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Time Out
a day ago
- Time Out
The most common baby name in every London borough
You can tell a lot about a person from on their name. Did they have hippyish parents who named them after something in the natural world, like Rain, or Apple? Are they following a long family tradition of being named after their great-great-great grandfather? Or perhaps, does their name reveal which London borough were they born in? Each year the Office of National Statistics (ONS) releases the data on the country's most popular baby names from the previous year. The results from 2024 have just been unveiled – here's what parents in London were naming their sprogs in 2024. Last year, parents in Camden, Kensington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Kingston and Wandsworth were all naming their little girls Olivia, while in Barking & Dagenham, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Southwark and more, the most common girls' name was Amelia. Fourteen London boroughs were topped by Amelias in 2024, double from seven the year before. For boys, the most popular boys name across the city was Muhammad, with that name taking the top spot in Barking & Dagenham, Croydon, Ealing, Hounslow, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest. But parents in Barnet, Enfield, Greenwich, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Kensington & Chelsea, Wandsworth and more were most likely to call their boys Alexander. Alexanders climbed the ranks in 2024 after only topping one London borough in 2023, now growing to eight. In Hackney Sarah made a comeback for girls, while the most common boys' name was Moshe. For Islington, the number one name was Emily for girls, and Henry or Oliver for boys. Leo was the most popular name for baby boys in Camden, while most of the girls in Barnet were named Maya. Meanwhile Noah seems to have fallen out of trend: in 2022 Noah was the most popular boys' name in 13 London boroughs, dropping to nine in 2023. However in 2024 Noah didn't top any locations, though it did come second overall. Most popular baby names for each London borough Barking & Dagenham – Amelia / Muhammad Barnet – Maya / Alexander Bexley – Grace / Harry Brent – Maria / Adam Bromley – Emily / Oliver Camden – Olivia / Leo Croydon – Amelia / Muhammad Ealing – Amelia / Muhammad Enfield – Amelia / Alexander Greenwich – Amelia / Alexander Hackney – Sarah / Moshe Hammersmith & Fulham – Isabella / Alexander Haringey – Amelia / Alexander Harrow – Sofia / David Havering – Olivia / Oliver Hillingdon – Amelia / Harry Hounslow – Amelia / Muhammad Islington – Emily / Henry or Oliver Kensington & Chelsea – Olivia / Alexander Kingston – Olivia / Oliver Lambeth – Olivia / Daniel Lewisham – Olivia / Daniel Merton – Amelia / Oliver Newham – Amelia / Muhammad Redbridge – Amelia / Muhammad Richmond – Sophie / Oliver Southwark – Amelia / David Sutton – Amelia / Joshua Tower Hamlets – Maryam / Mohammed Waltham Forest – Amelia or Sophia / Muhammad Wandsworth – Olivia / Alexander Westminster – Sophia / Alexander Rare white storks are coming back to London after being extinct for 600 years.
Scotsman
3 days ago
- Scotsman
Fringe theatre reviews: Terry's: An American Tragedy About Cars, Customers and Selling Cars to Customers + more
Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... THEATRE Terry's: An American Tragedy About Cars, Customers and Selling Cars to Customers Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 60) ★★★★☆ In world where it's 'better to be dead than in the red,' the military precision of peak capitalism is captured in this slick comedy set in the sales team of a US car dealership. Top seller Sheila is a 'Ford girl', fresh-faced honours student Kelly is looking to earn her branded T-shirt, Henri from France needs to get this month's bonus to pay for his visa application, and all of them are overseen by (Major) Tom who's, in turn, overseen by the unseen and uncompromising owner, Terry. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Terry's An American Tragedy About Cars, Customers, and Selling Cars to Customers | Contributed With the brightly painted cartoon-like sheen of a freshly-sprayed bonnet, it pairs a Wes Anderson-style heightened reality with the potted production design of an attic-based Fringe show, including bunting, balloons and a glitter curtain swaying to the boom, boom sound of a marching drum. Developed from clowning (the company trained at Lecoq), Terry's is sharply directed and punchily performed with a smartly scripted structure that turns marketing jargon into a hilarious and horrifying poetry. It rattles along as the team attempt to outsell one another using real and surreal strategies during the build-up to Memorial Day. Making a killing and simply killing are never far apart in this American Dream-turned-nightmare, and the writing and performances that pastiche this