Lots of you have noticed the new additions to West Hampstead’s, er, vibrant retail scene. Yes, Mr Whippy and a hot dog stand have arrived in town. Photo via @RicksterLondon They have set their stalls on the new wide pavement by the Thameslink station but this hasn’t proved popular with everyone – they don’t seem […]
If you are organised, efficient, and enthusiastic, and you are interested in food, environmental issues, or farming, you might enjoy managing London Farmers’ Markets new West Hampstead market. You need to be self motivated, assertive, cheerful, a good communicator, polite, and well organised. Some of the duties include: Being present at set up of the […]
The saga of West Hampstead’s farmers’ market has been more like a storyline from The Archers of late. Will it/won’t it/Has Nigel Pargeter fallen off the roof? Then today a cow appeared. Not a real cow obviously, but a painted one. It’s standing next to the Mr Whippy van and the hot dog stand, so […]
Zack Lester of Seraphine talks about the Hampstead store and the company’s growth Situated in the very heart of Hampstead’s thriving high street, Seraphine’s Hampstead Maternity Boutique opened in 2007. Seraphine encapsulates a simple maternity belief: it is important to feel comfortable during your pregnancy, but equally as important to feel confident in what you […]
post sponsored by Guardian Warm isn’t it? While you were sunbathing amid the funfair on Fortune Green, what else has been happening in West Hampstead? A hot dog stand and ice cream van popped up (not in the fashionable sense) on the widened Thameslink station. Then disappeared. Then appeared again. It’s not quite the farmers’ […]
Olympics eh? As the world turns its attention to London, what would it see if it focused in on West Hampstead? There was some confusion about the farmers’ market, after it was removed from the LFM page. Lymington Road-based Hampstead CC beat Eastcote to reach the final of the Middlesex Cup. This Thursday evening, West […]
Next Thursday, the 16th, is the third of our occasional #whampbooks events with the marvellous West End Lane Books. The premise is simple: you come to the bookshop from 7.30pm. You can chat to some lovely locals, you can drink some (free) wine, browse the shelves, and if you want to buy anything then you’ll […]
If you’ve been reading the local film listings of late, you’ll have spotted that the Tricycle in Kilburn has been taken over for the Trinidad & Tobago cultural village. Fiona went along to see whether it had brought some Caribbean sunshine to the mean streets of Kilburn: “After an incredible weekend for Team GB, my […]
I reported a few days ago that London Farmers’ Markets had added West Hampstead to its list, with an opening date of September 22nd. Odd then that a day later the page had been removed. Odd, right? I contacted LFM to see if I could find out why, and was met with a “not my […]
It’s been wall-to-wall Olympics in WHampstead Towers, but there’s been the odd bit of news in the area that’s worth catching up with. The West Hampstead farmers’ market will open on September 22nd. Sadly, Ammis Curry on the Kilburn High Road has closed. I hear that Sushi Gen is going to become an Italian restaurant […]
Camden council is trying to determine what elements of the built environment make the borough distinctive. These will form a “local list”, defined as “a collection of the features of Camden’s local areas that are valued by the local community and that help give Camden its distinctive identity… These features make a place special for […]
London Farmers’ Markets has added West Hampstead to its list of markets. The market, which will be outside the new Thameslink station, opens on September 22nd and every Saturday after that. There isn’t much detail yet on what the stalls will be. UPDATE Aug 7th : the West Hampstead page has been removed from LFM’s […]
This Saturday, head down to Gloves Boxing Club on Broadhurst Gardens (just round the corner from the tube) to a pop-up exhibition. It’s for a charity print project inspired by London 2012. London Street Prints is a collection of limited-edition prints by a group of different artists & designers. All proceeds go to London-based charity, […]
It was flattering to be asked by The Guardian to write an article for its travel website about my “perfect day out” in north-west London. This forms part of a series of similar pieces written by other London writers and bloggers. It was an interesting exercise thinking about the highlights of our part of London. […]
It’s pretty quiet in London really. Not much happening. Nope, can’t think of a singl…OLYMPICSSSSSSS. Ahem. A burst water main produced a spectacular flood on Kilburn High Road on Wednesday morning. The fire service took just a few hours to pump all the water out, but one or two businesses were badly affected and there’s […]
Last year’s BBQ turned out to be on the hottest day of the year. After the crappy last couple of months, it was almost too good to believe the predictions for a warm sunny day for the second edition of Secret BBQ last Sunday. Yet the forecast was right and some 65 of us sprawled […]
