Blogs & Podcasts
Brentford FC – A League Apart
Man in the Middle
Mind Matters
Books of the Month
Oborne & Heller On Cricket Podcast
Three Old Hacks Podcast
Chiswick Calendar Interviews
My Corona
The musings of a middle aged man on living with his family and aged mother
Faced with the realisation that she can no longer live on her own, the decision to move the old lady in with himself, his wife and teenage children has a seismic impact on their lives, with riotous consequences. By James Thellusson.
Tips about maintaining our mental well-being
Nicholas Rose’s firm offers counselling, psychotherapy and coaching for children, adults, couples and families. Here he offers his thoughts on how we can look after our own mental health.
New books published each month
Annakarin Klerfalk is a literary agent who used to be the manager of Waterstones bookshop in Chiswick and knows the book trade inside out. Each month she takes a look at what’s new and recommends her top picks.
The joy of cricket explored and shared
Cricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They’re no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week.
Mihir Bose – former BBC Sports Editor, David Smith – Economics Editor of the Sunday Times and political commentator Nigel Dudley
The three have been friends since they first met while working at Financial Weekly in 1980s. They have kept in touch regularly, setting the world to rights over various lunches and dinners. With coronavirus making that impossible, what do journalists do, deprived of long convivial lunches over a bottle of red wine or several? Why, podcast of course.
Fascinating books by festival authors
Chiswick Calendar editor Bridget Osborne interviews authors for the Chiswick Book Festival, which in 2020 was all online.
A diary of life in Chiswick during the pandemic
During the first lockdown in March 2020, Keith Richards started writing the My Corona blog – a mix of observations from his daily constitutionals and the quiet enjoyment of his record collection. Since then he has continued to document the everyday occurrences of this most peculiar time.
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