By News Reporters The Charlotte Street Association, the longest-running campaign group in Fitzrovia, are to hold their annual general meeting on Tuesday 14 May. Now in their forty-third year, they comment on planning and licensing applications and campaign for more affordable housing, open space and environmental improvements in Fitzrovia. They initiated the Fitzrovia Area Action […]
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Artists with learning disabilities exhibit at Fitzrovia gallery
Encounter: Artbox London Spring 2013 Exhibition By News Reporters Nati Gallery in Warren Street is hosting an exhibition and sale of works by artists with learning difficulties on Tuesday 14 May. The artists are supported by the charity Artbox London. Encounter promises to be an evening of fun and laughter with art inspired by the two […]
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Sarah Hayward says Tax Payers’ Alliance report “is inaccurate” and Robert Oxley “is lying”
You’ve got to admire the conviction of Sarah Hayward. On tonight’s Channel 5 News she not only dismissed the Tax Payers’ Alliance report into high public sector earners as factually inaccurate but she called their spokesperson Robert Oxley a liar.The report by the Tax Payers Alliance stated: “The council with the most employees in receipt of remuneration […]
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Fitzrovia Area Action Plan sent for independent examination
By News Reporters Camden Council has submitted the Fitzrovia Area Action Plan to the Secretary of State for independent examination with public hearings to be held in July. The Area Action Plan covers the part of Fitzrovia that lies within the Camden boundary, and includes part of Bloomsbury. The Plan which was submitted on 19 […]
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Westminster Council to create “partnership” to manage the West End
By News Reporters Westminster City Council is to create a new partnership to manage the West End following recommendations by the West End Commission which published its report last Tuesday. Westminster Council has now made an inital response to the Commission’s findings and have published a timetable to implement the recommendations made in the report. The West End Commission […]
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Paul Willetts and the making of The Look of Love
By Clive Jennings Many local residents and workers were surprised last year to spot Steve Coogan sporting an extravagant blond bouffant “combover” hairstyle as he strutted round the streets of Soho with Anna Friel on his arm. They were portraying Paul Raymond and his wife Jean for the filming of “The Look of Love” the […]
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Linger in the gallery where the neon signs are pretty
By News Reporters Scream Gallery in Eastcastle Street is hosting London-based light artist Chris Bracey’s first UK solo exhibition. Bracey’s father was a neon sign-maker, predominantly for fairgrounds and amusement arcades, and Chris learnt how to manufacture and design the neon signs at an early age. Inspired by the kitsch character of London’s Soho during […]
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Art fails into hole in the ground at Bedford Square
https://twitter.com/andydangerfield/status/327485728265224192 By Angela Lovely Is it art or is it rubbish art? That was the question I pondered as I looked into the perfect circle of a hole in the paving at Bedford Square this afternoon. One of my neighbours emailed Fitzovia News to say: “The Architectural Association have excavated a large hole on the […]
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Six candidates to slug it out in election battle for Marylebone High Street ward
By News Reporters All the main political parties as well as smaller parties and an independent will fight for a single seat in Marylebone High Street ward which has become vacant after the long-serving Conservative councillor Harvey Marshall resigned because of ill health. The by-election will take place on Thursday 2 May. At the last […]
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Roland Collins exhibition at Browse & Darby
By Clive Jennings Roland Collins, a Fitzrovia Artist and a founder member of the Charlotte Street Association, is enjoying a rebirth of interest in his work with a major exhibition which opened this week at Cork Street gallery, Browse & Darby. Formerly at 29 Percy Street, where he had a studio from 1940 to 1983, […]
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Anger at loss of “flourishing and beautiful” tree in Warren Street
By News Reporters Residents living near the junction of Warren Street and Cleveland Street in Fitzrovia are angry about the loss of a healthy tree which was cut down by Camden Council because its roots were potentially a threat to a nearby building. A note was posted on the tree in March saying it had […]
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Plans for the redevelopment of Time Out building to be unveiled
By News Reporters Plans to redevelop a large office building on the corner of Tottenham Court Road and Bedford Avenue are to be unveiled on Monday. The proposals include redeveloping the building currently housing Time Out magazine to create new offices and retail, and converting two buildings from office to housing at Bloomsbury Square. Exemplar […]
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Consultation ahead of improvements to The Warren open space
By News Reporters Camden Council are seeking the views of local people before improvements are made to The Warren playground and open space at Whitfield Place. Camden have commissioned landscape architects Land Use Consultants Limited to draw up plans. The Warren is one of three public open spaces in Fitzrovia. There will be a public meeting […]
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Ffound by various artists at the Woolff Gallery
By Clive Jennings Ffound is a fascinating new exhibition of work by artists from around the world who collage found objects, or parts thereof, to create figurative and abstract images. The idea of appropriating existing objects to create works has a long tradition in twentieth century art: from Marcel Duchamp’s first “Readymades” in 1915, through […]
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Obituary: Grahame Brownless
By Linus Rees Grahame John Brownless was Born in Bromley, Kent, and went to Maidstone Grammer School. He took up articles for chartered accounting with Larking & Larking Ltd in Maidstone, and later became a member of the Association of Consulting Actuaries. In 1971 Grahame bought a flat in Fitzroy Mews and spent most of his […]
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Dabbous dish for late night opening served cold
The eponymously named restaurant of chef Ollie Dabbous in Whitfield Street has had its late night opening plans scuppered after Camden Council refused him planning permission. The decision came as little surprise to local residents as a government planning inspector had previously imposed a condition that no customers should be allowed on the premises after […]
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The name Fitzroy Place is “unacceptable” say authorities
By News Reporters The owners of the former Middlesex Hospital site could be told to think again about what to name the new street through the development which is due to be completed in September 2014. The consortium of Exemplar, Aviva Investments and Kaupthing have applied to call the walkway Fitzroy Place — the name they […]
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Great Portland Estates to show redevelopment plans for Royal Mail depot
By News Reporters Great Portland Estates (GPE) will next week reveal outline plans to redevelop the Royal Mail delivery centre between Rathbone Place and Newman Street to create a mixed-use development of retail, office and residential on the 2.3 acre site to the north of Oxford Street. The plans will also include proposals to create […]
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Argentine Film Festival special event in Charlotte Street
By News Reporters The second Argentine Film Festival kicks of next week and includes a private film showing of ‘Ways of Wine’ at the Charlotte Street Hotel screening room. Gaucho Restaurants are offering an exclusive combination of film, wine and dinner on 17 April to celebrate Malbec World Day. ‘Ways of Wine’ is the story of Charlie Arturaola, […]
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Parents of Amy Winehouse proud of Camden’s young film makers
Camden Youth Action! Film Showcase 4 April 2013 By News Reporters Young people took the spotlight last Thursday for an unforgettable evening of music, film, and live performances at the Camden Centre. Organised by local charity Fitzrovia Youth in Action, the Camden Youth Action! Showcase brought together young film makers, music producers, and performers, to […]