading Standards via require wheelchair access to:
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may be vulnerable on a night out, could help towards a career in the westminster.gov.uk/nighthub professionals able to find tobacco Citizen’s Advice Consumer Tea Dance, Westminster
by helping them to get home safely, emergency services, psychology or email nightsafe@ in secret compartments or hidden Service on 0345 404 0506. City Council, 6th Floor,
offering them a safe space to or social care. westminster.gov.uk in packaging. 5 Strand, WC2N 5HR.
Working together A City for All is a city in which
people from all backgrounds are
to create a City for All empowered to make choices that make
their lives better. A city where people are
protected from harm. A city where people
have the opportunity to build their lives
Westminster City Council 4. Healthier and greener city and raise their families.
has a vision of a City for All What this means: Working closely with partners,
including the NHS, to encourage individuals and
Cllr Nickie Aiken, Leader of Westminster City Council
families to enjoy active and healthy lives. This
includes improving air quality. Focusing resources
The council’s approach to realising this ambition on support for the most vulnerable.
is based on achieving success in five distinct areas.
An example: A new five-year ActiveWestminster
1. City of opportunity strategy to ensure all neighbourhoods have access
What this means: Ensuring that everyone has to open spaces and sports facilities including the
the opportunity to build their lives, careers and newly-opened £28million Moberly Sports Centre
raise their families in Westminster. (see pages 14 and 15 for more information).
An example: Delivering the most ambitious 5. City that celebrates its communities
house-building programme in a generation. What this means: Through the #MyWestminster
The council is on track to deliver nearly 2,000 programme, celebrate the city’s diversity and
new council and affordable homes by 2023. make sure everybody can actively contribute
Sites have been identified for a further 2,000 to their community.
homes. See pages 10 and 11 of this issue of
The Westminster Reporter for further details. An example: More than 3,000 people attended
the second #MyWestminster Day at Paddington
2. City that offers excellent local services Recreation Ground in July, a major annual event
What this means: Westminster has a national to celebrate the city’s vibrant neighbourhoods
and mixed communities.
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reputation for providing excellent local,
value-for-money services. It will continue to drive
improvements, working with its partners to ensure
the city is safe, clean and well-run. Everybody has a part to play in contributing
to the local community and improving the
An example: Continue to invest in and maintain place in which we live and work. To find out
the highest standards in children’s services, as rated the ways in which you can do your bit visit
as outstanding by Ofsted. westminster.gov.uk/city-for-all
3. Caring and fairer city
What this means: Caring for and supporting
the most vulnerable within the community will
remain the most important priority.
An example: Money raised through the council’s
innovative community contribution scheme will be
used for a variety of good causes including helping
rough sleepers off the streets and tackling
loneliness and isolation across all age groups.
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The city council
is embarking on
the most ambitious
house-building
programme in
a generation
With nearly 2,000 new affordable
homes set to be built in Westminster
by 2023, the council continues to
move ahead with its regeneration CL EVE R HO ME S
projects, both large and small,
Artist’s impression of Ebury Bridge Estate
which will help towards this goal. Alongside the council’s
ambitious larger regeneration
schemes, it has committed to
Big changes for Ebury Bridge delivering more affordable
housing in the heart of the city
Tucked among the Belgravia Georgian
through ‘clever development’,
townhouses alongside Victoria Station
using smaller sites such as
and the Grosvenor Canal, the Ebury
unused basements, garages,
Bridge Estate is not short of local
vacant land and car parks on
history. Now a new chapter in the
council-owned estates and
life of the estate has begun with one
converting those into much-
of the city’s most exciting housing
needed new social and
renewal projects given the green light.
affordable housing.
Ebury Bridge is one of Westminster’s
Through this smaller
oldest housing estates and the city
development programme, the
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council has been working with
council will transform the spaces
Building a
residents on how best to take forward
into more than 200 affordable
options for the estate. In July, the
homes over the next five years.
council’s cabinet approved the decision
to proceed with the exciting scheme. In August, the council completed
Once completed, a minimum of 750 four new three-bedroom
new homes will be built including homes as part of this ‘clever
at least 342 new affordable homes. development’ approach. These
better future
Asaelle and Abdel Belabbes, a member of the were previously uninhabitable
Residents of Ebury Bridge will now Ebury Bridge regeneration team looking over basements on Blomfield Villas,
play a key role in working up detailed plans for the estate
in Westbourne ward.
designs for what the future estate
could look like ahead of applying
for planning permission.
