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M&Co goes bust 0
- News
- 10th December 2022
M&Co has gone bust. In a major retailing blow to Surbiton high street, the clothing shop chain has plunged into administration a fortnight before Christmas. Despite its windows being full of festive jumpers, and dramatic 25% pre-Xmas discounts being offered at what should be the busiest time of the year, all 180 branches of the
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Xmas Carol is a feelgood fillip 0
- Arts, News
- 9th December 2022
Fancy a feelgood fillip to counteract these cold, cheerless days? The Rose Theatre’s festive show – always a high point of the year – is a truly spectacular pick-me-up. Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s interpretation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a vibrant musical led by a surprisingly small adult cast of five, backed by a splendid
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Erin’s the star of the show 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 24th November 2022
Ahead of Chelsea Women’s midweek floodlit clash with Real Madrid in the Champions League, manager Emma Hayes warned that while the Spanish side were relative newcomers, they had knocked Man City out of the competition in the last two seasons. After a goalless first half – a Kingsmeadow rarity – it was clear why the
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Train show dodges strikes 0
- Arts, News
- 7th November 2022
No rail strikes are planned for this weekend, which is a mercy as Tolworth Showtrain, the popular model railway exhibition at Tolworth Recreation Centre, can go full steam ahead. If you thought model train layouts were rather lonely affairs confined to attics, think again. The event on Sat Nov 12 and Sun Nov 13 represents
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Farce feels newly minted 0
- Arts
- 5th November 2022
Oscar Wilde’s witty farce The Importance of Being Earnest has been given a vigorous twist at Kingston’s Rose, with a black cast directed by Denzel Westley-Sanderson. Lady Bracknell is played like a pantomime dame by drag queen Daniel Jacob, whose exaggerated camp gestures and mobile eyebrows almost seem superfluous in a show in which Wilde’s
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Wall of poppies tribute to fallen 0
- History, News
- 4th November 2022
Pop down to the Legion and see the poppies. 6,000 adorn the walls and railings of the Surbiton Royal British Legion Club. This is the second year the knitters and crocheters of the club in Hollyfield Road, Surbiton, have come together to produce an eye-catching display. There are even more poppies on show this year
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