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RHS SECRET GARDEN SUNDAYSThe Royal Horticultural Society, famous for its spectacularChelsea Flower Show in May, is hosting a new series of SecretGarden Sundays under the great glass atrium of the RHS LindleyHall, Westminster on the first Sunday of every month from 4th Mayto 7th September, with a Christmas special on 2nd November.

Bringing gardening, food and entertainment to life in the heart ofthe city, there are cookery and floristry demonstrations, tips fromtop florists, gardening and craft workshops, tasty seasonal food,illustrated ceramics, botanical art, plants, flowers, herbs, andhome-made breads, cakes, cheeses, jams and chutneys, fromindependent producers. Handy hints from experts are on offer,giving advice on what you need to grow your own. Food aficionados sit side-by-side with stalls selling seeds, plants, kitsand tools for anyone keen to try their hand, looking to revamp

their veg plots orcultivate small urbanspaces. You canpotter, shop,browse, meet yourfriends for brunch,soak up the farmersmarket atmosphere,sip delicious fruitjuices, marvel athome-grown mush-room logs and learnabout busy BumbleBees which areessential to pollinatekey ingredients suchas beans, peas,

raspberries and tomatoes. Talk to experts from the Bumble BeeConservation Trust from the School of Biological Sciences,University of Stirling, Fife.

For anyone keen to experiment at growing plants, indoors or outside, but uncertain how to start, the free ‘RHS GrowingTogether Club’ provides answers directly from the RHS gardeningteam on the spot. The Society of Garden Designers is present asthe UK’s professional body, so too is ‘Young Hort’ a brand newinitiative for young horticulturalists which aims to promote horti-culture as a career, showing how fun, exciting and rewarding it is.

For those just looking for something different to do with theirweekend there are Talks, live music and plenty to eat and enjoy.The RHS Shop will be selling a range of books, gifts and garden-ing related products and all profits are donated to the RHS tosupport its charitable work. These new Secret Garden Sundaysfrom the RHS are open from 10.00 to 4.00 and inspire Londonersto grow, taste and celebrate the best of seasonal British produce. See www.rhs.org.uk/londonshows

“ARE TODAY’S YOUNGER GENERATION HARD DONEBY, OR LUCKIER THAN THEY REALISE?”The media is full of stories that young people in Britain today arethe unluckiest generation in recent history, but how true is that?With increased tuition fees, the crash of 2008, and the cost of liv-ing on the increase, life for young people has been undoubtedlymade harder.

But now, with the economy on the mend and employers hungryfor fresh talent, is the ‘jilted generation’ really so hard done by?That’s what will be discussed in a live debate being organised byThe Spectator in partnership with Belgravia-based DuncanLawrie Private Bank. Taking place at The British Museum on theevening of 17th June, panellists Ruth Porter (The PolicyExchange), Paul Flatters (Trajectory), Ed Howker (co-author‘Jilted Generation’), and Katie Morley (Investors Chronicle) willargue for and against the motion – including questions from theaudience, and a live vote. Andrew Neil will chair the discussion.Duncan Lawrie is pleased to offer a limited number of complimentary tickets to local residents. If you would like toattend, please contact Zeena Patel on: 020 7201 3046 or [email protected].

ELIZABETH STREET PARTYOrganised each year by the Belgravia Trader's Association, theElizabeth Street Party sees local shops and restaurants takingtheir wares out onto the street to start the summer off with a goodold fashioned street carnival. With music, food, and special activities for kids and families, there should be plenty to geteveryone in the festival mood at the 2014 event.

Highlight events for the street party include a children's party atSt Michaels Church. At 6.00 pm the Street Party opens and at7.00 pm Fight for Sight on stage 8.00 pm - 11.00 pm Live music

The proceeds of the admission goes to the charity, Fight for Sightwhich evolved through a merger of Fight for Sight and the BritishEye Research Foundation in 2005. Since 1965 the charity hasraised funds to support medical research into a wide-range ofeye conditions, including macular degeneration, glaucoma,cataract, diabetic retinopathy as well as the causes of childhoodblindness. Fight for Sight also funds research into a large numberof rare eye diseases.

