EMILY PRESCOTT: Notting Hill’s Richard Curtis heads north! Well, Hampstead, after splashing out £17m on listed mansion

EMILY PRESCOTT: Notting Hill’s Richard Curtis heads north! Well, Hampstead, after splashing out £17m on listed mansion

By Emily Prescott Published: 19:37 EST, 18 November 2023 | Updated: 20:17 EST, 18 November 2023 When the man behind romcom movie Notting Hill revealed he was quitting the West London area... Read more »
RICHARD EDEN: Jodie Comer collars a new lead role – as a dog walker in north London

RICHARD EDEN: Jodie Comer collars a new lead role – as a dog walker in north London

By Eden Confidential By Richard Eden Published: 19:45 EDT, 5 October 2023 | Updated: 19:50 EDT, 5 October 2023 She won the Bafta for her part as an assassin in Killing Eve,... Read more »
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: What would my Great Uncle Joe think of the WFH Paddington station boss who lives in Aberdeen?

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: What would my Great Uncle Joe think of the WFH Paddington station boss who lives in Aberdeen?

My Mum’s Uncle Joe was the station master at King’s Cross, the nearest thing to royalty in our family. In fact, his proximity to royalty made him quite the celebrity. When King... Read more »
Here is why Richard Felgate, was arrested by Herts Police he’s known a Extinction Rebellion protestor who was previously arrested for blocking News UK

Here is why Richard Felgate, was arrested by Herts Police he’s known a Extinction Rebellion protestor who was previously arrested for blocking News UK

Over 100 Extinction Rebellion protestors blocked the roads of newspaper printing presses, prompting police to charge 51 people with highway obstruction. The XR protestors targeted the Broxbourne printing works as well as... Read more »
Why I live in Bethnal Green: Richard Malone on his buzzy, queer corner of east London

Why I live in Bethnal Green: Richard Malone on his buzzy, queer corner of east London

I live in a recently renovated Victorian apartment in a place called Museum House that was built in 1886. I wasn’t even looking for a flat in Bethnal Green because I used... Read more »
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: If Boris Johnson had listened to the suburbs, he might still be in a job…

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: If Boris Johnson had listened to the suburbs, he might still be in a job…

Boris Johnson is house-hunting in the suburbs. According to The Sun, he’s got his eye on Dulwich Village, South London, where Mrs Thatcher moved when she was booted out of No 10.... Read more »
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: XR has succeeded where Arthur Scargill failed

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: XR has succeeded where Arthur Scargill failed

Arthur Scargill must be watching the success of the Just Stop Oil protests with a mixture of awe and bewilderment. Barmy Arthur, former leader of the National Union of Mineworkers, devoted most... Read more »
Richard Rome obituary | Sculpture

Richard Rome obituary | Sculpture

The Millennium Fountain in Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon, south-west London, stands out in the sculptor Richard Rome’s nearly 60-year career as strikingly different in appearance from his usual large-scale abstract structures in painted... Read more »
Richard Ratcliffe, the north London accountant who has truly ‘set the bar high for all husbands’

Richard Ratcliffe, the north London accountant who has truly ‘set the bar high for all husbands’

Mr Ratcliffe’s love for his wife has been a visible source of motivation. “It’s not a Mills & Boon story,” he told the New Statesman during one of his hunger strikes. “But... Read more »
BBC Richard Osman’s House of Games: David James’ life from leaving wife for childhood sweetheart to bankruptcy

BBC Richard Osman’s House of Games: David James’ life from leaving wife for childhood sweetheart to bankruptcy

David James is best known for his time spent as a professional footballer for 16 years – most famously when he made 53 appearances as England’s goalkeeper between 1997 and 2010. He... Read more »