Chiswick Flower Market – Sunday 3 December
Guest blog by Kathleen Mitra As “it’s the season to be merry”, what better way to kick off the festive cheer than a Christmas Chiswick Flower Market on Sunday 3 […]
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Cinderella review – Lyric theatre, Hammersmith
Image above: Cinderella at the Lyric, Hammersmith, the company; photograph Manuel Harlan The biggest ball in west London As Christmas hurtles ever closer, the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre brings us its […]
Chiswick Cheese Market – Sunday 19 November
Image above: Chiswick Cheese Market Guest blog by Lucy Cufflin At the last market, we joined forces with The Academy of Cheese for the first ever, LIVE, Big Cheese Weekender […]
Remembrance Sunday at St Michael & All Angels
Image above: Fr Kevin Morris, Vicar of St Michael & All Angels In contrast to the events in the centre of London, the Remembrance ceremonies in Chiswick were quiet and […]
Remembrance Sunday 2023 in Chiswick
Images above: David Beresford (R) with the film director Dr Gareth Jones, whose great-uncle Cdr Walter Sterndale-Bennett DSO is remembered on the panel behind them; last year’s Remembrance service at […]
“The Police are more interested in raising money for the Government than they are in protecting the public”
Guest blog by Ann Crighton I am a criminal barrister with thirty years’ experience of both prosecuting and defending, who now specialises in motoring offences. Regrettably I have come to […]
Former Fleet Street editor, Chiswick resident Bill Hagerty, is named Journalist Laureate 2023
Bill Hagerty receiving his award from the London Press Club – L to R children Adam and Will, wife and fellow journalist Liz Vercoe, Bill and daughter Faith Guest blog by Julia Langdon […]
November 2023 books
What’s new and good to read this month? Dan Coombes has a look at what’s on offer and chooses Mary Or, The Birth of Frankenstein; Heartstopper Vol. 5 and The […]
Riverside Cllr Amy Croft on speaking at the Labour Party Conference
Image above: Cllr Amy Croft speaking at the Labour conference in Liverpool Cllr Amy Croft reflects on her first time speaking at a Labour conference Guest blog Last week I […]
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter launches debut EP at George IV
Images above: Caolan McCarthy EP launch at George IV; record cover Musician, actor and resident of Chiswick Caolan McCarthy talks to Effie Webb Chiswick resident Caolan McCarthy is launching his […]
New Chiswick street food market Sunday 22 October – what to expect
Winners of the British Street Food Awards bring an explosion of international flavours to the first Chiswick street food market Guest blog by Richard Johnson We’re BEYOND excited to launch […]
Big Cheese Weekender comes to ‘Cheesewick’
Save the date: Sunday 15 October 2023, 9.30am – 3pm Guest blog by Lucy Cufflin The UK’s cheese accreditation body, The Academy of Cheese, hosts an annual National Cheese Weekend […]
Chiswick House Dog Show 2023 – in pictures
Image above: ‘Prettiest bitch’ at Chiswick House Dog Show 2023 Chiswick House Dog Show 2023 Guest blog by Jan Preece The 19th annual Chiswick House Dog Show took place on […]
The Simple Tale of a Cycle Lane: Jewel Heists to the Luftwaffe
Image above: C9, Chiswick High Rd Guest blog by Michael Robinson on the final, final decision on the installation of the cycle lane through Chiswick High Rd C9, the cycle […]
Chiswick Cheese Market, Sunday 17 September
Images above: Lincolnshire Poacher producers Simon & Tim Guest blog by Lucy Cufflin Here’s a lovely cheesy story for you …… Remember the dark days of lock down? We had […]
Cultivate London gets a new patron and some money
Arit Anderson in Cultivate London’s Salopian Garden in Isleworth Guest blog by Karen Liebreich Cultivate London, the local environmental charity founded thirteen years ago with a mission to make use […]
Queer Minds – A new festival for London
Supported by the Royal Vauxhall Tavern and Gay’s The Word A couple from Chiswick have set up a new festival for London, taking place on Saturday 16 September. After Pride […]
Apple Day in Chiswick
Image above: 25 large crates of apples ready to be juiced Apple pressing at Chiswick Flower Market on Sunday 3 September 2023 Karen Liebreich On Sunday at the Flower Market […]
A challenging year for home-owners and the housing market
Image above: Terraced houses in Chiswick; Photograph Anna Kunst Interest rates still on the rise It has been a year since that mini-budget – the one which triggered higher mortgage […]
Edinburgh Festival reviews
Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder (Udderbelly) ⭐⭐ Making sense of this proved well beyond my investigative abilities. I wasn’t alone. Having scarpered after an hour I chatted to some twenty […]
Edinburgh Festival reviews
Jazz Emu (Pleasance) ⭐⭐⭐ An un-categorisable mash up of musical parody, Terry Gilliam style animation, brilliantly filmed spoof pop video inserts and much more besides. A bit of Tim Minchin here, […]
Edinburgh Festival reviews
No Love Songs (Traverse) ⭐⭐⭐ In which a young couple with no distinguishing features and a newborn child hit a crisis when he goes off on tour with his band. […]
Edinburgh Festival reviews
The Grand Old Opera House Hotel (Traverse) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ In which two cleaners at a very beige luxury hotel which was once an opera house fall in love without actually meeting. The […]
Edinburgh Festival reviews
Adults (Traverse) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ In which a repressed, married teacher of English Literature and father of two finally summons up the courage to visit a male prostitute but it all goes […]
Edinburgh Festival – Lena review
LENA (Assembly, George Square) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Those of you with children at Chiswick’s Arts Ed should look away now: this excellent play with music about tragic 70s child star Lena Zavaroni […]
Our Man at the Edinburgh Fringe
Top joke of the festival The TV channel Dave sponsors the Top Ten Best jokes at the Edinburgh Festival. The Dave Funniest Joke of the Festival fringe award this year goes […]
The little coffee cart which nearly grew up to be a big cafe
Considering whether to turn Coco Coffee at Strand on the Green into a bricks and mortar cafe It sounds like a children’s bedtime story, but really it is a cautionary […]
Children’s author Lotte Moore – obituary
Image above: Lotte Moore, who died, aged 87 on 12 July Best known for her wartime memoir Lotte Moore – A Child’s War Obituary by Nicholas Bromley Though Lotte Moore […]
Chiswick Flower Market – a home for British flowers?
Image above: British flowers at Chiswick Flower Market; photograph Anna Kunst A focus on British grown flowers at the next Chiswick Flower Market, Sunday 6 August Guest Blog by Ollie […]
It’s a wrap! A long and very busy year in performimg arts at Chiswick School
Image: From the school’s dance production Aberfan It’s a wrap! Guest blog by Tommy Robinson It’s been a long year. Well actually it’s been as long as any other year: […]