The Talk Around Westminster: Does Rishi Sunak Have A Democratic Mandate For His Policies? . Last night’s TUC ‘We Demand Better’ rally at Westminster Central Hall called for a #GeneralElectionNow. WHLondon covers the rally and also talks to people around Westminster about Sunak’s mandate for austerity. With two consecutive Conservative leaders – and therefore UK […]
The Lucian Freud exhibition, the Fourth Plinth statue and a hidden cafe with real tombstones! 3 reasons why Trafalgar Square is worth an autumn visit. . The West End’s world-recognised culture square has an autumn of major openings and the added attraction of hidden delights such as under-the-radar eateries. Make a day of It, by […]
Another Tory Leadership Race. Another Tory PM. It Seems Only The Whigs Can Stop Them Now! Conservative party members gathered in the Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Westminster for the announcement of the winner of the leadership race and few were surprised when at midday Foreign Secretary Liz Truss emerged victorious. No gasps of disbelief […]
Women Filmmakers Triumph At Sur-REEL & Uncanny Film Fest, London At the first-ever UK festival dedicated to the surreal and uncanny, filmmaker Rocio Rocha from Argentina wins the trophy for Best Film as her experimental short The Inhabitants Of Me wows the judges. Lisa Battocchio from Italy wins the coveted Best Director category for her […]
Whether or not Rishi Sunak becomes the next PM, history has still been made. But, perhaps, for all the wrong reasons The Tory leadership race is past third stage voting with Tom Tugendhat, Suella Braverman, Nadhim Zahawi, Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid and Grant Shapps all out and a winner to be announced on September […]
London Turns Red White And Blue For Jubilee Pageant And Thanksgiving Service Westminster and St Paul’s In her 70th year on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II celebrates being Britain’s longest-serving monarch. The streets around St Paul’s Cathedral swelled with crowds tryng to inch closer for a better view of royals and dignitaries. The Queen was […]
The sun’s out at last and its tentative appearance will have much more fanfare in mid-May when temperatures are expected to rise significantly. And how better to reconnect with nature and enjoy London’s attractions than by taking that Royal Park trek through St James’s Park, Green Park, Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. These are, what […]
WHL presents a walk-through of London galleries where you can find classic art from the 1800s. And from the title you see the focus isn’t just Impressionism – but ‘beyond Impressionism’, the artists and art movements that left an ‘impression’ on contemporary artists. The capital’s galleries and museums house some of the most extensive and […]
With outrage spreading over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the world faced with the prospect of a widening conflict, WHL’s focus is away from London’s social, cultural and community news and inevitably towards these global concerns. Ukrainians gathered all over London to protest the Russian invasion and ask for more UK support. There were emotional […]
London’s Architecture: An Understated Post-Pandemic Attraction UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is keen to resurrect the nation’s tourism industry and London Mayor Sadiq Khan, for once, agrees. This bipartisan stance is not a surprise given the dire facts and figures about the dwindling arts, culture and heritage sectors during the pandemic. A key driver […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
