Workers return to Chiswick Business Park
One of the major changes in Chiswick as a result of the pandemic has been the peace and relative quiet of Chiswick Business Park. Normally there are crowds of workers […]
Entries by Pam O'Toole
End of Covid restrictions
Monday 19 July marked a controversial landmark in the seventeen month fight against Covid – the end of the legal mandatory use of face masks. In England, limits on how […]
Online entertainment April 2021
The theatres are gearing up to start their new productions. Meanwhile there is still lots of live streamed and as-live entertainment online. Pam O’Toole has been looking at the broad spectrum […]
Chiswick’s ‘Concierge Cabbies’
How London’s embattled black car drivers are faring after a year of the pandemic It’s been a tough year for many trades. But few have been as badly hit as […]
Desperate for kittens
Images above: Zeb and Ziggy Lockdown stampede for furry companions sees animal charity swamped by applications Freezing adoption applications for animals in need of a home is not a decision […]
Cancelling Christmas for the love of animals
Image above: Village Vet staff member with a client Lara Waterson, Regional Support Manager at Village Vet, has always known that her colleagues were willing to go the extra mile […]
Zooming with wine bottles: teaching Pilates during Covid
Images above: Ris Widdicombe celebrates the second birthday of the Pilates now! studio, Pilates Now! studio It doesn’t seem long since Ris Widdicombe proudly showed me around her Pilates studio, […]
Comedy, celebrities and gate-crashers: Eddie Izzard’s marathon month at Riverside Studios
Hammersmith’s Riverside Studios has hosted some amazing virtual guests in recent weeks – all cheering on Eddie Izzard as she completed her project to run 31 marathons in 31 days […]
Customs, confusion and charges: Chiswick struggles with Brexit
Customs, confusion and charges: Chiswick struggles with Brexit
Which ‘non-essential’ shops are still offering click & collect or deliveries
Which ‘non-essential’ shops in Chiswick are still offering click & collect or deliveries
Home deliveries still on the menu
Images above: Deliveries from Urban Pantry and D Grande Tex Mex So we’re out of lockdown, at least for the time being. But while some customers were keen to rush […]
D Grande Tex Mex
The new D Grande Tex-Mex restaurant on Chiswick High Rd is offering takeaways and deliveries via Deliveroo and their Click & Collect service. D’Grande’s opening hours are: Mon-Wed 5:00pm-9:00pm […]
Local theatres battle for survival
Theatres to reopen in August March 2020 will be remembered as a black month in the history of the London’s theatres; the moment they went dark because of Covid-19. That […]
Iconic Riverside Studios Bounces Back
If the importance of an arts venue can be measured by the number of celebrities who gallop to the rescue at a time of crisis, Riverside Studios is a true […]
Party Animals – celebrating a birthday in lockdown
Birthday in lockdown? Don’t despair! You might be physically cut off from many of your family and friends. But there’s a lot of online entertainment out there to help make […]
Kew Gardens Revisited
June’s usually a busy month for Kew Gardens. Normally, it’s packed with visitors, and staff are gearing up for the annual Kew the Music festival. But Monday’s reopening revealed a […]
From Cabbie to Chiswick Concierge
Are you confined to barracks for the foreseeable? Struggling with online supermarket delivery orders, with all their annoying gaps and “substitutions”? You may have an alternative. One of the recent […]