STAGE
The Habit Of Art
Lyttelton Theatre, National
5/5

IN A NUTSHELL
A new cast but no dimming of the brilliance of Alan Bennett's new play of ideas that dissects the prosaic mechanics of creativity.

Getting the proposed cable car link between The O2 and Excel built in time for the 2012 Olympics is hanging in the balance.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced the project last month, but financing it is proving tricky. In an exclusive interview with The Wharf Mr Johnson admitted it will be touch-and-go if the cable car will open by July 2012.

Any problems? Minor delays on the Overground but the rest of the Tube/DLR/Overground network has no reported problems.

On the roads the traffic in the area seems to be flowly smoothly.

By John Biggs

The East End, and particularly the Isle of Dogs, has seen a massive housing boom in the last 20 years.

While the recent downturn in construction has had an adverse impact, one of its benefits is the opportunity to take stock and see whether we are building the right sorts of homes, in the right numbers.

For Angela Clarke coming home is not the best thing about going away

Two days before I return from any holiday I start to worry about going back to work.

I only have two days left. My sunlounger is practically my desk. It's a stupid fear - each
Friday I'm delighted to have only two days off. Two days is plenty of time to still get drunk, lie in, enjoy the beach. But I can't help myself.

A first class athlete helped launch the second of Royal Mail's London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games stamps at Newham Leisure Centre this week.

Docklands paraplegic table tennis player Jane Campbell, 41, from Limehouse, who is part of Team GB was there to celebrate her sport being featured on the new stamps titled On Track For 2012.

The search is on to find talented musicians in the hope of forming an orchestra in a weekend. Percussionists, wind and string players are invited to come together for a performance at a musical festival.

The Water City Orchestra, based at The Chain Store in Trinity Buoy Wharf, is hoping to recruit 60 enthusiastic amateur musicians who live or work in east London for its Orchestra In A Weekend event.

Dragons' Den reject Arty Globe has proved the TV investors wrong by expanding into a new gallery and boasting continuous success.

The Greenwich-based company is the creation of architect-cum-artist Hartwig Braun and his business partner Isaac Lilos.

The pub located in the City, at 145 Fleet Street has been a fixture of London life since 1538 when it may have been called the Horn Tavern.

It was built on the site of a 13th century Carmelite monastery that still provides the vaulted cellars.

Many cite UK exports, in particular those to the emerging markets, as the key to the recovery for the UK economy.

So on discovering that some domestic businesses were struggling to develop successful links with companies in developing nations, the UK Trade and Investment group set about focusing on the issue.