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  • Hands off sex shops
    Published: 3 February, 2012 • I remember being able to go into a sex shop, put coins in a slot, and watch a sex film. Then the killjoys of Westminster City Council put a stop to that for no...
  • Excellent year for dragons
    Published: 3 February, 2012 • I enjoyed the feature on Chinese dragons (Here be (many) dragons, Chinese New Year special issue, January 27). I was glad it drew on Chinese sources as, when it...
  • New leader must listen more to Westminster’s people
    Published: 3 February, 2012 • The South East Bayswater Residents’ Association has been around for just over 40 years and we have seen leaders of the council come and go and are always...
  • Damaging confusion
    Published: 3 February, 2012 • The growing confusion over who will be the next leader of Westminster City Council is damaging for democracy and for the credibility of the council. Everything is...
  • Dogma not delusion
    Published: 3 February, 2012 • Lewis Wolpert’s review of Rupert Sheldrake’s new book, The Science Delusion, Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry can’t really be counted as a review (...
  • Echoes of the past
    Published: 3 February, 2012 • “The day begins to break and soon there is the hum and noise of life. Those who have spent the night on doorsteps and cold stones crawl off to beg; they who...
  • FORUM: High-flyer takes on Phoenix
    Published: 3 February, 2012 by PAVAN AMARA As Christmas approached, Ken Wright had a difficult decision to make. He could ignore the dying wishes of his lifelong friend, Phoenix Art Club proprietor...
  • Living wills
    Published: 3 February, 2012 • Poet and secretary to Florence Nightingale, Arthur Hugh Clough wrote the  couplet, “Thou shalt not kill but needst not strive, officiously, to keep...
  • FORUM: Euston, HS2 certainly has a problem!
    Published: 27 January, 2012 by PETER JONES Euston, HS2 certainly has a problem now. It’s much quicker from Old Oak, why are we being singled out? Local people have been criticised in the...
  • Donkey to follow…
    Published: 27 January, 2012 • The sequel to the film War Horse should be War Donkeys. In the 1914-18 war, on the Western Front, it was a case of Lions (soldiers) being led by Donkeys (officers...
  • Measuring a majority
    Published: 27 January, 2012 • I was amazed to read (Letters, January 20) that Ron Whelan could write on behalf of the residents of Mayfair… “The majority of local residents...
  • HS2 fast food
    Published: 27 January, 2012 • I was saddened to hear about the threat to business and community around Drummond Street, WC1, from HS2. For many years, this culinary oasis has been an icon for...
  • Use empty space for businesses
    Published: 27 January, 2012 • Following its closure some while ago, the former giant Safeways/ Morrisons/ Co-operative premises in Edgware Road W2 has remained empty and forlorn. What a waste...
  • Open up the election
    Published: 27 January, 2012 • In March there will be a new council leader and an opportunity for a fresh approach to running the council. Sadly, with an electorate of just 48 Conservative...
  • Vote middle-of-the-road?
    Published: 27 January, 2012 A contested leadership election is one of the few times a back-bench councillor can make a difference.   And with three or four candidates, every vote will count....