You might not think it after the great turnout for the outdoor screening this week, but the Friends of Fortune Green is after some help. Maybe you’ve got the skills they need? FoFg is looking for someone to help it on the PR and communications side. It’s FoFG’s weakest link. Specifically, we need help building […]
I woke up on Wednesday and lazily checked Twitter only to find my timeline swamped by a deluge of tweets about Kilburn. A burst water main initially believed to be in Maygrove Road, but later believed to be in Christchurch Avenue, caused a quite spectacular flood that was up to a metre deep in places […]
As the sun went down on Tuesday, a crowd began to assemble on Fortune Green. The screen was slightly smaller than some had anticipated; the bikes that would be used to power the equipment blocked the wider viewing angle; there were a couple of technical hitches and everyone was bitten to shreds by mosquitoes. And […]
Local historians Dick Weindling and Marianne Colloms are writing a book about the history of Klooks Kleek, a jazz and blues club which ran at the Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, from 1961 to 1970. The book will also look at the history of Decca Studios which was in Broadhurst Gardens until 1980. If you worked […]
Back in October last year, Camden asked locals what they thought of some changes to our streets. The most controversial was the provision of “cycle permeability“. In other words, allowing cyclists to pedal the wrong way up one-way streets. Not all one-way streets were included; some, such as Broadhurst Gardens, were considered unsuitable. But many […]
Last Wednesday, Camden council approved recommendations for the provision of free wireless “within the borders of the London Borough of Camden in areas of the borough that commercially viable as they have a high ‘footfall’”. What does that actually mean and would it include West Hampstead? It’s far from clear exactly what “high footfall” means. […]
Kilburn has amorphous borders. Estate agents will do anything to avoid labelling a street as being in Kilburn, so it’s rather refreshing that someone at the very top of their game, someone kids should look up to, someone who calls it like he sees it; that someone like that should identify himself with Kilburn. I’m […]
As the Olympics edge nearer and the sun edges out from behind the grey clouds, what has been lighting up West Hampstead over the past week? Bradley Wiggins rode to victory in the Tour de France and Kilburn became ignited with passion. Many articles referred to his Kilburn upbringing, but this one focused on it […]
This week is Love Parks week. Fortune Green is getting involved with a raft of events. Monday 6 to 8pm: Evening drawing class – come after work and do some drawing on the Green, with an informal glass of wine! Class led by Andrea the artist Tuesday 1:30pm for one hour: Health walk -a gentle […]
At the Jester Festival a couple of weeks back arguably the most interesting stall was a rather low-key affair. When I walked past it was manned by James Earl, chair of the Neighbourhood Development Forum. On his table were a set of photos of local building and spaces and a sheet against each one for […]
I’ve had my whinge about TfL’s model not showing West Hampstead as a hotspot. Now for some more practical advice about travel during the Games. If you are going to an event, I’m sure you’ve already worked out your strategy. I’d recommend the Overground to the Olympic Park, but the Javelin back from Stratford to […]
Maps have always been a powerful way of highlighting London’s social inequalities (Charles Booth‘s and John Snow‘s are the most iconic examples of this) and they continue to show how the richest and poorest Londoners often live side by side. (SpatialAnalysis.co.uk) The latest map from UCL’s Spatial Analysis team overlays two sets of data – […]
On the eve of the Olympics, why not escape the hype and head to The Alliance for a Pub Quiz. It’s a fiver in, but you’ll be raising (much needed) money for the West Hampstead Community Centre. Not sure what the prizes are yet – maybe just glory… I might venture along myself to see […]
Wembley and Finchley Rd as hotspots on Sunday July 29 (from GetAheadOfTheGames) We’ve known for quite some time that TfL hasn’t deemed West Hampstead to be a hotspot during the Olympic Games, but will the narrow pavements of the interchange be able to cope with the increase in pedestrian traffic? After all: Two of the […]
The Community Association for West Hampstead is holding a “Business brunch” the morning of August 3rd at the Dornfell St community centre. It’s free to come along and you can just turn up. Should be a great opportunity to make some business contacts, schmooze a little, and get your morning dose of coffee all in […]
Back in May, the Friends of Fortune Green planned an outside film screening on the green. For free! It rained. Obviously.But as the weather seems to be improving, the screening has been rescheduled for this Tuesday July 24th and has now received a small grant from City Hall as part of the Mayor’s Showtime scheme. […]
Apologies for the delayed newsletter – couldn’t get reliable WiFi last night I’m afraid. We shall crack on! Camden announced proposals to extend Kingsgate School with an entirely new site in Liddell Road although this would mean the loss of some businesses. The council will vote on Wednesday. You can have your say on how […]
