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Glastonbury 2024 to be UK’s most expensive pop festival at £360

As the deadline for registration passes, new cost is £100 higher than Covent Garden’s best seats

The Guardian - UK

Women’s work: the action group re-mapping London based on the women who designed and built it

Action group Part W is re-mapping the city’s historic spots, from Waterloo Bridge to Covent Garden Market, based on the women who built it, designed it, and campaigned to preserve it

Evening Standard

Graham Clark obituary

Tenor who loved exploring dramatic possibilities in Wagner with imaginative directors at Bayreuth and Covent Garden

The Guardian - UK

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ITV Loose Women: Wayne Sleep shares Princess Diana's personal message to him after their iconic Covent Garden dance

The ballet star has had a career spanning over 50 years and recalled his iconic performance with Princess Diana

Wales Online

London’s Donmar Warehouse appoints Tim Sheader as artistic director

After more than a decade running Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, the hit-making director is to take over the Covent Garden venue next year

The Guardian - UK

John Dobson obituary

Stalwart opera singer who clocked up more than 2,000 performances in around 90 roles at Covent Garden

The Guardian - UK

King Charles joined by Camilla at tourist spot for first joint outing since Coronation

King Charles and Queen Camilla have carried out their first joint engagement together since they were crowned in the Coronation earlier this month

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King and Queen meet old friends and new in London’s Covent Garden

Charles and Camilla were carrying out their first joint engagement since the coronation weekend.

The Independent UK

Edinburgh location named biggest 'tourist trap' according to disgruntled reviews

New research has revealed the biggest tourist traps in the UK, and a popular Scottish destination has come in at number one —beating out the London Eye and Covent Garden.

Edinburgh Live

Scotland's biggest 'tourist trap' revealed according to disgruntled reviews

New research has revealed the biggest tourist traps in the UK, and a popular Scottish destination has come in at number one —beating out the London Eye and Covent Garden.

Daily Record

James Bowman obituary

Countertenor with a clean, focused and lyrical approach to both early and new music, including roles in two Britten operas

The Guardian - UK

Capco cheers West End recovery in final update before mega merger with Shaftesbury

Covent Garden landlord Capco has reported rental income growth

Evening Standard

Barbara Sturm on skincare, vulva sculpting and her new London beauty summit

As she opens the doors to her first Goop-style festival in Covent Garden, the German skincare supremo gives Chloe Street a few pointers

Evening Standard

Club Soda opens alcohol-free Tasting Room in Covent Garden

The Tasting Room aims to offer booze-free alternatives for curious drinkers in search of complex flavours

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A shining result: Meet the campaigners who saved London’s historic gas lamps

London’s last remaining gas lamps are a part of our city’s fabric — and were under threat until a few days ago. Tom Ellen meets the group who fought to save these beacons of history

Evening Standard

The ENO is in a mess, but moving to Manchester won’t solve its problems

The English National Opera is a strange beast. On one level, it is the second opera house to glitzy Covent Garden, where the musical cognoscenti, wealthy, and government ministers hover to ensure a credible mix of high culture and intentions in (a few) cheap seats. English National Opera has more…

The Guardian - UK

I’ve booed at the opera before. But what happened to a young soprano this week was plain cruel

On Tuesday evening in Covent Garden, during a performance of Handel’s Alcina, a 12-year-old child was heckled on stage, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Evening Standard

Carnage for the ENO is what ‘levelling up’ really means

RIGHT now, London has two opera houses. (Berlin has three.) There’s the Royal Opera, the grand one, in Covent Garden, and, in the West End, you can see English National Opera a mile off, under the sparkly orb of the London Coliseum. They’re different. The Royal Opera attracts singers you’d…

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Value of Covent Garden estate drops 2% as property market feels the heat

A slew of new brands are expected to move into the area in the coming months

The Independent UK

Best hotels in Covent Garden: Where to stay in London’s tourism hub, for business trips and luxury breaks

Whatever your reason for staying in the capital’s delightful culture hub, there’s a hotel for you. Here’s our pick of the very best

The Guardian - UK

Pauline Stroud obituary

Other lives: Actor who started in film and ended as an extra in opera and ballet productions in Covent Garden

Evening Standard

West End shows ‘remarkable resilience’ as ‘economic headwinds’ blow says CapCo

Elizabeth Line and incoming foreign tourists boost Covent Garden

The Guardian - UK

Otello review – a truly compelling and long overdue revival

American tenor Russell Thomas – the first black man to sing the title role at Covent Garden – delivers a searing and shattering performance

Evening Standard

Otello at Royal Opera House: Russell Thomas is Covent Garden’s first black singer in the role

Russell Thomas had striking stage presence in this revival of Keith Warner’s production

The Independent UK

Laphet, West End, restaurant review: A wild ride

Lahpet is firmly back on the map with its new Covent Garden location, and it’s bigger and brighter than ever before, finds Emma Henderson

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