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Westminster Council goes more bookings than the legal limit, My own piece of elephant dung tendon, and the pain I was getting on With the right help from Altimus, after illegal letting unless their owners have planning the right shoes ! ducking luck came when my daughter my knee was a direct result of my tibia it seems our Tanzanian ancestors’ permission. However, the council says told me that her Duke Of Edinburgh rotating, leading to back pain which choice of walking upright, was the estminster Council’s new landlords and tenants are sub-letting to expedition was in two weeks time but was being exacerbated by my legs being right choice after all. Housing Standards Task get around Airbnb’s rules by offering the she hadn’t had time to get all her kit force has announced rooms on multiple platforms including together and could mum help her pay they’veW uncovered sex work, parties and HomeAway. In Tanzania in 1976 Mary for some of it. overcrowding in short-term let properties Council leader Nickie Aiken said Call Today for a FREE Badly fitted footwear causes Knee and Back Pain, throughout the borough. Westminster some people may genuinely not know Leakey’s discovery of the Biomechanical assessment Corn, Callouses, and Nerve Damage. City Council has announced that they’re the 90-night limit exists, however she Worth £150 Free FHP Assesment... at any of our London clinics examining 1,200 properties after issuing warned the council was taking a tough footprints of one of our oldest She did however say that Altimus, the 75 breach notices to owners using online approach, adding the proliferation ancestors, was made by the newest outdoor shop in High Street accommodation rental sites to facilitate of short-term visitors were upsetting Kensington gave a DOfE discount so I the illegal activity. residents in the borough. sheer luck of ducking to avoid could get HER stuff cheaper!! They claim that some of these She said: “We have no problem with being hit by elephant dung Luckily when I went to Altimus I was households have let properties to people earning a little extra money by served by their in-house Foot Health short-term guests on nearly every letting their home considerately within being thrown by one of her Practitioner (FHP) who not only night of the year. Two of the bigger the limits. “But those who are breaching researchers. helped me get my daughter’s sleeping companies, Airbnb and HomeAway, the 90-night limit and letting 365 days bag, daysack and water bottles, but also BRING YOUR said they had not received complaints a year are a blight on the lives of our er discoveries paint a poignant suggested bringing her back for a free OLD SHOES FOR Footmap at Altimus RECYCLING AND GET from Westminster council. 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Leakey’s evidence helped show that bi- know what type of shoes would be With over 200 styles of extra narrow and extra wide footwear we can limit how often hosts can share their Westminster Council has invested pedalism is an evolutionary advantage, good for my extra wide size 7 feet, I help you choose the right boots to make walking a pleasure again homes, others need to step up and do the £200,000 in a Housing Standards it doesn’t address the knee, back and took advantage of the free lower limb same.” HomeAway said it was working Taskforce, which it set up last year. The SUBSCRIBE & SUPPORT neck pain caused by walking upright, biomechanical assessment that Altimus “closely with the council to identify and project will collect evidence on properties and it certainly doesn’t account for were offering. ALTIMUS, 176 High Street Kensington, London W8 7RG address concerns and together with the suspected of breaching the 90-night KCW Today. 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Prime Minister also promised a £20 billion cash boost to the NHS, which Runway casualty: many believe will be provided for by a tax hike. Ostensibly, such tax-and-spend Greg Hands MP policies carry a distinctly Labour flavour By James Billot to them and Hands is wary of this: “I think that as the Conservatives we have to be true to our core mission and that is to set people free and keep taxes low,” says Hands. “We don’t want to become a Party that taxes more and spends more than we can afford… Today’s deficits are tomorrow’s debts”. A lifelong Conservative, Hands knew that he was a Tory from the moment he picked up a newspaper aged 13. Growing up in 1970s, a bête noire decade PARLIAMENT has a habit for Conservatives, Hands’ parents were of drawing together unlikely forced to move around the country to escape the closure of the grammar bedfellows. On June 26th, an schools. “I was brought up with a sense old-school Thatcherite and a that nobody owes you a living and that you have to find your own way in socialist who lists one of his the world,” says Hands. “The state is hobbies as “fermenting the there to provide a safety net, but I was always brought up to be as self-reliant overthrow of capitalism” were as possible”. Since becoming an MP for two of the 119 MPs opposed Chelsea and Fulham, Hands had not once rebelled against his Party before to the motion to build a third the Heathrow vote. Will the vote ignite runway at Heathrow. a new phase of rebellion? “No, definitely not,” says Hands. “I am someone who nfortunately for Greg Hands and is strongly loyal to my constituency and John McDonnell, their unholy their interest to have a Conservative alliance failed to garner enough government rather than a Corbyn-style support in the Commons and they were Labour government. I don’t think my U constituents would forgive me if I was in defeated by a margin of 296 votes. For Hands, his opposition to the runway some way part responsible for the rise of expansion came at a far greater cost a Corbyn government”. than his Labour counterpart. Having Towards the end of the interview, campaigned on a pledge to vote against Hands confesses that his plans for the a third runway at Heathrow in 2017, future remain “unformulated” because the Chelsea & Fulham MP had little he was “never expecting to resign”. The choice but to tender his resignation from MP does express a desire to return to government as Minister for State and government in the future, but in the Trade for Investment. His vote against intermediary period, Hands is more than expansion was the first major party content to focus on “key” constituency rebellion of his political career. in high regard. Tory peers, including a recent speech, Treasury Secretary Liz issues. Besides, it is difficult to criticise “Ultimately, my resignation was about former Chancellor and long-time Truss took aim at the “macho” spending the timing of his departure from office an immediate issue and a wider issue,” supporter of expansion George Osborne, demands of her cabinet colleagues, with a World Cup in full swing. His says Hands. “The immediate issue was commended his ‘principled resignation’, warning Michael Gove that there tournament prediction? Some secrets are March against Brexit and for a Heathrow and the wider issue was about while others praised Hands for his was “enough hot air and smoke at the best left untold. second referendum in central sticking to an election pledge…I said work in government. In the final Prime Environment Department already”. A London 23rd June 2018. on about 100,000 election leaflets that I Minister’s Questions of June, Hands is faint grin crosses Hands’ face before he would vote against the proposal before visibly touched when the Prime Minister throws a fire blanket over the comments: it came to Parliament”. To many, Hands’ takes the opportunity to thank him for “I think that was a misunderstanding. I resignation was a rare injection of moral his years of service under successive Tory think that Liz was trying to make some fortitude in a profession that is often governments. The decision to resign, slightly laboured joke by rhyming Gove found wanting. After all, it was Hands’ however, was not at the behest of his with stove and I think maybe too much colleague and fellow Party member fellow expansion-blocking lawmakers, has been read into that comment”. that promised to lay down in front of but rather, it was made on behalf of Hands continues: “Nonetheless, bulldozers to block the expansion but did Hands’ 70,000 constituents. “If you were people need to be careful about making not even appear for the vote. Compared to break it down, it would be around unaffordable spending pledges and to his earlier tweets on Johnson’s 70-30 against the third runway,” says I don’t mean that as a criticism of absence, Hands offers a decidedly more Hands, “but even the people who were Michael… most of the pledges that diplomatic response: “What other MPs pro-Heathrow sent congratulations for Michael is looking at, [such as] his answer to their constituents is really sticking by what I said”. environmental moves, are not big a matter for their constituents,” says At 52-years old, there is still a boyish expenditure pledges”. And yet, what Hands. “Maybe constituents might take enthusiasm about Hands, but if there was is peculiar about so many of today’s In next month’s edition a different view or different approach to any latent puer aeternus streak, it was duly Tory proposals is that they have been (August 13th-September 13th), what they want their MP to do and what expunged in the aftermath of the Brexit predicated on increased expenditure. KCW Today will be running not to do, so I’ll leave it at that”. referendum. Since June 2016, rival Brexit Beyond pleas made by the Home a feature on Labour MP for Following seven years in government, factions in the Conservative Party have Secretary Sajid Javid and Defence Kensington Emma Dent Coad. the erstwhile trade minister returns exposed bitter divisions in the cabinet Secretary Gavin Williamson for to the Tory backbenches still held and across government as a whole. 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PRICE: £ 4.5 MILLION He was an officer in the Royal Navy and Remarkably, miraculously in fact, they a Colonial Administrator. Controversy survived and arrived at the Dutch East STATUES has surrounded him since mutiny broke Indies. Proceedings were started to bring ANNUAL OUTGOINGS out on HM Armed Transport Vessel, The the mutineers to justice. He honestly felt that he had done Bounty which was under his command William Bligh was honourably MINIMAL Lord Shaftsbury, and all his good in 1789. acquitted at the Court Martial in 1790. Eros works in housing the poor of London William Bligh’s birthplace is not By Sir Alfred Gilbert Later becoming Governor of New South and a campaigner against child labour known for certain. It was probably Wales in Australia. He reached the rank conditions, a disservice. CONTACT Plymouth, as there is a record of his of Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy. He Piccadilly Circus The figure atop the fountain, Baptism in St. Andrew’s Church in that had married Elizabeth Blethan and they having presumably fired his arrow town. His father, Francis Bligh was a +44 (0)7836 336 698 into the ground, is cast in aluminium, had a big family. Customs Officer and his mother, Jane he statue in Piccadilly Circus is an unusual metal for that era, as the The causes of the Mutiny have been possibly one of the most famous delicate balance could not have been Pearce, was a widow at the time of her much discussed. Some sources say Bligh and recognisable in the world, and sustained had it been cast in bronze. It marriage to Francis Bligh. was a cruel, sadistic tyrant, who abused he is popularly and mistakenly stands on a paved octagonal platform At the age of seven, William Bligh his crew. It is also said that he was no Tknown as Eros. In reality, the reached by two short flights of low steps was ‘signed for the Navy’ which was worse than any other Captain of his Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, and the bronze pedestal stands within customary and at sixteen years he joined time. Another theory is the crew may depicts Anteros, Eros’s twin brother, as an octagonal basin, rising upwards HMS Hunter as an Able Seaman, rising have been corrupted living idly in Tahiti, the Angel of Christian Charity and the to a platter, made up of shells, fishes, to Midshipman the following year. whilst waiting for the breadfruit to be ancient Greek symbol of Selfless Love. dolphins and other marine life, which it In 1776 Captain James Cook selected ready for travel. Gilbert described Anteros as portraying turn is oversailed by a richly-decorated him to be sailing master of Resolution ‘reflective and mature love, as opposed Vice-Admiral William Bligh died upper basin. A further basin holds a and he accompanied him to the Pacific. to Eros or Cupid, the frivolous tyrant.’ tazza, or cup-like, carving, with a small in Bond Street. London and is buried On this voyage Cook died. Bligh was Gilbert was commissioned to create domed finial, on which is poised the in the family plot at St. Mary's Church. a memorial to Anthony Ashley- delicate figure of Anteros. The model able to provide details of the voyage on Lambeth, which is now the Garden Cooper, the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, a for this was Gilbert’s diminutive his return. History Museum. His tomb built with philanthropist and social reformer, in Anglo-Italian studio assistant, Angelo William Bligh proceeded to serve on lithodipyra (Coadestone ) is adorned with 1886, and he came up with the idea Colarossi, whose father also posed as various ships. He fought at The Battle a breadfruit in a bowl. The secrets of the of a fountain, but since its unveilling a model for Lord Leighton. Public of Dogger Bank under Admiral Parker, Mutiny remain with him for evermore. by the Duke of Westminster on 29 reaction was loud and vociferous, gaining his commission as Lieutenant June 1893, it has been beset with calling the boy ‘hideous, indecent and at that time. He also fought with Lord Marian Maitland controversy, vandalism, acrimonious ludicrous’, and the memorial ‘ugly, rows between the sculptor and the pretentious, unsuitable, and a decided County Council and a serious loss of nuisance.’ In 1925, Eros was moved money to Gilbert. He had envisaged to Embankment Gardens while the the whole of the upper part of the Picaddilly tube station was being sculpture enclosed within a glassy constructed, with the base stored in dome of water, on which Eros appeared Clapham, and was returned in 1931 to hover, but there were problems of with a slightly higher base. During the water pressure, wind blowing the jets Second World War, Eros was again over passers-by and splashing over the moved and ended up in Egham, leaving already mucky surrounding streets. the base boarded up and covered in There was a protracted argument about propaganda posters. There are, in fact, the shape and size of the bronze base four Eros statues around the world, the of the fountain and cups that were second casting in aluminium being in attached to the fountain from which Sefton Park in Liverpool. There was a people could drink, were immediately further casting in Liverpool’s National liberated. Gilbert’s commission was Conservation Centre, which is now in £3,000, but additions and alterations storage, and another in Fleetwood near cost him around £7,000, which all Blackpool, recently replaced by one in but ruined him. He went to Bruges bronze, with a fourth, cast in 1986-88, in 1901, only returning to England acquired by the Art Gallery of South in 1926, during which time he wrote, Australia in 1992 and displayed in one ‘I am the unfortunate author of the of its galleries. fountain, and I designed it years ago and ruined myself for a sentiment.’ Don Grant 10 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today www.KCWToday.co.uk 020 7738 2348 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today 11 European & International NEWS Feature online: www.KCWToday.co.uk

Gordon Brown, where he served as to the Jewish people had made that to survive Olmert’s government? Foreign Secretary, Home Secretary, difficult for Palestine itself. Britain had Olmert also brought up the topic of Should the Leader of the Commons, and Justice also promised Palestine to the Arabs Jerusalem for the Palestinians. Referring Secretary. in return for Arab help to defeat the to Palestinian villages which surround world recognize The question comes on the heels of Ottoman Empire. Though this is a gross Jerusalem, villages which various human the United States relocating its embassy simplification of the complexities of the rights organizations refer to as open air Jerusalem as from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem despite ongoing conflict. prisons, Olmert said the Palestinians international condemnation at the UN Hausdorff went on to present could have them. Israel’s capital? general assembly and global grassroots some alternative facts, and throwing Jack Straw began his arguments by By Michael A. Kolarov protests, particularly in Gaza where the logic, nuance, reason, and decorum apologizing for the anti-semitism scandal opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem to the wind by telling the audience which has plagued the Labour party of was marked with violent demonstrations that not recognizing Jerusalem as the late, though we are still waiting to hear in which 62 people were killed and 2771 capital of Israel is the same as not what this had to do with the issue of injured by the Israeli armed forces. recognizing that the world is round. international recognition for Jerusalem The UN general assembly voted to She failed to acknowledge that the as the capital of Israel. However, he did condemn the move by the US with 9 audience understood that Jerusalem is rebuff the speakers for the motion by Intelligence Squared is an voting against, 128 voting in favor, 34 the functional capital of Israel; no one reminding them that the occupation is abstentions, and 21 not participating. disputed that fact. However, there is a very real, “They’re called ‘the Occupied organisation founded in 2002 Though Israel claims Jerusalem as its difference between Jerusalem functioning Territories’ for a reason,” he said. He which holds and broadcasts capital, the international community does as the capital, and being recognized as also called the living conditions of the not recognize this. This is because the the capital. Political recognition of states, Palestinians an “affront.” debates around the world on issue of Jerusalem is largely considered capitals, or even waterways are tools of “Jerusalem must be the shared capital various topics of interest. On an issue to be settled in a final peace plan the trade in international relations and of both the Israeli and Palestinian states. between the Israelis and Palestinians, diplomacy. The city has huge significance for both June 18th, at the Emmanuel hence the reason diplomatic missions are Hausdorff was rebutted by Karmi the Jewish people and the Palestinians,” Centre in Westminster, it held located in Tel Aviv instead of Jerusalem. who received resounding applause when Straw went on to say. However the The Trump administration’s relocation she said “If you believe that, you’ll believe topic of whether or not a shared capital a debate on a controversial of the embassy to Jerusalem without the anything.” Karmi also rebuffed the could actually work was touched upon, subject asking the question, issue being settled is seen by many as assertion that Palestinians do not, and but not in any serious depth. No other an abandonment of the United State’s never have existed by simply stating; “I city in history has ever been the capital “Should the world recognize commitment to the peace process. exist.” of two nations, and as such, there is no Jerusalem as Israel’s capital?” Highlights from the debate begin When Ehud Olmert took the precedent for it. with Hausdorff, who opened with the podium he proceeded to raise his voice Ultimately, the question of whether or he debate was chaired by argument that the Israeli occupation to dismiss the number killed by the not Jerusalem should be internationally Emily Maitlis; presenter of of Palestine is a myth because there is IDF during protests of the US Embassy recognised as the capital of Israel was not BBC Newsnight and one of no state of Palestine, and that it never opening in Jerusalem, claiming it was answered by the weight of the arguments theT UK’s best known broadcasters. existed. 62 instead of the 120 claimed by the of those who rejected the idea, but by the Arguing for the motion was former This might be technically correct, as Palestinians. (Most official estimates failure of those who supported the idea Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert there never has been an official nation do place the number of dead on that to provide a compelling argument for it. and Natasha Hausdorff, director of the state named Palestine. Prior to the single day at 62). Olmert also lamented The audience was polled upon entry to non Governmental Organisation ‘UK dissolution of the Ottoman Empire at how close he was to a peace deal with the debate and the results announced Lawyers for Israel’. Arguing against the the end of WWI, the region had been the Palestinians, but put the blame on were 27% for the motion, 46% against, motion was Ghada Karmi, a research occupied by the Ottomans for 400 years. them for not accepting it; he did not and 27% undecided. At the end of the fellow at the Institute of Arab and In the period leading up to WWII mention that talks broke down while he debate a further poll was taken with Islamic studies at the University of many nations around it had gained was under investigation for corruption, 37% in favour of the motion, 61% were Exeter, and Jack Straw; Cabinet minister independence but the Balfour Mandate, and eventually convicted. How could the against, and 2% remained undecided. A in the governments of Tony Blair and in which Britain had promised Palestine Palestinians have expected a peace deal rather resounding defeat. 12 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today www.KCWToday.co.uk 020 7738 2348 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today 13 Opinion & Comment Opinion & Comment online: www.KCWToday.co.uk

