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Staff hit back at reports that Designers Guild is on the “brink of collapse”
Loyal staff at Designers Guild have railed against reports that the future of the iconic King’s Road store is hanging by a thread and declared: "Don't be too presumptuous!". Sky News reported last week that the beloved home décor store - launched by Tricia Guild in 1971 - is in serious trouble, with the company having filed a notice to appoint administrators. City Editor Mark Kleinman claimed that DG was on “the...
Chelsea History Festival
Guest Curator: John Simpson, BBC World Affairs Editor
Sponsored by Cadogan
Media Partner: The Chelsea Citizen
Thursday 1 – Sunday 4 October 2026
AND – ACTION! Opening credits to finally roll on new flagship Curzon for the King’s Road
After eight long years in the dark, the Curzon is coming back to the King’s Road - with grand plans to be a 21st century creative hub, as well as a...
THE TOWER IS TOPPLED – Planning Inspector dismisses Rockwell’s appeal
Campaigners are celebrating in Chelsea and Battersea today after a Government planning inspector dramatically threw out Rockwell’s hugely...
“I’m really thrilled and excited. We knocked it out of the park” – Leader Elizabeth Campbell as unbreakable blue wall remains solid
Jubilant Tories were celebrating victory today after comfortably tightening their grip on power in a landmark RBKC election. After rises in Council...
Election Special: Blue is STILL the colour. Tories romp home
The Tory Party scored a resounding victory in the local elections yesterday to return as the leading power group. The Party secured 34 out of 50...
The Citizen’s BIG Five Questions to the Big Five Parties*
As voters prepare to go to the polls, The Chelsea Citizen’s JOHN COOKSON cuts through the campaign noise (and all those annoying, highly shreddable...
The grab for power looms, but Who will win and How?
This Thursday — 7th May — voters in Kensington and Chelsea go to the polls in the most finely balanced local elections the Royal Borough has seen in...
EXCLUSIVE: “This is traumatic. I am devastated” – Karl Cronin’s father talks to The Citizen
The father of the man who fell to his death on the King’s Road in mysterious circumstances has told The Citizen: “This is traumatic for me. I am...
Gardeners find “dog toys and food covered in white powder” in Brompton Cemetery
Police have issued an urgent warning after suspected poisoned meat was discovered in two of Kensington and Chelsea’s best known green spaces —...
AI film shows how Rockwell Property’s tower for Battersea Bridge might unfold
The Chelsea Citizen partnered with the Friends of Battersea Riverside - our campaigning compatriots across the water - to create a short film to...
Two major victories for campaigners at the Council’s Planning Applications committee
Applause and cheers rang out across Kensington Town Hall last night as residents welcomed two planning decisions — both the subject of sustained...
Workers demand Council does not scrap its £1,800 FREE travel perk
Furious council workers erupted in protest outside Kensington Town Hall yesterday after bosses slashed a long-standing travel perk — leaving many...
Supergroup campaigners Jagger, Campbell, Wade and Powell draw big crowd for anti slots arcade demo’
Human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger has issued a rallying cry to town hall chiefs — urging them to “fight all the way” to block a giant slot...