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STAY AT HOME
IF YOU HAVE
CORONAVIRUS
SYMPTOMS
STAY AT HOME FOR 7 DAYS IF YOU HAVE EITHER:
• a high temperature – you feel hot to touch on your chest or back
• a new, continuous cough – this means you’ve started coughing repeatedly
DO NOT go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital.
You do not need to contact 111 to tell them you’re staying at home.
Testing for coronavirus is not needed if you’re staying at home.
URGENT ADVICE:
USE THE NHS 111 ONLINE CORONAVIRUS SERVICE IF:
• you feel you cannot cope with your symptoms at home
• your condition gets worse
• your symptoms do not get better after 7 days
nhs.uk/coronavirus

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LIVERY HALLS
Stationers’ Hall
Stationers’ Hall has a little bit of Hollywood
about it.
Due to its proximity to St Paul’s Cathedral –
the hall is based in Ave Maria Lane – the hall
is often frequented by production companies
seeking space for green screen shots.
Completed in 1673, the suite of three
impressive and interlinking rooms, combined
with a large secluded garden, makes this hall
well equipped for a wide range of events.
The Court Room is a wonderfully bright
space, richly carpeted and, with Rococo
ornamentation in gold adorning the walls, has
an air of sumptuous extravagance.
Moreover, the garden is the most stunning
feature, comfortably holding 200 guests.
This makes the hall a popular destination for
wedding receptions, for the bride, groom and
guests can seamlessly flow from the church
to the hall’s stunning garden via a private
interconnecting path.
stationers.org
Grocers’ Hall
Location, location, location; you won’t find a
more central venue on this list.
Situated less than 100 yards from Bank
station, the home of the Grocers’ Company
boasts all modern conveniences and centuries
of history within its walls.
In-house AV includes a PA system and
speakers, hand-held microphone, portable
lectern microphone, lectern, front projector
with 5ft screen and staging... and that’s before
we get on to bespoke packages tailored to
individual needs.
Two stunning reception rooms – supported
STATIONERS’ HALL: private gardens are hard to come by in the Square Mile & this is one of the finest.
by three break out rooms for those particularly
busy events – can cater for up to 240 guests at
a time, and are delightfully described by its
operators as “a private oasis at the heart of one
of the busiest cities in the world.”
grocershall.co.uk
Butchers’ Hall
This is one of the most exciting livery halls
to visit right now, thanks to a multi-million
pound refurbishment. It is located in the
heart of the Bart’s Square development near
Smithfield Market, meaning it not only
has some impressive interiors but stunning
surrounds too.
Diners will be treated to all the best food and
drink – especially steaks. What else would you
expect from the butchers?
Choose to hire either of the two floors or the
ever exciting new rooftop roof garden which
boasts views across the Square Mile.
butchershall.com

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PROPERTY
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IT WILL come as no surprise that 93%
of all London new build transactions
in the last year were attributed to the
purchase of flats.
But the latest research by new
home specialists Stone Real Estate has
looked at where you have the best chance of
buying bigger in the capital, without forsaking
a shiny new build property.
Stone Real Estate analysed new build sales
transaction records over the last year across
London, looking at what proportion of sales
was attributed to each property type.
The data shows that 93% of all transactions
were listed as flats, with just 4% listed as
terraced homes, 2% as semi-detached and a
lowly 1% as detached properties.
When looking by borough, flats accounted
for 100% of all new build transactions in
boroughs starting with B – Barking and
Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent and Bromley,
no we’re not making that up.
Camden, the City of London, Westminster
and Croydon also had 99% of all new build
transactions attributed to the purchase of a flat. So
why are flats so popular in the new build sector?
Founder and CEO of Stone Real Estate,
Michael Stone, said: “The flat is, of course, the
most prominent type of new build property
available in today’s market and this is for a
number of reasons.
“First of all, space is scarce and so building
up not only allows you to house more people on
a plot, but it also means a better return for the
housebuilder as they have more homes to sell.
