(NewsPoint) – Public outrage at Tower Hamlets council's plan to sell a prized Henry Moore sculpture has been expressed online as concerns over the safety of 'public art' are heightened.
The mayor of Tower Hamlets, one of the poorest areas of Britain, decided on Wednesday to sell the 8-foot bronze statue "Draped Seated Woman" as the borough council tries to cut a deficit of around £90 million. It is thought that the piece may raise up to £20 million.
Henry Moore, who died in 1986, sold his sculpture to the council in 1962 at a knock-down price on the understanding it would...
(NewsPoint) –8 fire engines and 40 fire fighters are currently battling a blaze in Kingston.
Police are also in attendance and have cordoned off the road surrounding the fire.
Eye witnesses have reported that the M&S store is on fire, however this is unconfirmed. Others have said the fire is in offices about Natterjacks on Fife Road.
London Ambulance Service confirm that there wee no injuries as a result of the fire in Kingston.
( NewsPoint ) International hacktivism collective, Anonymous, are expecting thousands to join them on Monday evening in London, and across the world, as they recreate the now-iconic scene from V for Vendetta and march to parliament.
In the film thousands march from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament. The Facebook event for the protest has almost 5,500 intending to join the protest held on Guy Fawkes night in the UK.
Other events have been planned by the groups associates across the world including in Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Switzerland and US...
The Bike Shed Theatre in Exeter has been awarded Arts Council funding to tour to Bristol, Salisbury and London.
The award-winning play Bunnies – which will tour from the end of October – was written specially for the Bike Shed by young playwright Kieran Lynn. It was first performed in the Theatre last year and received a Peter Brook Empty Space Award.
The tour will help the Bike Shed develop links with other venues and national companies, raising their profile across the country.
Chocolate Week, the nation's favourite themed week, started today with a whole host of events taking place across the country. Since Chocolate Week started in 2006, the British chocolate market has grown a staggering 21% and is now worth £3.8bilion*.
The week builds up to its grand finale, Chocolate Unwrapped this weekend in London. Featuring more than 60 exhibitors with top British chocolatiers and chocolate companies as well as international chocolate makers from around the world. Exhibitors include Rococo, Hotel Chocolat, Paul a Young, William Curley, Damian Allsop, Chococo,...
Sandy Park Conference and Events Centre, are to become one of the first companies in Europe to use a ‘Proximity App’ at an Exhibition Venue, when they launch at the Meetings Show between the July 8-10 in London's Olympia.
Tied in to their competition where visitors can win a VIP Rugby Weekend in Devon watching the Premiership Rugby Exeter Chiefs team, the innovative new App will allow anyone to enter, simply by being within a three-metre range of the Sandy Park stand at E33b.
The revolutionary App works with one of the latest Proximity Beacons to deliver messages to and...
When the letter from the WRVS landed on her doormat, Mary Bolshaw, from Honiton, almost dropped it straight into the recycling with some leaflets. But something made her open it - and to her surprise she discovered she had been appointed one of the charity’s 60 Diamond Champions from across the South and South West of England, an area stretching from Cornwall to Oxfordshire.
The WRVS celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by searching for the UK’s Diamond Champions - older people (over the age of 60) who give their time to...
British designer Caroline Charles celebrates 50 years as a leading London designer with the launch of a glossy hard-back book full of vibrant imagery, press cuttings, sketches and diary extracts. Published by Antique Collectors Club and available to buy this November, Caroline would be delighted to share her quips, life-lessons and career highlights with you.
Caroline Charles will be at the Exeter store on Tuesday 20th November, 2012 from 2.30-3.30 giving a talk on her 50 years and signing copies of her book.
