Category archives: Keep Things Local

Warren Hagues – Chartered Practice Architects ‘Architects are trained to consider a project holistically’ Q. I see a lot of building work to people’s homes at the moment. What value does an architect bring to this type of project? Some people think that an architect’s job is either in the…

Joe and Fiona Miller – This local family has you covered Q. How many years have you been here? Coming up to 25 years. People are coming back to the smaller shops because they realise they get a more personal and professional service, which everybody wants. One of our mottos…

Janis Cammell OBE – Committee member Janis Cammell has a special link to the Grove. It has provided her with help when she needed it most. Now, she helps ensure it can do the same for others. “My father lived on Godolphin Road. He met my mother when she was…

Life Coaching – Olivia Read Top Tips to Lighten your load ‘Summer is here and change is in the air. It’s time for us to stop running around like headless chickens and to add a spring back to our step. Here are some top tips to lighten your load: 1….

Speaking in a booming voice down a crackling telephone line from Lapland in the Arctic Circle, Father Christmas reveals the history of his many names, his reliance on technology and the challenges of not waking children when delivering presents Q. Hello. Am I really talking to Father Christmas? You certainly…

John Stenton Family Butchers are taking Christmas orders now until 15 December 2017. To place your oder please call us on 020 8748 6121 – Free range Norfolk black turkeys – Packington Farm free range capons – Judy Goodman free range geese – Smoked gammon – Homemade wheat-free sausages and…

Shoots and Leaves are giving vouchers to schools, churches and sports clubs to sell and raise money. For details call 020 8563 7733 or visit: http://www.christmastrees.london Shoots and Leaves prides itself on buying direct from the growers, cutting out any middlemen costs. Earlier in the year staff are sent out…

We ask Elliot Rowe, head of Hammersmith sales at Douglas & Gordon, what he loves about the area and why he made it is home Why did you move to Brackenbury Village? I moved from Clapham to the area more than a year ago because I love it here. When…

BUILDING DRAMA Hammersmith hosts one of the most significant cultural developments in West London with this month’s re-opening of the Lyric. Artistic Director, Sean Holmes, discusses his love of surprising audiences and his first production to launch the re-opening Q. What’s your attraction to theatre? I was drawn to directing…

HIS WORLD’S A STAGE The Lyric re-opened with the hit musical Bugsy Malone. One of its cast, Hammed Animashaun, takes time out of rehearsals to discuss youth theatre, Heath Ledger and fishnet stockings Q. What first attracted you to acting? I’ve always loved performing. As a kid I did my…