#kingston-upon-thames

#kingston-upon-thames

Chick-fil-A is currently in the midst of its second attempt to break into the UK chicken market. Back in 2019 the chain opened locations in Reading and Aviemore, Scotland, but both branches shut following backlash and a campaign by LGBTQ+ activists. T he company has a controversial history of donating to anti-LGBTQ+ organisations, and the then-CEO made public statements opposing same-sex marriage. Find out all about that controversy here.

The issue is that the mural, which is prominently displayed above the Côte Brasserie restaurant on Kingston upon Thames' Riverside Walk, a popular stretch lined with local businesses, appears to have been hastily generated by an AI, resulting in horridly disfigured people, animals - and even a snowman. 'This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu,' joked journalist Matt Thrower on Bluesky.

Spanning the period between the building of the Kingston bypass that allowed the town to expand, and the ring road, which rather stopped all that, the exhibition focuses on how the town became famous for its high fashion and glamour away from the West End of central London. With suburbs springing up around the area, there was high demand for the latest fashions in furniture and home decorations, and firms popped up to feed the demand.

When it comes to dining, London has a thing for eating on boats. From Caravel in Islington to Hackney Wick's Barge East, The Cheese Barge in Paddington and Feng Shang Princess in Camden, there are plenty of floating restaurants on this city's canals and waterways. And now a new pretender looks set to be joining them. If it's granted a licence, a new cafe and restaurant will open up in a boat called The Aphrodite at Town End Pier in Kingston, reports News.