Fight for Sight receives no government or statutory funding and isdependent on voluntary donations. They raise money from a variety of sources including grant-making trusts and companies.Fundraising in the community is organised through a combinationof local fundraising committees and volunteers. A valuable contribution is made by a large number of individuals with donations, who undertake sponsored events.

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Vauxhall Bridge Road. Later that night, an open area close toVictoria Railway Station was also damaged.

Many residents sought refuge in local street shelters, in VictoriaUnderground Station’s tunnels, in the basements of public buildings such as the Army and Navy Stores, in shelters in ChristChurch Gardens, Broadway and under Methodist Central Hall.

Victoria Street was hit directly on at least 11 separate occasions.Other streets in the vicinity were struck by high explosive and oilbombs a further 9 times. Victoria Station and Victoria RailwayBridge over the Thames were targets. Victoria Station and itslocale were hit 15 times during the Blitz - on 8th September 1940with bombs falling on both the Railway Bridge and the Stationapproach, ripping up the tracks. On 15 September 1940, aLuftwaffe bomber was brought down by RAF interception overthe Station. On 11th May 1941, a bomb disposal team dealt with5 unexploded bombs dropped on the Station the night before. On25th June 1944, a V1 flying bomb struck Hudson’s Place killing14 and injuring 82. On 12th November 1944, a V2 rocket explod-ed prematurely at high altitude over Victoria, but no damage orinjuries were caused.

Victoria Street buildings destroyed, badly damaged or burnt out duringthe Blitz included Christ Church, Broadway on 17th April 1941, 82Victoria Street (at the corner with Palace Street) and 102 VictoriaStreet. In the night raid of 10th-11th May 1941 an engine shop, horsestables, box store and parts of the large Watneys Stag Brewery (onthe site of today’s Cardinal Place) were hit and destroyed. Additionalbombs fell on premises next to 125 Victoria Street, on 143 VictoriaStreet, at 172 Victoria Street (at the corner with Buckingham PalaceRoad) and on three hotels at 253-259 Vauxhall Bridge Road.

Bombs fell on Carlisle Place, St Andrew's Church in Ashley Place, onground close toWestminsterCathedral, on132-142 AshleyGardens,Westminster CitySchool, GreycoatPlace and OldPye Street.Others hit theroadway opposite theArmy and NavyStores, damaging the1878 departmentstore at the corner withArtillery Row andwrecking one ofits warehouses inGreencoat Place.More destructionin the VictoriaStreet area wascaused afterdirect hits onQueen Anne’s Mansions (today’s Ministry of Justice) on Petty France(13th September 1940) and on Broadway (including LondonPassenger Transport Board Headquarters at 55 Broadway) on 14thOctober 1940.

Nos 15-16 Victoria Chambers (on the site of today’s Department forBusiness, Innovation & Skills) were destroyed, as were St Margaret’sMansions, 14 Victoria Street (north side) and businesses close toAbbey House, opposite the Sanctuary and the junction with GreatSmith Street. Westminster Abbey, St Margaret’s Westminster and theHouses of Parliament, were badly damaged or disfigured by bombing.

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WHAT’S IN A PIMLICO NAME?The background determining the name of a street reveals so muchof its history. Pimlico was developed from the 1830s from part ofthe manor of Ebury, inherited by Mary Davies who married SirThomas Grosvenor in 1677. Several members of the Grosvenorfamily and its estates would eventually be commemorated in thenew street names.

Belgrave, Eccleston, Claverton and Churton are local villages tothe Grosvenor family seat, Eaton Hall in Cheshire. The firstMarquess of Westminster undertook the difficult feat of drainingand developing Belgravia and Pimlico. His wife was the daughterof the Earl of Wilton. Their son married a daughter of the Duke ofSutherland. Hugh Street and Lupus Street are named after theinfant Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, son of the 2nd Marquess and eventually 1st Duke of Westminster. Pimlico was the last of theGrosvenor London estates to be urbanized, by which time many ofthe family names, titles and estates had already been used forstreets they owned in Mayfair and Belgravia. A variety of randomdukedoms and baronies were adopted instead: Chichester,Clarendon, Cumberland, Denbigh, Gloucester, Sussex,Westmoreland, Winchester, Cambridge and Aylesford.