Andy Murray lost, but Kilburn’s Bradley Wiggins assumed the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, so, y’know every cloud… well, every cloud seems to be passing over West Hampstead. It’s been a quiet week of local news though, so this won’t take long. The Ham & High reported how a local child can’t get […]
If youv’e been following the birth of the Neighbourhood Development Forum, then you’ll know that the next step is to start putting together the actual plan. This is a document that will, unlike Camden’s Place Shaping document, have actual statutory powers. It must, however, be coherent will all other planning frameworks, which is basically a […]
Local artist Martin Robertson contacted me last week to ask for my – and your – help. Martin produces screen prints of local areas, based around what makes them great places to live. That’s the usual shops, bars, restaurants, along with anything and everything that people hold dear. Here you can see what he’s done […]
It’s been a couple of weeks now since the ninth edition of the local get-together known as #whampgather. Fifty of us took over the front half of The Black Lion on West End Lane while a sudden, if brief, monsoon arrived in West Hampstead. The afternoon went well – it was great to see so […]
On Thursday night, I found myself on stage in the lecture theatre at the Museum of London taking part in a University Challenge style N v S v E v W quiz organised by London’s überwebsite Londonist. Having been asked to captain the North London team, I was seated in the traditional captain’s position of […]
No, no spelling mistake here. On Wednesday evening I joined about 40 other locals at West End Lane Books to hear local author and historian Simon Inglis and University of Southampton academic Martin Polley talk about the history of the Olympics in the UK. Polley’s book “The British Olympics: Britain’s Olympic Heritage 1612-2012“. Local actor […]
We had a thumping win for Spain in the Euros, Self-styled “Kilburn kid” Bradley Wiggins got off to a good start in the Tour de France, and there was YET ANOTHER banking scandal. But what happened closer to home? A farmers’ market now looks likely in West Hampstead. Secret BBQ tickets went on sale for […]
Last year, Chris generously volunteered to host a barbecue in his flat for whampers. It was a massive success (see pics), so we’re doing it again. Why “secret”? We’ll reveal the exact location the day before to those of you who sign up (Chris isn’t a big fan of posting his address all over the […]
You’ll remember back in April that I asked you all to say what sort of market you’d like to see set up by the new Thameslink station. I passed your comments on to our local councillors who were taking them into account. I never aggregated the results for you on here. So here they are: […]
Calling all men… are you feeling flexible? Local yoga practitioner/teacher Veronika Kloucek is launching a men-only yoga class – beginners more than welcome. It starts this Tuesday, at 7.30pm in Sumatra Road. Normally this hour-long class would set you back £8, but Veronika’s doing a deal for first-time #whampers so you can try it out […]
The Jester Festival is this weekend. This is West Hampstead’s answer to the village fête, and there are stalls, activities for kids, and a stage with various music and performances. More details on the website, but the programme is below. Saturday On the stage 12:00 Open Festival with DJ Earl 12:45 Guilfoyle Dance – Irish […]
If you’ve ever cut through the back streets to get to Kilburn, you may well have walked past the Kingsgate artist studios and wondered what exactly they were. They are actually a converted 19th century warehouse that now provides workshop facilities for more than 60 artists and craftspeople. And now’s your chance to look inside. […]
Next Wednesday, July 4th, local author and sports historian Simon Inglis will be at West End Lane Books together with Dr Martin Polley to talk about when the Olympics came to West Hampstead, drawing on Polley’s new book “The British Olympics: Britain’s Olympic Heritage 1612-2012“. The event is free, but please contact West End Lane […]
A short story showing how a connected local community can get things done [View the story “Twitter power” on Storify]
It’s been a week of Carrs, buses (or lack of them) and the inevitability of England losing a penalty shootout Tour de France hopeful Bradley Wiggins spoke of his Kilburn childhood. A gap in the fence meant Billy Fury Way was open to tracks. Twitter power brought it to the attention of the right people, […]
We all know North London is beter than South London, right? But what about East and West London? Are we the bestest London of all? Everyone’s favourite London website Londonist, together with the Museum of London, is going to find out in a University Challenge style quiz. And yours truly is captaining the North London […]
After #whampgather this Sunday, why not wend your way down to Kilburn for some music? “What sort of music?” I hear you ask. Let me hand you over to Nathan, who can explain all. “Musicians have often made high-profile attempts to show that they’re not one-trick ponies. George Michael has tried to sing folk songs […]
