Matt Kenyon
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Gloomy outlook: Royal Parks charity bans ‘Optimism Picnic’ in Hyde Park (opens the original)
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The Royal Parks charity has insisted an ‘Optimism Picnic’ planned by the co-founder of the economic campaign group Looking For Growth cannot go ahead in Hyde Park. Now, the outlook for this picnic looks more pessimistic, on what is already set to be an overcast afternoon following a morning of intermittent heavy rain. The slapdown from the parks organisation came in response to a post from an X user complaining about the “large and dangerous unofficial event”. In the post, the individual said: “
The BBC shouldn’t push Londoners to accept antisocial phone behaviour The BBC shouldn’t push Londoners to accept antisocial phone behaviour (opens the original)
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Life is already hard enough. The public don’t need commentators telling them that playing music out loud on public transport is a kind of performance art, writes Matt Kenyon A few years back, I was sitting on a Chiltern Rail train opposite a woman who didn’t realise her headphones weren’t properly plugged in, as her phone belted out ‘Pompeii’ by Bastille at a heroic volume. A few knowing smiles were exchanged around the carriage, before she clocked that everyone could hear the 2013 indie hit in
No 10 backs 'vertical drinking' in Soho pubs (opens the original)
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Downing Street has waded into the debate over so-called “vertical drinking” and called on Westminster City Council to “work with” the industry to maintain the culture of pints outside London pubs. “Busy pubs full of people talking to each other is not a public nuisance, it is British life and it is thousands of jobs,” Andy Burnham’s team has said. A public row has erupted over draft guidance from Westminster Council which encouraged major restrictions on standing in favour of outside seating at
Romesh Ranganathan makes it hard to defend the BBC (opens the original)
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There is a lot to love about the BBC. But the new Romesh Ranganathan-fronted Corporation love-in will backfire, writes Matt Kenyon I’ve been getting sentimental about the BBC lately. Two different people have separately reminded me of Merlin; I had my first encounter with Louis Theroux’s Neil and Christine Hamilton documentary; I’ve been strangely hypnotised by Wayne Rooney’s World Cup punditry. But in the midst of Spain’s valiant clash with Argentina, one millennial comedian cut through all of
Shabana Mahmood set to be named Chancellor by Burnham (opens the original)
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Shabana Mahmood is set to be named Chancellor by Andy Burnham next week when the former Manchester mayor takes the keys to Number 10, according to reports. The home secretary has now pipped Ed Miliband, Yvette Cooper and Wes Streeting to Rachel Reeves’ post, the Financial Times reported. A source told the paper: “Shabana is nailed down as chancellor. That’s definitely happening.” Ed Miliband was, until this week, viewed as the frontrunner for the role – though the prospect of the energy secretar
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