“Price also dictates this trend to a large
extent, with many buyers unable to afford a
larger property, so the flat enables the delivery
of a more affordable option to meet demand.
“However, this popularity goes beyond supply
and price point. Many new build developments
are delivering a lifestyle in addition to the
bricks and mortar, incorporating features such
as on site amenities, private gyms, cinema
rooms and rooftop social areas.
“All of these additional benefits resonate
with today’s new build London buyer and
this is helping to drive the popularity of these
developments and the flat.”
But flat living isn’t for everyone, so where
should you look if you want to buy new, but
don’t want to live in a flat?
Semi-detached
As your search for more room expands, the
chances of finding a new build in London start
to diminish but hunt hard enough and you will
find your ideal new build property.
Waltham Forest saw a healthy 30% of all
new build sales last year fall under the semidetached
category, with Southwark (13%) and
Sutton (10%) also ranked high when it came to
semi-detached new build availability.
Detached
Perhaps the Holy Grail of the new build sector
in London, finding a detached home will be a
stretch given they only account for 1% of all
new build transactions.
However, there is hope and Southwark is
your best bet when house hunting. Last year,
detached homes accounted for 14% of all new
build transactions, the highest of any London
borough.
Lambeth (6%), Newham (5%) and Richmond
(4%) also offered a new build detached offering
to a degree, while detached homes accounted
for 1% of transactions in Sutton, Redbridge,
Hillingdon, Lewisham and Hammersmith and
Fulham.
Terraced new builds
Believe it or not, there is one borough where
the flat isn’t the most popular new build option.
In Wandsworth, terraced new build properties
accounted for 51% of transactions last year,
LONDON: THE
CITY OF FLATS
making it the best borough for home buyers
looking for a little more new build space.
Tower Hamlets (27%), Richmond (20%),
Waltham Forest (20%), Sutton (18%), Redbridge
(14%) and Merton (10%) also saw the number
of new build transactions attributed to terraced
housing hit 10% or above of all transactions,
making them good options to look further
afield than a flat.

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RESIDENT OPINION
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I’VE noticed that people have
recently started drawing historical
parallels between coronavirus and
the many previous times when
London has been struck by outbreaks
of contagious disease, writes Ian
McPherson.
Specifically, memes relating to the bubonic
plague seem to proliferate on social media any
time people are discussing coronavirus and
COVID-19.
As a City Guide with a particular interest in
the 17th century, I consider myself to know a
thing or two about the history of plague, and
I don’t think drawing such parallels is very
helpful.
Whilst we are undeniably facing the biggest
global health crisis in a generation, coronavirus
most certainly isn’t the plague.
The outlook is nowhere near as bleak or
frightening as it was back in 1665, when the
Great Plague of London killed seven out of
every 10 people it infected.
A bit of perspective is perhaps in order,
folks.
However, there are certainly some
unpleasant historical similarities, chiefly
around the suspicion of ‘otherness’ and the
rise of xenophobia when frightened people are
faced with contagious disease.
I witnessed my first coronavirus hate crime
the other day on the concourse of Liverpool
Street station.
Somebody loudly passed a derogatory
comment about a man of East Asian
appearance who was wearing a facemask.
The slighted man responded assertively,
shouting at the perpetrator that he was a racist
and for a minute it looked like the situation
would escalate until a security guard from
one of the concourse shops noticed what was
happening and ran over to intervene.
As paranoia about the coronavirus
HISTORY
REPEATING
increases, the media have reported that people
of East Asian heritage, both here in Britain and
overseas, have been subjected to an increasing
amount of xenophobic and racist abuse. This
is a case of history repeating itself. During the
Black Death of the 1340s, Europe’s Jews, who
were no strangers to prejudicial treatment,
experienced a marked spike in anti-Semitic
attacks.
