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  • It would appear activists were misled by the police about not being arrested when asked to leave the Fortnum & Mason building, after which they were held for a significant length of time, their clothing was confiscated, and they have been denied the right to protest in the near future.

    Letters: Policing must not be politically motivated 2011

  • What happened at Fortnum & Mason was an act of principled civil disobedience in solidarity with those marching, as a way of highlighting the real crimes of tax avoidance by companies like Fortnum & Mason.

    Letters: Top shop arrests of peaceful protesters 2011

  • Protesters occupy the Fortnum & Mason store in March.

    UK Uncut protesters due in court over store occupation 2011

  • Around 145 protesters from UK Uncut were detained during its occupation of Fortnum & Mason during the anti-cuts march on Saturday.

    Hugh Muir's diary 2011

  • Activists accused of occupying the luxury London food retailer Fortnum & Mason during tax avoidance protests in March are expected to plead not guilty to charges of aggravated trespass on Tuesday.

    UK Uncut protesters due in court over store occupation 2011

  • Bees arriving at hives on the roof of Fortnum and Mason's London store, where they're expected to make up to 300 jars of honey a year — depending on weather conditions.

    Weatherwatch: the dry spring and bees 2011

  • Vickery, though a historian, is contemporarily minded, so keeps mentioning the present in her links – at one point, on Wednesday's programme, about riots, she said: "Obviously they can't be on mobile phones to each other saying, We're moving on now to Fortnum and Mason's" – and much of the programme is recorded on location.

    Rewind radio: Voices from the Old Bailey: Riots; British, More or Less; 5 Live Olympic countdown – review 2011

  • The web version of our story on the Fortnum & Mason protest by UK Uncut in March carried a picture of protesters climbing the outside of the building "Met police are accused of pursuing a 'vindictive' case against UK Uncut tax protesters".

    For the record 2011

  • I also enjoyed Jesse Briton's performance in My Fortnum and Mason Hell, a faux-naive narrative about a bassoonist arrested for protesting against Tory cuts.

    Edinburgh festival 2011: The highs and lows 2011

  • His first, at 41 Jermyn Street, is now occupied by the tradesman's entrance of Fortnum & Mason.

    Thomas Lawrence: The new romantic – review Richard Holmes 2010

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