Cameron at Leveson, Caroll in Kiev, and more Greek news than there’s been since the Trojan wars. But what’s been happening in West Hampstead this week? Hampstead Heath was briefly Occupied, largely to hoots of derision from the Twittersphere. A man had a fatal heart attack on the platform at Finchley Road station. The Wet […]
West Hampstead will be a place where local communities experience real benefits from the opportunities that come with redevelopment and people feel that they have influenced and shaped how investment is made in the area. Support for local business will be a key part of enhancing the distinctive village character and more local jobs will […]
It’s been a fortnight since the last newsletter and so much has happened in that time… The Queen celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, the England team went to visit former concentration camps, and in other minor news the world economy lurched nearer to collapse and lots more Syrians were killed. But hurrah for lots of boats, […]
When I was a small boy, my grandparents’ favourite joke involved a sign outside a public toilet in a car park that said “Have you paid and displayed”. Oh how we laughed. Well, I laughed the first time, aged about six. After that I laughed politely, then just smiled, and eventually took to walking off […]
I get quite a lot of press releases these days, and most aren’t even opened let alone read. But this one caught my eye. Because it’s about a man who’s clearly a bit mad. And also brilliant. And he’s doing one of his mad brilliant things in the Swiss Cottage pool this Friday starting at […]
Don your cape, check your batarangs, get into your batmobile and speed through the mean streets of Gotham to get to the Swiss Cottage Odeon on July 20th for opening night of the Dark Knight Rises. STOP PRESS: SOLD OUT Photo via @tomrye (edited by @LollyGee) Thanks to the nice people at the Odeon, we’ve […]
When we did our initial Sunday lunch crawl through West Hampstead, the Lion – as it was then – was on the brink of shutting up shop for a while in order to be refurbed, rebranded, reimagined and reinvigorated. We therefore decided that it wouldn’t be fair to include it in the roast beef round-up […]
We have a long weekend. Four whole days of it! It’s like we’re in continental Europe or something. And why have we had this bestowed upon us? Because the Queen’s been Defending the Faith longer than Jamie Carragher, that’s why. Is anything happening in West Hampstead to celebrate E II R’s lengthy Game of Thrones, […]
Bring me sunshine, bring me joy, bring me another edition of the local party that everyone loves… bring me #whampgather! Summer finally seems to have arrived, so I figured it was time for the NINTH installment of #whampgather. The summer whampgather will be a bit different. The newly-refurbed Black Lion on West End Lane* does […]
There was sun. And no other news. Ok, there was some other news, but mostly there was sun. And what did it illuminate in West Hampstead I hear you asking yourselves? The mother of the young man murdered in Swiss Cottage last year shows astonishing compassion. More chaos on the Jubilee Line as one of […]
One of the most frequent grumbles I see on Twitter from locals concerns the performance of Virgin Media’s broadband service. For months, people ask whether other locals are having problems. A few helpful folk repeat what they’ve been told by the help desk – which has generally been along the lines of “we’re aware of […]
Apart from being a bon viveur, my food and drink correspondent Tom also has a predilection for the paranormal. Of course I’m drawing no correlation between the amount of red wine he drinks and his willingness to see the supernatural. Anyway, he drew my attention to this snippet from The Fortean Times back in 2009 […]
Dick Weindling and Marianne Colloms quite literally wrote the book(s) when it comes to local history. And now they’re taking their work online with a new Kilburn History website. The first story to appear concerns a wartime murder at Kilburn station, but it’s not all blood and guts. Dick tells me that subsequent stories will […]
Chelsea finally won the Champions League, Greece teeters ever more precariously on the brink, and the Olympic torch was allowed to fly business class to the UK. But what was happening in West Hampstead? The Gondar Gardens campaign continues. The West Hampstead-based police employee convicted of stealing from Scotland Yard escaped a custodial sentence. See […]
It appears that work is due to start soon on alterations to the O2 centre on Finchley Road. These are largely cosmetic. If you’re interested then the relevant planning applications then head off here, here, here, and here, but these are probably more of interest to specialist architects than to most O2 users. Instead, I […]
London Elects released the results of the mayoral and assembly elections by ward yesterday. A bit of number crunching later and here are the percentage of votes and change from 2008 for the four local Camden wards (West Hampstead, Fortune Green, Kilburn and Swiss Cottage). What can we deduce from the data? Well, nothing that […]