They were frequently accused of causing
plague by poisoning wells and there are
numerous reports of Jews being dragged from
their homes by mobs and murdered.
The City’s small Jewish community, based
around their Aldgate synagogue in Creechurch
Lane, was not subjected to anything like this
level of sectarian persecution during the Great
Plague of 1665.
Nevertheless, they remained under
suspicion. Many with fundamentalist
Christian views argued that the Great Plague
was a divine punishment for London’s newly
found tolerance of the Jews.
Others at the time similarly blamed the
pestilence on non-conformists, Sabbathbreakers,
prostitutes, Roman Catholics, and
the poor.
The Dutch, whom England was at war with
at the time, also fell under suspicion. People
became openly hostile to anyone different to
themselves.
So, depressingly, it appears that there
are indeed parallels in the human response
to epidemics of disease; suspicion, paranoia
and the need to identify and blame an
‘other’.
Arguably, rather than circulating plague
memes on Twitter it would be much more
helpful for people to try to connect the present
to the past as a way to further understand the
ways in which racism plays out.
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CROSS CODE
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26 7 20 20 21 18 23
12 20 11 1 23 11 5 7 16 4 7 5
18 22 1 21 10 26
16 22 11 1 16 4 2 7 26 16 7
8 13 18 26 4 18 8 13 24 11 19 12
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MAGIC SQUARE
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Using all 16 letters of the phrase above, form
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NONAGRAM
How many words of four
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make from this
Nonagram? Each word
must use the central letter,
and each letter may be
used only once. At least
one word using all nine
letters can be found.
Guidelines:
34 Good; 40 Very Good;
47 Excellent.
Any word found in the Concise
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third person singular verbs;
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same word (where another variant
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Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9, and so must each 3 x 3 box.
Quiz Challenge
1. The Blue Boy is a painting by
which English artist?
2. Which metal is used as a
shield against X-rays?
3. After leaving Top Gear, TV
presenter Jeremy Clarkson
went on to host which
motoring series?
4. In a game of tenpin bowling,
what is the maximum score a
player can achieve?
5. What name is given to the
curved surface of a liquid
within a container?
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FIVE ALIVE
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3 4
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7 1 5
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2 5 9 7
6. What P is the title of a 2011
song by Coldplay and a land of
luxury and bliss?
7. Ballerina Darcey Bussell
appeared as herself in an
episode of which BBC TV
comedy series?
8. Which animal was formerly
known as the camelopard?
9. Sabah and Sarawak formed
with other territories to create
which country?
10. Who commanded the British
garrison during the siege of
Mafeking?
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EQUALISER
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5 2 7
2 4
8 8 2
6 3
Place the four signs (add,
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
1
7
9
11
14
18
22
32
1
24
ACROSS
2
19
1. Convenient, say, to be in
headgear when at a
disadvantage (11)
9. Picture fashionable
clique (5)
10. Again retrospective artist
falls (7)
11. Confined to the house – or
flat at the top? (4)
12. All right, quite satisfactory
(4,4)
14. Neal is upset when it’s
salty (6)
15. Fish from Scottish island
ate up all but head (6)
18. Art never worried the
publican (8)
20. A cat has the smallest
part (4)
22. Unleavened food made
from grass and soap (7)
23. Stick at the crease (5)
24. Screw in camera he’d
adjusted (11)
1
7
8
10
17
19
23
29
29
1
24
2
11
2
9
13
25
28
3
13
11
15
22
28
10
12
16
22
3
4
10
17
QUICK CROSSWORD
20 25
15
DOWN
5
26
21
23
20
6
16
2. Soccer club magazine (7)
3. Time for something to
eat (4)
4. Tropic’s evil influence that
can spread rapidly (6)
5. Puts play out about an
Australian native (8)
6. Raise the spirits of English
dead (5)
7. Princess’s place in
arrangement (11)
8. Remembers what the
visiting baby-sitter
does (5,2,4)
13. Intrude in French vehicle
going round centre of
Paris (8)
16. Girl rented it, and I have a
key (7)
17. Free to buy back (6)
19. He may make his mark in
different places when
floating (5)
21. Sailor joins Edward in
retirement (4)
4
18
22
21
16
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8
12
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30
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SOLUTIONS
31
31
NONAGRAM:
chip; chipper; chirp; chop; chopper;
choppier; cipher; cope; coper; copier;
copper; copter; crept; crop; ephor; epic;
epoch; hipper; hippo; hope; hoper;
hopper; optic; pepo; peptic; perch; peri;
perp; pert; phot; photic; picot; pier; pipe;
piper; pitch; pitcher; pith; poet; poetic;
pope; porch; pore; port; pother; prep;
price; prop; prophet; PROPHETIC; repot;
repp; ripe; rope; thorp; thrip; tipper; tope;
toper; topi; topic; topper; trip; tripe; trope;
trophic; tropic.