Rebuilding the estate is a big change, but I know
for all
Families and residents across Ebury
Bridge dedicated their time to
working with the council on
it will lead to a better future for the younger
developing the preferred scenario. children living here. I have really enjoyed living in this
This was summed up by one young
estate and I hope many will enjoy the new one.
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resident of the estate – see quote right:
by Asaelle, aged 11, pictured left
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This autumn the council is Q. What are the priorities in the draft City Plan?
Why are the bags now clear? How do I use them? launching a consultation for A. The plan and the policies within it, address
To help our recycling crews spot when the wrong thing is put in. • Live in a house or in a small block of flats? a new City Plan which will the issues that matter most to the people of
Westminster – building more affordable housing,
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Putting the wrong thing in the recycling costs much o Leave your bags in clear view for our crews to collect.
for the next generation through property extensions, creating commercial
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more to manage.
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• Live in a block of flats?
Can I still use my recycling box and blue bags? o Take your recycling bags to your building’s large Q. Can you provide an example of one of the
Once finalised, the City
black recycling bins. new policies?
Yes, our recycling crews will continue to empty your recycling boxes Plan will be used by
and collect your blue bags. o Ask your porter or caretaker for details. the council to consider A. There is a tougher, more ambitious affordable
• Live on an estate? planning applications. housing policy demanding that developers provide
How do I get recycling bags? 35% affordable housing on site. Where developers
o Use your reusable recycling bags. Cllr Richard Beddoe (left),
• Order online: claim this cannot be met because of viability evidence,
o Ask your housing manager about how to recycle Cabinet Member for Place
westminster.gov.uk/recycling-bags we will now be scrutinising and rescrutinising that
on your estate. Shaping and Planning
• Pick-up a pack from: evidence at several stages in the development process
explains more about the
For further information, visit: westminster.gov.uk/recycling and ensuring more will meet our 35% target.
o your local library consultation and what
o the mobile recycling centre it means for residents.
Q. What are the challenges in drafting a city plan?
westminster.gov.uk/mobile-recycling-centre
• Ask your porter or caretaker. Q. What is this consultation about? A. The new plan must meet the demands of a
growing, modern city while balancing the need
A. This is the latest stage of the consultation
to conserve Westminster’s unique heritage which
for a new City Plan. We are inviting residents,
includes 11,000 listed buildings and structures.
businesses, planners and developers and other
interested groups to review the current draft
Q. How can I find out more?
plan and the policies it contains. Once finalised,
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the City Plan will be used to determine planning A. The consultation is due to launch in the autumn.
applications and so ultimately, how Westminster Keep an eye on the council’s website, social media
develops as a city. channels and newsletters for the latest updates.
Introducing
Football may not
have come home,
but Westminster
Moberly
did not fall short
of playing host to
sporting champions
this summer
a sports centre fit Having represented England at the
for home-grown
2018 Commonwealth Games, where
she won a silver medal in women’s
basketball, local elite athlete Melita
Emanuel-Carr came home to open
champions the newly-developed Moberly Sports
Centre to her local community.
“Being the first person to shoot on
the rims at Moberly was an honour for
me because Moberly is where I started
Inside Moberly
playing basketball and is my home
court. It really meant a lot to me,”
she said.
Melita lived in Westminster for 18
the new centre and I hope young interested in that will encourage them
years before moving to America on
people will use it in finding a sport to get active and have a healthy life,”
a full scholarship from the University
to play,” she said. said Angela. “This I believe will help
of Illinois. She was invited to lead the
improve their quality of life.”
celebrations at Moberly in Queen’s This season Melita joins the Spanish
Park, where she was joined by double basketball team Bembibre, but fondly
gold medallist Max Whitlock and recalls the role that Westminster
boxing stars Ashley Theophane and played in developing her career.
