Jun 21, 2021

FN newsletter - 21-06-2021: the latest news on the longest day

By Fitzrovia News • Issue #7 • View online

Please be aware that there are Covid-19 restrictions in London. Follow the latest NHS, and Government guidance. Visit Camden Council’s coronavirus web page or Westminster Council’s coronavirus web page for the latest local information.

It’s the longest day – and it’s pouring with rain. Which means it will won’t be as pleasant to meet friends outdoors. But please think again before socialising indoors as there is a warning about Covid infections again rising in London. See our news story about rising Covid rates in Fitzrovia.

We plan to produce a full-size printed newspaper (FN162) later this summer. This will be a full colour paper with mostly features including some which have appeared online since last June.

As always, thanks to all our contributors. If you have an idea for an article, please get in touch. Have a good summer.

– Linus Rees, editor

The latest news, features and comment

Westminster Council plans part-pedestrianisation of Oxford Street

Westminster Council has unveiled plans to part-pedestrianise Oxford Street to create two piazzas either side of Oxford Circus, diverting all motor and cycle traffic north into the side streets of Fitzrovia and Marylebone, before the end of the year.

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Covid cases are rising rapidly in Fitzrovia

The cases of Covid-19 in Fitzrovia are rising rapidly according to the latest information from the official UK government website for data and insights on coronavirus.

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Adrian Ensor – a photographic journey in black and white

Adrian Ensor is one of Britain’s finest black and white photographic printers and has been working in his basement darkroom just off Fitzroy Square for over 50 years.

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Exhibition explores the cultural impact of ‘V for Vendetta’

The Cartoon Museum in Wells Street has re-opened with an exhibition examining the cultural impact of the most ground-breaking series of comics ever to be published — V for Vendetta.

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Partial solar eclipse over Fitzrovia

Partial solar eclipse over Fitzrovia, photographed by A M Hanson.

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Radio: how the Horton family made the 100 Club

Charleen Spiteri hosts another episode of Absolute Radio’s Tales From the Cloakroom where she talks to Jeff Horton about how the 100 Club on Oxford Street moved on from a purely jazz music venue in 1942, to the rock ‘n’ roll decades, punk, reggae and beyond.

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Black blood donors urged to help treat sickle cell disease

People of Black and mixed Black heritage are urged to donate blood on World Sickle Cell Awareness Day at the Blood Donor Centre in Margaret Street, Fitzrovia.

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