Across – Beret; Naive; Ensue.
Down – Binge; Reins; Theme.
Across – Husky; Modal; Nudes.
Down – Human; Sided; Yolks.
(2)
FIVE ALIVE:
(1)
QUICK CROSSWORD:
Across – 2 Succeed; 7 Hare; 8 Exit; 9 Acreage; 10 Rear; 12 Dent;
15 Rusts; 17 Sirius; 18 Stereo; 19 Dodges; 21 Artist; 22 Study; 23
Ewer; 26 Crop; 28 Amenity; 29 Hiss; 30 Apex; 31 Pattern.
Down – 1 Take; 2 Sear; 3 Circus; 4 Exalts; 5 Deed; 6 Kiln; 10
Residue; 11 Abridge; 13 Earlier; 14 Two-step; 15 Rules; 16 Story;
20 Street; 21 Advise; 24 Writ; 25 Rasp; 26 Cyan; 27 Obey.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD:
Across – 1 Handicapped; 9 Inset; 10 Niagara; 11 Pent; 12 Very
well; 14 Saline; 15 Mullet; 18 Taverner; 20 Atom; 22 Oatcake; 23
Baton; 24 Archimedean.
Down – 2 Arsenal; 3 Date; 4 Cancer; 5 Platypus; 6 Elate; 7
Disposition; 8 Calls to mind; 13 Encroach; 16 Letitia; 17 Redeem;
19 Voter; 21 Abed.
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EQUALISER:
Clockwise from top
left – multiply;
subtract; add;
divide. Total: 3.
WORD PYRAMID:
Clean as a whistle.
MAGIC SQUARE:
gosh; oily; slap;
hype.
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CROSS CODE
1 2 3
QUIZ CHALLENGE: 1 Thomas Gainsborough; 2 Lead; 3 The Grand Tour; 4 300 points; 5 Meniscus; 6 Paradise; 7 The Vicar of Dibley;
8 Giraffe; 9 Malaysia; 10 Robert Baden-Powell.
ACROSS
2. Reach a goal (7)
7. Greyhound
lure (4)
8. Way out (4)
9. Land area (7)
10. Raise (4)
12. Small hollow (4)
15. Corrodes (5)
17. Dogstar (6)
18. Two-channel (6)
19. Evades (6)
21. Creative
person (6)
22. Apply the mind (5)
23. Large jug (4)
26. Harvest (4)
28. Facility (7)
29. Snake’s sound (4)
30. Peak (4)
31. Artistic design (7)
DOWN
1. Capture (4)
2. Scorch (4)
3. Travelling
show (6)
4. Glorifies (6)
5. Act (4)
6. Pottery oven (4)
10. Remainder (7)
11. Shorten (7)
13. Sooner (7)
14. Ballroom dance
(3-4)
15. Governs (5)
16. Tale (5)
20. Road (6)
21. Counsel (6)
24. Legal paper (4)
25. Coarse file (4)
26. Printer’s blue (4)
27. Comply (4)

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