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News, features and comment about Chiswick W4 and the surrounding area of west London.
Written mainly by The Chiswick Calendar’s editor Bridget Osborne, former BBC journalist and long-term resident of Chiswick, these blog posts appear in a weekly newsletter emailed to our subscribers, which you can subscribe to here.
Scroll down to find guest blogs by other members of our local community: informed opinion on politics, the property market, fitness, health, culture, a monthly book review and a weekly column on how to live with your elderly mother from The Man in the Middle.
Only two thirds of children get their first choice of secondary school
March 2, 2021/by Bridget OsborneThe Crown kills it at the Golden Globes
March 1, 2021/by Bridget OsborneRate of Covid infection in Chiswick continues to decline
March 1, 2021/by Bridget OsborneLB Hounslow leader justifies huge increase in councillors’ allowances planned for this year
March 1, 2021/by Bridget OsborneRNLI Chiswick crew rescue people cut off by the tide
February 27, 2021/by Bridget OsborneChiswick School gets ready to open on 8 March
February 27, 2021/by Bridget OsborneSchools open but Hounslow still has highest infection rate in London
February 27, 2021/by Bridget OsborneArtsEd receive £250,000 from theatre producer David Ian
February 26, 2021/by Matt SmithMan arrested following series of knifepoint robberies
February 25, 2021/by Matt Smith
Only two thirds of children get their first choice of secondary school
March 2, 2021/by Bridget Osborne
The Crown kills it at the Golden Globes
March 1, 2021/by Bridget Osborne
Rate of Covid infection in Chiswick continues to decline
March 1, 2021/by Bridget Osborne
LB Hounslow leader justifies huge increase in councillors’ allowances planned for this year
March 1, 2021/by Bridget Osborne
RNLI Chiswick crew rescue people cut off by the tide
February 27, 2021/by Bridget OsborneFeatures
Keeping an eye out for Chiswick’s hedgehogs
March 2, 2021/by Matt SmithClick & Collect afternoon tea hampers for Mother’s Day
March 2, 2021/by Bridget OsborneSpring at Chiswick House
March 1, 2021/by Bridget Osborne300 years of Chiswick House Gardens – Part 3
February 25, 2021/by Guest BloggerChiswick House Camellias 2021
February 20, 2021/by Bridget Osborne300 years of Chiswick House Gardens – Part 2
February 18, 2021/by Guest Blogger
Keeping an eye out for Chiswick’s hedgehogs
March 2, 2021/by Matt Smith
Click & Collect afternoon tea hampers for Mother’s Day
March 2, 2021/by Bridget Osborne
Spring at Chiswick House
March 1, 2021/by Bridget Osborne
300 years of Chiswick House Gardens – Part 3
February 25, 2021/by Guest Blogger
Chiswick House Camellias 2021
February 20, 2021/by Bridget OsborneGuest Contributors
Why the Yeats sculpture will be a great addition to Chiswick
March 1, 2021/by Guest BloggerDiary of a vaccinator
March 1, 2021/by Matt SmithProperty sales and residential lettings very busy at the start of 2021
February 16, 2021/by Guest BloggerFiona Crumley obituary: “a warm, welcoming, knowledgeable and intelligent friend”
February 1, 2021/by Matt SmithThe runner’s dilemma – where to run during a pandemic
January 18, 2021/by Guest BloggerOutrage and dismay that British musicians will need visas to tour Europe
January 12, 2021/by Guest Blogger
Why the Yeats sculpture will be a great addition to Chiswick
March 1, 2021/by Guest Blogger
Diary of a vaccinator
March 1, 2021/by Matt Smith
Property sales and residential lettings very busy at the start of 2021
February 16, 2021/by Guest Blogger
Fiona Crumley obituary: “a warm, welcoming, knowledgeable and intelligent friend”
February 1, 2021/by Matt Smith
The runner’s dilemma – where to run during a pandemic
January 18, 2021/by Guest BloggerRecipes
Books of the Month
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.
