Category Archives: Gabriel MacArthur

You can do much with a phone line and a broken-down van

The murder of a white boy in Camden in 1994 sparked fears of a race war. GABRIEL MacARTHUR ventured to north London to see CamdenWalla, a play about that fateful night In 1984, Nasim Ali established the Camden Monitoring Project. … Continue reading

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Boy survived SEND system to become Broad Green councillor

The council term formally begins at the Town Hall tonight, with Croydon facing many of the same problems which previous administrations have failed to resolve. GABRIEL MacARTHUR meets a new councillor with unique insights Councillor Tom Bowell’s visits to Croydon … Continue reading

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Et tu Brute: Fringe party claims credit for getting Perry elected

There’s more than a sense of the Ides of March about some of the rhetoric coming from public meetings as the 2026 local election campaign gets into its stride, as WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, writes It seems somehow appropriate that, … Continue reading

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BRIT School dance star ready to face his Hollywood challenge

With half-a-million followers on TikTok, a former pupil at Selhurst’s world-famous performing arts school is preparing for a career-defining move. And Brett Sewell tells GABRIEL MacARTHUR there’s no ‘Plan B’ There is something cinematic about the image Brett Sewell paints … Continue reading

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Traffic creeps back on to Croydon’s now-banned LTN streets

What has been the reaction of residents to the sudden removal, by order of a High Court judge, of motoring restrictions in Croydon’s former Low Traffic Neighbourhoods? We sent GABRIEL MacARTHUR along to two streets affected in Broad Green to … Continue reading

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