This Women’s History Month, The Kingston Courier spoke to the Mayor of Kingston about trailblazing women, imposter syndrome and having to stay neutral on issues that matter.
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Review: The House Party at Kingston’s Rose Theatre
Theatre company Headlong and Frantic Assembly reimagine Strindberg’s Miss Julie as an eighteenth birthday party.
Shrovetide football: Kingston’s lost tradition?
On both Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, hundreds of men and women would gather in Kingston’s Market Square, awaiting the sound of the Pancake Bell.
Watch: GoodGym Kingston cleans up Canbury Community Garden
GoodGym is an organisation that encourages its members to get fit whilst doing good.
Kingston’s GoodGym members regularly visit Canbury Community Garden, a volunteer-run space on the riverside.
Kingston residents remember England’s first king
The six-month programme of events launched as Kingston 2025 will begin in May and include a Saxon fayre, a town tournament, a carnival and a river cultures festival.
Escape the winter blues at Kew Gardens’ annual Orchid Festival
The annual Orchid Festival is back at Kew until March 2, 2025, and this year, the botanical gardens are shining the spotlight on Peru.
Council grants £1,000 to new community garden on Queen’s Promenade
Queen’s Promenade Friends, a volunteer group who maintain Kingston’s riverside park, has received £1,000 of councillor ward funding for their new Athelstan Garden.
Kingston Council to host first comedy fundraiser
Kingston Council has organised a comedy event to raise money for the Mayor’s Charitable Trust, the first of its kind for the Chamber.
Wildlife group replicates Kingston success with first beavers in London for over 400 years
In October 2023, the Ealing Beaver Project introduced a family of beavers to Paradise Fields in west London — the first in several centuries. The
Ed Davey joins the race for Christmas number one
The politician joins a choir of young carers on a new single, whose success could make Davey the first MP to top the Christmas charts.
