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Folding electrical plug wins Design of the Year award

see-website-for-real-email-address@london-se1.co.uk (London SE1 website team) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:59:00 +0000

London student Min-Kyu Choi has been named winner of the Brit Insurance Design of the Year 2010 at the Design Museum for his elegant reinterpretation of the humble electrical plug.

Random at Theatre Local, Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre

see-website-for-real-email-address@london-se1.co.uk (James Hatts) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:06:39 +0000

random by debbie tucker green is the first production in the Royal Court's Theatre Local season at the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre.

Artists' studios to open at St George's Circus

see-website-for-real-email-address@london-se1.co.uk (Lara Brunt) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:45:10 +0000

A gallery and 128 artists' studios are due to open next month on Blackfriars Road in a building vacated by London South Bank University last year.

Pope to visit Lambeth Palace during UK tour

see-website-for-real-email-address@london-se1.co.uk (London SE1 website team) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:54:51 +0000

Pope Benedict XVI will come to Lambeth Palace during his visit to the UK in September.

Guerrilla gardener Richard Reynolds launches 'Pimp Your Pavement' campaign

see-website-for-real-email-address@london-se1.co.uk (London SE1 website team) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:31:30 +0000

Guerrilla gardener Richard Reynolds has been appointed a London Leader.

Tate Modern director Vicente Todoli steps down

see-website-for-real-email-address@london-se1.co.uk (London SE1 website team) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:59:14 +0000

Tate Modern's director Vicente Todoli has announced that he has decided to leave London after seven years as director of the modern art gallery at Bankside.

Railway Children play to be staged at Waterloo's redundant Eurostar station

see-website-for-real-email-address@london-se1.co.uk (London SE1 website team) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:57:47 +0000

A production of The Railway Children featuring a real steam locomotive is to be staged at Waterloo's disused international terminal.

Harriet Harman visits new Walworth Academy

see-website-for-real-email-address@london-se1.co.uk (London SE1 website team) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:58:34 +0000

Camberwell and Peckham MP Harriet Harman has toured the new Walworth Academy building just off the Old Kent Road.

'Health & Safety Violation' at St Saviour's & St Olave's School

see-website-for-real-email-address@london-se1.co.uk (London SE1 website team) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:51:32 +0000

A deliberately 'dangerous' art installation has opened at St Saviour's & St Olave's School near Bricklayers Arms.

Cyclist killed in Weston Street named as Muhammed Haris Ahmed

see-website-for-real-email-address@london-se1.co.uk (London SE1 website team) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:42:54 +0000

Muhammed Haris Ahmed, a 21-year-old medical student at King's College London, was killed on Tuesday as he cycled to Guy's Hospital.