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Big name authors talk history in Kensington next week.

A new executive chef and a refurbished setting make for a lovely summer lunch at Joe’s on Draycott Avenue.

Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea councils hail move to save local libraries – but the news isn’t as good as they claim.

Long time Executive Chef at the well established Bombay Brasserie, Prahlad Hegde chats about his career and shares a few basics tips about how to best prepare Indian and South Asian dishes at home.

How do you fancy a dancing lesson from Strictly Come Dancing’s Brendan Cole, followed by access to an exclusive party at the prestigious Amika club in Kensington? Freixenet, makers of the UK’s favourite sparkling wine, have just launched a Facebook page with a unique App …

History lovers, prepare to descend on Kensington for the second London History Festival. Six events bring together writers of fascinating books about the past to chat and answer questions. The ever-popular Tudor period gets a look-in with Justin Pollard (QI researcher and consultant to TV …

The ageing conference hall in west London is to benefit from a £20 million upgrade after Hammersmith & Fulham council approved the proposal. The plan is to completely rebuild the West Hall (giving it a new bronze-and-glass entranceway, the design for which is pictured above), …

The project to turn the Commonwealth Institute in Kensington into the new home of the Design Museum has received a boost with a £300,000 development grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Not a huge sum for a scheme which will cost a fair few million …

This week we have a look at London UFOs in history, starting with something strange seen flying over the Thames one morning in May. It was a UFO in the sense that no one knew what the object was but once it landed at Stratford …

Estate Agent Overload by blech It’s enough to get first-time buyers legging it down SW7 way, chequebook in hand: a two-bedroom period terrace house on Crescent Place (a “quiet no-through road”, according to the estate agent), within walking distance of Harrods and the Kensington museums, …