Forget the Oscars, the BRITS, the Golden Globes or even Sports Personality. There’s only one annual award worth winning. The West Hampstead Life Tweet of the Year award. It’s here. It’s now. It’s competitive. Below are the eight tweets I’ve … Continue reading →
This morning I saw a tweet saying “Small house fire on Maygrove Road”. Shortly after, the London Fire Brigade tweeted “20 firefighters are tackling a house blaze on Maygrove Road”. Not such a small fire after all. After an hour, … Continue reading →
I have been writing this column for eight months and have been blown away by the local appreciation and passion for film. North-west London is a genuine oddity in cinema terms. How many other neighbourhoods (outside of the West End) … Continue reading →
Last night around 4.30pm, smoke was spotted seemingly coming out of the ground outside Sainsbury’s on West End Lane in West Hampstead. About the same time, a few businesses and residents across the road reported a power cut. Perhaps unsurprisingly … Continue reading →
[View the story “Camden census – some highlights” on Storify] Camden census – some highlights The Office for National Statistics released its first set of data today from the 2011 census for England & Wales. I waded through the spreadsheets … Continue reading →
The We are Camden website seems to have struggled to gain traction since it launched some 18 months ago. The idea was to provide a community forum on a ward basis, but posts are sporadic at best. It’s slightly surprising … Continue reading →
Turn on BBC1 tonight for early evening magazine programme The One Show to see West End Lane’s very own Wired make an appearance. A One Show researcher contacted me yesterday trying to track down a number for Wired (hint: you … Continue reading →
Many of you will remember an article back in July about artist Martin Robertson who was interested in finding out what we thought symbolised West Hampstead. Many of you gave your thoughts on this and Martin went away to work … Continue reading →
Navigating between the three West Hampstead stations is already challenging, with narrow pavements, crowds of people and at least one road to cross whichever change you’re making. Now imagine that you’re not so good at walking – or can’t walk … Continue reading →
On December 8th, West End Green will host the third successive West Hampstead Christmas market. It starts at 10am and there’ll be stalls on the green. In previous years these have been a mixture of local crafts, some food (hot … Continue reading →