At last week’s Development Control committee meeting, councillors voted 7-2 against the proposed development by Linden Homes and Wates Development of the Gondar Gardens reservoir site up in Fortune Green. The reservoir site at sunrise (photo via GARA) This is the second time Camden has turned down a plan from these developers to build flats […]
It’s the Olympics this summer. In London! Who knew, right? The Royal Mail has announced it’s going to produce a stamp to commemorate all the British Gold Medallists. But not months later after we’ve all forgotten about it. No, no, no. These stamps will come out the very next day after each medal win. The […]
Expectations were high as 18 of us arrived at One Blenheim Terrace across the border in NW8. The chef had been tweeting about us coming, the restaurant was giving us a 30% discount on the food, and we were hungry after yet another day of dodging rainshowers. One Blenheim’s modern and stylish interior with spotless […]
It was a week for hair: Vidal Sassoon, Rebekah Brooks and Roberto Mancini. But what had us scratching our heads in West Hampstead this week? Camden refused permission for the proposed development of Gondar Gardens. The developers are likely to appeal, and their appeal for the first “teletubby” proposal, which was rejected last year, will […]
Welcome to a new weekly section providing a roundup of film screenings in and around West Hampstead, brought to you by Mark – NW6’s very own Cary Grant (tweeting at @NxNW6). For this inaugural edition, Mark’s also provided a quick rundown of the cinemas we’ll generally be covering – the aim is to focus on […]
Boris and François won, Nick and Brian lost, Ken retired (yeah, right) and it still continued to rain. But what else did the first week of May have to say for itself in West Hampstead? The Mayor and London Assembly elections were big news on Thursday and Friday. By now we all know the overall […]
You may have heard of an eruv. It’s the name commonly given to an demarcated area within which Orthodox Jews are permitted to do some things on the Shabbat that they otherwise would not be. Most pertinently, and generally at the heart of calls from the community to set up an eruv, it allows people […]
This week, The Times ran an article in its property section looking at West Hampstead. The full article is behind the Times paywall, but I thought I’d share a couple of the highlights. “West Hampstead is more under-the-radar than Hampstead proper, with a high street that is less pretty, but blessedly free of tourists and […]
On Friday May 18th, the Friends of Fortune Green are going to do something I think sounds great. An outside film screening on the green. For free! STOP PRESS: Unfortunately, due to the high chance of rain, this event has been postponed until June 22nd or 23rd This is a great example of the sort […]
Camden has been postponing the public engagement part of its parking review – it was supposed to have happened in March, now apparently it wil be in May. Camden will be seeking residents’ views on parking zone days and hours of control and pay & display maximum stays. However, many other parking changes have been […]
The votes from both Barnet & Camden and Brent & Harrow constituencies were counted at Alexandra Palace on Friday. Sadly it seemed no-one mentioned that to the construction crews working on the historic building. The result was a power cut early in the day, which held up counting. Then, at the end of the day, […]
For the final part of my pre-election coverage, here’s a breakdown of how West Hampstead and the wider Barnet & Camden constituency voted last time around for the mayor, our local Assembly Member, and for the London-wide assembly member. First up – the four Camden wards that make up West Hampstead (sorry Brent folk, but […]
Tomorrow is election day in London, but what are we voting for and how do we vote? I’ve had a few queries about this, especially from people new to London for whom this is their first City Hall election, so here’s a handy guide. If you want to know more about the candidates or their […]
As well as electing the next Mayor of London this Thursday, we also get to vote for who represents us on the London Assembly. There are 14 constituency Assembly Members and 11 London-wide members elected based on proportional representation. In West Hampstead, our constituency is Barnet and Camden, and that means we have to choose […]
This Thursday you’ll have the chance to vote for the next Mayor of London. I expect most of you know this. You will also have the chance to vote for the next London Assembly member representing the constituency of Barnet and Camden. I expect quite a lot of you didn’t know that. Lets get the […]
In a week where Rupert Murdoch skewered everyone in reach, a man threw computers out of a 5th floor window, and where it just kept on raining, was there any news in West Hampstead to make the headlines… You bet. Camden police are trying to find 27 year-old Richard Gent, last seen at his West […]
One by one we arrived. Amid the clatter of cutlery and pouring of drinks we were the epitome of concentration. The task ahead was clear. This was the conclusion. This was the final part of the trilogy. By the end of the day we would have found an answer. It was a Sunday. We were […]
