Click here to book THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOURS for June & July Mavis at Dennis Severs’ House The Spitalfields Trust hosted a ninetieth birthday party for Mavis Bullwinkle in the Drawing Room at Dennis Severs’ House recently. Contributing Photographer Sarah Ainslie & I were privileged to join such a prestigious gathering of old friends in … Read more
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Hong Kong’s Democratic Party has urged Chief Executive-elect John Lee to rebuild relationships with the public, and in particular young people, by revoking the charges and sentences against those involved in the 2019 protests and unrest. The Democratic Party. File photo: Candice Chau / HKFP. The 28-year-old pro-democracy group, which sent its suggestions to Lee’s … Read more
Image: Platinum Jubilee There’s a partay about to go down at the palace. As part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations this weekend, the BBC hosts the Platinum Party at the Palace. Here’s the lowdown: What is Platinum Party at the Palace? A huge, open-air concert to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – think along … Read more
London is not exactly short of pubs. In fact, we’ve got over 3,500 pubs to choose from in our beloved city, from pubs with lush beer gardens to pubs dating all the way back to 1430. But how exactly are you supposed to whittle down where to go? Luckily for you dear reader we’ve decided … Read more
A pro-Beijing party has topped a popularity chart of political groups in Hong Kong, a poll has found. The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (HKPORI) published the results on Tuesday of a phone survey of 1,000 Hong Kong residents examining the city’s most popular political parties. Pro-Beijing labor and political group the Hong Kong … Read more
A raid on a Hong Kong triad leader’s birthday party resulted in police issuing more than HK $ 1 million (US $ 127,388) in fines for breaching the city’s strict coronavirus rules, local media and official reports revealed Monday. Saturday night saw one of the largest mass fines to date when anti-triad officers raided a … Read more
The operator of a Hong Kong restaurant at the center of a scandal over a rule-breaking birthday party for a Hong Kong delegate to China’s top legislature has pleaded guilty to violating Covid-19 restrictions and has been fined HK $ 6,000. A representative from Win Project Limited, the company that owns the Reserva Iberica restaurant … Read more
Six people who attended a birthday party for a Hong Kong delegate to China’s legislature – an event which sparked a scandal and a high-level resignation after it came to light – have been fined for violating Covid-19 rules. The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced on Wednesday the results of the investigation into … Read more