Henry Wise, Royal Gardener to William III, Queen Anne andGeorge I, retired from his highly successful career and boughtestates at Charlwood in Surrey and Moreton and Lillington nearTachbrook in Warwickshire. He settled at Warwick Priory, wherehe died in 1738. He also acquired two fields in Pimlico in 1713where these names are now remembered.

The church of St. George Hanover Square (begun 1713) was originally endowed with a parish which included the marshy wastesof Pimlico, giving its name to St. George’s Drive and Square.Turpentine Lane recalls Rennie’s White Lead works nearby, andGuildhouse Street the guildhouse which backed on to this streetfrom 1922-49. Long Moor was a boggy field on an early map,hence Longmoore Street. Dolphin Square, built in 1936, is namedafter the ‘dolphin’ or pump which used to stand nearby. Johnson’sPlace commemorates John and William Johnson of Millbank,employed to lay the new streets in the 1830s.

Alderney Street used to be Stanley Street, from a plot of landowned here by the Stanley family. There were many other streetsof this name in London, so it was changed in 1879 to Alderley byassociation to the family of Stanley of Alderley. However LordStanley objected and it was immediately altered to Alderney.

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ENRICO ROBUSTI - VICE“Food, sex & irony in Italy”What makes life worth living? “Food, sex and irony”. The renownedItalian artist Enrico Robusti knows exactly how to portray life’s pleas-ures and human vice in his paintings. Ransom Art Gallery will launchthe exhibition of his unconventional and satirical canvases on 22ndMay 2014 at 105 Pimlico Road, Chelsea.

Combining Francis Bacon’s power, the cruel sensuality of LucianFreud’s bodies, Otto Dix’s comic-strip characters, Brueghel’s impeccable technique, Bosh’s visionary imagination and the distortionof traditional Italian Renaissance perspective; Robusti is a puppeteer,

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A sense of dizzinessand void willaffect theviewer ofhis works; itis easy tobe suckedin by thevortex created byRobusti’sperspectivegames.

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This exhibition opening on the 23nd May, will be a celebration ofItalian Excellence: at the private view on the 22nd May visitors will beinvited to taste a combination of Italian art by Robusti and deliciousfood and wine especially selected by Giorgio Locatelli, the renownedchef and BBC presenter.

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TINELLO RESTAURANT, Pimlico RoadJust a short stroll from Sloane Square is Tinello, an Italian restaurantopened in 2010 by brothers Max and Frederico Sali who both workedpreviously at Locanda Locatelli. If your idea of an Italian restaurant isone of the high street pizza and pasta joints, think again, you are infor a real treat, this is in a totally different league. You enter to an airof calm, quiet efficiency with impeccable service: charming, attentivebut unobtrusive, the waiters seemed to anticipate our every request.

We were offered several dishes of starters, our favourites beingTuscan chicken livercrostinis - deliciousmorsels on toast;gnoccho fritto - warmfeatherlight pockets ofpastry; and Burratacheese mixed withpomegranate seeds.This was followed by awonderfully tasty pastadish - Homemade herbPappardelle ribbons with duckragout.

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artichokes and baby spinach and Scottish sirloin, braised shallots,potato and watercress puree - both beautifully cooked and presented.Somehow we managed to find space for a Dolci and gorgeous coffee,then came a complimentary tiny pastry filled with creme patisserieandMarsala.

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COCKPIT STEPSLeading between Birdcage Walk and Old Queen Street is thesmall passageway of Cockpit Steps, named after it’s rather sinister connection to the age old pastime of cock fighting. The steps themselves are actually the last remaining parts of the old RoyalCockpit, a venue built in the 18th century for the upper classes towatch and wager on cock fights.

