Police broke up an eviction protest on Thursday afternoon in Lymington Road at which fourteen arrests were made. According to protestors, the evicted tenant, whose name is given only as Mark, had been ordered by the landlord to vacate the … Continue reading →
Last Wednesday, around 30 people crammed into Frida’s, the downstairs bar at Mamacita, for the first of a new regular meetup event: Whampsocial. A specially-created menu of delicious cocktails (only £5!) and filled tacos served in glazed roof tiles (amazing) … Continue reading →
[updated March 20th 11 am] Fire crews rescued six people from 140 Broadhurst Gardens in the early hours of this morning after a fire broke out on the ground floor. Another woman jumped from a first floor window, against the … Continue reading →
Camden council, clearly stumped by how to solve the continuing problem of litter in our streets, appears to have decided to combine its tree-removal program with an increase in the number of bins. Maybe this Broadhurst Gardens “bin” is the … Continue reading →
Whampgather is an all-out party, and Whampdinner is so popular it can be hard to get a place (we know, we’re sorry). It made sense to start something in between – a more informal mid-week meetup, open to everyone. The … Continue reading →
As a regular reader of West Hampstead Life, I’ve become a big fan of it. And one of the things I find most interesting and impressive is its ability to bring people together, in person. The legendary whampgathers are so … Continue reading →
What is love? This has occupied many great minds through the ages, from Stendhal to, erm, Haddaway. It even topped the list of Google searches a couple of years ago. Now, pupils at Emmanuel School in West Hampstead have tackled the … Continue reading →
Rumours surfaced on Twitter this morning of strange goings-on outside West Hampstead library. “What’s up at the library on WEL? Film crew loitering. Multiple cameras. Road sweeper involved” (@CAMarks1) Then a man in a chicken suit appeared. It sounded like more … Continue reading →
It’s been a while coming – we first reported this back in 2012 and again in 2013 – but West Hampstead now has free WiFi, having miraculously shot to the front of Camden’s queue. We were originally slated to be … Continue reading →
Photographers captured the moment a lorry crashed into the side of the Travis Perkins building at 156 West End Lane today. The vehicle brought down brickwork and masonry from the corner of the building, surprising the Wickes showroom staff inside. … Continue reading →
