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  • Can this work of art help stop gay bullying in schools?

    That is the hope of Haringey artist Graeme Messer who has opened his new exhibition The Art of Love and how to avoid it at The Karamel Club. “A lot of my work deals with the difficulties of growing up gay in a predominantly straight environment

  • Delving into the mind of a child killer

    Most of us hope never to meet a child killer, let alone delve into their mind and find ourselves starting to sympathise with them. But at Park Theatre this month audiences will see that exact scenario played out in Frozen with Finsbury actor Mark

  • Get on board with bus documentary

      Every crash, stall and emergency stop will be broadcast on television tonight in a documentary about trainee London bus drivers. Transport for London and Arriva London have allowed television cameras behind-the-scenes at Edmonton and South Norwood

  • Overcharging is unacceptable

    A few weeks ago it emerged that the ‘big six’ energy companies were overcharging their most loyal and vulnerable customers by up to £230. When thousands of mainly elderly people die of cold each year, this is unacceptable. What is equally unacceptable

  • The right direction

    I’ve always assumed that the dinosaurs were caught by surprise by their extinction, having had no opportunity to take action to avoid it. In the case of the owners of the 37 million cars cited by Mr Musey (‘Councillor’s cycling vision is flawed’, Opinion

  • Conditions are not related to driving

    I am writing in response to Mr Doughty-Godchaux’s letter (‘Take the long view on cycling’, Opinion, February 25). His letter is questionable. Mr Doughty-Godchaux says shifting to bicycle and public transport would improve local business. This has

  • Childcare costs have rocketed in four years

    Over the course of the current parliament, childcare costs have rocketed by 45 per cent in London – with as much as a 36 per cent increase in Enfield North. Families in London are now paying £2,268 more per year than they did in 2010 for a part-time

  • Sale of bikes a lot higher than cars

    Mr Musey rules out a vision of mass cycling in Enfield because “when it comes to choice between a bicycle and a car, the car wins every time” (‘Councillor’s cycling vision is flawed’, Opinion, March 4). I guess he should have added “except in actual

  • £1.2m grant for leisure centre

    A leisure centre has received a £1.2m grant. Southbury Leisure Centre, in Southbury Road, Enfield, received the cash from Fusion Lifestyle and Enfield Borough Council. Councillor Rohibi Sumbodyal paid a visit to the new centre, to see its transformation