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Final whistle for Boehly as Clearlake takes full control of Chelsea FC
Clearlake Capital Group is set to take full control of Chelsea Football Club, as Todd Boehly and Mark Walter have agreed to sell their stakes in the Premier League club. The American billionaires were among the investors who joined Clearlake in the...
Interview – The Pressure producers: “We like to create theatre with a competitive edge – it gives the night a unique buzz”
Actors Arthur Campbell and Gregor Roach met at Oxford University and quickly began developing an innovative theatrical format to help showcase emerging student talent. They came up with a fun and fast staging concept that was laced with an original competitive element. They called it Pressure. The format is simple: Four new 15-minute plays are commissioned to reflect a specific theme and the actors and director are given just 12 hours of...
Get your bedding ready for Glass Door’s sleep out to help the homeless
This year, Glass Door Homeless Charity are launching their fourteenth annual sleep out – and this time it will coincide with World Homeless Day. A sleep out is a great way to raise money for the charity whilst also giving people a stark glimpse into the difficult life so many face on the streets of London every night. No doubt compounded by the cost-of-living crisis, homelessness in London is at a record high with Glass Door Homeless Charity...
Pankhurst’s battle in Chelsea still echoes, thanks to a thoughtful resident’s plaque
From Bob Marley to Oscar Wilde, George Elliott to Bram Stoker, Chelsea is blessed with close to 200 blue plaques, the second most in any London borough bar Westminster. For long the preserve of English Heritage there are now many other commemorative plaque schemes across London. Individuals too can join in the fun, researching and memorialising the history of their own home, place of work or street. And now a striking new blue plaque has...
Hot air and air con: John Cookson’s sketch from inside the Town Hall chamber on the hottest June day in history
From The Citizen's customary front-row perch on the Town Hall press bench, our faithful municipal eavesdropper John Cookson watched Kensington and...
The Citizen makes history as new media partner for The Chelsea History Festival
The Chelsea History Festival will return this autumn with a programme of around 100 events, bringing world-renowned historians, broadcasters,...
History Director Gill Webber Interview: “Everywhere you look in Chelsea there’s a fascinating story to tell”
The Chelsea History Festival returns this October with its most ambitious programme yet, bringing world-class historians, authors, performers and...
“I was resentful at the time, but as time goes on, the less I feel that way — war is hell”. Stories of heroism at the National Army Museum
Three men who faced bullets, bombs and terrorists — and lived to tell the tale — gathered in Chelsea as the National Army Museum celebrated becoming...
HURRAH! TFL parks dumb Loading Bay decision – after The Citizen inspires residents to fight
Transport for London has caved in and REVERSED its decision to change a much-needed loading bay into a parking berth for rental bikes and scooters....
“Park in a bay – or we’ll take it away”- RBKC Council seizes 2,600 e-bikes and wheels in £210,000 in fines
The Council has scooped a fortune in fines from e-bike operators by impounding more than 2,600 hazardously parked bicycles since launching a...
High Society: A colourful and joyous night of escape at brutalist Barbican – just what the doctor ordered
The Citizen was all set to write an erudite, lyrical introduction to fully encapsulate the joy of High Society. It was even going to include an...
RBKC officers put resident through years of hell and £10,000 bill trying to BAN wooden terrace they had already APPROVED
A homeowner was dragged through a planning nightmare by the council for two-and-a-half years and forced to spend nearly £10,000 defending a roof...
“It has been a nightmare. We just want justice” – Jack Ryan’s sister Ciara launches campaign in emotional interview on GMB
“I want justice…” Those three simply words rang out as Ciara Ryan launched the Justice for Jack Ryan campaign during an emotional interview on Good...
Leader Cllr Elizabeth Campbell’s new term – and teary – speech in FULL
Cllr Elizabeth Campbell addressed the full council meeting as she took office for the third time. During the part of her speech that referred to...
Read a letter from The Citizen’s founder and editor Rob McGibbon in which he explains the philosophy for his newspaper and how it will only live with sponsorship, advertising and philanthropic support.
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