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We have become conditioned who was “a bit menstrual”, who was paid, To please love’s fancy out of those. judgemental, but you, me, about All Trade Adhesive Cloth Duct to populist ideology through the who got laid and who just wanted to Tape. relentless drive of giant online retailers get their review read, their opinion, and Her eyes he would should be of light, we’re all verified published Now, A.B., the duct tape gets four desperate to sell stuff. Even satire, the experience verified, who’s hungry for the tomorrow. In the Great Depression of critics, our words heeded by and half stars and 193 people have, biting funny bone of personal criticism, approval of other users? the 1930s, one civil servant by the name A violet breath, and lips of jelly; apparently, reviewed it on Amazon; it’s has been overwhelmed by the internet Forming judgements by aggregating A Global Britain of Rex Leeper created both the British Her hair not black, nor overbright, countless others, our opinions received more user insight than my last meme. Produced, shared and adapted by judgements is exhausting, time Council and the BBC Empire wireless Vision needs And of the softest down her belly; disseminated around the novel, but then it’s stickier and, I have to hundreds of thousands of anonymous consuming and usually self defeating. service which eventually became the accept, a lot more effective at preventing photo-shop users, they’ve collectively Eventually you just shrug and book BBC World Service. These two wonderful As for her inside he’d have it world. kidnapees from screaming. elevated the idea of the repeated joke ad anyway based on the price, location and fixing By Derek Wyatt examples of Soft Power are still our best Only of wantonness and wit. “Feedback” used to describe Professional critics are hard to find infinitum et absurdum. photos. shot to date. Leeper was knighted for his nowadays, mainly because most of Now we numbly accept that No one, however well read, or vision. the ear piercing noise made them are stuck at home, chained to judgement must be crowdsourced, experienced, or educated in the nuances We did have a vision and it was At love’s entreaty such a one when a microphone got too their laptops, zero-hour minimum- despite the well-worn fallacy: “faeces of a thing being reviewed, has a voice There is real anger across Continental not so long ago. We all celebrated the wage contractor drones hired to big up is good because a billion flies can’t any louder than anyone else’s. In fact the Europe about the UK’s decision to coming of the second Millennium back Nature made, but with her beauty close to a speaker. Now we’re products on online market places. For be wrong.” But we should probably loudest voices are the ones that game pull out of the EU. This anger is felt by in 1999/2000. I was at the miserable She hath framed a heart of stone; all squawking, screaming, today’s critic, “Verified Purchaser” is the be asking, is it really “the wisdom of the system, who know how the machine most who were persuaded by us to join, Millennium Dome event which has only expert credential needed because crowds”? Or is it a “mob mentality”? works, who sock puppet and put the especially Ireland. But there is as much subsequently been transformed into So as love, by ill destiny, feedback. work in rating their own opinions to anger in France and Germany which will the finest host of concerts and sporting Must die for her whom nature gave him, feature higher on the site. So now we take decades to fix. events in the world. But the Dome Because her darling would not save him. nything we buy, any hotel need to search through the 193 Duct After all, being in Europe meant we was part of a Lottery inspired play to or tea shoppe we visit, every Tape reviews to see if we can find did not need as many diplomats there, as celebrate the Millennium across the experience we have, from a someone, anyone, who thinks a bit like they were centralised in Brussels; so we nation. And one part of that was the ten But time (which nature doth despise, hospital appointment to the dog kennel, us, who might fit the voice of our own are short across the board in expertise £50 million bids to add to the nation’s A echo chamber or, failing that, someone in how to create what is being called tapestry. And rudely gives her love the lie, we’re expected to rate and review. Our digital opinion matters. Soon, you can who might have had a duct that actually Global Britain in the Foreign Office. This was the press release the Makes hope a fool, and sorrow wise) forget getting a eulogy at your funeral: needed taping. The Treasury has upped their budgets the Millennium Committee put His hands do neither wash nor dry; I’m expecting three and half stars, six One day we may look back and realise considerably which can only mean higher out following awards to create Tate likes and a bunch of negative feedback that “Critic” was the first non-manual job taxes in the long run. Modern, The Lowry, the Eden Centre But being made of steel and rust, reviews; five of them rated as “helpful”. to be entirely wiped out by computers. Global Britain is a poor title. (part award), a pathway around the Turns snow and silk and milk to dust. Between the penis enlargements and Not by artificial intelligence, but by Scotland may not find another way back coast, the seed bank at Kew Gardens, the diet pills, a third of my spam is the hive mind. And yet, even though to secede from the Union in my life time the Millennium Centre in Cardiff feedback requests. And the requirement we may have had to start thinking but the country is disaffected. Northern and connecting the canals between The light, the belly, lips, and breath, like machines to get our judgements Ireland is a chimera. It ought to be part for feedback has mechanised me, I’ve Edinburgh and Glasgow (quite He dims, discolours, and destroys; become a human response bot. I’ve heard, programmed by the system to be of Ireland as it has mostly been. sensational) and more. applied artificiality to my intelligence opinionbots, the critic, however inexpert The Conservative Party, by aligning “We wanted to make a statement With those he feeds but fills not death, and learned to be like a computer; I have or unpaid, may also be the last human itself with the even more right wing about our generation in the Millennium; Which sometimes were the food of joys. a document with a list of stock feedback voice to succumb to the singularity. DUP to stay in Government will cost what we could do, who we wanted to phrases that I copy and paste to fulfil my Alan Turing proposed that a human both of them dearly. The border dispute be, and what we could achieve.” The Yea, time doth dull each lively wit, social network contract. might judge Artificial Intelligence which still festers and which seemingly results changed our landscapes across the And dries all wantonness with it. “Brilliant eBayer, great successful when he or she fails to tell no-one has an idea of how to keep them Nation and we are richer for them. communication, thanks.” the difference between a computer’s open despite protestations, shows us all So, you can almost guess what is “On time, well packaged, delivered response and a human one. The flaw how short of ideas we are, even though coming; here’s a thought. Rectify the Oh, cruel time! which takes in trust safely, many thanks.” though, was not in his understanding of the Referendum was over two years Millennium Commission process for Our youth, our joys, and all we have, “Stiff for hours, best blue pills I’ve come computers, but of humans. The human ago. A joint Northern Ireland-Ireland Global Britain. As it is transparently across [winky face].” urge to judge and be critical and superior, Government for fifty years and then a obvious our current crop of politicians And pays us but with age and dust; But the question is: why are they would never allow us to admit a failure Referendum would be welcomed by a are pretty light on vision, let us give the Who in the dark and silent grave asking me? Why don’t they ask someone in our judgement, we love the sound of majority, particularly the English tax chance to tell the world who we are and who actually knows what they’re talking our own voices too much. So it’ll be our payer. what we stand for, to anyone but the likes When we have wandered all our ways about? Or maybe even someone who voices, our vicious little opinions and The real problem post Brexit is of BoJo et al. Let the Lottery and the Shuts up the story of our days. gives a f***? petty judgements, which will be the very there is no current Secretary of State or Government create a fund for £1 billion B.B., Before Bezos, “Critic” was an last thing the robots wrest from our dead Permanent Secretary with a vision on and ask for solutions as to how we can actual, real life, job description. Budding larynxes. how we tell the world we are changing. become the world leader in Soft Power. wannabe reviewers worked their way up IMHO There is a paucity of thinking beyond After all, that is all we have left. 14 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today www.KCWToday.co.uk 020 7738 2348 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today 15 Business & Finance NEWS Business & Finance online: www.KCWToday.co.uk

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Shares of Glencore, the world’s largest Amid Brexit turmoil, UK banks delivered commodities company, fell by 8% on the third highest profits increase in the Tuesday as the US Department of Justice world, according to The Banker’s latest (DOJ) requested documents that could ranking of the Top 1000 World Banks. be related to corruption and money Britain’s largest bank HSBC was a laundering. stand-out performer, recording a profit According to the DOJ, the rise of 151% even as it fell by one place investigatory body wants to see in the overall ranking based on Tier 1 paperwork relating to Glencore’s business capital. dealings in Nigeria, Democratic Republic After almost a decade in the red, of the Congo and Venezuela since 2007. Royal Bank of Scotland also enjoyed a In response, Glencore will review the turnaround in fortunes by turning $5 request and will provide information as billion losses into $3 billion profit. The appropriate. success of RBS has propped up broader Chelsea Cloisters, Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, The DOJ is examining whether UK profits in the sector, which are now London SW3 3DW Glencore breached the Foreign Corrupt the seventh highest in the world and Practices (FCPA) which makes bribery second highest in Europe. Luxury, one bedroom, first floor flat, fully furnished, fully equipped, of foreign officials illegal and the Money In the continent, UK banks trail facing the street, 24-hours porterage, security, service charges include Laundering Control Act. behind neighbours France, whose total central heating and hot water, long lease 93 years, ideal for rental In the UK, Glencore has also come bank profits of $47 billion are 25% larger investment or pied-a-terre, near , under scrutiny from the UK’s Serious than those of UK banks. Prior to the and the Kings Road, , shops and restaurants. Fraud Office, which stated last month financial crisis, UK bank profits were that it will be investigating Glencore’s double that of French banks. Where Please contact Mrs Flora Baker on 020 7383 5606 possible involvement in bribery in the UK had four banks in the global or 07774 265 264 / 07429 814 381 Congolese business. top 20 and France only had two before The news of the DOJ’s potential the financial crisis, the roles have now investigation spooked investors and reversed. Currently, there are three shares slid to its biggest low in two years. French banks in the top 20 compared to Although Glencore recuperated some two British banks. losses, it ended down by 8%. Likewise UK banking is dominated by HSBC, investors in Glencore’s bonds, which also Barclays, RBS and Lloyds which account hit a two-year low. for 80% of total assets. These banks are Take a subscription of KCW TODAY for 2018 It is widely believed that investors the main drivers behind the health of the are concerned that the investigation UK banking sector and often reflect the could reveal wrongdoing at the company, overall economy’s health. CashNow and receive a copy delivered resulting in a large fine. The largest fine UK challenger banks had another Same day offer to buy your goods so far imposed for breaking FCPA rules good year with Metro climbing a further of value in 24hrs being broken was close to $1 billion. 124 places (after last year’s 187 place rise) Name Glencore has a reputation for placing it in 658th position and should operating in notoriously difficult regions the government’s Northern Powerhouse Options: and many investors believe that the project result in the proposed merger A Straight Purchase Address company’s stock should be worth less between CYBG (owner of Clydesdale as a result. Trading millions of tons of and Yorkshire Banks) and Virgin Money, A Purchase and Sell Back Option commodities in 50 countries means this new entity would rank 7th in UK Agency Sale Glencore, along with other miners, might retail banks. not be able to escape corrupt regions. The Banker’s editor Brian Caplen: “UK In 2016, Liberia indicted some of its banking used to punch above its weight own government officials and a mining but then fell backwards after the financial company on bribery charges and last year, crisis. It now seems to be recovering Telephone and email the DOJ charged five people over bribery despite the headwinds of Brexit and plots in Venezuela. tougher regulation.

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of 30 organisations to trial a new tool, Applied, that requires applicants to fill in a series of questions based on work they might be expected to do in the role. The aim was to focus on what they can do, rather than what they have done in the past, or the sort of person that they are. As recruiters adopt more sophisticated methods of sorting of this nature, the playing field will invariably level. It is difficult to ascertain the true scope, influence and timing of the incoming wave of automation, but recruiters have been slow to embrace it. Due to the proliferation of digital be worst affected. The report cites and recruiter. While it may be reduced recruitment companies like Upwork, that mortgage brokers, paralegals and in the initial stages of the recruitment Shiftgig and Catalant, it is imperative Automating the accountants were most vulnerable to an process, the relationship is likely to for traditional recruiters to be more automation takeover but, importantly strengthen in the latter rounds when the responsive to these shifts in order to future: for recruiters, their industry did not sorting process has already taken place. stay competitive. The growth of new The recruitment industry feature in this list. In fact, the primary Thus, clients can gain a better qualitative and more agile platforms will mean should seize not shun function of automation in automation is and deeper understanding of the that candidates can directly contact not to eliminate the recruiter but, to aid candidates that they are interviewing. employers, thereby posing a greater risk automation them, especially in the early stages of the Another advantage is the removal of to the legacy recruitment industry. By James Billot recruiting process. Automation is turning unconscious bias that can occur in the When used effectively, automation a process that was highly individualised screening process. Unconscious biases are is a powerful tool that not only helps and time-intensive into a faster and more social stereotypes about certain groups recruiters find the best candidate from a efficient way of screening a wider range of people that individuals form outside vast pool of talent, but it also eliminates here are very few industries in of candidates. According to Hasting’s their own conscious awareness and it leaden, time-intensive tasks. Through a the world that have escaped the Direct, even rudimentary changes is far more prevalent than conscious gradual implementation of automation clutches of the Internet and the to the second stage of its interview prejudice. In recruitment, this may take in recruitment processes, recruiters are recruitmentT industry is no exception. process made a drastic difference: by the form of rejecting candidates on the spared from the tedium of administration Gone are the days in which puff-chested changing from telephone interviews to basis of their social background or even and will be pushed to think more baby-boomers marched up and down the a pre-recorded video assessment, the their home address. It is something that strategically. By creating a culture of streets from dawn until dusk delivering administrative work for recruiters fell the Civil Service has sought to redress by innovation and not stagnation, firms can hand-written CVs to prospective from 55 minutes per candidate to 10. implementing AI features in their own fully tap into the power of the digital employers. Now, job-seeking millennials These time-saving benefits and recruitment process. Last year, it was one world. can obtain gainful employment, a piping fringe adjustments have thus far hot pizza and a new gym membership failed to persuade recruiters to begin without even having to leave the supine adoption. Based on a global survey of position. Conversely, employers have over 1,400 recruitment professionals also learned to harness the power of across agencies in all sectors, Bullhorn’s t’Internet, freeing themselves from the 2018 report found that when recruiters boostresearch Parade. known as ‘aerial policing’ and was first part of the Berlin Airlift which saw over shackles of newspaper advertising (at were asked about what their top three Per Ardua ad The RAF 100 Aircraft Tour travelled proposed by the future Prime Minister in 8,000 tons of fuel, food, and other crucial their peril…) in favour of newer tools considerations for 2018 were, only 29% around the country with a selection of the House of Commons in March 1920, provisions delivered to the German of modernity (LinkedIN, ZipRecruiter of responses featured any mention of Astra aircraft making their way to Cardiff, before the unrest had even started. capital. Of these, 100 were from the etc.). automation whatsoever. This delay in Horse Guards Parade in London, During peacetime the RAF had RAF. In the wake of this fourth industrial implementation of automation illustrates Are you an investment The RAF at 100 Newcastle in Northern Ireland, to justify its existence as its own In the years since it has continued to revolution, the industry remains divided a staggering disconnect between the By Fahad Redha Birmingham, Glasgow and Manchester. independent entity and avoid its duties take part in humanitarian aid, helping as to whether these technological proven advantages of automation and RAF Cosford, Portrush in Northern being returned to the Army and Navy. people affected by conflict, natural advances have augmented or supplanted the desultory response given by industry research analyst? Ireland and the Royal International Air To do this it had to keep itself in the disaster, and drought. recruiters, but a much greater threat leaders. Even Jack Ma, CEO of Tencent, Tattoo at RAF Fairford. public eye through air shows such as in The RAF also took part in Operation lingers on the horizon: automation. warned in no uncertain terms that Boost Research is the world’s first accelerator People also came to enjoy the Hendon. It also supported a team for the Gritrock from October 2014 with the According to the Bullhorn 2018 report “artificial intelligence and robots will spectacle of airshows at RAF Cosford, Schneider Trophy air racing competition Royal Navy, British Army, Irish Defence on recruitment trends, recruiters have kill many jobs”. For a man who made for independent research entrepreneurs. Portrush in Northern Ireland and the and even produced documentary films. Forces, Canadian Armed Forces, to help been resistant to the adoption of large- billions in the world of e-commerce, it is n the 10th of July the Royal Air Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF But it would be the early 1940s fight against the Ebola epidemic in West scale automation systems, due to fears a strangely apocalyptic view. Force continued its 100 days Fairford. Meanwhile the Earl of Wessex that would prove to the nation and the Africa. This resulted in Sierra Leone that they will lose their jobs. The fear To be sure, automation presents a of celebration with a stunning reopened the RAF Museum after a government just how important it is. being declared Ebola free in November is unjustified. Over the past 20 years, number of challenges to the recruitment Oflyby of some of its most iconic aircraft. multi-million-pound renovation. As state of the art fighters and bombers 2015. These included helicopters such as the The RAF is the world’s oldest bearing the swastika made their way When the Caribbean was struck technology has helped recruiters industry but they are not existential. • Administrative Support • Grants • Mentoring efficiently source candidates with more Arguably the most damaging effect of Chinook, Puma, and Juno, wartime independent air force, first formed in over the Channel it was up to the RAF by Hurricane Irma in 2017 it brought precision and there is little evidence to the mass-scale adoption of automation • Flexibility • Distribution legends the Spitfire, Hurricane, and 1918 by merging the Royal Flying Corps to defend Britain’s skies. The Spitfire, assistance in the aftermath and did so for suggest that automation will not further lies in the client-candidate relationship. Lancaster, as well as modern hi-tech and the Royal Naval Air Service. During Hurricane, and Lancaster have since five weeks. 15 RAF squadrons flew 1,500 enhance this process. By automating the Recruitment is a relationship-driven machines, the Lightning, Tornado, and peacetime it had to justify its existence, become legendary. The efforts to push tons of freight and humanitarian aid as early stages of recruitment (identifying industry that thrives on fostering long- Apply to join the Boost Research Typhoon. facing reduction in size. One of its roles back against the enemy caused the well as 2,000 passengers into and around The centenary itself will not end there and screening), a largely quantitative term partnerships between recruiters programme at boostirp.com was ‘policing the empire.’ Nazis to reconsider Operation Sea Lion, the affected areas. task, recruiters can broaden their focus and clients. Without these relationships, as events are scheduled to continue till One such case saw the RAF act a planned invasion of Britain. In August From a shaky start after the Great towards more strategic and qualitative candidates are left demoralised by November. These include the Centenary to quell uprisings in Iraq. More than 1940 while leaving a bunker at RAF War to becoming a British institution, elements of hiring. the constant beat of rejection-by- Baton Relay which set off on the 1st of 100,000 troops were deployed at a cost Uxbridge, Churchill, now Prime Minster the RAF continues to be a crucial part of Over the past two years, hysteria automation and over time, this dearth of POWERED BY April and finished on the 10th of July, too great for post-war Britain. The war Churchill best summed it all up: “Never our armed forces. It also helps to provide surrounding automation has accelerated. human interaction could de-incentivise 100 days later. The specially designed secretary under Lloyd George’s coalition in the field of human conflict was so a future for many young people. The Last year, a BBC report warned that candidates from applying to jobs in the baton was taken to 100 sites linked government was Winston Churchill much owed by so many to so few.” RAF Air Cadets has kick-started many robot automation would ‘take 800 first place. Yet it is important to note that with the RAF in that time, beginning who had to balance military cuts with a The Cold War saw RAF planes flying careers in the air force since its founding million jobs by 2030’ around the world automation will not eliminate the entire The World’s Premier Investment Research Network www.smartkarma.com at the Royal Court of Justice and finally need to maintain control over Britain’s into Germany though with entirely and will continue to do so for years to and that developed companies would human relationship between applicant concluded its journey on Horse Guards mandate in Iraq. The policy came to be different intentions. 200,000 flights were come. 18 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today www.KCWToday.co.uk 020 7738 2348 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today 19 Education Education online: www.KCWToday.co.uk