are deliciously funny, with the real-life horrors of the US today rippling beneath the surface but never quite puncturing the tyres. While the ending captures the bleakness of individuals trapped inside an endless selling machine, the pain and destruction caused by the relationship between capitalism and war feels like it could be addressed more thoroughly through the serious collision that everyone is clearly heading towards. Pop goes the balloon, when what is really needed is a full-scale David Lynchian crash. SALLY STOTT Until 25 August THEATRE Disco 2000 Thistle Theatre at Greenside @ Riddles Court (Venue 16) ★★★★☆ Disco 2000 charts the relationship between Bonnie and Amelia, as it flits between the present-day (Bonnie frantically preparing a fancy dinner party to impress Amelia after years apart), and back when everything felt simpler and the pair were inseparable. We immediately understand the sterility of adult life compared to those halcyon days, as adult Bonnie obsesses over Amelia's Instagram and child Amelia explains longingly how she's always wanted layers in her hair. Arabella Finch and Stella Cohen portray Bonnie and Amelia with warmth and generosity, perfectly capturing the emotional intensity and clarity of those first friendships - when you were forced to scrounge whatever food your parents had left lying around, when the ranking of best friends was Really Important, when the reality of moving abroad felt irrelevant and unknowable. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The innocence of young Bonnie and Amelia serves as a love letter to the simplicity of pre-teenage connection; for those of us who spent many hours choreographing the perfect dance routine with which to wow our parents, their skits will be especially nostalgic. However, Hedge Maze Theatre also chooses to touch on the beauty of adulthood – having autonomy over where you go, what items you buy to decorate your house. Disco 2000 cleverly waits to introduce adult Amelia until the very end, leaving us to plug the gaps with child Amelia's rowdiness – in doing so, we experience Bonnie's anxieties around reintroducing herself to someone who is now effectively a stranger. And while the ending itself may be neater than messy human relationships would necessarily allow, it's also a much-needed reminder that people can come back into our lives if we're brave enough to ask them. Fundamentally, Disco 2000 will leave you thinking about your childhood friends, and wondering if you can smooth over the callouses of time with a quick Instagram message. ARIANE BRANIGAN Until 9 August Make sure you keep up to date with Arts and Culture news from across Scotland by signing up to our free newsletter here. THEATRE 8-Bit Dream C Aquila (Venue 21) ★★★☆☆ With climate insecurity, fast-disappearing jobs and the relentless demands of self-entrepreneurship, young people have plenty to trouble them in 2025. Weren't things better in the good old days of analogue communications, dodgy jokes on TV and easy comradeship? Macready Theatre Young Actors' Company dares to prod and poke at some unsettling questions – and, it has to be said, dares to confuse and infuriate too – in the brief but potent and technically elaborate 8-Bit Dream. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Apparently trapped in a decades-old TV show, seven young people run over random lines and intricate choreographed movements in ways that sometimes coalesce, other times run off at meaningless tangents, all under the gaze and incessant demands of an unseen director. Is this a satire on the demands of the stage industry, or even the more fundamental requirements of contemporary student life? It's never entirely clear – but it quickly becomes apparent that these youngsters are programmed to comply, and that resistance ends up with ejection. You couldn't accuse the show of over-amplifying its message – if anything, its meanings remain elusive. But it's a clever, colourful creation that delves deep into the absurd, even if the relentless search for meaning might ultimately seem futile. DAVID KETTLE Until 10 August THEATRE Unprofessional theSpace @ Niddry St (Venue 9) ★★☆☆☆ Clearly influenced by The Play That Goes Wrong it's fair to say that Oisín Byrne's new comedy about an actor will wrong-foot audiences a couple of times but it's a device that quickly falls flat. The metafictional structure follows Guy as he struggles with crap jobs and a crap life as each successive scene is scuppered by missed cues and technical gaffes. To carry this sort of conceit off you have to be really talented and while the cast are fine when called upon to be competent they don't manage to make awkward pauses anything more than… well, just awkward. RORY FORD Until 9 August THEATRE A Murder in Motley Greenside @ Riddles Court (Venue 16) ★★☆☆☆ There's a neat idea in Kiera Joyce's Shakespearean pastiche set in early 17th century England. Initially