Cockfighting had first become popular in the Tudor times, mainlyas a quick and easy way to make money due to the heavy

betting andsurprisinglythoroughregulationthat wentwith thesport. Therules wereremarkablycomplex,but at it’ssimplestlevel, thecocks hadto be of thesameweight andheight, withtheir tailsand wingstrimmed.

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argue that however evil and unpleasant cockfighting was, it nevertheless played a large role in introducing rules and regulations into other sporting arenas. The large sums of moneybeing wagered and the massive popularity of the sport meantthat they had no other choice – it needed to be fair and balanced!The cockpits themselves were often dirty, rowdy and rather seedyaffairs. Although the Royal Cockpit was geared more towards theupper classes, most cockpits were places where social classesmixed. The majority of towns boasted at least one cockpit, and inmore rural retreats the gentry were even known to hold matchesin their own country houses!

These steps are rumoured to be haunted by a headless lady!First reported by The Times in 1804, it told of a pair ofColdstream Guards who after walking past Cockpit Stairs saw aheadless lady moving down the stairs and drifting over the roadtowards St James’ Park. After seeing the apparition, the guardswere so frightened that they had to be confined to hospital!

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Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, architectural critic and writer, noted thatDolphin Square was “the largest self-contained block of flats inEurope” and as late as 1992, no other building in Europe had agreater number of self-contained units under one continuous roof. Famous seafarers names adorn the thirteen houses that comprise the Dolphin Square.

It’s proximity to Westminster has led to its popularity with politicians such as Harold Wilson, David Steel, & William Hague.Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies were sub-tenants. In1940 the Free French occupied Grenville House, and whenGeneral de Gaulle was in the Square.

Ian Fleming’s M was partially based on Maxwell Knight, a seniorfigure in British military intelligence, a former member of theBritish Union of Fascists, an accomplished jazz drummer and along term resident of Dolphin Square. Whilst at MI5, Knightrecruited Ian Fleming and a fellow resident, William Joyce. Joyce,a right-winger, became an infamous figure during the SecondWorld War – ‘Lord Haw-Haw’, a leading German propagandamouthpiece during World War 2.

Oswald Mosley, fanatical ‘blackshirt’ and, along with Joyce, oneof the British Union of Fascist’s prime orators, lived at DolphinSquare with his wife Diana. During the 1940s and 1950s it wasthe home to Arthur Askey, Tommy Trinder and Vic Oliver. Musichall star Bud Flanagan lived in Raleigh House.

WOMAN JAILED FOR HELPING HANI ABOU EL KHEIRKILLERS HIDE FROM POLICEDonjeta Gashi, a 21-year-old woman is jailed for nine months forperverting the course of justice following the frenzied knife attackin January 2013. Gashi helped two of the killers of Hani Abou ElKheir evade arrest has been jailed for nine months.

She was convicted of helping two of Hani’s killers flee police bypaying for accommodation at the Full Moon Backpacker hostel inBristol. She was cleared of one other count of perverting thecourse of justice.

Five men weresentenced inJanuary for a totalof 131 years forkilling the teenager in a frenzied knifeattack in LupusStreet, Pimlico.

Ahmed Mikhaimarand ArberBarbatovci, both20, of Pimlico,Tarquai Joseph,19, of Maida Vale,and a 20-year-old man from Camberwell, who cannot be namedfor legal reasons, were each sentenced to serve a minimum of26 years in prison for murder.Craig Boyce, 26, of Paddington, was also convicted of murderand jailed for at least 27 years.

The Metropolitan Police is offering a £20,000 reward for informa-tion leading the arrest and prosecution of others believed to beinvolved in Hani’s murder.

Anyone with information should contact police on 020 8345 3715or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


Donjeta Gashi, 21,jailed for perverting the course of justice

Hani Abou El Kheir


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In the early 19th century, Belgravia was a piece of wasteland full ofswamps, pastures for grazing sheep and orchards; it was a dangerous place where respectable people didn't go! During theGeorgian period, the houses in Belgravia had brick facades as theuse of bricks rather than wood was compulsory which was introduced after the Great Fire of London in 1666 during KingCharles II reign.