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and The Fulham Boys Schools went on to argue the Grand Final motion: “This London Debate House would ban transport workers going on strike.” Challenge While London Debate Challenge is By Fahad Redha a competition, the focus is on teaching oracy – speaking and listening – skills which will be valuable far beyond the CAMERON HOUSE SCHOOL contest itself. To this end, the early stages 4 THE VALE, LONDON SW3 6AH of the competition comprised of teaching workshops and feedback sessions. Headmistress: Dina Mallett The competition, now in its 17th T: 020 7352 4040 www.cameronhouseschool.org year, was launched to tackle the lack of debating in the comprehensive school system. Working in line with the ESU’s efforts to broaden access to opportunities Hammersmith and Fulham previously only found in the private INTERN school sector, the competition aims state school crowned to inspire students of all educational backgrounds to discover their voices champions at London-wide and to practise debating in a fun and debate competition accessible way. “Being part of the ESU London ulham Boys’ School triumphed Debate Challenge has made our students over Lambeth’s Dunraven School much more politically aware,” Clare at the English-Speaking Union’s Arnold, a teacher at the runners-up FLondon Debate Challenge finals day. school Dunraven, said, speaking about A Springboard for Life The finals, which took place at how the competition has benefitted Dartmouth House on July 3rd, saw her students. “They’ve got so involved; schools from across London take part in the amount of research they’ve done •A Soaring Start a day of debating contests. is incredible and the workshops that The students, all aged between 11 we had with the ESU prior to the •Challenging Curriculum and 14, debated a range of topics such as competition greatly advanced their oracy whether smoking and nuclear weapons skills. For our school it’s been a fantastic •Established Excellence should be banned, to whether 14-year- opportunity from beginning to end and I ISI Report “Excellent" in all Categories olds should be allowed to vote in local would really recommend that all schools elections. Finalists Dunraven School do debating.”

neighbouring caravan, the holiday seems more bearable for him. Each of his thoughts and Boy Meets actions becomes centered around his dreamy Hamster crush. However, Kayla and the reader spot By Birdie Milano Jayden-Lee’s ignorance and disrespect for anyone different from him chapters before Dylan himself Publisher: Macmillan reaches this realization. Until about halfway Children’s Books through the novel, Dylan fails to notice another boy who is striving for his attention behind the ISBN: 978-1-5098-4865-PB scenes. It is frustrating to watch Dylan strive for Jayden-Lee’s attention, especially after Jayden- A human-sized, orange Lee calls Dylan’s disabled brother retarded. hamster. A caravan holiday Insecure and passive, Dylan is unable to stand up for his brother or himself to this gorgeous yet park. A teenage boy hiding narrow-minded bully. his sexuality from almost However, he is a lovable and funny narrator INTERN for whom you cannot help feeling secondhand everyone in his life. embarrassment as he is repeatedly caught in awkward situations. One moment his unique These seemingly unrelated elements are voice makes readers chuckle over an embarrassing the foundation of Birdie Milano’s Boy incident; only pages later, his subtle yet profound Meets Hamster, a young adult novel remarks will make readers ponder complex issues with an LGBT focus. Narrated by a such as sexuality and disabilities. humorous, quirky, fourteen-year-old As Dylan’s story unfolds, the reader partakes named Dylan, the story begins with of the burden he carries regarding his sexuality. what will certainly be Dylan’s most Once it reaches its climatic peak, he decides to boring summer holiday: a week in a muster the courage to be truthful with his parents. caravan park with his family and best Though the final chapters feel prolonged and friend, Kayla. Despite being named burdened due to the inclusion of unnecessary Park of the Year, Starcross Sands does events, Dylan’s comical and compelling voice is not have much going for it besides its enough encouragement for readers to finish his Pie-O-Rama and fluffy, orange hamster story. After his eventful stay at Starcross Sands, he mascot who seems to have it in for emerges confident and happier. Dylan. Readers will be pleased with the novel’s ending When Dylan discovers a cute boy because it does not feel like an ending but like a named Jayden-Lee is staying in a new beginning for Dylan. 22 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today www.KCWToday.co.uk 020 7738 2348 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today 23 Education Education online: www.KCWToday.co.uk

more bite-sized approach makes the Royal College of show less approachable to the casual SUMMER ART GRADUATION SHOWS attendee, but the sheer ‘gee-whiz’ quality of many of the exhibits makes up for it. Art: Kensington The kind of projects on display have It’s Summer time and the graduation shows have been drawing in the crowds throughout no common theme, devices that allow Show you to create 3d sculptures with your London's Colleges and education institutions. By Max Feldman own flesh and blood hands sit next to sleek neo-futurist undersea diving This month KCWToday visited some of the graduates' work at Art Institution's in Wimbledon, equipment that resembles a second skin he Royal College of Art’s more than a bodysuit. Whilst some of Kensington, Westminster and Hammersmith & Fulham. Do keep a look out in your borough for Kensington Show takes place the products can be appreciated without the MA graduate shows which will be exhibiting their students' work soon. just a couple of steps away from corralling it’s respective graduate and the great Victorian shadow of the Royal shining a bright light in their face [the T slightly Mad Max looking outfit that Albert Hall. In stark contrast to the and the following Awards were made: previously shortlisted for the Lynn film making...I write a lot of spoken richly historical setting however, the absorbs carbon dioxide is fairly self The Mercers’ Prize for Music, Drama and Painter Stainer Prize, as well as the word pieces and put them through a exhibits on display belong wholly to the explanatory] there are others which University of the Visual Arts to Rose McGill. The Sculpture William Morris Prize said, computer voice, like a ‘siri’ voice online. I future. Whilst most of the Royal College purposes are defiantly oblique. Whilst Prize to Iman Gay. The space Studio “...Painting for me is a pure field paste that on top of the visuals...” of Arts graduate shows are effectively art perhaps having more text explaining Arts: Award to Adam Baker. The Painters’ which deserves total devotion by Luc Wilkinson, in his final year on exhibitions, the Kensington Show is a each exhibit [one or two sentences is the Wimbledon College of Art and Stainers’ Company Prize to Lizzie creators...I think the painting language the PTBM course, whose Summer Show platform for the RCA’s design students norm] could have made the audience Delandri. The Project Retreat Prize to leaves room for reform...I intend to piece was played during the evening, said, and as a result more resembles a tech- experience flow quicker, its frequently magnificent kaleidoscope of Charlie Ratcliffe. The Studio Award for combine Eastern Philosophy Theories “...I am creating soundscapes showcase crossed with an apocalyptic fascinating to have a creator to proudly Artworks in various media, by generosity was won by David Head and with the Western way of realisation.” instrumentally. I use a guitar, a little fashion show. explain an exhibit’s function and allay final year students, formed the Laurie Hill won the Video Club Prize. Michelle Bondulich, Final Year keyboard, a synthesizer, drums and This TED-talk ready atmosphere is any suspicions about whether its use 'SummerA Show' at Wimbledon College Agate Hoffman won the Practical Prize Costume Design student from Germany, sometimes a vocal. I have 15 effect pedals both the show’s greatest weakness and could unintentionally plunge humanity this year. Dignitaries were full of praise, and Ming Ying was shortlisted for the who grew up in Spain, said, that process the sound and make it like strength; all of the exhibits have a brief into a Black Mirror-style dystopia . prize winners beamed, their friends Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize. “My work focuses a lot on the something from the other end...I do dark descriptor next to them, but to really get Personally I was drawn into the cheered them wildly and music played The ‘Live Events’ were both relationship between the performer, ambient soundscapes vaguely inspired by a proper understanding of their form/ Myror, which appeared to be a normal loudly as proud parents surveyed the professional and entertaining. Agate space and the costume...What inspires horror tracks...” utility you need to have a chat with the mirror, covered by pulsing data which scene with bewilderment! Hoffman gave a live painting show called me is finding a way to tell the story Sculpture student Rebecca Brennan, designer themselves. Said graduates faded in and out of existence across Exhibits were displayed from the The Dining Room, Zak Tunda presented or character within the garment and who was homeless at 13, said, hover around their work like butterflies its surface like sparking neurons. The admittedly sounds somewhat terrifying, app in your phone. Technology in the following disciplines; MFA Fine Art, a fascinating tattoo show and Antonio movement. I tend to move away from “My pieces for the show are based on and are all enthusiastic to explain what explanation revealed that the Myror is the reasoning is that it’s able to use 21st century has practically rocketed Painting, Print and Time Based Media, Sideras was popular with his show, Will fabrics and use silicone and fabric that German wartime sniper tents which were they’ve been building towards over their to be used like a normal mirror, but with this data to evaluate everything from forwards; a visit to the Kensington Show Costume Interpretation and Design, You Be Mime? can be dissolved...I spend a lot of time in worn as clothes and then could become studies, but the sheer volume of exhibits the catch that the whole time you check your posture to how long you brush certainly demonstrates that this forward Sculpture, Set Design for Screen, There was a wonderful atmosphere the casting workshop...” a tent...I am working in concrete so the means that it’s borderline impossible to your reflection the Myror is constantly your teeth and offers you health data momentum will, if anything, only Technical Arts and Special Effects and of youthful creativity in the Exhibition Laurie Hill, final year student in tents can be permanent shelters..." fully experience the entire show. This watching and scanning you. Whilst that and advice on everything through an increase. Theatre Design. Halls and the students were keen to talk the Print and Time Based Media The Summer Show at Wimbledon David Crow, Pro Vice-Chancellor, to viewers. Here are are some of their Department (PTBM) said, College revealed much talent, enthusiasm fields, users could feel and hear normally- Head of Camberwell, Chelsea and thoughts voiced in interviews: “It is a really interesting Course and originality. Good luck to the young undetectable electromagnetic fields, Wimbledon Colleges, welcomed guests Ming Ying, a previous winner of because it is so experimental...You can do artists. They have worked very hard. RCA which highlighted how the minutiae of and opened the Prize Giving Ceremony The Khojaly Peace Prize for Art and also anything you want...I do a lot of video Marian Maitland day-to-day activities can lead to a stress Communications build-up. Show Over the course of its 30 years, the my surroundings and the people in it... use it to amplify history...... By James Billot Animation Department of School University of the My piece for the show is a metal chair The support and drive of the students of Communications have become construction, composed of or emanated here will be something I hope never to recognised as a world leader in the Arts: from, a sixth of a circle. That initial lose” field. Students can choose from one of Chelsea College of Art unit can be enlarged into three sixths While viewing the art works documentary animation, experimental of the whole, which creates a seating displayed I particularly liked Emma animation and narrative animation arrangement in the form of a semi Aparici Fortuny’s Race to Take Off, in the three specialist routes available circle..." an airport themed game which, she From 20th century Iranian postcards to them at the school. Through a Danai Batskou, Graduate Diploma explained to me, children can practise to a 15ft inflatable sheep, the Royal combination of expert tutoring and The newest names in Art Design, Interior Design student, said “her chosen challenges in case they ever happen, College of Art’s Communication independent research, students are Fashion Communication and piece focuses on a coffee shop design improve their travel knowledge and gain Show was a sensory emancipation for a well equipped to handle the countless Performance had their chance to show inspired by city life...This project is part confidence. We discussed age range and gaggle of journalists whose specialisms changes in developments not only in their work at the Chelsea College of Arts the design for my own business idea, a she thought 6 plus was appropriate. rarely extend beyond grammar, syntax production methods, but also how 'Summer Show'. Graduating students coffee shop in Brighton..." I was intrigued to meet Mary Lo and a fancy word or two. The central it is conceptualised, distributed and in BA Fine Art, BA Graphic Design Molly Burdett, from the BA Graphic showing her exhibit of lovely clothes, all themes of the exhibition, animation, positioned. And no, in spite of what the Communication, BA Interior and Spatial Design Communication Department, hand made, including the dyes. It was information experience design and visual inset photo may suggest, students are not Design, FdA Interior Design, BA Textile said, entitled, Not your f***ing Chinese Doll communication, showcased the ways in all budding Wallace and Gromit creators ideas. It was noticeable how they cared Design, Graduate Diploma Fine Art and “For the 'Show' I have made a Mary, who is from China spoke movingly which automation has revolutionised the (though some may be). about each other and how they all had Graduate Diploma Interior Design also short documentary film about the last about racism and misrepresentation work of this year’s RCA students and The exhibition also offers a marked an overpowering drive to create. They exhibited their designs. pigeon racing communities in London, symbolised by the clothes she created. infused itself into the broader artistic degree of comic relief for visitors. After were very politically aware of the many Chelsea College is an impressive exploring the problems they face today... Congratulations to the Graduates landscape. passing the inflatable sheep by the problems facing society today. Their building in a prestigious location. It Why are there so few women involved?... and their Tutors for an enjoyable, mind While such exploratory themes entrance, one can find a wall adorned artistic output was amazingly varied and has several spacious studios and work it is an overlooked sport...” provoking Summer Show set in that may not have existed in the troglodyte students, as with the entire College, are gender dysphoria to plastic wastage in with Portsmouth F.C. scarves, perhaps gifted. shops and the huge courtyard is perfect Nikitah Patel, studying Fine Art, said, centre of excellence, Chelsea College of pre-Internet age, they have since not merely creating art for its own sake the ocean. Courtesy of virtual reality left neglected after the club’s honourable for ceremonial occasions. It added to “For my project I have chosen to Arts. become a mainstay in the artistic world. but rather, they are exhibiting design tools, visitors could gain wholly unique retreat from the Premier League. Past the Records of Interviews are revealing: the pleasure of this Summer Show with follow the journey of the Phoenix Palm Marian Maitland At the School of Communications, solutions to pressing global problems perspectives into these problems through wall, there are a series of other displays Lukas Gschwandther from Salzburg. the Cheer Leaders, prize awards, and Tree on Lambeth Bridge Roundabout fast-becoming one of RCA’s most that, they hope, will enrich the worldview the immersive nature of the displays. including a forensic examination into the Austria said, 'live performances' setting the mood of for its origin to future location...... I University of the Arts: popular, postgraduates are encouraged of its visitors. This level of immersion was particularly culture of British hen parties, a graphic "I have tried to achieve a celebration. have now developed a particular Chelsea College of Arts. to discover new methods of expression In the exhibition, held at The pertinent to the animated portrayal of novel about Cumbria and Kendal Mint concentrated sensitivity towards my work It was an uplifting experience to approach which takes an object,as 16 John Islip Street through technological innovation and Westworks in White City, students mental health. By wearing a headset Cake sculptures. The exhibition is as in the form of shaping the awareness of mingle with the students and hear their seemingly ordinary as a houseplant, and SW1P 4 JU incorporating it into their work. Comms grappled with issues ranging from device that amplified electromagnetic comprehensive as it is eclectic. 24 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today www.KCWToday.co.uk 020 7738 2348 NovemberJuly 2018 2017 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today 2527