presented as the murder trial of a fool, the audience are given cards to deliver their verdict after watching proceedings. However, the most likely final verdict is 'not proven' as the script is unclear as to who's been murdered or what the possible motivations may be. Performances veer between big theatrical declamations and ill-judged naturalism (which can't compete with the whirr of the air conditioning) and, fatally, it carries on for too long after the verdict. RORY FORD Until 9 August THEATRE Nightmares by Sandy Jack theSpace on the Mile (Venue 39) ★★☆☆☆ Sandy Jack is the Edinburgh horror enthusiast behind such cheap and cheerful Frighthouse productions as Wheel of Misfortune. This is his most serious (and seemingly personal) project yet and while it's not entirely successful, it is clearly a more mature work. A series of vignettes based on Jack's dreams – grotesque clowns feature heavily – this has effective sound design and demonstrates an intent to discomfit rather than easily entertain. Eschewing campy horror, this occasionally carries the authentic weirdness of outsider art. It's not great but it is great that Jack continues to practise his craft. RORY FORD Until 9 August THEATRE Horatio, in Thy Heart Snug at Paradise in Augustines (Venue 152) ★★☆☆☆ Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad A spin-off from the Shakespeare classic, in this version Horatio himself falls for Hamlet. Playing the title character but wildly stepping in for all the parts, performer Merlin Stevens does well to amplify the distinctive voice of his Horatio. This hour-through monologue is constituted by detailed references to Denmark's monarchy and Greek mythology, and whilst I must commend Achy Bits Productions for their extensive research informing the production, the result becomes slow and difficult to follow. Even meticulous lighting design cannot save Horatio from his weary audience, awoken only by monotone voiceovers and the occasional song. RÓISIN MCMULLAN
Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Daily Mirror
Princess Diana's brother stays silent over daughter's engagement amid family rift rumours
Charles Spencer has remained silent on the surprise engagement of his daughter Lady Eliza Spencer after previously missing the wedings of his other daughters, Kitty and Amelia Princess Diana 's brother Charles Spencer has remained silent after the engagement of his daughter - fuelling rumours of a growing family rift. Last week, Lady Eliza Spencer took to Instagram to share the joyous news that her partner of 10 years, Channing Millerd, had popped the question while on a romantic holiday in Santorini. Eliza shared a series of photos from the happy moment online, captioning the pictures 'Forever and Ever.' Upon sharing the news, both of her sisters, Lady Kitty and Lady Amelia, were quick to comment their congratulations. However, Eliza's father Charles has yet to publicly recognise the engagement, despite frequently posting on social media. It comes after claims Prince Harry 'admits he is still part of the Royal Family and finally sees sense'. Earl Spencer often regularly posts insights into his life at Althorp House, the house he grew up in with sisters Diana, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes. On Monday, he also posted a picture of several signed copies of his book, titled A Very Private School that was released last March. Despite his consistent online presence, Charles has yet to mention anything about his daughter's engagement. He shares his daughters Eliza, Amelia and Kitty, as well as their brother Louis, with his first wife Victoria Aitken. He did not attend the weddings of both Amelia and Kitty. In 2021, Kitty was walked down the aisle by her brothers as she tied the knot with retail millionaire Michael Lewis in Rome, who is more than 30 years her senior. Then, in 2023, Amelia married her long-time partner in a charming ceremony in South Africa, without her father present. A source told MailOnline at the time of Kitty's wedding: "Kitty and Charles were very close when she was growing up, but their relationship has cooled and been more distant since his marriage to his third wife Karen in 2011. 'The four children are all close to their mother, Victoria, and get on well with their step-siblings, and their Spencer aunts and have forged their own relationships with one another without needing Charles to bind them together. "Charles recently suffered an injury and perhaps that will be the reason for him not travelling, but it is just easier for everyone that he is not there.' Diana's brother said around the time of the nuptials he had a 'painful and unpleasant' shoulder injury, which was affecting his freedom of movement. . Charles was married to Victoria from 1989 until 1997. The couple moved to Cape Town, South Africa, where Kitty and her siblings Eliza, Amelia and Louis were brought up away from public attention.
