Amid all the grumbling about filth on West End Lane, it’s always worth casting an eye elsewhere to see whether we can learn from others. Or to put our own woes into perspective. Recently, there have been some despairing tweets … Continue reading →
Sad news from the Kilburn High Road. The Good Ship, the popular music and comedy venue, is closing at the end of October. It’s been a victim of changes to licensing hours, which we reported on earlier. Kingsgate Primary School … Continue reading →
Our top ten things to do lists are proving popular but new things are coming in all the time. In fact there is so much happening in and around West Hampstead next weekend we felt it was worth a mini-article … Continue reading →
‘How Not To Be A Boy’ was published. Author and West Hampstead resident Robert Webb was out promoting it on R4 in Woman’s Hour and Channel 4 news this week, it was also R4’s book of the week (see below). … Continue reading →
It was a bank holiday weekend so printing presses took at break, so this is being posted a day late. Now on with the news. A guy had his mobile snatched outside the Thameslink Station. And a woman had a … Continue reading →
How many of our top tips for August did you manage? Highlight was Random International and Wayne McGregor at the Roundhouse. Coming up this month… 0. (Starting with an August event, this week on the 31st it’s Jazz @ the Kingsgate Centre) 1. … Continue reading →
Incident on Saturday when an elderly lady fell from her flat onto the balcony below. She suffered a broken leg; ambulance and police in attendance. Another incident on Sunday with 10+ police cars on the Finchley Road, not clear what … Continue reading →
Is crime in West Hampstead on the rise, or are we just made more aware of it through social media? And through the rare but higher-profile crimes such as moped-based thefts or the recent acid attack. WHL met up with … Continue reading →
Apparently, 42 of us are Lottery millionaires, in our postcode area. Really National Lottery? Our latest insight was with Ted Booth, the Library ‘writer in residence’. Ted brings poetry to West Hampstead, literally (in all senses). There was a funeral on … Continue reading →
Who is Ted Booth you are asking? This month’s Insight is a bit different. Instead of interviewing a local business owner, WHL sat down to have a chat with Ted Booth, who is the current writer-in-residence for the Friends of West Hampstead Library. … Continue reading →
