Thelma Ruby Source:&nbsp Tildsley FranceA former TV soap star has kicked up a racquet over Allies and Morrisons Wimbledon expansion plans Thelma Ruby, who appeared as Lily Dempsey in ITVs Coronation Street in the 90s, is now the star of the Save Wimbledon Park campaign.She says she is ready to rally over the evil plan, insisting she will chain herself to a tree and face arrest before she sees work commence on the Grand Slam site. The All England Lawn Tennis Clubs said plan which will see hundreds of trees felled to make way for 39 new tennis courts has already had to bounce back from Wandsworth Councils refusal, a decision that was recently overturned by the Mayors Office. AdvertisementNow they face another volley from 99-year-old Thelma, who told Astragal: The fight is not over. Once it is inevitable that they plan to start, then I will truly chain myself to a tree. New balls please!Have the thought-provoking Negroni Talks met their match? The small but highly sought-out design debates, at which architecture practice fourth_space plies built environment specialists with liquor then throws them a topical bone to scrap over, have a tendency to get heated.But one speaker at a recent Negroni Talk on, ahem, problems in the architecture press, was disillusioned enough by the ruckus to set up a rival event. In what can only be interpreted as a two-fingered salute to the Negroni Talks, its would-be nemesis, Negroni Sbagliato, promised a less bitter, more bubbly atmosphere at its October launch. AdvertisementHosted by PATCH Collective, the event claimed to be collective, communal, diverse and still critical. Surely theres room for two at the bar2024-10-25Astragalcomment and share