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path that seems to wind privilege; he had even wanted to sing HE ROMAN LYRIC POET OVID (43 BC–17 AD) LIVED DURING THE AUGUSTAN REIGN. It was a time known as the Golden Age in the Arts. Ars straight to hell. Cora, sick opera as a young man. When that dream Amatoria (The Art of Love), written in 1 CE, is a collection of 57 didactic/elegiac poems in three books. The author assumes the role of theDoctora Amor from the Anniversary of her life, convinces Frank was frustrated, he got as far from it as outset and offers instructions in the first two books on how and where to find women, how to seduce the fair sex and prevent the competition from stealing away the that getting rid of her he could, creatively and geographically; prize. In the third book he moves onto women advising them on how to win and keep a man. Ovid warns women of ‘false Love’, ‘how to make up, in private’ and ‘taking both husband is the only route to by the time he wrote Postman he was T young and old lovers.’ freedom and a better life. in Los Angeles, having fled his birth Ovid is uniquely resourceful in his subtlety. Despite writing about subject matters intended to raise a blush to the cheeks, he never appears uncouth or obscene. There is Predictably, things and breeding on the East Coast, into no avoiding the sexually explicit nature of the poem and as Ovid confesses “A praecipue nostrum est, quod pudet, inquit, opus (what brings a blush ... is our especial business The Postman don’t exactly work out as the welcoming arms of the de rigueur here'). However, written to be enjoyed as entertainment and with a tongue in the cheek that blushes, the reader never feels Ars Amatoria is tainted by pornographic intent. For planned. Death, when it heavy drinking and inner demons which example, in the last part of book 2, he writes of a preference for a simultaneous orgasm and rather uncharacteristically for a Roman, admits, Odi concubitus, qui non utrumque Always Rings comes is not the elegant define any tortured artist worth their salt. resolvunt”. “Hoc est, cur pueri tangar amore minus (‘I abhor intercourse that does not relieve both. This is why I am not aroused by the love of young boys”). It is the use of the murder of a hit, but the Like many of the great alcoholic writers elegiac couplets throughout the poem (rather than dactylic hexameters of which didactic poetry is usually composed), which allows a conversation about orgasms to result Twice messy and inefficient work of his day he turned to screenwriting from an act of love between a man and woman rather than something more sordid. By Max Feldman of a man with no talent for Hollywood to keep the lights on. It has been presumed that the subject matter of the poem was responsible for Ovid’s famous banishment by Emperor Augustus to the Black Sea in 8 AD. At odds with the for the task, but the grim He was contemptuous of the industry Emperor’s views on Sex and Marriage being those of force and possession, Ovid encourages the reader to find mutual satisfaction and fulfilment. What makesArs Amatoria so determination to finish. that would treat him so well, going as extraordinary is the way Ovid uses the didactic genre to mock the Emperor’s old fashion views. The purpose of didactic poetry is to convey a clear moral message to the reader, rom its first sentence ‘they threw The novel was instantly far as to sneer “there’s no such thing as and to teach or instruct through good conduct and leading by example. While Ars Amatoria is instructive, it is not dictatorial. Ovid employs subtle poetic tricks that allows me off the hay truck around noon’ notorious and shocked even a good (film)” to which an unusually him to be actively subversive, both in challenging Augustus’s views and the didactic genre at the same time. In choosing to write this way it has been argued that Ovid dealt James M Cain’s The Postman Cain’s fellow crime writers. accommodating Hollywood answered a deathblow to the very genre itself. FAlways Rings Twice unveils a bleak Raymond Chandler, who with nearly instant adaptations of three The question is that morality associated with Ars Amatoria and Ovid’s refusal to conform to the mores of his times which resulted in his works being burned by Savonarola world throbbing with sexual obsession, was years from finishing his of his novels, including the immortal in Florence in 1497, and an English translation of the Ars Amatoria was seized by U.S. Customs in 1930. Yet, despite having caused moral outrage to those with more refined spasms of lurid violence carving its own debut, The Big Sleep Double Indemnity. sensibilities Ovid’s influence on English poetry remains profoundly influential and the Ars Amatoria one of the greatest examples of the sensual and seductive power of boiling nights like degenerate lightning. (1939), was appalled at the Postman was the last of these poetry. Dashiell Hammet (who like Cain was moral turpitude of Cain’s adaptations to be released which feels born in Maryland) had helped to create work compared to his own somewhat inevitable. Whilst it was at the hardboiled noir, but with Postman, comparatively uplifting time the most (in)famous of his works, Compiled and edited by Emma Trehane MA Ph.D almost unthinkably released as early as tale of pornographers even managing to get itself banned in 1934, Cain took it to places it would and nymphomaniacs. Boston for a period, the atmosphere Book II Part XIX: take decades for other writers to dare “Everything he touches,” was just too fervid for the cinematic to approximate. The book tells the story Chandler fumed about standards of the day. Even Cain himself Don’t Rush of Frank, a drifter who takes a job at a Cain, “smells like a billy found it necessary to step back from the dusty motorway diner and falls for the goat (…) He’s every kind of long breathless shriek of the novel in his See, the knowing bed receives two lovers: Greek owner’s seductive wife, Cora. Their writer I detest (…) a Proust later works. But regardless of the dubious halt, Muse, at the closed doors of the room. affair, full of lust and overtones of frenzy in greasy overalls (…) the merits of this respectability, we can be Flowing words will be said, by themselves, without you: (“Her lips stuck out in a way that made offal of literature.” thankful that Cain was able to carve this and that left hand won’t lie idle on the bed. me want to mash them in for her” is not Unlike Hammett who black diamond from some deep seam a conventional line for a romantic lead) had been an actual detective, in our collective unconscious. It glitters Fingers will find what will arouse those parts, leads Frank and Cora down a frenzied Cain came from relative darkly to this day. where love’s dart is dipped in secrecy. Hector did it once with vigour, for Andromache, found clout to be seen as something of and wasn’t only useful in the wars. a kingmaker in literary circles. Its rise And great Achilles did it for his captive maid, The Man Booker wasn’t painless, however, as it found itself caught between the relative indifference when he lay in his sweet bed, weary from the fight. at 50 You let yourself be touched by hands, Briseis, By Max Feldman of the broader public (for some reasons literary awards are seen as less sexy than that were still dyed with Trojan blood. the Oscars or Golden Globes) and the And was that what overjoyed you, lascivious girl, snobbishness of the literary intelligentsia those conquering fingers approaching your body? who denounce the whole thing as nothing but a popularity contest, and Trust me, love’s pleasure’s not to be hurried, forum for the judges to show off their but to be felt enticingly with lingering delays. If the average man’s life is eighty-one taste. When you’ve reached the place, where a girl loves to be touched, years, than the Man Booker Prize is In 2002, the Prize was acquired by don’t let modesty prevent you touching her. Book II Part XX: The Task’s probably getting to the point where he the mysterious Man Group (they’re the You’ll see her eyes flickering with tremulous brightness, world’s largest publically traded hedge . would be buying Ferraris and leaving his as sunlight often flashes from running water. Complete...But Now.. wife and children for a wild fling with fund company for those desperate to someone far too young and immature know) who added their name to the Moans and loving murmurs will arise, The end of the work’s at hand: grateful youth grant me the for it (say the Costa Book Awards). prize. Since the acquisition, the redubbed and sweet sighs, and playful and fitting words. palm, The point being is that whilst the Man Booker Prize began a process of But don’t desert your mistress by cramming on more sail, and set the wreath of myrtle on my perfumed hair. self-styled ‘premiere English language gradual detente towards the previously or let her overtake you in your race: As Podalirius with his art of medicine, among the Greeks, literary prize’ has been able to cloak verboten subject of American literature, itself in respectability due to its relative finally relenting completely and allowing hasten to the goal together: that’s the fullness of pleasure, was great, Achilles with his right hand, Nestor his venerability, albeit nothing like the been the spiritual home for this kind of Krishnapur; Heat and Dust; Staying On). them into the competition in 2013 as when man and woman lie there equally spent. wisdom, respectability that its foreign cousins thing. Man Booker winners from Hilary This was only the beginning as the the final demise of the Prize’s original This is the pace you should indulge in, when you’re given Calchas great as a prophet, Ajax in arms, the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes lazily Mantel to Kazuo Ishiguro offered their Booker then went on a multicultural spree Britcentric mission statement. time for leisure, and fear does not urge on the secret work. Automedon as a charioteer, so am I in love. command; it’s not above making the thoughts on everything from the art of through the English-speaking world However in the 21st century the prize When delay’s not safe, lean usefully on the oar, Celebrate me as a poet, men, speak my praises, occasional populist swerve. As a result, writing history to the future of the novel. (excluding America as being far too has unexpectedly come into its own. to mark its fiftieth the Man Booker is The breadth of authors and subjects on gauche a step). The next two decades of The return of physical books to market and plunge your spur into the galloping horse. let my name be sung throughout the world. inviting the British Public (yeah, those display show something interesting about Booker recognised writers from Australia supremacy as desirable physical objects While strength and years allow, sustain the work: I’ve given you weapons: Vulcan gave Achilles his: animals) to vote for what they’re calling the Man Booker (along with literature (Thomas Keneally, Peter Carey); India (in retaliation to e-books) have made bent age comes soon enough on silent feet. excel with the gifts you’re given, as he excelled. the Golden Booker out of the five decades in general) over the years: namely (Arundhati Roy, Rohinton Mistry); the kind of taste-making that the Man Plough the earth with the blade, the sea with oars, But whoever overcomes an Amazon with my sword, that the rise and influence of foreign Nigeria (Ben Okri); South Africa Booker goes in for a hot ticket. The Prize of varied winners. take a cruel weapon in your warring hands, write on the spoils ‘Ovid was my master.’ Alongside the white hot excitement literature has been able to subsume even ( JM Coetzee), and Canada (Michael may never be quite as important as it of this popularity contest, in early July, the ostensibly British-focused prize. Ondaatje). Literary commenters began to wants to be, or indeed thinks it is, but or spend your body, and strength, and time, on girls: Behold, you tender girls ask for rules for yourselves: the Man Booker’s organisation also threw Even in the first decade of its existence use the phrase ‘the Empire strikes back’, it has spotlighted a huge array of great this is warlike service too, this too earns plenty. well yours then will be the next task for my pen! themselves a one-off literary festival at the then Booker prize went to three presumably whilst smirking insufferably, literature over its 50 years on the scene. the Southbank Centre, which has long separate novels about India (The Siege of and the Booker began to use its new Here’s to 50 more! 26 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today www.KCWToday.co.uk 020 7738 2348 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today 27 Dining out online: www.KCWToday.co.uk

