You may well have had a leaflet through your door recently about quite major changes to the way Camden handles recycling. The council plans to do away with the always-disappearing blue bags and the never-quite-big-enough-for-all-my-wine-bottles green boxes and replace them … Continue reading →
Claire – by Julian Gordon Mitchell Julian Gordon Mitchell, an artist who’s exhibited at the Royal Academy, will be hosting a series of events at the West Hampstead Community Centre over the next few weeks. The first one is this … Continue reading →
The redoubtable Friends of Fortune Green have an Action Day coming up at the end of the month. They say “day”, but really it’s more of an Action Afternoon. This isn’t action in some vague fist-waving “we really must do … Continue reading →
Plans for driverless Jubilee trains are shelved. The WHGARA vote on whether to support the proposed southern boundary of the Neighbourhood Development Forum was cancelled. The decision will be made at a public meeting on October 22nd. Loud explosions heard … Continue reading →
The Affordable Art Fair returns to Hampstead Heath at the start of November. And, as a West Hampstead Life reader, you can get 2-for-1 entry (or 50% off if you’re a solo whamper). Nice right? The Affordable Art Fair (and … Continue reading →
I know normally I’m exhorting you to go to Kilburn for comedy on a Monday night, but on October 22nd I suggest you head down a bit later. Why? Because there’s a public meeting that is really worth turning up … Continue reading →
Rained a bit didn’t it? Gondar Gardens first appeal came to a conclusion. The student accommodation being built on Blackburn Road had its topping out ceremony (ie, it won’t get any higher). Powers has reponed after some remedial refurbishment. For … Continue reading →
The redevelopment of Handrail House has been on the cards for a while. A proposal last year was refused, but the developers are back with revisions and more ambition – at least in terms of scale. No plans have been … Continue reading →
Those damn supermarkets crowding out the little guys. Am I right? Well, that’s the received wisdom and it’s held true on West End Lane where the arrival of Tesco and then Sainsbury’s killed off Best One (literally as that was … Continue reading →
It’s the most successful film franchise of all time (probably, I have no idea – but it’s got to be a frontrunner, right?). Now Bond is back with Daniel Craig’s third outing as 007. Skyfall opens in the UK on … Continue reading →
