Mind over shmatte at London museum

A museum is looking for items of clothing for an exhibit on the impact London’s immigrant communities had on the British fashion industry.

While David Bowie, Greta Garbo and Sean Connery were not Jewish, Bowie’s dresses, Garbo’s hats and the tuxedo

Connery wore as James Bond all had Jewish creators.

Starting in October and running until April 2024, the Museum of London Docklands will host Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners Shaped Global Style.

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Almost 200 people joined big names at Jewish Care’s Redbridge sports dinner, fundraising for a new care and community campus development.

Special guests included Swedish former footballer and Arsenal winger Freddie Ljungberg, Brighton & Hove Albion football club chief executive and deputy chairman Paul Barber, and journalist and TV presenter Matt Lorenzo.

The event raised £76,000 in support of the social care char- ity’s services for older people in Redbridge and Essex.

Lorenzo held a lively chat with the sporting guests, covering their views on the Super League, women’s football, salary caps and the perils of VAR (video assistant referee).