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I suspect not, though I’d predatory gaze. apricots which was crisp and creamy and river taxi where you’re crowded inside can reduce stress, and therefore heart Provost, who has been in this place advise tucking into some bar snacks The meal itself consists of five brought the meal to a satisfactory close. on plastic seats), perfect for a romantic problems, there have always been the since 1993. The latest line of cocktails (which are very good) to offset your The concept behind Bateaux Cruises is distinct courses, all included in the fee The real delight of the cruise comes evening. For the Dinner cruise, the scientists and naysayers to offer some have the locale as their theme, which exploration of this rather excellent new a simple one: if eating on the riverfront for the cruise itself (sadly drinks are from wandering up from between courses price comes out to 82.00, which is doom-laden counter balance. It turns out you may find a trifle tenuous in places, cocktail list. is good than eating up and down the extra), which are served staggered over and relaxing of the open air top deck, pricey for a good, but not scintillating, that statins only benefit women between but if you are like me, this will become After such a happy time at the bar the river can only be better. There are several the cruise. The jewel in the crown was delightfully coated with Astroturf and meal. However when you combine it the ages of 49 and 54 who have blue less and less important as the afternoon devil urged me to carry on, but the angel different kinds of meals/voyages for undoubtedly the Smoked Mackerel cushioned sofas perfect for watching this with cruising through the best scenery eyes, a squint, and wear a size 6 shoe, progresses. The Oppenheimer celebrates said time to quit, so I compromised with the hungry would-be mariner to select Rillettes, served with Horseradish glorious summer weather. 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In the mid-week dinner cruise and, despite The views are the optimum amount, and no doubt it’s That’ll be a mere $57.6 million please. case you fear this place is a recruiting my best efforts to ruin our evening by recommended to walk a mile to get to Cash or card sir? Your version will come shop for alcoholics, most drinks do come being late enough to miss departure, we beautiful with it. Drink is popularly supposed to see off in a cunningly angled glass filled with with Titanic threateningly generous were safely ensconced on board when the plenty of space floating restaurant slid out of its harbour a few otherwise healthy brain cells, but Beluga Vodka, Italicus, St Germain and slabs of ice, so you are hydrating in a to oneself. I wanted to test the theory that I might All were very interesting, and Frank is lemongrass syrup. 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Head concierge Frank Laino of the enough credit to take him up on his offer (Rum, Rum, Frangelico, Pistachio have I next got a free afternoon coming to its berth at 10.30.The dining area is Stafford Hotel was offering a 2 hour of a trip to the American Bar. There used Syrup & lime) then ordered The QM. up?” might be top of the list! in the ship’s hold, to protect against any walk around the locale taking in such to be a lot of American Bars in central Keeping on the gin led me next to The ill-timed storms presumably, though delights as the Greco-Roman splendour London hotels in the 1930s, and they Moonraker. MI5 and MI6 officers used The American Bar the chamber is lined in pleasingly large of Spencer House, hat specialists Lock were all vying for the lucrative North to hang around the local clubs, as did at the The Stafford, windows. 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Lack of opportunity, thevaults.london hackneyempire.co.uk thephotographersgallery.org.uk Marc Minkowski conducts a world- A rare opportunity to hear the University question, ‘what is a playhouse?’, and educational barriers, impoverishment, class cast led by Mariusz Kwiecień with August 17 of California Professor of Neuroscience explore surviving documents that tell addiction and depression are the norms Compiled & edited by Fahad Redha. FILM & PHOTOGRAPHY July 28 Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Rachel Willis- Laura Frances Full Band Show whose book on sleep exploded onto our us what we know about these spaces, as the struggle to escape the underclass Topsy-Turvy Sørensen, Pavol Breslik and Hrachuhi Harrison Bar shelves as if no other had previously and rethink the builders, managers, and stereotype becomes a priority. If you have an event you’d like listed Ongoing The Wallace Collection Bassenz. Laura Frances is a haunting new voice been written. 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A dark, of an essential human benefit and Vote with the audience on which planets ( Jim Broadbent) and Arthur Sullivan July 15 contralto Joni Mitchell, her songs are appreciate how sleep resets the brain THEATRE Ends August 28 to explore in depth, before moving (Allan Corduner) looks set to split after Allegri Miserere – Italian Choral delivered with a refreshing brevity, and recalibrates every system in the The Last Days of Anne Boleyn beyond to explore neighbouring stars and the comparative failure of their latest Masterpieces wrapped in a cloak of misty melodies body, night after night. How this works Ongoing Tower of London galaxies far away in the depths of space. collaboration, Princess Ida. Sullivan St Martin-in-the-Fields from a world rich in mystical imagery, illuminates every aspect of human health, The Book of Mormon This summer step into 1536 and follow Packed full of spectacular sights and is keen to prove himself as a serious St Martin’s Voices is an exciting and where everything is half-hidden. She including obesity, memory loss and Prince of Wales Theatre the last 17 days of Anne Boleyn in fun facts, this interactive show will be composer, feeling that Gilbert's writing dynamic professional vocal ensemble, plays tonight with her full 5-piece band. mental wellbeing. The Book of Mormon has book, music a new outdoor theatre performance presented live by an astronomer from the has become too formulaic. However, primarily made up of talented past 020 7278 3966 11 Aldridge Rd Villas, Bloomsbury, and lyrics by South Park creators Matt on the South Lawn at the Tower of Royal Observatory. when Gilbert's wife, Kitty (Lesley and present choral scholars who come 28 Harrison Street, Kings Cross, London London W11 1BL Stone and Trey Parker, and the mind London. The Last Days of Anne Boleyn 020 8858 4422 Manville), takes him to an exhibition of together to sing concerts and special WC1H 8JF howtoacademy.com behind the hit musical Avenue Q, Robert explores her tragic final days at the Blackheath Ave, London SE10 8XJ Japanese culture, his imagination is fired, events at St Martin-in-the-Fields and harrisonbar.co.uk Lopez. The show follows the journey of famous fortress, from her imprisonment rmg.co.uk and he enthusiastically contacts Sullivan beyond. Recent performances have July 18 two Mormon missionaries who travel and interrogation, through to her trial with ideas for a new project. Free and no included Mozart Requiem and Vaughan TALKS, TOURS, & WALKS The Arthur C. Clarke Award Ceremony to Africa to preach their religion. They and execution. Suitable for all ages, the Ends July 22 booking required. Williams Serenade to Music with the 2018 share their scriptures with a small village performance is a theatrical spectacle Marianna Simnett 020 7563 9500 Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and See website for dates Foyles Charing Cross Road in Uganda but find it difficult to interest that tells the story of this extraordinary Zabludowicz Collection Hertford House, Manchester Square, Beethoven Mass in C with Southbank Hidden London The UK’s premier prize for science the locals who have much bigger things woman, who continues to fascinate us British artist Marianna Simnett creates London W1U 3BN Sinfonia. St Martin’s Voices regularly London Transport Museum fiction literature. Join an audience of to worry about: AIDS, famine, and local nearly five hundred years later. fable-like film, performance, sound and wallacecollection.org broadcast on the BBC, including Radio Hidden London is London Transport SF writers, publishers and fans for one warlords. It features hilarious songs like 0844 482 7777 light installations that examine the sense 3 Choral Evensong and BBC Radio 4 Museum’s exclusive programme of tours of the most anticipated evenings in the Hello, All American Prophet, I Believe and St Katharine's & Wapping, London of intimacy yet anxious unfamiliarity Ends August 5 Sunday Worship and Daily Service. and events at disused stations and secret science fiction calendar and be the first I Am Africa. EC3N 4AB we experience with our own bodies. Joan Jonas 020 7766 1100 sites across London. 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Hamilton Learning of his father’s death, Prince The Udder (2014), Blood (2015), and Blue Jonas’s work ever held in the UK. Early 606 Club 020 7379 6344 020 7434 1574 Victoria Palace Theatre Roses (2016): installed as a trilogy for the works from the late 1960s are shown Louise Golbey's powerful, clear, soulful Covent Garden Piazza, London 107 Charing Cross Road, London, The critically-acclaimed and multi- first time, alongside a sound and light alongside recent installations dealing voice has been heard with the likes of WC2E 7BB WC2H 0DT award-winning Broadway musical at installation Faint with Light (2016). with topical themes such as climate Jessie J, Paloma Faith, Omar, Alexander ltmuseum.co.uk foyles.co.uk London's Victoria Palace Theatre. 020 7428 8940 change and extinction. 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Wilderness Festival ales and ciders on offer, and the various 2-5 August 2018 Oxfordshire spas and therapies to nurse away those Price: £189.00 hangovers. Headliners: Chic & Nile Rodgers, Bastille, Jon Hopkins Reading and Leeds Festival: If there’s one thing Britain’s festivals do 24th-26th August. Reading and Leeds. brilliantly, it’s boutique bashes. One of Genre: Pop/Rock/Metal. Price: £212.50. 8 the more posh and pretty gatherings Headliners: Fall Out Boy, Kings of Leon, in the event calendar, Oxfordshire’s Kendrick Lamar Wilderness Festival is the type of place Definitely leaning towards harder where you can watch a bona legend rocking stuff than your average festival, 1 on the stage, enjoy a banquet feast, Reading and Leeds tend to attract a hard a science lecture, soak in a hot tub, partying crowd. Fans of pop-punk played and watch a one man performance of at ear-splitting volume will find plenty to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. like and the addition of Kendrick Lamar should pull in rap aficionados in the Boom Town: 9th-12th August hundreds. However those looking for a Matterley Estate, Winchester. more chilled out festival might be better SUMMER FESTIVALS Genre: Alternative. Price: £212. Headline served elsewhere, Acts: Gorillaz, Die Artwood, Limp Bizket An artsy rollercoaster of a festival, TRIBAL ART LONDON TRIBAL ART BoomTown is an actual mock ‘town’ TAL Beat Herder: 17th-19th July hilst June’s heat-wave packed with live music, stand-up Orbital, Soulwax, Django Django comedy and arts and crafts. Blending might have lulled Genre: Dance/Alternative. Price: £158. ska, reggae, dance, dub and swing with a Headline Acts: Crystal Fighters, Sleaford festivalW goers into a false sense dash of hard rock, the festival is covered Mods, Kelis. For those whose tastes run with incredibly elaborate stages and of security, even the threat of more towards musical outliers. There’s decorations with fancy dress heavily plenty of Breakbeat, Reggae and Dance- torrential rain and rivers of encouraged. Boomtown comes complete Punk for those with more specialised with an ever evolving backstory which mud can’t keep music festivals tastes than an average festival caters for. sets the theme of each year’s festival. 5 - 8 SEPTEMBER 2017 from being an integral part of South West Four: 25-26 August the British summer. Houghton Festival: 9-12 August 2018 London OPENING PREVIEW 4 SEPTEMBER King’s Lynn Genre: Electro/House Price: £112.50 MALL GALLERIES, THE MALL, LONDON SW1 Whether you’re a bearded Headline Acts: Ricardo Villalobos, Headliners: Marshmello, Chase & FULL DETAILS AND EXHIBITORS LIST CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB SITE WWW.TRIBALARTLONDON.COM hipster or a head-banging Andrew Weatherall, Ben UFO Status, Armin van Buuren, DJ EZ Price: 212.00 Whilst London isn’t exactly crying out black metal aficionado there’s Few festivals, if any, make as remarkable for more clubs South West Four manages a festival for every taste. After an impression after only one edition as to justify its existence; an open-air party Houghton. Curated by British electronic palace that sorts out the essentials first: Glastonbury it can be easy to music veteran Craig Richards and music, music and more music. A coming assume that you’ve missed produced by another firm favourite together of the EDM world, their Gottwood, the festival’s debut won praise understudies, and up-and-comings stars, the boat as far as festivals are on basically all counts: lineup, scheduling, the four stages of house, techno, minimal, Benicassim: 19th-22nd July sound quality, location, atmosphere. Let’s trance and electronica will fill your ears concerned, so KCW Today are Spain. hope they can keep it up. for the evening, before you head out to offering a list of some of the Genre: Pop/Rock. €142. Headline Acts: one of the countless after parties. Travis Scott, The Killers, Pet Shop Boys, best festivals going this late in Liam Gallagher Festival No.6: 6-9 September, summer; both old favourites Due to the nearby beaches and good Portmeirion weather, Benicassim manages to draw Price: £180.00 and underground hits. in as many as 50,000 festival goers Headliners: The The, Franz Ferdinand, determined to have fun in the sun. Much Friendly Fires more of a party festival than the relatively Almost every festival claims to be chilled out Primavera, Benicassim is ‘unique’, but in the case of this North regularly attended by huge numbers of Wales’ curiosity it’s a fairly solid claim. Britons hoping to escape the inevitable Partly due to its setting in a faux- mud of the traditional English festival Italian village, and partly because of its and the music reflects this, with a strong intriguing programme of music, arts Anglo influence. & culture, debates, workshops, food & drink, comedy and more. Cambridge Folk Festival: Green Man Festival: 16-19 August, 2nd-5th August, Cambridge. Brecon Beacons Bestival: 7th-10th September Genre: Folk/Pop. Price: £167 Headliners: The War On Drugs, Fleet Isle of Wight: Latitude Festival: 12th- 15th July .Headliners: First Aid Kit, Patti Smith, Foxes, John Grant, Grizzly Bear Genre: Pop/Rock/Hip-Hop/Alternative. Henham Park, Suffolk. John Prike, As far as festival locations go, Green Price: £196. Headliners: The xx, A Tribe Genre: Pop/Indie. Price: £197.50 The Cambridge Folk Festival has been Man Festival is one of the best in the Called Quest, Pet Shop Boys, Justice Headline Acts: The Killers, Solange, going strong since 1964 and is steeped business with its stunning backdrop of Coming at the close of festival season, Alt-J in tradition and atmosphere. Though the Brecon Beacons’ Black Mountains Bestival has something for everybody; More of a European type of festival recently with its increasingly more pop in Wales, and the folk-led lineup fits with circuses, poetry readings, comedy, with an emphasis given to Comedy, Art, oriented line-up, the Folk aspect is it perfectly. Hidden in the hills are live performance on top of a lineup Poetry, Dance and Literature rather than sometimes found more in the audience 1,500 performers to discover across the unconstrained by genre, it’s almost a purely musical experience. than the artists. comedy, theatre and literary worlds, guaranteed that even veteran festival complemented by the host of ’ local cynics will enjoy. 34 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today www.KCWToday.co.uk 020 7738 2348 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today 35 EVENTS online: www.KCWToday.co.uk EVENTS

before moving on to work with the likes of George Michael, Annie Lennox, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. Chelsea’s She toured the world for more than 12 years with Eric Clapton, leading 606 Club to subsequent tours with Will Young, Herbie Hancock, Sheryl Crow and Lenny Kravitz. brings jazz The following night (28 July) sees jazz singer Jacqui Dankworth, the daughter of jazz legends Dame Cleo to Fulham Laine & John Dankworth and the Charlie Wood Trio woo the Fulham crowd. Though primarily known as a Palace jazz vocalist, she also draws on folk, soul, classical and blues influences in her singing. Jacqui Dankworth and the The 606 Club began life in the basement of a lighting shop on King’s Charlie Wood Trio are the Road in the Sixties. Since 1976, the guests of honour as the 606 intimate club has been owned and managed by musician Steve Rubie. Club brings an evening of Fulham Palace is an elegant Grade jazz to Fulham Palace. 1-listed building set within a 13-acre botanical garden that served as the his is the tenth year that Chelsea’s summer residence of the Bishop of T606 Club has held its jazz evenings London between 704 to 1973. at the Palace. The music begins on Gates open at 6.30pm both Friday night (27 July) as Michelle evenings. Concerts start at 7.30pm. John, a contestant from The Voice UK Tickets £16 (adults), £10 (children last year who’s performed for Barack 4-10). Kids under three are free. To Obama, will take to the stage. book, call 020 7352 5953 or visit: She cut her musical teeth in The 606club.co.uk London Community Gospel Choir

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Comets pose another hazard, and deposits of nickel, copper, platinum and we occasionally get a visit from these gold, amongst others. The area’s economy large icy bodies when they become is highly dependent on the nickel mines gravitationally disturbed in the Oort and other deposits. It also explains why Cloud and begin their journey into there is much future interest in being the inner Solar System, mostly passing able to mine asteroids for rare and exotic harmlessly through it, whilst others crash materials. into the surface of the Sun. The most famous of all, is Chicxulub Probably the best-known crater on the northern coastline of the Yucatan here on Earth is the Meteor Crater Peninsula, in Mexico. The impact is in Arizona. Some 50,000yrs old it is a thought to be associated with the death bowl-shaped depression 1.2Kms across, of the dinosaurs. The K-T (Cretaceous- caused by a 50mt nickel-iron meteorite Tertiary) Boundary, a layer of ash, rich Dinosaur striking the ground at around an angle in iridium, (high content only found of 90 degrees. Centre that crater on in asteroids), delineates the division Killer Trafalgar Square and you can imagine between two geological periods. The the blast zone would be everything inside Cretaceous lasted until 66billion years the M25! ago and the Paleogene from 65billion The largest known impact is The to 23billion years ago. It was during Warburton Basin in Australia. It is some this period that saw the demise of the 400Kms across and was discovered in dinosaurs and the rise of mammals as 2013 during some geothermal research, the dominant species. Fossil evidence that required drilling to a depth of 2Kms. points to their extinction approximately The drill cores contained rocks that had 65million years ago when these deposits been turned to glass and quartz crystals, were laid down. The asteroid was about org to learn more about the potential with fractures that could only be caused 10 kilometres across and released the threats out there and add your signature instantaneously by extreme temperatures equivalent of 1000 billion tons of TNT Armageddon or donation, to help encourage more and pressures only experienced during and left a crater 180Kms wide and 20 Er, not in KCW’s patch research work in this area. an impact. It is estimated to be over 300 Kms deep. Earthquakes, tsunamis and we hope? Of course, life on Earth can be million years old. planet-wide atmospheric dust, blotting difficult and dangerous at the best of The Vredefort impact site in South out the Sun for decades, were just too By Scott Beadle FRAS times, with volcanoes, earthquakes, Africa is 300Kms across and still visible much for these relatively large creatures. hurricanes, droughts, famines and although the characteristic bowl of They were the most successful species plagues visiting upon its hapless the original has been eroded away by on the planet at the time, now we are. inhabitants some pretty nasty deaths. 2Billion years of weathering. The town They couldn’t do anything about their y the time you read this the But we ourselves have a lot to of Vredefort is at the centre of a series of fate, but possibly we can. Will we? I’d ‘celebrated’ day will have gone, answer for. A recent study shows the circular hills uplifted by one of the largest like to think so, but our struggles with but the dangers are still out there; transformation of the planet by human impacts experienced by the Earth since tackling climate change, or general hristo and his late wife and partner Jeanne-Claude have been working with barrels since 1977 some can be dealt with but others are activity has led scientists to the brink the Late Heavy Bombardment, which husbandry of our planets resources, don’t and this is the first public sculpture by him to be erected in London. He is primarily famous B of declaring a new geological epoch ended 3.8billion years ago. Seen from give me a great deal of confidence, but The London Mastaba beyond our control. Christo and Jeanne-Claude for wrapping things up, like a section of coastline in Australia, The Wrapped Pont Neuf in Paris, Every 30th June, Asteroid Day is the Anthropocene. The new work, above the rocks still show the” ripples” nevertheless we can but try. The Wrapped Reichstag in Berlin and Wrapped Trees in Riehan in Switzerland, but has always been ‘celebrated’ around the world, in a series published in the proceedings of the caused by the shock waves which once The Earth itself is resilient, after all, Serpentine Gallery C playing around with barrels, even wrapping them in various sizes, from full-scale down to some the of events, a juxtaposition of public National Academy of Sciences, reveal reverberated through their molten forms. it’s survived many catastrophic events Until 9 September 2018 size of a can of beans. His installations include The Gates in Central Park, comprising some 7,000 entertainment with a serious message, that scientists believe this is the start of The Sudbury impact in Canada is in its 4.6billion year history and it will gates with their free-hanging saffron-coloured fabric panels, which seem like a golden river appearing that it’s happened before and will happen the sixth mass extinction in the Earth’s unusual as it was over 250Kms wide but survive our own follies as well, until Free Admission and disappearing through the bare branches of the trees in New York in 2005, a Running Fence in again, that somewhere lurking in the 4 billion year history and it’s down to has been distorted by the movement of its own ultimate end in 5billion years, serpentinegalleries.org California and, most recently Floating Piers on Lake Iseo in Italy in 2016. He thinks on a grander cosmos is an asteroid with our name on us, about half the Earth’s wild animals the Earth’s crust into an oval. However when the Sun swells into a red giant and scale than any other sculptor, apart from maybe Claes Oldenburg, whose Giant Lipsticks in Piccadilly it. are thought to have been lost in only the besides massive destruction, this asteroid swallows it whole! Circus surrounding Eros was never realised, but Christo’s amazing Mastaba was. A ‘mastaba’ was an The date was chosen because the last, last 50yrs. We can also add the potential brought a bounty in the form of large Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian, flat-roofed, pyramidical tomb, or technically, a trapezoidal large impact, a 50/100mtr asteroid, came for another man-made scenario; nuclear prism, from the Arabic word for ‘stone bench’; only this one comprises 7,506 horizontally-stacked in at a shallow angle and exploded in warfare that could seriously damage life red, blue, mauve and white barrels, specially fabricated and secured to a floating platform. The effect an air burst above the Tunguska region on the planet, especially us. is at once arresting and it changes a familiar landscape into something extraordinary. On the ‘launch’ of Siberia on the 30th June 1908 and Space and its natural hazards are day itself, it was sunny with a few fair-weather cumulus, and the colours of the Mastaba transformed flattened 2000 square kilometres of of course an order of magnitude above with the changes in the light and reflections in the lake, which the artist hoped would be like an trees, in a very sparsely populated area. our own planet’s natural dangers. If an abstract painting. He hoped right. Fortunately, there were no people lost, asteroid no bigger than 50mts can wipe Back on dry land, is staging the first major exhibition of their work since 1979, but sadly a lot of reindeer went the way out a city, you can start to realize how and focuses on the sixty-year history of them working with barrels. Christo has been working on a of the trees. If that event had been over an asteroid the size of the Isle of Wight project for 40 years, which is even larger than the one in London. The Mastaba (Project for United London or New York both densely for instance has the potential to create a Arab Emirates) in Abu Dhabi, will be a mainly orange mosaic of 410,000 oil barrels, rising to 150 populated cities, it would have wiped out global catastrophe. metres and it will not only be the largest sculpture in the world, it will also actually overshadow the everything. Nothing would survive the The impact would gouge out many Great Pyramid of Giza by 3.4 meters, if he can get the permission to build it. In comparison The devastation, the conflagrations, tsunamis, cubic kilometres of the Earth’s crust, London Mastaba is ‘only’ 20 metres high and sits on a platform 30m x 40m. blast and seismic shock waves, creating a creating a planet wide dust cloud Working drawings, photographs, models and collages explain the complexity of his work, massive crater. blotting out the sunlight for many years originals of which he sells off to help subsidise his next project. The current sculpture has been To try and raise public awareness, and plunging the Earth into a new Ice totally funded by himself, with no sponsors, although Bloomberg Philanthropies helped support the Brian May, Lord Martin Rees and Age. With planet-wide crop failures, exhibition. Amongst other realised projects using barrels, was a barricade across the Rue Visconti on film producer Grigorij Richters and plants would wither and die, followed the Left Bank in Paris, although permission was not applied for. As he recalls, “What I remember numerous well-known scientists and rapidly by animal species and humanity. is Jeanne-Claude doing a lot of explaining to the police to allow it to stay in place for a few hours. media professionals signed a declaration Fortunately, large asteroids like this occur She was very forceful.” One outside MOMA in New York never materialised, and a much larger calling for increased efforts in detecting very infrequently, about every 10million dam blocking the Suez Canal never saw the light of day, for obvious reasons. At 82 years-old, the and funding our ability to recognize years or so. The ones we really need to Bulgarian artist is a sprightly, modest man, with an engaging smile, immense energy and colossal potentially hazardous objects and to find and track are the city busters in the talent. The Mayor of London, The Royal Parks, under the Chairmanship of Loyd Grossman and the subsequently develop the means to 100mtrs to 1km range; those that can , all collaborated to enable this outstanding landmark work to grace London for deflect them away from Earth, or totally cause mass destruction to a city and a the Summer months. destroy them instead. Visit asteroidday. country. Don Grant 40 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today www.KCWToday.co.uk 020 7738 2348 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today 41 Arts & Culture online: www.KCWToday.co.uk Arts & Culture

