LONDON NEWS, GLOBAL VIEWS KCWKENSINGTON, CHELSEA & WESTMINSTER, HAMMERSMITHto & FULHAM, WANDSWORTH a y AND SELECT LONDON BOROUGHS ISSUE 87 SEPTEMBER 2019 FREE MOTORING SUPPLEMENT GOODWOOD REVIVAL NEWS INTERNATIONAL OPINION COMMENT BUSINESS EDUCATION HEALTH EVENTS ARTS & CULTURE DINING OUT MOTORING VINTAGE COLLECTION LITERATURE TRAVEL LIFESTYLE ASTRONOMY FISHING CROSSWORD BRIDGE CHESS STREETSCAPE BRENDAN NEILAND SHOWS AT 45 PARK LANE, LONDON W1 2 September 2019 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today www.KCWToday.co.uk Contents & Offices Kensington, Chelsea LONDON NEWS, GLOBAL VIEWS & Westminster Today KCWKENSINGTON, CHELSEA & WESTMINSTER, HAMMERSMITHto & FULHAM, WANDSWORTH a y AND SELECT LONDON BOROUGHS ISSUE 86 AUGUST 2019 FREE Contents NEWS 80-100 Gwynne Road, London, INTERNATIONAL OPINION COMMENT SW11 3UW BUSINESS EDUCATION HEALTH Tel: 020 7738 2348 EVENTS ARTS & CULTURE DINING OUT MOTORING FASHION LITERATURE ASTRONOMY E-mail: [email protected] FISHING CROSSWORD BRIDGE Website: CHESS News www.kcwtoday.co.uk 3 Advertisement enquiries: [email protected] 8 Statue & Blue Plaque FEATURING Subscriptions: ARMENIA [email protected] Alphabet MATENADARAN MESROP MASHTOTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE Opinion & Comment Publishers: OF ANCIENT 12 MANUSCRIPTS Kensington & Chelsea Today Limited 16 International 17 Astronomy 18 Business & Finance Editor-in-Chief: Kate Hawthorne Art Director & Director: Tim Epps Literature Senior Business Development: Antoinette Kovatchka 20 Architecture: Squinch Art & Culture Editors: Don Grant, Marian Maitland 24 Education Astronomy: Scott Beadle FRAS Bridge: Andrew Robson 29 Motoring Supplement Business & Finance Charles McLachlan Chess: Barry Martin The Vintage Collection Opinion and Comment: Marius Brill, Peter Burden, 36 Nick Salaman, Derek Wyatt Music: Geoff Cowart, 39 Events Crossword: Wolfe Design: Jane Duncan 46 Music Dining Out: Tim Epps, Max Feldman, David Hughes (Editor) Reviews Editorial: Max Feldman, P James, 47 Kate Hawthorne, Fahad Redha, Education: KCW Editorial Team 50 Dining Out Events: Fahad Redha Health: KCW Editorial team 52 Travel International News: KCW Editorial team Feldman Reviews: Max Feldman Lifestyle Fishing Don Grant 53 Consultant Lifestyle & Beauty Editor: Talia Hull 54 Health Literature: Max Feldman Motoring: Maitland Cook, Don Grant 59 Fishing Fahad Redha, News, Online Editor, Max Feldman Sport Arts Correspondent & 60 Picture Editor Sport: Fahad Redha 62 Crossword, Bridge & Public Notice Sub-Editor: Leila Kooros Travel: Lynne McGowan, Cynthia Pickard 63 Chess 020 7738 2348 September 2019 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today 3 News online: www.KCWToday.co.uk by installing new interactive signage Westminster while Churchill Gardens also harbours wildlife in its large and complex urban Estates among estate. “I’ve lived here all my life and I really the country’s enjoy going into the gardens to find © Diana Jarvis Photograph some peace and relax,” Alex, a resident greenest in Pimlico, said. “The gardens are very peaceful and are especially good for me, because I don’t have a garden of my own to go into. It’s lovely round here and I can’t think of any way they could improve on this place.” hree housing estates in This international award is now in its Westminster have been awarded third decade and is a sign to the public the Green Flag Award in that the space boasts the world’s highest recognitionT of their outstanding green possible environmental standard. It is spaces. These help provide “an oasis for beautifully maintained and has excellent residents in the heart of London.” visitor facilities. The Green Flag Award recognises “We are absolutely delighted to and rewards well managed parks and receive the Green Flag Award for green spaces, setting the benchmark these estates and proud that they are standard for the management of recognised as having some of the best recreational outdoor spaces across the green spaces in the country,” said Cllr UK and around the world. It aims to Andrew Smith, Westminster City ensure that everybody has access to Gardens, also in Pimlico, was awarded delicious crop of honey every year. “It’s Council cabinet member for housing quality green and other open spaces, for the seventh time. Meanwhile Lisson really lovely on the estate,” a Lillington services. “Westminster City Council regardless of where they live, and that Green in Marylebone has won for the local, Florence Heath, said. “I love believes in creating a ‘City for All’ with these places are well maintained and fourth. They join other award-winning walking in from the busy city streets one of our key aims being to create a managed. The award recognises the green spots in Westminster, including into this green oasis, which is beautiful healthier and greener city and we know hard work of those who work to preserve some of the Borough’s Royal Parks. all year round and can really boost your how much quality green spaces matter to these places. Lillington and Longmoore Gardens