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By Percival Hume, Culture Editor The latest proposal to emerge from Fitzrovia’s ever-inventive civic imagination is not another new transport scheme or an ambitious architectural folly, but something far more ethereal: an official neighbourhood scent. The idea, floated by the Fitzrovia Cultural Committee during its quarterly meeting at a café where no coffee is served…
Residents of Westminster are demanding answers after it emerged that the Central London Neighbourhood Unity Forum (CLNUF) spent £12,000 on a set of ‘heritage benches’ that are, by design, impossible to sit on. The sleek stone benches, installed last month along New Cavendish Street, feature sharply sloped surfaces and polished bronze armrests that prevent anyone…
By Lavender Botts Westminster is reeling after revelations that the Central London Neighbourhood Unity Forum (CLNUF) spent £40,000 of community funds on a ceremonial gong that has yet to be struck in public. The 8-foot bronze instrument, commissioned from a “sound healer collective” in Bali, was meant to be the centrepiece of local meetings. In…
By Our Wellness Correspondent Fitzrovia is no stranger to eccentric ideas, but the council’s latest pilot scheme has left locals blinking. This week, Westminster Council announced it would be trialling the UK’s first “Wellness Traffic Lights” at the junction of Goodge Street and Charlotte Street. Instead of the standard red, amber, and green signals, the…
In an unforeseen parliamentary skirmish, the infamous House of Commons Rolo Eating Team has thrown down the chocolatey gauntlet in a contest against their counterparts, the dignified House of Lords. The rivalry, believed to have been sparked by a Rolo-related faux pas during a particularly heated debate on fiscal policy, has escalated into a high-stakes…