Mary Beard in Conversation: Women and Power at Intelligence Squared By Emma Trehane

At the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster, Intelligence Squared recently hosted a lecture about women and power, inspired by the book of the same title by Professor (now Dame) Mary Beard. The three panelists invited Japan House to speak on Women and 101-111 W8 5SA Power are Laurie Penny (Radical Commentator), www.japanhouselondon.uk Miriam González (Lawyer and Campaigner), and Mary Beard (Classicist and Editor at the TLS), with Afua Hirsch (Writer and Broadcaster) in the chair.

pening with why a debate harassment, like many women, we have back up into your quarters, and take up To conclude, Hirsch asks all three about misogyny was more come to normalize and accept it. The your own work, the loom and the distaff panellists what they would do to relevant now than ever, the Weinstein case has therefore left her … speech will be the business of men, all overcome current attitudes to women Opanelists were asked their thoughts on ‘confused’ she claims. What is most men, and of me most of all; for mine is and power. Beard suggests the answer lies the #metoo movement and first hearing concerning about normalizing sexism, the power in this household.’ On hearing with language. ‘What is surprising is how about the charges of sexual assault made which is ultimately what we do by this, Penelope turns around and heads unreflective we are culturally about the by numerous women against the film ignoring its existence, is the impact it has back up to her chamber. How can it be language we use’ she claims. If we hear producer Harvey Weinstein. ‘Conflicting on the ‘next generation’. It is the future the case that a women is silenced by a of a man being ambitious, he is going and certainly not surprising’ claims generations that will continue to live ‘weedy teenager, her son!’ Beard protests. places. If we say a women is ambitious he Japanese Government has designed for Japan House by artisans of the Future, some realised, others only is serendipitous, and what lies beyond Beard. That sexism in Hollywood is out these preconceived power structures Beard offers further examples of how ‘that is not a compliment’. Having already initiated two other across Japan. The aesthetic is said to be visions. Fujimoto is a leader among them is a prelude of new architecture. assumed to be normal means we have unless we provide them with the tools to these power structures have become received death threats for being a radical Japan House operations in taken from the concept of the doma, Japan’s new generation of architects, and Within this concept should underlie a tendency not to be shocked by the dismantle the culturally accepted beliefs, ingrained in our cultural identities. She outspoken activist, Penny believes that Los Angeles and São Paulo, with the which is a space that sits between designed the Cloud Pavilion in 2013 the question of discovery by chance vs. allegations made against Weinstein. which have led to women having been states the case that in order to be heard the answer is too ‘fight sexism wherever T Consequently, Beard admits to feeling a disenfranchised. and listened too by her male colleagues, it appear’. In defense of men, González third opening in London this summer. indoors and outdoors in a Japanese house for the Serpentine Gallery. His designs creation with intent. Architecture could With around 70,000 Japanese nationals and has various purposes, namely part range from wacky to fantastical, with come into being from anywhere. I believe degree of guilt for not standing up sooner So can #metoo really make a Margaret Thatcher was given speech makes the point that silencing women is living and working in London, this new kitchen, part social space, where family, some so audacious, one wonders how fostering that architecture-to-be into and discussing the problem. Penny’s difference? Beard, fears not. The answer, lessons to lower her voice. To make not just something that men do but that venture could become a cultural and friends and neighbours gather together. they will ever be realised, until one reads real architecture itself is also architecture. reaction is simply ‘here we go again…as she suggests, is to ‘explore the ways in her sound more reasoned, more male. women are equally responsible. A point social hub for them, as well as offering Certainly, the kitchen is in full view of the captions, and finds out that some Onward architecture continues.’ if this is the first powerful man who has which women have been excluded from When Trump won the US election in thrown out by Penny who argues women Londoners a chance to see what’s new the diners, chomping away on their sea have been. In addition to these confections, is been publically exposed.’ As she identifies power for thousands of years’. May last year, Beard describes how the will ultimately be the beneficiaries of her in Japanese retail, food, aesthetics, crafts, urchin, salmon and tuna egg crêpe roll Fujimoto also presents Architecture is The Shop, or ‘cultural retail experience,’ during the debate, the media have tended Beard offers a winning example internet was littered with images of battle against sexism. A final suggestion creativity and performance. As soon as with truffle cream sauce for a modest Everywhere, an exhibition on the ground and a bookshop, called The Library, to react to Weinstein as if he is the first of how women have been historically Donald Trump as a ‘Perseus type hero’ González makes was perhaps the most one walks in, one is struck by the cool, £18, or spicy fried chicken karaage on the level, which illustrates the concept in which the curator is said to have powerful man to be exposed for ‘alleged’ silenced and the power imbalance celebrating his victory by holding up the refreshing and promising comment of measured interior design, with objects, bone for the same price. of discovering architecture within the revolutionised the way books are sexual abuse charges. Yet, there have been between the sexes constructed during head of a decapitated Hilary Clinton in the evening, stating that we can only artworks, kitchen utensils and books all Japan House sits on three floors of forms of everyday objects: as he puts it, displayed, but not noticeably. The whole numerous cases of sexual abuse in the this part of the debate. Citing a passage the image of Medusa. These images are resolve the problem by understanding displayed in a very Zen-like manner. what used to be the Derry and Toms ‘the serendipity of finding numerous experience is minimally recherché, if not past and present, which Penny claims from Homer’s The Odyssey, she describes available in our domestic spaces explains that men and women should share one From the hand-made kawara floor tiles Grade II* listed Art Deco building, and possibilities for new architecture’. He a touch precious, but we are dealing have been ‘a running theme’ throughout how on coming down from her private Beard, ‘on tee-shirts, on mouse mats, model of society. It is important not to from Japan’s Awaji Island, pleasingly then became Biba in the 1970s, with the cites Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle with a totally different culture here, and her work as a feminist activist. ‘It is chambers into the great hall, Penelope, on mugs, on tote-bags’. In contrast, forget that many men have joined in the laid diagonally to the main axis of the famous Kensington Roof Gardens, also to legitimise one of these concepts. one which the West still has problems building, to the squeaky-clean white listed, still at the top. In the basement, Some of this is a bit far fetched, but fun in understanding its nuances and common practice that powerful men are the wife of Odysseus, discovers a ‘boring when Kathy Griffin participated in a fight against misogyny and therefore it walls, black fretwork screens, square- there is a clinically-designed theatre, anyway. Tiny figures are seen juxtaposed philosophy. The shop has some exquisite exposed, followed by a public backlash old bard’ singing to a roomful of would- photo shoot featuring her holding up is time for the feminist movement to cut ash tables and comb-back Windsor which will be used for film shows, theatre with everyday or found objects, such as items on sale, from attractive stationery until eventually the women involved are be-suitors on the struggle Odysseus a decapitated head resembling Donald acknowledge progress has been made. chairs in the Akira restaurant, everything productions, presentations and product a sponge, paper clips, staples, ping-pong to beauty products, and it is difficult to silenced…what is perhaps interesting is having returning home from the Trump she was sacked. The real problem has been meticulously thought through, launches, as well as a large exhibition balls or an upturned ashtray, and he differentiate where The Shop ends and the however is that none of us knew this Trojan war to his wife. Aggravated by here is that these are culturally learned For further events held at as one would expect. Named after the space, which is currently filled with continues, ‘we would soon start to read exhibition begins. But maybe that was would be watershed moment.’ this Penelope asks the bard to ‘choose tropes designed to silence women, and in Intelligence Squared see: restaurant’s chef, Akira Shimizu, the architectural models and photographs of these objects as architectural spaces. The the intention? As a women, González admits to another, happier number’ only to be told doing so, they have become naturalised www.intelligencesquared.com bowls, glasses and dishes have all been Sou Fujimoto’s projects, called Futures discrepancy in scale in these pairings Don Grant having buried experiences of sexual by her teenage son, Telemachus, to ‘go in our culture. 42 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today www.KCWToday.co.uk 020 7738 2348 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today 43 Arts & Culture Arts & Culture online: www.KCWToday.co.uk

simplify Britain’s complicated postal system by Sir Rowland Hill, and it meant Intriguing single- that letters of up to a quarter of an ounce, were able to be delivered at a flat rate of owner stamp one penny, regardless of distance. Among the eight Penny Blacks on collection on sale sale, is an unused one from 1840, the first year of issue. This is a fine unused stamp, at Ewbank’s with no gum, with four margins, and has been valued at between £300 and £500 The Cripps stamp collection, plus EWBANK’S, Surrey’s leading many other collectibles, will be on sale at auction-house, is preparing for 10am on August 23. Viewing for the sale takes place from its Stamps, Books, Militaria, August 20 to 22, and on the morning of and Photographic Sale on August 23. August 23 which will feature often found visiting the local stamp an intriguing single-owner shops when on holiday along the South stamp collection. Coast, in particular Eastbourne. His collection is being split into 47 longside the single-owner lots, and will be of interest to stamp collection of just under 50 collectors of all levels. stamps, which includes many The most valuable stamp within the PennyA Blacks, will be items of militaria, collection is a Queen Victoria 1882 scientific instruments, photography, £5 orange stamp, which carries a pre- books and other collectables, such as sale guide price of between £1,000 and postcards and cigarette cards. £1,500. There is still time to consign items for Another of note is a lilac 6d stamp, sale for this late August sale, so do get in with hair lines, from 1864, which has touch with the team at Ewbank’s for a been valued at between £400 and £600, sale valuation of items to be appraised. It has four imperforated margins and adhesive postage stamp used in a public Ewbank’s: T: 01483 223 101 or The collection of just under 50 early upright watermark, and has gum on postal system. It was first used on May email [email protected]. British stamps, was assimilated by a local reverse. 6 1840 and featured a profile of Queen Live internet bidding through: Pedro Campos stamp enthusiast, the late Dennis Cripps. The Cripps collection also features Victoria. www.theauctionroom.com and and Hyperrealism He collected stamps all his life and was eight Penny Blacks, the world’s first The Penny Black was introduced to www.ewbankauctions.co.uk By Max Feldman

The market is attracting both established and new collectors to this fascinating History in your field.’ Highly sought-after miniatures in the hand sales at Chiswick Auctions are early 17th Portrait Miniatures century works, as well as British and yperrealism has attracted Continental examples by eminent artists artists from many unusual from the 18th century, which was widely backgrounds, drawn to the hailed as the ‘Golden Age’ of miniature Hnew possibilities of an art form offered painting. That being said, collectors are by the razor-sharp clarity and almost appreciative of miniatures for a plethora hallucinogenically bold colours enabled First painted in the French of reasons, whether it be the sitter, by digital photography. An example of the artist, a particular school or their one of these non-standard influences and English courts from the aesthetic value and with works starting can be found in one of the most famous 1520s, portrait miniatures were at as little as £200 for a signed miniature and idiosyncratic artists of hyperrealism: in good condition, the sales are excellent the Spanish artist Pedro Campos, whose created as intimate keepsakes way of adding to or starting a collection. background and work in art restoration largely worn as bracelets or Zack goes on to say, ‘I always advise helped shape his distinctive oeuvre. His collectors to buy work that visually works are representations of everyday necklaces and often with appeals and to pay close attention to items; drinks cans, marbles, fruit a lock of hair sealed in the quality and condition. Portrait miniatures glistening in plastic packaging, rendered with named sitters hold a distinctly in monumental sizes with oil on canvas. reverse side as a token of love. higher value and their provenance adds The sheer size and crystalline sharpness an interesting level of intrigue.’ The of Campos’s works can’t help but transfix As portable objects, miniatures could be forthcoming sale of British & European the viewer; his paintings are suffused in art restoration and harks back to Old his most striking works in its collection will close 30th September 2018 and is a concealed as pocket watches or set into Fine Art at Chiswick Auctions offers with an inner-glow and dynamism that Masters like Francisco de Zurbaran and and is well worth seeking out. fantastic opportunity to view the best in the lids of snuffboxes; the ideal accessory a private collection of more than sixty belie his subject matter’s superficiality. Jan Van Eyck, though his work could be hyperrealism today. for political or romantic intrigues. portrait miniatures, including fine Campos’s work brings the mundane to called nothing but modern. Campos’s Plus One Gallery is currently following Collecting miniatures originated examples from the 18th and 19th century its apotheosis, realised with a style that artwork gains particular power from its up their 2013 exhibition, with their For more information please email: at the Court of Francois I and spread insight into history; hairstyles, hats, wigs Portrait Miniatures. Head of Fine Art by leading exponents such as George some ‘Pop’ artists might cheerfully kill titanic size and should be seen in the second collaboration Hiperrealisme [email protected] rapidly to England, flourishing during and clothing are rendered in exquisite at Chiswick Auctions, Suzanne Zack, Englehart, Andrew Plimer and John for. flesh to fully experience them. Campos’s opened 21st June at the Museu del Tabac, or call the gallery on 020 7730 7656. Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth’s reign. detail and reveal the latest fashion trends. comments ‘There has been a revival of Smart Jnr. Whilst Campos’s art, like all work has a visceral, shocking power, Andorra. This exhibition focuses on These intimate objects were cherished by With branches in Chiswick and interest in miniatures in the last year, The sale of British & European Fine hyperrealism, prizes the photograph as in line with the almost quasi-spiritual the three major themes in the genre: Plus One Gallery Queen Elizabeth, who kept a personal South Kensington, Chiswick Auctions’s with important collections appearing Art including Portrait Miniatures at much as the paintbrush, he is notable quality that hyperrealism’s total digital Still Life, Urban Landscape and Human is located in the Piper Building, collection locked in her bedchamber. established Fine Art Department hosts at auction as well as the remarkable Chiswick Auctions will take place on amongst the movement in that he creates focus is able to instil. Campos’s artworks Figure, featuring work by the most highly Peterborough Road SW6 3EF Executed with a fine pencil or brush, dedicated sales in British & European sale of the diamond-glazed gold Maria October 3rd. Entries for the sale are using traditional realist techniques. His are represented exclusively by Plus One respected hyperrealist artists including Open Monday-Friday: these miniature masterpieces give us an Fine Art, with a section devoted to Fitzherbert Jewel by Richard Cosway. invited until 27th July. subtle brushwork was honed by his years Gallery in London, which has several of Pedro Campos. This must-see exhibition 10am-6pm by appointment only. 44 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today www.KCWToday.co.uk 020 7738 2348 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today 45 Arts & Culture Arts & Culture online: www.KCWToday.co.uk