mood! It’s great for the little ones too our residents. Lillington and Longmoore Gardens Estate was recognised for continuing to as they play in the gardens and enjoy the “This award celebrates the dedication Estate in Pimlico has been recognised be a hub for wildlife and biodiversity. flowers.” and time that goes into maintaining the by the Green Flag Award Scheme for the This includes hosting its own beehive Lisson Green continues to engage green spaces on our estates to such a thirteenth year in a row and Churchill on the estate which helps to produce a the community in their surroundings high standard.” position now suggests that we are risk of imminent. million was spent on the Shaping a an additional £61 million overspend.” “They’re panicking, I think. It’s heavy Healthier Future programme since 2010, West London’s It says North West London’s stuff. It’s talking about rationing patient including £76 million on contracts with population has grown by 5 per cent since care, and having much worse outcomes private firms who managed the shake-up NHS service set 2015. But demand for acute care surgery for patients. of hospital services. The NHS said this and treatment in hospitals and A&E “This is a reduction in day-to-day expenditure helped “deliver its aim of to go over budget rose 18 per cent in that period. And clinical services. It’s unacceptable.” improving health services”. demand for emergency care went up 25 An NHS spokesperson said: “No The letter says: “Challenging estates by £112 million per cent. matter the financial challenges we face, issues, lack of capital funding and By LDRS Reporter The letter was penned by Mark as a clinically-led NHS body our priority disagreement over previous proposals Owen Sheppard Easton, chief officer of North West will always be the safety of our patients have made it difficult to progress long- London’s Clinical Commissioning and the quality of NHS services.” standing issues. Groups, and by Lesley Watts, CEO of And the letter includes a suggestion “Our position has worsened over Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS that abandoned plans to close and the last year due primarily to increased Foundation Trust. centralise wards and services at Ealing demand for unplanned [emergency] care West London’s NHS service They list several ideas for how to save and Charing Cross hospitals led to in hospital, a failure to achieve savings is set to go £112 million over money. But it warns: “Some of these money being wasted. plans, and a lower uplift to budgets than ideas will be about removing waste and It was revealed last month that £500 the rest of London.” budget this year, more than duplication and will not affect patient double the amount that was services. Some ideas, especially those affecting patients, will generate strong predicted. views, and we will need to make some difficult choices.” A letter from NHS chiefs, sent Seven ways to save money are internally and to local councillors and suggested in the letter, including: MPs, said as a result of the deficit, local More non-emergency surgeries hospitals will have to make “efficiencies” performed within North West London, by “removing waste”. rather than spending money on sending Hammersmith MP Andy Slaughter patients to other specialist centres fears the changes will see a “rationing” elsewhere of services, and said GPs will be Follow-up appointments and discouraged from referring patients to procedures taking place at home, over hospitals, something the NHS denies. the phone, or with their local GP Explaining the soaring costs, the Finding cheaper ways to buy “over letter says: “Our operating plan set out the counter” medicines that we were heading for a £51 million Mr Slaughter, Labour, said: “None deficit at year-end, but our month-four of this has been implemented yet but it’s 4 September 2019 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today www.KCWToday.co.uk News site close to Royal Oak Station near Paddington, but the idea was scrapped Plans to relocate after residents campaigned against it. Sheep graze freely TFL have instead decided to change © LDRS Photograph Victoria coach the layout of the terminal and are on Hampstead looking at potential ‘satellite’ stations hub scrapped away from the centre of the city, easing Heath pressure from Victoria, which currently for the first time in decades oversees the arrival and departure of a quarter of a million coaches every year. lans to move Victoria Coach TFL have said they will work with Sheep will graze freely on the rolling Station have been cancelled, transport operators, London boroughs grasslands of Hampstead Heath for the according to ‘Transport for and passenger groups to help identify first time in decades. London’. supporting sites. P A small flock of five Oxford Down the sheep and engaging with visitors. The Victoria Coach Station is used Passenger groups breathed a and Norfolk Horn sheep were released John Beyer, vice chair of the Heath by 14 million passengers each year, great sigh of relief at the news.