A complaint from a member of the public means Greenwich Council will have to decide whether the Cutty Sark’s new figurehead should have been installed. The historic tea clipper had “Nannie”, which is on the bow of the ship, replaced two years ago because the old figure was rotting away because of water getting into […]
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Royal Museums Greenwich staff strike again over new pay row
Staff at the National Maritime Museum went on strike this lunchtime in a fresh row over pay and conditions – nearly three months after Royal Museums Greenwich offered to pay staff the London Living Wage from 2022. Front-of-house staff who are members of the Prospect union walked off the job between 11am and 2pm, claiming […]
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‘Pay London Living Wage’: Labour members urge Greenwich Council to intervene in museums dispute
Rank and file Labour members are urging Greenwich Council’s leadership to take a stand in a dispute over pay and conditions at some of Greenwich’s leading tourist attractions. Members of the Prospect union at Royal Museums Greenwich are to stage a second strike on Saturday after management imposed changes to their pay and conditions which […]
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The Big Half: New half-marathon from Tower Bridge to Greenwich
The London Marathon is the best day of the year in this part of south-east London, right? So wouldn’t it be great if there was another one? And no, not the return of Run to the Beat. Just announced today, and coming on 4 March 2018, is The Big Half – a half-marathon using the […]
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The Cutty Sark – what the Queen will see today
The weather forecast is dire, but a bit of pomp and ceremony will come to Greenwich today when the Queen reopens the new-look Cutty Sark. Some will grovel, others will grumble, but the arrival of the head of state is a big and appropriate honour for what has been a fantastic restoration job. There was […]
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Delayed Cutty Sark stretching councillors’ patience
Greenwich Council might have approved the Olympic test events in Greenwich Park last week – the News Shopper’s Mark Chandler has done a great job in summing a fiddly issue up – but another decision taken at Thursday’s planning meeting shows how perilous planning around London 2012 can be. Also on the agenda was a […]
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