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The 'casual dining crunch' began to really take hold in 2018, as the new year saw the downturn of high street restaurant chains. Jamie's Italian, Byron Burger and Strada all announced significant branch closures in January, as Square Pie went into administration in February and Prezzo closed 94 locations in April and May.
London's cycle superhighways will combat pollution, congestion and inactivity among the city's growing population, according to campaigners. The London Cycling Campaign believes that fear of the roads is the biggest barrier to people cycling and that opposition to TFL's proposals are largely made up of myth, with the population set to grow from 8.6 to 10 million.
When Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize in Literature I was slightly disappointed. I was a " Harukist"-over the preceding eight months, I had been religiously reading the novels and short stories of Haruki Murakami.
You have to look pretty hard to find Arthur Russell , a premature death in relative obscurity and only a single album released in his lifetime means he remains fairly elusive. Yet for a character of such 'elusivity' he has had one hell of an impact.
By now Hessle Audio is likely on everyone's radar, however, with a ten year anniversary tour ongoing and two exceptional releases in quick succession, it seems like the right time to have a look at what makes the ever-popular and consistently brilliant label so unique.