A London council has been accused of erasing history with its plan to rename the 300-year-old ‘Black Boy Lane’ after a late racial equality campaigner. Haringey Council decided to change the street name to ‘La Rose Lane’ after local poet and essayist John La Rose, in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests. But … Read more
It’s been in his family for 300-years and comes complete with lavish gardens, a swimming pool and tennis court, so it’s perhaps of little surprise that MasterChef critic William Sitwell appears reluctant to part with his ‘paradise’ mansion – which is on sale for £3.25million. The Sitwells were once among the most celebrated of British society … Read more
The Sitwells were once among the most celebrated of society families, inspiring the quip that they belonged to ‘the history of publicity’. But things are much less rosy for the current generation — MasterChef critic William Sitwell and his brother, baronet and film producer Sir George. They have, I can disclose, decided to sell Weston … Read more