Sue Blundell

Paul Dimoldenberg, as Lord Mayor of Westminster, with two local residents. Photo: Julia Haythorn. “It was the best job I ever had,” said Paul Dimoldenberg (PD), Lord Mayor of Westminster, at his retirement party in City Hall in May. Good to know, though he didn’t really need to tell us.

Will City of Westminster remain red or turn blue after the local elections in May 2026? Image: The Fitzrovia News. In May 2022 the Labour Party gained control of Westminster City Council for the first time ever. It had been a straight fight between Labour and the Conservatives; and those of us who woke on the morning of 6 May to the news of a historic Labour victory could hardly believe our ears.

The “shack site” from the junction with Hanway Street to Tudor Place in 1974. Photo: The Fitzrovia News archive. On 16 November Tottenham Court Road was mentioned at least four times in BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. The guest was Sir Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web; and I was delighted to hear his life story as well as his musical choices. To me TBL is a hero.