Hogarth Primary School considering class sizes of 40
I reported last week that a primary school in Isleworth is looking at reducing its working week to four and a half days from September because of the budget crisis […]
Entries by Bridget Osborne
Re-writing history “brainwashing” our children
Rupa Huq MP The Chair of the Parliamentary Education Committee Robert Halfon, Conservative MP for Harlow has said he would look in to Rupa Huq’s claims that the Conservatives were […]
Plastic waste in the River Thames at Strand on the Green attracts national media attention
Sky Sports News broadcast a series of live interviews with Paul Hyman of Active 360 and paddleboarders at Kew Bridge on Sunday to talk about the problem of plastic waste […]
On the Map
There’s a very simple pleasure to be taken in finding your home on a map. I’m not sure what it is, but maps are inherently fascinating and turning out of […]
Isleworth school looks set to be the first in the country to go to close at lunch time on Fridays in “budget crisis”
A local school looks set to become the first in England to go to a four and a half day week because of budget difficulties. Governors of St Mary’s RC […]
Local election candidates for Chiswick
Labour have selected their candidates for the local elections in all three Chiswick wards. The Conservatives selected theirs weeks ago and have already been out on the streets campaigning. Chiswick […]
No quick decision on Cycle Superhighway
So Hounslow Council has kicked the Cycle Superhighway decision in to the long grass. Transport for London received more than 5,000 responses to the consultation on CS9, with its plan […]
Chiswick RNLI helmsman Glen Monroe Profile
If we had a Chiswick New Year’s Honours list I could think of no more deserving recipient than Glen Monroe, Chiswick Helmsman for the RNLI. 54 year old Glen from Norfolk joined […]
Bananaman – theatre review
“The perfect way to chase away the January blues” – Theatre Weekly. “Strong scores fill every inch of this miraculously feel-good show” – Metro “Absolutely chocka with zing and zap… […]
Timeline Troubles
If there was a Chiswick New Year’s Honours list (and I were Queen!) I would award an OBM to Karen Liebreich and Sarah Cruz. That’s not a typo, it’s my […]
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
When the Fuller’s Christmas trees go up on the Griffin Brewery there’s no denying that the Christmas season is upon us. Usually I bury my head in the sand as […]
Outrage over pop up Christmas tree vendor
Pines & Needles, Acton Green Common Pines & Needles has appeared on Acton Green Common, to the great annoyance of local trader Spencer Wheeler. Spencer runs Wheelers Garden Centre, tucked […]
‘Chiswick Beach’ proposal ‘dangerous’
A proposal for a ‘mixed river leisure facility’ at Strand on the Green would be dangerous for people doing water sports according to those who currently use the river for […]
Christmas Lights in Chiswick
The Christmas lights will be turned on this Thursday (30 November) at George IV. The star of the show as always will be the Fuller’s dray horses, but there will […]
Magical Lantern festival opens
The Chinese Lantern Festival has opened in the grounds of Chiswick House. I love the mix – a bit of Christian tradition, a bit of Chinese with a pinch of […]
Outrage over pop up Christmas tree vendor
Pines & Needles has appeared on Acton Green Common, to the great annoyance of local trader Spencer Wheeler. Spencer runs Wheelers Garden Centre, tucked away beside Turnham Green tube station. […]
Chiswick artist wins National Open Art award
‘Church’, oil on linen, Marguerite Horner, 2017 Chiswick artist Marguerite Horner has won an award in the 2017 National Open Art competition for one of a series of paintings […]
Vole Patrol
I am not a rat There are many types of small mammal living happily in Gunnersbury Triangle. The National Lottery funded ‘Vole Patrol’, an 18 month survey by volunteers to […]
A tale of two sports clubs
A major upgrade in sporting facilities at Dukes Meadows is being proposed by Hounslow Council. The proposals are open for public consultation until Monday 27 November and we are invited […]
Ginger Whisk joins Abundance London to make chutney
What could be better? A cooking school which likes to use local seasonal produce and a charity which seeks to make good use of fruit that if not picked by […]
New Remembrance exhibition at St Michael & All Angels
A new exhibition commemorating servicemen from Chiswick who died in World War 1 opens today in St Michael & All Angels Church, Bedford Park. A Choral Requiem Mass will be […]
The Monstrous Regiment marches to a new drum beat
Are there any two words on the internet more sinister than ‘Hello dear’? I made the mistake on Twitter of following this very attractive young man purporting to be from […]
Rediscover your inner ballerina
Before founding the unique Ballet4Life dance organisation 14 years ago in Chiswick, founder Donna Schoenherr’s dance and choreography career had taken her on an international journey. First treading the boards […]
EFG London Jazz Festival
The legendary Bull’s Head, sometimes called the ‘suburban Ronnie Scott’s’ by the river in Barnes is fast approaching its 58th anniversary. Named as one of the 12 venues which had […]
Formal consultation ends on Cycle Superhighway
The last day of the formal consultation period for comments on CS9 is Tuesday 31 October 2017. This despite the fact that local councillors in Chiswick and Hammersmith have asked […]
Strand on the Green gets another blue plaque
The actor Donald Pleasance has joined artist Johann Zoffany among the riverside dwellers of Strand on the Green to be honoured by a blue plaque. Donald Pleasance starred in TV […]
Grasping at straws
I mentioned last week that Paul Hyman, founder of Active 360, the Paddleboarding company at Kew Bridge, has written to Steve Curran, leader of Hounslow Council, to ask him to […]
Chiswick Book Festival
The ninth Chiswick Book Festival opens on Thursday 14 September with An Evening with Jane Austen at Chiswick House, the same day that the £10 note with her picture on […]
“I think all the presenters will be asked to take pay cuts” says Jeremy Vine
The BBC’s highest paid journalist, Jeremy Vine, thinks that BBC presenters will be asked to take pay cuts as a result of the summer’s row about the gender gap in […]
