by Rob McGibbon | Apr 14, 2025 | Culture, News
One of Chelsea’s most famous lost nightspots has finally shaken off its hangover and re-emerged on the King’s Road with an exuberant flourish. 151 – the small basement venue, so-called simply because of its street number – has reopened as The...
by Rob McGibbon | Apr 10, 2025 | Culture, News
Gary Lineker, the legendary character actor from television crisp adverts, was an unlikely late substitute on the team sheet at the Finborough Theatre. Lineker, the former England captain and Spurs and Barcelona striker, came off the bench to host a special discussion...
by Rob McGibbon | Mar 31, 2025 | Culture, News, Reviewz
The Design Museum has made a splash by opening an exhibition dedicated to swimming – with a rare swimsuit worn by beach legend Pamela Anderson during her spell making waves in the 1990s TV series Baywatch. Spotlit and suspended by wires in a cabinet with...
by Rob McGibbon | Mar 28, 2025 | Culture, News, Reviewz
By Rob McGibbon The Play: Men’s Business by Franz Xaver Kroetz – in a new translation by Simon Stephens. On until 12th April A love story set in the back room of a butcher’s shop with a brutal bastard of a dog howling in the yard next door. Charlie’s faith...
by Rob McGibbon | Mar 27, 2025 | Culture, News
General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, KCB OBE DL, drew a colourful parade of around 300 guests to his talk at The Wren Chapel at Royal Hospital on 26th March. The stellar attendance helped raise more than £10,000 for the Chelsea and Kensington branch of the NSPCC. Organisers...
by Rob McGibbon | Mar 6, 2025 | Culture, News
The Chelsea Society has issued its annual report for 2024 and its Winter Bulletin. The Citizen is happy to publish here the Editor’s Foreword by Deputy Chairman Michael Stephen and below you will find the opening of the Chairman’s Report by Dr James...