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James DeGale to open the sports
“Westminster has always supported me
facility with Deputy Leader of the
throughout my basketball career, from
Council, Cllr David Harvey.
programmes such as the Champions
of the Future to the support received
“During the from the Westminster Warriors
tour around the basketball team. I have been able to
use sports centres and school sports
centre I couldn’t facilities to improve my basketball
stop smiling.” skills and without access to this
support, I do not think I would be
where I am today.”
Following a £28million investment,
the redeveloped Moberly Sports Centre Melita was joined at the opening
Melita Emanuel-Carr at Moberly
now features a huge eight-court sports ceremony by proud parents Angela
hall, a six-lane 25m swimming pool, and Calvin, who encourage others
a gym with more than 100 exercise to introduce their children to new
Moberly Sports Centre is located
stations, a boxing gym and a dedicated sports and local clubs.
at 25 Chamberlayne Road and
gymnastics facility.
“I think that Moberly will increase is managed by Everyone Active.
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“During the tour around the centre participation among local residents For more information visit
I couldn’t stop smiling! There is so and will create more opportunities everyoneactive.com/centre/
much on offer for the community at for people to find an activity they are moberly-sports-centre
WESTMINSTER REMEMBERS
Summer
celebration
A nation’s Thank
As well as being memorable
You to First World for the record-breaking
temperatures, this summer
War heroes has seen many successful
community events
Photo taken by Flight Sergeant Barry Emms of 8 Squadron from Ferdinand West’s photo album.
across the borough
Ferdinand West VC
These free events included #MyWestminster Day
at Paddington Recreation Ground, West End LIVE
The 12 First World War ground fire as they reached the frontline. West in Trafalgar Square, We Are One Community fun
heroes from Westminster, managed to get them home, landing only 100 yards day in Church Street and the Westminster Cycling
Festival at Marble Arch.
from the Allied trenches. West and Haslam were
who were awarded the awarded the Military Cross for this action.
Victoria Cross, have been On 10 August 1918, West and his observer Haslam
remembered in a memorial were sent to Roye in France to gain information
about enemy positions. Setting off at dawn in an
at Victoria Embankment Armstrong Whitworth FK 8, they spotted an
Gardens, Whitehall extension enemy concentration through a hole in the mist.
While avoiding ground fire, they came under
#MyWestminster Day
attack from seven German fighter aircraft. West
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was hit in the leg and twisted his trousers into West End LIVE
Remembrance ceremonies have taken place over
a tourniquet to stem the flow of blood. He
the past four years to unveil engraved paving
manoeuvred his machine so skilfully that Haslam
stones, on or close to the centenary of their heroic
was able to drive off the enemy and landed behind
action. The final ceremony will take place on
Allied lines. He insisted on reporting his findings
Thursday 4 October in honour of Field Marshal
despite being in excruciating agony. His left leg
Viscount Gort.
had five wounds and had to be amputated.
Ferdinand West VC
He was awarded the Victoria Cross and Military
The most recent Victoria Cross ceremony Cross on 1 March 1919 at Buckingham Palace,
took place on 26 July 2018 in honour of Air and was one of the few to be granted permanent
Commodore Ferdinand Maurice Felix West, commission in the peacetime Royal Air Force
often known as Freddie. alongside John Haslam MC DFC.
Born on 29 January 1896 in Prince’s Square, West died peacefully in 1988, aged 92, and his
Paddington, Freddie and his family moved to medals were donated to the Imperial War Museum.
Milan after his father died in the Boer War.
In 1914, he returned to London to enlist as
a Private in the Royal Army Medical Corps. To see all of our Victoria Cross holders and
In 1917, West joined the Royal Flying Corps and find out more about the events taking place to
commemorate the centenary of the Armistice
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was posted to 8 Squadron, based near Amiens in
France. He regularly crewed with Lieutenant John in Westminster visit westminster.gov.uk/
Haslam and, on 23 April 1918, they were hit by westminsterremembers
#MYWESTMINSTER
Green Plaques
Professor WHAT’S ON?
Cecilia Vajda
NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH Born in Budapest in 1923, Cecilia
Vajda graduated from the Liszt
Academy of Music as pupil of
HI S T O RY I N P I CT
C TURE
URE S composer Zoltán Kodály,
renowned for his approach to
musical education – commonly
© Westminster City Archives
known as the Kodály method.
