Get the BBQ sizzling with John Stenton’s speciality meaty treats
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Get the BBQ sizzling with John Stenton’s speciality meaty treats – piri piri chicken, delicious Stenton burgers, homemade sausages and the famous ‘Man Chop’. John Stenton has been Brackenbury’s butcher for more than 30 years. Some customers have been visiting his shop on Aldensley Road since the day John and…
Local painter and decorator Georgina Knight hopes to make her company Ozmas a household name
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Known as a perfectionist who works fast and leaves your home spotless at the end of each day, Georgina Knight, with her 20 years’ experience working in the high-end decorating trade, has earned a very good reputation among local clients. ‘We quote for job sizes ranging from painting a single…
Aska Mucha – Insight Sports Massage: Don’t allow your pain to limit you living life to the fullest any longer!
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‘Don’t allow your pain to limit you living life to the fullest any longer. Corrective exercise will help you lead an enjoyable and rewarding life.’ Working as a sports massage therapist for many years, I have treated a range of conditions for clients whether the pain and concern was chronic…
On the couch: Your First World problems sorted by our agony aunt Albi
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Albi, the Local’s resident agony aunt, offers words of wisdom. True, he is a dog but that doesn’t mean Albi can’t see sense! Far from it. After a life of globetrotting with his glamorous companion Lavinia von Schneider, Albi the Talking Dog has settled for good in Brackenbury Village. Now…
Artists at Home
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Artists at Home 2017 57 pop-up exhibitions await you across Chiswick, Hammersmith and Shepherds Bush. 71 artists will be delighted to welcome you to their houses, studios and flats, to view paintings, glass-making, ceramics, printmaking, sculpture, photographs, textiles, and jewellery. This is an exciting chance to discover new original work…
Shoots & Leaves: Spring is a time for remedial works to garden walls
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There is something very special about a walled garden and if you’re lucky enough to have one it could well date back to the time your home was built. With little but a brick foundation it’s incredible that they’ve survived so well and for so long and the fact they’re…
Thor Gudmundsson tells us why natural wines are a sign of quality craftsmanship
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Natural winemaking is now a badge of quality craftsmanship in the vineyards and winery as natural wines respect the environment and the consumer. Natural wines are often organic, sometimes bio-dynamic, and definitely made with fewer additives than more industrial wines, notably sulphur. Even a few years ago natural wines could…
TIPS & TALES Fresh from the barber shop with Stav the Barber – THE HIGH FADE – CURTAINS
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Stav and shop mascot Big Reggie TIPS & TALES Fresh from the barber shop… with Stav the Barber Bravo gentlemen, give yourselves a pat on the back. You managed to survive those winter blues. Luckily spring is now here, bringing with it the promise of warmer weather and extra daylight…
The Flying Yogi: Kasia Poremna tells us why she is passionate about the joys of teaching yoga in W12
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The Flying Yogi is a boutique yoga and Pilates studio that recently landed on Goldhawk Road. Owner and local resident Kasia Poremna tells us why she is passionate about the joys of teaching yoga in W12 You were an architect and interior designer. Why the transition to yoga? Twelve years…
Dog of the month – interview: Albi
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After a life globetrotting with his owner Lavinia von Schneider, Albi the Staffordshire (right) is a permanent fixture of Brackenbury Village. Reporter Rufus Barclay (left) goes face-to-face with this popular and influential resident. Q. You knew the Prince of Wales quite well, tell me about that? It was nothing, we…