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Vanderbilt Children’s Cottage: 1886 playhouse survives Breakers fire; now part of tourist landmark

Newport, Rhode Island, once served as a lavish summer escape for affluent families during the Gilded Age. Among its historical treasures is The Breakers mansion, commissioned by Cornelius Vanderbilt II, which features a distinctive children's playhouse from 1886. This charming structure represents the only surviving example of Victorian architecture from…

The Times of India · 18h ago

Demolition of 'Clockwork Orange' estate in London paused as residents celebrate legal win

Judicial review will take place into Bexley Council’s decision to approve plan to knock down the Lesnes Estate in Thamesmead

Evening Standard · Jul 30

‘I can’t wash in my own home’: West London mum forced to use neighbour’s toilet for 10 years as housing repairs ignored

A West London mum has been forced to use her neighbours loo and shower for several years because of her housing association’s failure to repair pipes and toilets.

Evening Standard · May 3, 2025

Review: Between the spies and the class struggles, something's amiss in 'The Beach at Summerly'

FICTION: Young Emilia Winthrop enjoys glamorous island life. Until she doesn't.

Tribune News Service · Jul 5, 2023

Lord Kerslake obituary

Former head of the civil service, prominent figure in local government and a regular media political commentator

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023

Cladding crisis: safety concerns, stalled sales and a hunt for cash buyers — meet the Londoners still stuck in unsellable homes

Almost six years since the fire at Grenfell Tower, thousands of Londoners are still living in unmortgageable and potentially dangerous homes

Evening Standard · May 15, 2023

Deaths, black mould, failing staff: social housing doesn’t have to be this way

When I joined the board of an English housing association I saw the pressures facing landlords under this government, says writer and broadcaster Anne Perkins

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2023

San Diego sax great Anthony Ortega, dead at 94, played with them all, from Julie Andrews to Frank Zappa

SAN DIEGO — Anthony Ortega did almost everything imaginable in a music career that stretched over 70 years that included leading a weekly Sunday jam session — into his mid-90s — until his health began to fail in August.

Tribune News Service · Nov 3, 2022

Woman lay dead at home for two-and-a-half years after housing trust ‘inaction’ and police blunder

Peabody Trust is accused of failing to investigate a dreadful smell coming from Sheila Seleoane’s flat, after she stopped paying rent and went missing

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2022

Harvard accused of holding human remains of thousands of Native Americans despite order for return

Panel had been conducting review of anthropology museum’s collection

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2022