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A new campaign to save arts funding gained momentum today with this Banksy-like image from Mark Wallinger. The artist, famous for his 1999 fourth plinth commission Ecco Homo and the giant white horse set to go up in Kent, has spent ten minutes in Photoshop …

Photo from the Facebook group All too often, Facebook petitions are just badly spelled lynch-mobs-in-waiting or ‘for lulz’ irritants that clog up your newsfeed, so we were cheered to see one that made us laugh – and that maybe has a good idea behind it. …

By testpatern via the Londonist Flickrpool Portobello Market traders yesterday handed a petition to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to protest against “the inconsistency of the RBKC planning decisions which aid giant chain stores to invade Portobello Road at the expense of the …

Local residents and users of the Tram Depot in Clapton are fighting back against redevelopment plans that threaten to demolish the mix of small businesses and art galleries currently occupying the old tramshed originally used for horse-drawn trams. Furniture makers, fabric designers, a foam factory, …

The MPA are threatening to disband the Met’s specialist human trafficking unit, handing over its remit to ‘Vice and Clubs’ comprising Met officers without specific knowledge or training in the third largest international crime after arm and drugs trading. Labour MEP Mary Honeyball is presenting …

If you’re queuing up for one of the many Westminster venues during Open House tomorrow, keep an eye out for Caroline Anns-Baldock. The 62-year-old former flat jockey will ride ‘naked’ along Whitehall on her way to Downing Street. Those inverted commas are needed because this …

Hampstead Heath is famous and well loved for many things; its outstanding natural beauty, the swimming ponds, shagging and tramps being gifted million pound plots. It’s also the only place in London that men can legally sunbathe naked, in a special enclosure by the Men’s …