Did you know that The Kitchen Table on Mill Lane hosts a supper club? I didn’t, but Eugene did and he went along to April’s to see what it was like. Here’s his report: “For those of us unfamiliar with Mill Lane, the Kitchen Table is a deli open weekdays and Saturday. Since I moved […]
It’s been a month now since the dust settled on the 187-199 West End Lane development. You may recall that the plans had to go to City Hall where the Mayor would take a decision on them. His decision, or at least that of Sir Edward Lister, deputy Mayor and Chief of Staff, was to […]
I’ve mentioned the newly formed Neighbourhood Development Forum a few times before – it’s being set up so that locals can have a little bit more say into local planning issues. The group has just launched a website, so I no longer feel the need to post the full minutes of meetings, but I will […]
On Thursday May 10th, whampreview takes place on the West Hampstead / St John’s Wood borders at the relatively new One Blenheim Terrace. One Blenheim is owned by chef patron Ed Shaerf (previously at The Ivy). According to its website: “our menus bring classic dishes to centre stage again but with an imaginative new performance.We […]
Imagine it: sunshine and showers in April. But what’s been happening between the downpours in the finest neighbourhood in Old London Town? No, I don’t mean St John’s Wood. Tragically, a woman died at Finchley Road tube station on Monday. Netherwood Day Centre has finally been saved from closure. Acol Nursery will be transferred from […]
The stretch of West End Lane from Nando’s to Walnut is set to see big changes over the next couple of months. As many of you will have read on Twitter, or (heaven forbid) seen with your own actual eyes, Walnut has closed. The ethically minded restaurant has been a fixture on the corner for […]
I got a very exciting e-mail yesterday from Cllr Gillian Risso-Gill announcing that an agreement has been reached with First Capital Connect for the West Hampstead Business Forum to hold a Saturday market on the widenened pavement area by the new Thameslink station on Iverson Road. The site is not big enough for a full, […]
Alongside the Abbey Area and Lymington Road proposals, Thursday’s Development Control committee meeting was also meant to discuss 163 Iverson Road – known as the “garden centre site“. This had been postponed from the previous DC meeting, but was now removed entirely from the agenda of this meeting. The reason was not given at the […]
When I gatecrashed the Crediton Hill Residents Association meeting a few weeks ago, it wasn’t just to see how many of the celebs who live on West Hampstead’s poshest road I could spot. It was also a great opportunity to catch up on the proposal to turn part of the cricket club land into a […]
Three local planning applications were on the agenda for Thursday’s Development Control committee meeting (Where Camden councillors vote on large planning applications). The major decision to be made was regarding the Abbey Area development. This a proposal by Camden council itself, so naturally planning officers were recommending approval. The full 171 page report is here […]
Guglee seems to have been pretty much a hit since arriving in all its bright orange glory on West End Lane. The clean design and pared down menu makes a refreshing change from old-school curry houses, but there’s no let up in the flavours. It was time to put it to the Whampreview test, so […]
The Old Black Lion on West End Lane was established in 1751. It was a beerhouse not a tavern, meaning it could sell only beer. The Black Lion on Kilburn High Road is older. It dates back to 1666. (The Red Lion on Kilburn High Road dates back to 1444! Thankfully now it’s called The […]
Two weeks of local news to catch up on, so we’ll dive straight in. Camden Development Control Committee voted in favour of the Abbey Area development and the Hampstead Cricket Club/South Hampstead Girls School temporary relocation. Full details on the website this week. The application for the Kilburn Feis festival during the Olympics was completely […]
VAT on pasties, postage stamp rises, and petrol panic at the pumps! But what was pertinent for the people of West Hampstead as March petered out? City Hall gave the all-clear to the large development at 187-199 West End Lane. Mayoral candidate Brian Paddick mentioned this development on the campaign trail. A Loomis van was […]
It was the news many residents feared. On Tuesday, City Hall decided not to raise any objections to the proposed development of 198 flats, including a 12-storey tower, in West Hampstead. Here’s the relevant extract from an e-mail sent by the public liaison team: “On 27 March 2012, Sir Edward Lister, the Deputy Mayor and […]
It’s time to check out West End Lane’s newest Indian restaurant, Guglee. This is the second branch of the restaurant – the original is on Finchley Road, where its brand of vibrant Indian street food has been pulling in steady trade for more than a year. The new venue, superceding the short-lived Costello’s, is larger […]
March’s whampreview at Little Bay was the biggest yet. Thirty one of us descended on the quirky Belsize Road restaurant spread across four tables already cluttered with menus, bread, cutlery and glasses. Over the course of a couple of hours we chatted, ate, drank and generally had a lovely time. Little Bay’s menu has a […]