Following her studies, Vajda
became a professor at the Liszt
before moving to England in 1966
to teach at some of the most Antiques Anonymous 2018 Frieze London and Frieze Masters
prestigious academic institutions Saturday 21 July 2018 – Saturday 22 December 2018 sculpture exhibition
in the country. Vajda lived at 105 Thursday 4 October – Sunday 7 October 2018
Alfies Antiques, 13–25 Church Street,
Hallam Street from 1969–2009.
Marylebone, NW8 8DT Regent’s Park, NW1 4NR
She continued to teach and study
With its plush carpets, ruby red ceilings and walls and Frieze Sculpture Park is a free outdoor exhibition.
the Kodály method into the 1980s
glittering chandeliers, the newly refurbished fashion This year take part in the Frieze sculpture family trail
to great acclaim.
emporium, Vintage Modes, is no longer a secret go-to which will help children explore and enjoy the 25
destination for glamour in London. Home to vintage artworks on view in Regent’s Park.
textiles, clothing, jewellery, records, books and more.
frieze.com
alfiesantiques.com/events.php royalparks.org.uk
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Extract of artwork
Paddington Recreation Ground hosted this year’s #MyWestminster Day in
July but it’s far from the first community event to take place there since
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its inception in the latter half of the 19th century. This picture from 1910
shows the old grandstand surrounded by local people.
New sculpture takes flight at Marble Arch
Courtesy of Sam Roberts
AgeUK: iTea Party Beautiful Moments of LIFE
Wednesday 31 October 2018 Thursday 1 November – Sunday 4 November 2018
A monumental 23-foot bronze human and artistic freedom, the
WeWork Paddington, 5th Floor, The Hellenic Centre, 16–18 Paddington Street,
sculpture of a flying man taking possible flights of the imagination
2 Eastbourne Terrace, W2 6LG Marylebone, W1U 5AS
off from Marble Arch is the latest where anything is possible.”
Join us at our FREE iTea Party for some fun and relaxed Meet the artist: Tonia Theodorou’s creations are based
installation in the City of Sculpture
When creating the work, he IT training at WeWork Paddington. Brought to you by on the two elements of movement and transformation
programme. Contemporary London
spontaneously covered the surface Age UK Westminster, in collaboration with Systems through which she aims to help women of today change
artist, David Breuer-Weil created the
of the sculpture in pictures and & Smiles – iTea parties embrace the idea of lifelong the shape of their jewellery according to any occasion.
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air force’s first HQ. The RAF was
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which had been requisitioned
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served as the RAF’s base until
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1919. Created by combining the
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Naval Air Service on the 1 April
1918, the RAF was managed
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by the Air Ministry, which itself
1–17 November 2018 Until 7 October 2018
had only been established on
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Natalia Makarova’s production of this 19th century See Ed Ruscha’s modern take on the cyclical nature
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to be a much-loved space in Westminster and have just received their first
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Scientist who stopped deadly
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Snow discovered to be the source of Place Shaping and Planning said: Saturday 6 October 2018 a curator’s perspective
a deadly cholera epidemic in 1854 “John Snow’s ingenious research 11 October 2018
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site in Soho. serves as a reminder of our
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fascinating past and the debt we
The John Snow pump on Broadwick months, led by one of the resident arboriculturists, 130 stunning posters and original artworks by female
owe doctors and scientists like John
Street, named after the scientist who Greg Packman. In October, the autumnal beauty of poster designers. Exhibition curator, David Bownes, will
Snow. This newly refurbished pump
mapped cases of the illness in order Hyde Park comes to life with rich, blazing colour from talk about the design significance of the artworks and
will keep John Snow’s work fresh in
to pin point its source, was originally the mix of native and exotic trees. the women who created them.
the memories of the people of Soho,
installed in 1992 but was temporarily
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HI S T O RY I N P I CT URE S at Morgan House, Lillington
Gardens estate on 29 September,
recognising architects John
Darbourne CBE and Geoffrey
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Darke, designers of the Pimlico-
located estate. The estate was
designed in 1961 to much acclaim,
influencing the design of many
Art Now: Jesse Darling – The Ballad of Saint Jerome Coffee Morning with sketching Birds of Prey
other housing schemes until the
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1980s. Their office was based
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A First World War hero from Zeebrugge and Ostend, and
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