Covid-19

Doorstep portraits raise money for Mind and chronicle history 0
- Arts, News
- 4th July 2020
We are living through history – there is no doubt about it – and photographer Amy Murrell has been capturing what has been keeping us safe in these unprecedented times – our homes. Amy, of Upper Brighton Road, Surbiton, has been taking pictures of local residents on their doorsteps – the place where we stood
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Watch and participate in online international youth arts festival 0
- Arts, News
- 30th June 2020
You can’t come to Kingston’s annual International Youth Arts Festival this summer, so it’s coming to you instead. The festival – which will give young people from around the world an opportunity to share new work created during lockdown as well as debate the future of the arts with industry professionals – is going online
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Footy in lockdown is surreal 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 29th June 2020
Talk about contrasts. It was either utter silence or deafening 80s hits at Leicester as Chelsea’s 1-0 win teed up an FA Cup semi against Man U at Wembley. They struggled to get the balance right; the Tannoy messages relayed at full volume, as if competing with 32,000 baying fans. The guy could have whispered
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The Museum of Today archives lockdown with your contributions 0
- Arts, History, News
- 25th June 2020
Take a photo of something from your home or wherever you have been during lockdown that has particular significance for you, record a minute-long video explaining why, and submit it to The Museum of Today. Your contribution will be part of an archive telling the story of a historic few months during which we have
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Grant deadline is looming 0
- News
- 17th June 2020
Surbiton businesses which want to apply for a share of grant funding from Kingston Council need to get their skates on! The deadline for the first tranche of grants available for small and micro businesses in the borough is THIS FRIDAY! With the deadline looming, the council has issued a final reminder that it has
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Shoes at Last reopens 0
- News
- 15th June 2020
Surbiton fashionistas are breathing a sigh of relief. Shoes at Last is back! The upmarket, designer-label, boutique in Maple Road, Surbiton, run by Sarah Taylor, pictured, is open for business. Sarah closed her fashion store which sells clothes, shoes and accessories, on March 21 because of the coronavirus crisis. Twelve weeks later she’s back with a one-in,
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