MEMBERS of the Unity Theatre Trust have paid tribute to its chair, Harry Landis, who died recently aged 95. The veteran actor, best known to a younger generation for his roles in Friday Night Dinner and EastEnders, started out at the radical Somers Town-based theatre at the age of 15 before going on to forge … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Grenfell fire – political failure on a grand scale
COINCIDING with last week’s closing of the 300-day inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire comes the publication of this damning and moving account of the events leading up to the disaster that claimed 72 lives, 17 of them children. From the use of flammable cladding that tore up the 24 storey block in a matter … Continue reading