Sir Mark Rylance has said annual music festivals held in a London park turn the site into a “prison camp”. Brockwell Park in Lambeth holds a series of events called Brockwell Live over the ...

Simon Harris must switch from campaign mode to governing mode, Fine Gael TDs have said, after the party’s worst opinion poll results since 1994. Since the general election, Fine Gael has found itself ...

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Simon Armitage has said he is “excited” to receive the freedom of the City of London, despite being a northerner all his life. The Poet Laureate, who was brought up in Marsden, West Yorkshire ...