For the third year running, voting fever is upon us. Hampstead & Kilburn looks like being a key battleground once again as Brexit clashes with broader political and party-political issues to muddy the waters for many voters. To be honest, like … Continue reading →
Recently the Mayor’s office published this map of all the street trees in London – colour coded. This dendrophile’s wet dream covers all of London but if you put your postcode in the top-right corner then you can zoom in … Continue reading →
The new recycling contract is still causing problems, but Camden and Veolia say it is ’98% sorted’. Seems a rather high assessment. There is a new Love Camden app to report fly-tipping. Seems to be working, although ‘bin problems’ is … Continue reading →
There been a ‘pop-up’ take-over of our usual food reviewer’s spot, Tom’s Diner, as WHL pulled rank to review Summer’s dining. As we reported a couple of weeks ago, three young guys have taken over the Sir Colin Campbell on … Continue reading →
West Hampstead made the (inter)national news in a report on Nazanin’s year in prison. Camden’s new waste contract started. In West Hampstead it wasn’t exactly smooth. Alice House decking was given the OK by the Planning Inspector. This week saw … Continue reading →
One year ago, today, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was just a hassled mum trying to get to the airport with a toddler. It was the end of a two week trip to Tehran to visit her parents for Nowruz (Persian New Year). However, … Continue reading →
Sunday saw ribbons and messages being tied to a tree on Fortune Green, to mark a year since Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was first arrested in Tehran. It was a moving event with local support and a big press turnout. Tulip has … Continue reading →
Tulip Siddiq, MP for Hampstead & Kilburn, is a busy working mother and her baby daughter Azalea is going through a naughty, determined, stage at the moment. After her mother’s recent haranguing of “smirking” foreign secretary Boris Johnson in the … Continue reading →
Tulip spoke about the response to the Westminster incident last week in Parliament, the Prime Minister was grateful for her comments. Telly historian Lucy Worsley dropped into West Hampstead to talk to 300 local kids about history. And they loved … Continue reading →
Words like ‘history’, ‘church’ and ‘books’ don’t always conjure up images of children’s happy, smiling faces. Especially in combination. However, the rapt attention of 300 schoolkids from Emmanuel, Beckford, Francis Holland, South Hampstead High, St Anthony’s and Rainbow Montessori schools … Continue reading →