European market. There was a growing sexual harassment and women’s rights resulted in an impeded view for the interest in Indian Design following all had an added impetus in the wake of women. While The Cage did not quite Splendours of the several Exhibitions showing their the revelations surrounding the sexual have the same dank quality to it as The Subcontinent: produce. The Great Exhibition encouraged misconduct of Harvey Weinstein and Ventilator, it more than recuperated its A Prince’s Tour of India. 1875 this interest. other high-profile male figures. losses with a sauna-like stuffiness. For When the Prince returned to As the fallout from these cases 84 years, women were forced to wedge to 1876. England the treasures were placed in the deepen, there has been a societal self- their heads through the bar grilles of &: South Kensington Museum ( now the reckoning in attitudes towards gender The Cage to gain a clear view of what V&A). He wished many people to see akin to what Britain experienced for was occurring beneath them. It is a stark them and they were moved to Museums much of the 20th century. At the reminder of the struggle and sacrifice Four Centuries throughout England and went to Paris epicentre of this struggle, Parliament, that early suffrage pioneers made, later and Copenhagen. The wide range of a newly launched exhibition in culminating in the Representation of the of South Asian gifts ranged from brooches to swords. A Westminster Hall aims to shine a light People Act in 1918. Not only did this large proportion were traditional armour, on the hidden ‘her-story’ of this period. Act give 8.4 million women the vote, but Paintings and jewelled daggers and the swords were The Voice and Vote Exhibition, open until the Act also meant that women could intricately wrought and jewel encrusted. October 6, showcases the ways in which stand as an elected representatives for Manuscripts There was gold and silver ware and a gold women overcame a plethora of barriers the first time. Though she never took her Queen’s Gallery. fish (articulated!). preventing them from participating in seat, Constance Markievicz of Sinn Fein Buckingham Palace. These exhibitions should not be democracy. Through interactive features became the first elected female MP that rushed, they are well worth your time. and hitherto unseen historic objects, same year. Until 14th October.2018 Notice how gemstones are backed pictures and archives, visitors can Continuing the theme of ominous- with reflective foil to enhance the experience a slither of what it was like for sounding nicknames, women were hue and depth of the jewels. Strips of women seeking to gain the right to vote. granted their first members’ room gold secure them into a metal frame; a he first of these two Exhibitions, The Exhibition opens with an known as The Tomb in 1918. It was the practice unique to India and still used. Splendours of the Subcontinent: immersive space known as The Ventilator, only private space that female MPs I liked the enamelled and diamond A Prince's Tour of India 1875 to a loft space above the House of had in Parliament and as more women set inkwell in the form of a state barge 1876, explores the visit of the Prince of Commons chamber from which women were elected, it became so crowded T (enamelling started in India in the late watched and listened to Parliamentary that women would work on floors. Wales ( the future King Edward V11) to 16th century). The Durbar set from the Indian Subcontinent and is presented debates 200 years ago. Women were Its cramped dimensions and Spartan Mysore is interesting, made of gold with through the treasures which he received banned from public galleries and had décor (there was only one wall peg and a floral decoration, it includes plates, a as diplomatic gifts. The Exhibition is to resort to this dark, claustrophobic three chairs) made The Tomb a very apt tray, a perfume holder and a betel nut in collaboration with Cartwright Hall, space to watch the discussion of issues description. The room was first used holder. These objects were all associated Bradford and the New Walk Museum they were campaigning for, such as the by Nancy Astor in 1919, which was, as with welcoming guests to the Indian and Art Gallery, Leicester. It was abolition of the slave trade. Entering into Luke Pollard MP for Plymouth Sutton Courts. The morchals (fly whisks), made previously exhibited at both places in the space, visitors can peer downwards and Devonport notes, a vital first step of peacock feathers and diamonds, were 2017. into the chamber and listen to the loud in “paving the way for more women used to fan the guests at durbars. There The second Exhibition, Four Centuries bellows and rather sinister laughter of standing in and winning elections”. was definitely competition among the of Paintings and Manuscripts, explores The final part of The exhibition rulers to impress the Prince with their the relationship between the British is The Chamber, which explores the gifts. He was very keen on the walking Crown and South Asia. This changed experience and work of female MPs and stick which turned into a gun! Its handle Voice & Vote: between the 17th and 20th centuries as the members of the House of Lords represented a sea creature. British ambitions in South Asia evolved today. Since the Peerage Act of 1964, One amazing exhibit in the Four Women’s Place in from seeking trade to wielding political women have now occupied the highest Centuries of Paintings and Manuscripts power. The Exhibition displays some positions in Parliament, including Betty Exhibition is The Padshah: Opening Parliament very important Mughal Manuscripts and Boothroyd, the first, and only (so far) Shamsa (sunburst). By James Billot Paintings from the Royal Collection. woman Speaker and Baroness Hayman, The Shamsa is a divine light which They were gifts from Indian Rulers and the first Lord Speaker in the House of God directly transfers to Kings without the East India Company. Lords. A remarkable feat considering the assistance of men. This one is the When viewing the splendid treasures, where women were sitting, let alone opening page of a Royal Manuscript “However benevolent men manuscripts and paintings, remember standing, decades before. created for the Great Mughal Emperor, that in the 17th century a dynasty of may be in their intentions, they Standing on the shoulders of Shah Jahan. It symbolises Royalty and rulers, now known as the Mughals, were suffragist giants, there are now 207 visually represents the unity, infinity, and cannot know what women want at the zenith of their power and had a female MPs, a record high of 32%, 206 harmony of the Divine. great Empire. They were descended from and what suits the necessities of female peers, 26% of Members of the Marian Maitland the Timurid rulers of Iran and Central House of Lords and a female Prime women's lives as well as women Asia. They were Muslims and spoke Minister. Four years in the making, the Persian. Many exhibits date back to their know these things themselves.” Voice and Vote Exhibition illuminates a mighty Empire which held sway over journey that has long been overlooked much of the Indian Subcontinent. Millicent Fawcett 1847-1929 years on from the seminal rambunctious male MPs. Positioned next in history, drawing more attention to The Prince’s Tour of India lasted four Representation of the to the exhibit is a watercolour sketch the campaigning, the protests and the months and he visited twenty one areas. People Act 1918, the of The Ventilator, on loan for the first achievements of women in British Today, this means that it encompassed struggle for women’s equality continues time from the Shakespeare Birthplace political history. As the Hon Maria 100 Trust, which gives a chilling depiction Miller MP, Chair of the Women and India, Sri Lanka and Nepal. The idea was to this day. The Act, giving men and to build links between the Indians and women (over the age of 30 and with of the reality of women’s exclusion from Equalities Committee and the 265th the British Monarchy; The Prince held property) the right to vote, laid the political life 200 years ago. woman to be elected to Parliament, Durbars, (royal receptions) and audiences bedrock for an arduous and painstaking It was not until a fire ravaged the wrote: ‘This exhibition is not just about with Indian rulers. struggle for women’s political equality. old Palace of Westminster that women equality, and the anniversary of some The Prince received many beautiful Now, the focus has shifted to women’s ‘graduated’ to The Cage, the next women gaining the right to vote, it’s diplomatic gifts, made with skilled social equality. In the same spirit as their immersive feature of the Exhibition. In about women’s right to stand for election, craftsmanship and several fine paintings suffragist foremothers, women around the new House of Commons, a Ladies’ to sit in the House of Lords, and as and manuscripts. There was a remarkable the world took to the streets in their Gallery was built to allow women to view hundreds of people visit this exhibition range of gifts and designs associated millions for the 2018 Women’s March, the Chamber from above the Speaker’s it will allow each of them to learn more with places which he had visited. The a reprise protest march of the inaugural chair. The gallery was blockaded with about what it has taken for us to get to producers, no doubt, had an eye on the 2017 Women’s March. At the March, the bar grilles, which were installed to where we are now and what still needs to treatment of women in the workplace, stop MPs seeing the women, but also be done.’ 46 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today www.KCWToday.co.uk 020 7738 2348 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today 47 Arts & Culture Arts & Culture online: www.KCWToday.co.uk

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It’s recording session by John can-you-top-this daisy chain of eye- to show off its new look. The joined by Richard Strauss’ comedy of popping spectacle, ends up squaring off Buchla pioneer Coltrane’s fabled quartet have arly into Brad Bird’s Incredibles revamp hopes to ‘open up’ the bloated egos, Ariadne auf Naxos, which against a mysterious terrorist named 2, Elastigirl (Holly Hunter) races is performed from 17-27 July. For times, been discovered and released. the Screenslaver, determined to exploit Covent Garden venue and Suzanne Ciani down the gridlocked streets of a tickets and details, call 0300 999 1000 or public addiction to gadgets and devices plays the Jazz Café The American jazz saxophonist and Space Age metropolis on a custom-built make the space more inclusive visit: www.operahollandpark.com E and televised escapism. If that sounds his ‘classic quartet’ , of McCoy Tyner motorcycle: flinging the bike in and out American electronic music pioneer and like a cranky screed, keep in mind that for audiences, which will (piano), Jimmy Garrison (bass) and of tight traffic, stretching her impossibly composer Suzanne Ciani will bring it’s coming out of the mouth of the Elvin Jones (drums), walked into Rudy malleable limbs around the sleek surfaces also see a new public space her Buchla synthesizer to Camden to villain, whose hatred for superheroes Van Gelder’s New Jersey studio and laid of a runaway ‘maglev’ train. One of More orchestral perform at the Jazz Café. Over the aligns pretty neatly with that of bitter, unveiled down a day’s worth of takes for a new several dazzling set pieces in this madcap, course of her career, she’s released 15 entitled fanboy Syndrome from the album. Except it was never released and belated sequel, it amounts to some of highlights solo albums and received the Moog original. Bird has caught flak for the the original master tapes were long ago the most kinetic, wizardly action the Innovation Award 2017. After selling almost Randian bent of his politics: that come to Holland Park presumed lost. superhero genre has produced in the 14 out two shows at Café OTO last year continual insistence, given its loudest Now, after collecting dust in his long years since Bird’s original Incredibles On 1 August a live orchestra performs (her first ever in London), she returns airing in Tomorrowland, that there are former home in Queens for more than added a nuclear family of costumed at an outdoor screening of film The to perform a live Buchla quadraphonic special people in the world who deserve 54 years, the original reference tapes crime-fighters to the Pixar roster. Italian Job. The Luna Cinema event performance. Support from Elsa Hewitt, privileges, or at least acknowledgement, Coltrane took home from the studio Superhero movies are now starts at 8pm. From £15. Book at a recent graduate into Gilles Peterson’s that the mediocre masses don’t. that day are finally able to be enjoyed. the dominant form of Hollywood www.operahollandpark.com/luna- Future Bubblers programme. 7pm. From Incredibles 2, which hides a twist only the They were discovered by the family of entertainment, but even the most CGI- cinema-2018 £15. www.thejazzcafelondon.com heavy of the lot tend to be restricted by youngest in attendance won’t see coming his first wife, Juanita Naima Coltrane, the laws of gravity and physics; the hard a mile away, muddles and maybe even and released on the Impulse! label that limitations of a flesh and blood world. complicates Bird’s vaguely Objectivist Coltrane dominated during a run of Early and often, Incredibles 2 makes the leanings. Maybe that makes them easier Human League The Silver Ghosts mid-Sixties albums, including the compelling case that animation is the to compartmentalise. head to Kew Gardens will haunt St Martin in the legendary A Love Supreme. Uncomfortable subtext aside, the ideal medium for stories based on, or at Fields While these lost sessions aren’t quite least inspired by, comic book fantasias, first Incredibles located something Fans of the Pet Shop Boys can also enjoy on a par, they’re still a fascinating insight where reality tends to bend and twist as poignant in its comic, all-ages Watchmen the sounds of fellow Eighties musical into the relentless changes Coltrane was elastically as Elastigirl. riff: an amusing, sweet parable about legends, The Human League. Formed making to his sound. Two never-before- It’s Bird’s ideal medium, too. With midlife crisis and the difficulty of leaving in Sheffield, the electro pioneers, who heard songs (which remain untitled) Incredibles 2, the writer-director of The your glory days in the past. Incredibles turned heads with their 1981 album show off Coltrane’s spellbinding Iron Giant and Ratatouille returns not 2, which crosscuts between Helen Dare, are heading to Kew Gardens on 13 and reedy soprano playing, while the just to the art form he mastered and to reigniting her professional passion, in July for a night of tunes in the wild. 6pm. other five cuts feature him playing his the dream factory he helped build, but sequences of velocity, verve, and visual From £31. www.kew.org trademark tenor. There are seven more also to the out-of-time, retro-futuristic imagination, and the more sitcom woes strong alternate takes on the deluxe America of The Incredibles. Bird’s blobby (Bob Odenkirk) and Evelyn Deavor a gauntlet of packed days and sleepless of Bob’s stay-at-home fathering, lacks The project aims to enhance the CD edition for completists; all of them humans and “supers” may possess telltale (Catherine Keener), billionaire sibling nights for any committed guardian. the straightforward resonance of its experience for the public, artists equally breath-taking and exploratory. (“Parenting, when done right, can be a predecessor. But it’s still a sparkling and guest companies to help this Igor Levit signs of technological refinement (e.g., moguls looking to drum up public returns to Wigmore Hall Coltrane died of liver cancer in 1967 at minute details of facial expression that support for the cape and cowl class by heroic act,” deadpans super-suit-maker- contraption of an animated comedy, “wonderful place come alive throughout the age of 40. So these cuts are both a for-the-stars Edna Mode, voiced again funny and often wondrous in its mid- the day as one of London’s great cultural fantastic discovery and a powerful insight just weren’t possible to render in 2004), sponsoring their rescue-mission exploits Young Russian-German pianist Igor The Silver Ghosts are a seven-piece by Bird himself.) Teenage wallflower century modern vision of an alternate assets,” said Alex Beard, chief executive into a jazz giant. but the place they occupy is more or and affixing cameras to their costumes, Levit returns to Wigmore Hall on 21 London swing ensemble (trumpet, Violet (Sarah Vowell), who feels as America frozen in the amber of a bygone of the Opera House. Watch this space. less as Bird left it: a gee-whiz world of so the world can witness their derring- July with a varied programme ranging trombone, clarinet, banjo, double bass, invisible as she can make herself, and idealism. To that end, the film could yesterday and tomorrow, equally indebted do firsthand. Hoping to minimize the from Brahms to Busoni, Schumann to drums, vocals) who are returning to St adolescent speed demon Dash (Huck inspire nostalgia for more than just the You don’t have to go to Covent Garden to the jazzy, bebop cool of early 007 property damage, the Deavors select Liszt. Winner of the 2016 Gramophone Martin in the Fields on 18 July. The Milner, taking over for Spencer Fox), Pixar melée it continues and often loosely, to enjoy the opera, because it’s coming adventures and the angular, art-deco Elastigirl, a.k.a. Helen, whose touch is Award for recording of the year, Levit spectral septet will perform numbers who’s not as quick at learning as he is at narratively resembles. Remember a time to Hammersmith on 12 July. The Royal grandeur of the old Fleischer Studios a bit lighter and less destructive than was recently hailed by The New York evoking the ‘hot, breathless and high- everything else, are handful enough. But when the future looked as bright as Opera House’s performance of Don Superman cartoons. that of her husband, to pilot the PR Times as ‘one of the essential artists of his spirited’ dance gigs of the 1920s, 30s and there’s also baby Jack Jack (Eli Fucile), the spandex of a Silver Age superhero? Giovanni will be beamed to Lyric Square Bird, in fact, has picked up rather campaign. This leaves Mr. Incredible, generation’. 7.30pm. From £15. 40s. 8pm. From £8. www.stmartin-in- assumed by the family to be powerless, Incredibles 2 wants to bottle and disperse live, with a pre-screening at 6.30pm for literally where he left off, with the a.k.a. Bob (Craig T. Nelson), stuck at wigmore-hall.org.uk the-fields.org super-powered Parr family, a fantastic home, watching the kids while his wife when in fact he has a whole X-mansion’s that optimism, as a tonic for today’s a 7pm start. Free entry. For more details four keeping its incredible skillset secret, saves the world. worth of blossoming abilities, from laser dark, grim comic book blockbusters and of the summer’s events in Lyric Square, eyes to interdimensional travel. Incredibles the darker, grimmer real world they’re visit: www.hammersmithlondon.co.uk rushing into the battle teased by the One might, at this point, begin to final frames of the first film. In what worry that Bird’s retro fetish could 2 gets some truly inspired slapstick out of refracting. Music Hub Acoustic guitar feels like a less harsh, Pixarian twist on go full retrograde, straight into Mr. gives young performers the fallout narratives of recent Marvel Mom territory. 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had 25ml, equivalent to five sips. On morning commute, you may not think you had been drinking caffeinated or average, drivers made 47 errors while drinking an extra glass of water before decaffeinated coffee. It is recommended Why you should hydrated while on their “dry day” they leaving the house would affect your Is drinking coffee that you “stick to decaf in the evening” drink (water) made 101. driving abilities, but you would be wrong. good for you? because sleep deprivation is far more “We all deplore drink driving,” Prof “So, make it your prerogative and try By Fahad Redha serious. and drive Maughan told The Telegraph, “but we carrying a water bottle in the car or have This research came from the National By Fahad Redha don’t usually think about the effects of an extra glass of water at the beginning Cancer Institute and National Institutes other things that affect our driving skills, and end of your working day to avoid of Health in Maryland, USA and and one of those is not drinking and dehydrated driving.” used data obtained from a number of dehydration. institutions including the UK’s Medical ehydrated drivers make “There is no question that driving Research Council and the British Heart mistakes twice as often and are while incapable through drink or drugs ealth professionals have Foundation. The study was published comparable to drunk drivers, increases the risk of accidents, but our in the peer-reviewed medical journal research from Loughborough University previously warned against D findings highlight an unrecognised drinking large amounts of JAMA Internal Medicine. has shown. Drivers who had only 25ml danger and suggest that drivers should caffeinated coffee, saying it could lead to It used data from 498,134 per hour make as many mistakes as be encouraged to make sure they are H participants in the UK Biobank study irritability and insomnia. But a number those with a blood alcohol content of properly hydrated.” which involved people aged 40 to 69 0.08%, the UK drink driving limit. These of studies have shown that drinking These can all be remedied just by coffee is associated with a lower risk throughout the UK between 2006 mistakes include braking late, drifting drinking more water and a 2013 study and 2010. Participants filled out a within a lane, and even crossing lane of disease or death. Taking this into revealed that those who had consumed account, researchers analysed data from questionnaire that included dietary lines. a pint of water before a mental task had assessments as well as smoking habits, What’s also worrying is that two 500,000 adults in the UK. This including reaction times that were 14% faster than genetic data because previous studies alcohol consumption, tea drinking habits, thirds of drivers are unable to recognise those who didn’t drink at all. and BMI. It also involved physical the symptoms of dehydration. These have suggested genetic factors affect A survey of 1000 people conducted examinations, and biological samples, from when they joined the UK Biobank be other dietary, health, and lifestyle include tiredness, dizziness, headache, a the rate at which the body breaks down by Leasing Options revealed that 55% including genetic samples, were provided. until their death or the 2016 census, factors, and since the coffee intake was dry mouth, and slow reaction time. caffeine. The previous research implied of drivers in the UK drink less than the Participants were asked about their daily whichever came first. Over the 10 years self-reported, it may not be entirely Professor Ron Maughan led the that drinking coffee was associated with recommended daily amount of water coffee consumption, how many cups of follow-up, 14,225 died. Overall, coffee accurate. Since the data was derived from sport and exercise nutrition team that a lower risk of death and that these genes despite 60% of us being aware of the and what type of coffee they consumed; drinking was found to be inversely those over 40, it may be different for a conducted the study. If you experience made no difference to that. risks associated with this. decaf, instant, or ground. associated with the overall risk of death younger population. dizziness when you stand up that doesn’t That being said, it depended on how “Showing caution and drinking The researchers looked at the genetic meaning that the more coffee was drink, The NHS advises against drinking go away this could also be a symptom much coffee you drink. A person who more water will not only have a positive data that was available for most of the the lower the risk of death. more than eight cups a day unless you’re along with seizures. drinks less than one cup a day would effect on the body but will also ensure participants and gave them “caffeine It is important to note that this did having decaf as the high caffeine intake Male drivers were taken through a reduce the risk of death by 6% while 6 motorists stand a far greater chance of metabolism scores” to highlight not come from a study that was set up to would be very high. Pregnant women are range of tests using a driving simulator or 7 cups reduced the risk by 16%. For reaching their destination safe and well,” whether they were fast or slow caffeine look at this question in detail so it does advised to have no more than 200mg of over two days. Each driver was tested on some people this may be too small a said Mike Thompson, Leasing Options metabolisers. not prove direct cause and effect between caffeine a day, equivalent to 2 mugs of one day where they had 200ml of water difference to justify drinking more. It Brand Manager. also found that it didn’t matter whether All the participants were followed up mortality and coffee drinking. There may instant of 1.5 mugs of filter coffee. every hour and another where they only “When starting your car, ready for the

