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The
mystery of Equiano
This masterly book about the
18th-century anti-slavery hero Olaudah Equiano attempts to solve
the puzzle of his birthplace, writes Gene Adams
EVERYBODY who is familiar with the brilliant 18th-century
memoir: The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus
Vassa, the African, Written by Himself, published 1789...
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TRIBUTES
TO ‘LOVELY’ UKLEIGHA
Killer of mother and daughter jailed
for 30 years
FRIENDS and relatives of a six-year-old girl who was murdered
alongside her mother in a Somers Town flat have told how they
feel numb after coming face-to-face with their killer in court.
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'I was fooled'
says Free chief - ROYAL Free chief executive Andrew Way
was mistakenly led to believe that the government would bail
out the hospital from its... >
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King's Cross
objectors vow to continue fight - CAMPAIGNERS hoping to
sink the £2 billion revamp of King’s Cross met last
night (Wednesday) and vowed to fight on. >
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'I'm off',
says angry actor as concert season approaches - ACTOR Warren
Mitchell has attacked Kenwood chiefs for staging pop concerts
which he says are driving... >
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Mum's Heath
fears after attack by gang - A NEW mum is terrified of walking
alone on Hampstead Heath after she and her eight-week-old baby
were attacked... >
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Parents forced
to go it alone in school search - PARENTS are being forced
to “fend for themselves” in the struggle to find a
secondary school place for children... >
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'Labour has
failed you,' says new Lib Dem leader Ming - LIB Dem leader
Sir Menzies Campbell visited a crumbling council estate on Thursday
and told... > more
'We'll make it a drug-free zone' - CAMDEN’S Conservatives
became the first political party to release a full copy of their
election manifesto, pledging a... >
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Go Green
this election day - Each week in the run-up to the May
4 council elections the New Journal will be offering parties
a platform to put their case to voters. >
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'Integration
the only way' - AN Ethiopian refugee who settled in King’s
Cross is standing as an independent for the ward he made his
home. > more
Di's guard
fined for donating to charity - THE former personal bodyguard
of Princess Diana has branded Camden’s parking policy “insensitive”
after he was... >
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Theatre appeal
- THE Roundhouse in Chalk Farm is appealing for historical photos,
posters and film footage for a film about the historic theatre
and venue. > more
Parties in
park vetoed by Lords - THE House of Lords has thrown out
a request by Camden Council to allow it to stage corporate events
being staged in... >
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Centre wins
reprieve but closure threat remains - THE Town Hall has
had to shell out more than £40,000 to cover campaigners’
legal costs after its attempt... >
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Police restructure
under fire as 'undemocratic' - A MAJOR restructuring of
how Camden is policed was officially launched at the Town Hall
on Tuesday. > more
Mum-to-be
died a day after hospital release - A CORONER has ruled
out medical negligence after a pregnant woman and her unborn
baby died a day after... >
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Murder
trial date - A TEENAGE girl from Kentish Town who denies
murdering a Golders Green pensioner during a burglary has had
her trial delayed for a second time. >
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Thirteenth
estate agent a 'mistake' - A BLUNDER by Town Hall staff
allowed another estate agent into Highgate Village, a senior
council figure has admitted. >
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Street works
depend on fines from parking, Town Hall says - FUNDING for
improvements to run-down streets hinges on how many motorists
get... > more
Warning of
'dream garden' threat to trees - A PROPERTY investor who
bought five acres of land in Hampstead to create his dream garden
has been criticised for... >
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New name
call for Theatre Museum - ACTORS and theatre lovers used
the 2006 Theatre Book Prize ceremony to call for the Victoria
and Albert Museum to save... >
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Mother hits
out at Israeli army culture - THE mother of Tom Hurndall,
the Tufnell Park student killed by an Israeli sniper three years
ago, is calling for the... >
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War hero
Roy celebrates his half century at the Town Hall - WHEN
Labour councillor Roy Shaw started his career in local government
50 years ago... >
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Tenants freeze
in homes with 45-year-old heating - EXASPERATED tenants
whose homes have a 45-year-old heating system have been told
it will take... >
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Stage stars
say happy third birthday to Hampstead Theatre - THE new
Hampstead Theatre celebrated its third birthday on Thursday
with a champagne... >
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