Ebury StreetLeading architect Thomas Cubitt gave the area its unique characterwhen it was first developed in the 1820s when he was appointedLead Contractor by The 2nd Earl Grosvenor, later the 1st Marquis ofWestminster. Thomas Cubitt first mission was to drain the land ofexcess water to enable solid foundations to be laid before any building could begin.The Victorians were very influenced by theItalian style. Houses were covered in stucco and then painted. Theplaster was then scored or rusticated to make it look like paintedblocks of stone. With Belgrave Square and Eaton Square at its heart,Belgravia is still to this day characterised by grand terraces of Cubitt-designed white stucco houses.

Later, Lord Richard Grosvenor, the 2nd Marquis of Westminsterdecided to develop the area into an estate and Thomas Cubitt andhis team undertook the job of developing a residential estate centredon Belgrave Square. Cubitt's notable achievements include OsborneHouse, the East facing part of Buckingham Palace and he built andpersonally funded a mile of London's embankment.

Belgravia residents have and still do include historians, poets,princes, statesmen, industrialists, inventors, field marshals, scientists,actors, politicians, painters and reformers. Today it is home to A-listcelebrities, the privileged and the super-rich, entrepreneurs and oiltycoons, Russian oligarchs and business magnates. The roll-call ofrich and famous residents have included Joan Collins, Sir MichaelCaine, Sir Terence Stamp, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Christopher Lee,Vivien Leigh and last but not least Lillie Langtry, actress and famousmistress of Edward VII. Celebrities include singer / songwriter SarahBrightman, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Elizabeth Hurley; SeanConnery and Roger Moor, Writers & poets have included NoelCoward, Harold Nicolson, and Lord Tennyson.

Grosvenor estate surveyor Thomas Cundy II designed the lay-out ofthe streets while the terraces were the brain-child of George Basevi,a cousin of Disraeli, who also went on to design the FitzwilliamMuseum in Cambridge. Some of the larger houses in the area wereturned into embassies or charity headquarters following World War II,however, in recent years many of them have been re-converted toresidential use.


RUIN LUST - TATE BRITAIN: EXHIBITIONbegins in the midst of the craze for ruins that overtook artists, writersand architects in the 18th century. J.M.W. Turner and John Constablewere among those who toured Britain in search of ruins and picturesque landscapes, producing works such as Turner’s TinternAbbey: The Crossing and Chancel, Looking towards the EastWindow 1794, and Constable’s Sketch for ‘Hadleigh Castle’.

This ruinous heritage has been revisited – and sometimes mocked –by later artists such as Keith Arnatt, who photographed the juxtaposition of historic and modern elements at picturesque sites forhis deadpan series Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and JohnLatham. Classical ruins have a continued presence in the work ofEduardo Paolozzi, Ian Hamilton Finlay and John Stezaker. In workssuch as Keith Coventry’s Heygate Estate 1995 and RachelWhiteread’s Demolished – B: Clapton Park Estate 1996, whichshows the demolition of Hackney tower blocks, we see Modernist

architecturaldreamsdestroyed.The exhibitionexplores ruinationthrough both theslow picturesquedecay and abrupt apocalypse.Gustave Doré’s engraving TheNew Zealander1872 shows aruined London.The crackeddome of St Paul’sCathedral in thedistance was ascene partlyrealised duringthe Blitz.Ruin Lust

includes work provoked by the wars of the 20th centuary, includingGraham Sutherland’s Devastation series 1940–1, and Jane andLouise Wilson’s 2006 photographs of the Nazis’ defensive AtlanticWall. Jon Savage’s images of London in the late 1970s show howartists also view ruins as zones of pure potential, where the worldmust be rebuilt or reimagined.

The exhibition includes rooms devoted to Tacita Dean and GerardByrne. This transhistorical exhibition is curated by writer and criticBrian Dillon; Emma Chambers, Curator of Modern British Art; andAmy Concannon, Assistant Curator of British Art, 1790–1850.

Ruin Lust -Tate Britain: Exhibition4th March – 18th May 2014Adult £11.00 (without donation £10.00) Concession £9.50 (without donation £8.60)

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