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This is the sixty eighth Across 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pein continues to appear to swop camps, 9 Authentic holding six before five creates CHESS having become associated with the Wolfe Cryptic Crossword film that comes round again. (7) 9 10 Makropoulos team, he recently appears 10 To tangle East is pleasingly ingenious. By Barry Martin to be bending towards supporting Nigel Debra Greenwood of Croydon is last (7) month’s winner, congratulations! Please Short’s candidacy, and ,’..speaking about 11 Part of aerial made by worker before let me have any comments or suggestions 11 12 running himself for President in 2022..’. you may have and remember, if you haven’t Anne returns. (7) Ho, hum, the carousel goes round and totally finished the whole crossword 12 Desecrate a colour confused (7) around! There does appear to be a chance still send it in as the first correct or 13 Somalian for example maybe on a safari. Big board & in all of this to wrestle the presidency substantially correct answer picked at (4-5) 13 14 15 away from the Kremlin this time round, random will win a prize of a bottle of 15 Guide sheep usually done in a vehicle small board Champagne kindly donated by Lea and but FIFA football Russian style, may on the road. (5) Sandeman. Send your grids either by post events trounce a western style FIDE takeover. to Wolfe, at KCW Today 80-100 Gwynne 16 Maybe as tense as political bodies. (7) Watch this board! Road London SW11 3UW, or scan it in 19 Time before Dorothy commonly called 16 17 18 19 Whilst the global ping-pong tactics and send by email to wolfe@kcwtoday. long ago. (4,3) above are in full combative flow, lesser co.uk. 20 Feeling cross lost it in Tangier. (5) mortals are pitting their chess wits 21 I revved or reselected a higher gear. (9) he latest saga in the year long across the smaller sized boards, one www.leaandsandeman.co.uk/Fine-Wine. 20 21 22 23 24 106 Kensington Church St, London, 25 Edible headgear ? (4,3) series of world real life chess to one at a number of international W8 4BH. T: 020 7221 1982. 26 Acting before others held by Marcel moves by the competing sides chess tournaments. The Paris leg of The Contact Sandor. DuPre emptiness. (3-4) in the leadership for FIDE is an East- Grand Chess Tour series is under way 28 Image created pulling on a bow. (7) T and , after winning the recent 25 26 27 West wrestling match for control of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A F O R E M E N T I O N E D 29 Scrutinise what may appear done. (7) this huge global sport, underpinned Leuven Tournament is in fine fettle 9 U L A A Y N E I unfortunately by the power it can and winning the Paris Rapid section of the 10 11 P L A I D R E M I T T A L S does exert on a significant number of above and becomes the World Rapid S T I K P U T J Down 28 29 countries across the world in the form number 2 with an ELO rating of 2851. 12 13 H O T L I N E H E I G H H O 1 Serious play gaining a battle fleet. (6) of soft politics! In the East, Russia, the The Leuven Your next move Grand Chess O E T T I 2 Hindu deity on earth as you’re seen on in Belgium gave So a $37,000 first prize 14 15 16 17 18 Kremlin, the West, the rest. A recent T H R U M I N A N I T I O N screen. (6) twist, and expect a few more, in this with 22/27 points. The Paris tournament E O N D O N 3 Smooth and also deep and crisp at success’! The Chess.com encounter on is you can’t make any kind of mistake. 19 20 21 woeful tale for the chase to become is being held in the company’s (the S C R O U N G E D N O N E S Christmas. (4) 8 Most inclined sword raised between two 18 Pelt period before smelting. (5,3) President of this powerful organisation, tourney is being sponsored by Vivendi June 13th between the machine and And, that’s the hardest part’. Chess.com A S R K M Nakamura was a sequel to a 4 game will look towards further man v machine 22 23 24 25 26 4 Buried in chalk a light soluble base. (6) streets. (8) 22 Take on, paid to do a job. (6) (the elections in Batumi are on the 3rd. owners of the tv company Canal+ which W O O F E R S E X C R E T E 5 Broken fever comes initially to City in 14 Sadly adopt rhino that looks human. 23 For the most central of things October during the Chess Olympics), is televising the event), TV studio in match he played against Komodo 9 in contests in the future, ‘...if only because N B T T S R E L 27 28 New York enthusiasm. (8) (10) ingredients moisten out East. (6) is that Kirsan IIyumzhinov, until now Boulogne-Billancourt in south west January 2016 which he lost. The present Nakamura stated he likes the challenge O D O U R L E S S E X P E L 6 Pressgang crewman already used. (10) 16 Put your foot down before Vietnamese 24 Evacuees teem all about being held in Paris, along the Seine. Although the match gave opportunity to seek his of beating the computer!’ F L A N E S E Y the main front man for Russia, is about 29 7 He wouldn’t be fearfully deluded if people people run amok. (8) high judgement. (6) revenge, which he did winning 19 of The following game for this month’s F O O D P R O C E S S O R S to be replaced as the Russian hasn’t the facilities for really did wish him ill. (8) 17 In anger I convert an African. (8) 27 You were sounding like an old jug. (4) Federation’s nominee for presidency of spectator attendance, it does have the 20 blitz rounds in the first section, puzzle is taken from The Paris leg of FIDE by one Arkady Dvorkovich, a professional technicians, producers and where the human player faced 20 The Grand Chess Tour, Rapid section Russian economist and politician, and directors, producing a high quality one ascending levels of machine difficulty 2018 rd.3, June 20th. between Wesley CLASSIFIED former member of the Russian Chess hour show everyday that has a popular and losing only the last game at level So v Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Black (and worst) 20. A further three games were played has moved his Rook 24. ....Re7, from ADVERTISEMENT PUBLIC NOTICE Andrew’s Best Conventions Federation. He has form. His father slot on French television and is being with Andrew Robson Vladimir Dvorkovich is an International broadcast to French speaking countries against the Komodo Monte Carlo latest c7, threatening White’s Rook on e1 and chess arbiter. Chess runs in the family. in Africa; English television companies version which were three different odds giving check, and, exposing the White My least favourite convention of all is Gerber, in which a bid of 4♣ asks for aces. The Arkady is the chairman of the organising please take note! gave positions played at a rapid time control Queen to be taken on b6! What was Section 17 Licensing Act 2003 ♣ ♣ bid of 4 has far better uses. That 4 bid, yet again in my experience, proved useful in committee for the hugely successful, running commentary on the games in of 10 minutes plus 5 second increments White’s response? Licensing Act 2003: a non-ace-asking capacity on this crucial deal from the Gold Cup [try not to be too after each move. In game one Komodo Answer upside down below. Application for a new and ongoing as I write this, of the FIFA Leuven.

discombobulated by the auction – it is the undiluted truth]. World Football Cup 2018 in Russia. A recent event that received much as black was absent its f7 pawn, and Premises Licence ♣ a-pawn. the then and

On this occasion, 4 was a Splinter bid [you will learn more of these when I discuss The latter has so far run very smoothly, attention was the Chess.com match Nakamura’s pawn is on e4, with white my ten favourite conventions], showing a singleton (or void) club and good spade support. c-pawn Black’s taking by havoc create

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: and will have initiated a good-will factor that they organised having acquired to move. Game 2, Komodo is white We sailed into 7♠ (yes, this was marginal, and perhaps my partner Alexander Allfrey will White b-pawn White’s attacking

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! where Russia needs all the good-will traditional evaluation.’ This style echoes match has ever been played between a Strenuous efforts are made by KCW Today THE PROPOSED APPLICATION IS: ♥ (#" '(,, !♥ '(,, "♣ available move other no with c-pawn his

to permit the provision of regulated enter- it can muster. A Russian news report the probabilistic methods of the machine grandmaster and a chess engine using newspaper to ensure that the content ♦ ' '(,, "♦ $ '(,, #♠ of protection his relinquish to has Black

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ment / for the sale by retail of alcohol. + $#! %**+(,, presidential race, ‘...after consulting storming ahead across many fields evaluation before this historic encounter. newspaper reserves the right to report ♠ ♠ have would combination Queen and

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Personal views expressed in this 23rd JUNE 2018 stating the grounds for making ♣ S ♣ whom would have to have given their in the latter section Nakamura moved (*) '&%" Black’s 29.Rxf6,..and - to eventually lead said representation to: Licensing Service, 14th shortage in a big Spade raise.

newspaper are solely those of the ♠ support for his candidacy. This would all of his three knights close to his Floor, City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, London, SW1 *+$#" 3. Cue-bid. Rxf7+...would 26. that seen had White

respective contributors and do not reflect indicate, on first reading, that Kirsan King ,’...resulting in a safe , but slightly The public register where applications are ♥ &! 3. Showing first-round control. 1-0. Rc7+,Kh8.34.h4,h5.35.a4.

those of the publishers or its agents. All available to be viewed by members of the public IIyumzhinov is now out in the cold passive position.’ The machine accepted ♦ (*)$! Postscript: Did you notice that Spades Rxd6,Qxd2.31.Rc6,Qd4.32Kg2,Kg7.33.

can be accessed online by visiting at www. with respect to the powers that be! LATE NEWS the repetition with Nakamura in time materials sent to KCWToday are at the ♣ were never bid until the Seven-level; that’s Rf8+,Kg7.28.Rf7+,Kh8.29.Rxf6,Qb4.30.

westminster.gov.uk/Licensing and following the , the modern game for you! It would also suggest that Georgious trouble. The Komodo team stated that suppliers’ risk. Reproduction in whole link to the public register. 26.Rxf7+,Kh8.27. b6...... ? 24.Qx on

Makropoulos, referred to by Nigel Kirsan IIyumzhinov has if the engines ‘contempt factor’ was or in part of this publication is strictly The Licensing Authority must receive ♥ pawn Black’s taken not and position the

West knew from the bidding that a top Club would be trumped. He led K. Winning Short as the ‘continuity candidate’, as if withdrawn from the higher it would have played on! There representations by the date given above. The the avoided have would Black by laid prohibited without prior consent. ♥A, the tall declarer from Putney and columnist for Bridge Plus, adopted a simple

Licensing Authority will have regard to any such IIyumzhinov, as the outgoing President you are , a machine with a ‘contempt The appearance of advertising approach. I crossed to ♠K and returned to ♠A. If an opponent (likely West, who held forthcoming presidential trap the seeing on , players many how

representation in considering the application. It wasn’t re-elected, then Makropoulos factor’ for the human, perhaps a sneer in this newspaper, including inserts heart length) discarded, I would take the Diamond finesse (succeeding when East held elections for FIDE due to take But move. right the White by analysis

is an offence, under section 158 of the Licensing as the current Vice-President, acting factor soon with who knows what in or supplements, does not constitute Act 2003, to knowingly or recklessly make a false three or four Diamonds headed by the Queen). When trumps split 2-2 (good!), I had careful with was , Queen his lose process

President, would curry favour with place in Batumi during the the future! Nakamura after the match

endorsement by KCW Today of the statement in or in connection with an application decide how to take the five Diamond tricks I needed. Again following the simple route, I the in and e7... on take to White by

for premises licence and the maximum fine on the elector nations, but really continue forthcoming Chess Olympics said,’ In all the odds matches I got played for a 3-3 split or the Queen to be singleton. Crossing to the Ace... calculation The Rxe7,Qxb6. 25. products or services advertised. being convicted of such an offence is £5000. much of the same that IIyumzhinov’s great positions, much better than I was ANDREW’S LEAST FAVOURITE CONVENTIONS: (1) Gerber administration served up. Malcolm expecting’, and ,’ The moral of the story 56 July 2018 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today www.KCWToday.co.uk Advertisement

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