Promote Your Business During Lockdown: Share your personal business story with our Q&A
What is the meaning of Q&A? Q&A, also known as Q and A, abbreviates the phrase ‘question and answer’, a type of interview format, when an individual answers questions…
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…
Local actress: Antonia Clarke
Alexane Dunn shines a light on rising star Antonia Clarke. Would you recommend the area as a place for young people to live? I’ve lived here all my life so I don’t really know anything better, but all my friends live here and the park is great. It’s a family…
Local comedian: Bill Bailey
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Bill Bailey: making people laugh is his life’s work. How long have you lived in the area? Since 1987. 29 years. As a native of Bath, what brought you to London? I came to study English and Drama at Westfield College (London University). After I left, I bought a houseboat…
Local publicans: Michael Mann & Jill O’Sullivan
You two don’t sound like Londoners. Where are you from? Jill: Tipperary, southern Ireland. Mike: Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand. How did you meet? Mike: One of the most romantic nights of the year, New Year’s Eve, 1995, at what was one of the hottest tickets in…
Evolve Fitness Training: Hanif Mayet
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Hanif Mayet – Evolve Fitness Training Q. What do you like about the area? The variety of people and the energy. Q. Where does your surname, Mayet, originate? It’s Arabic. My dad is South African. His great-grandparents were Indian born and moved to South Africa. My mum’s side are English…
Local butcher: Terry Murray
Were you born here? No, in Wandsworth, but we moved here when I was eleven. When I left secondary school at fifteen, nearly sixteen, my first job was in a local butcher called A. Richards and Son in Merton Road. Why did you choose to become a butcher? When I…
Daniel Paul Estate Agents: Local History – What’s in a Name?
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It is generally accepted that the name Brackenbury Village was coined by some sharp suited, smooth talking estate agent. Classifying a warren of Victorian terraced streets into something between a hamlet and a town was a cunning move. It certainly chimed with residents eager to define a neighbourhood known for…
Chartered Practice Architects: Warren Hagues – How to approach a client’s brief
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Q: How do you approach a client’s brief? Part of the original brief for one project was to build a front porch. The clients envisaged a brick and glass enclosure with a glazed roof. As space was limited to four square metres I asked if the reason for the porch…
Are you sitting comfortably? Meet the boss of Sofa Fox Robert Dyrga
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Robert Dyrga – Sofa Fox Are you sitting comfortably? Then, the boss of Sofa Fox, will begin… Robert Dyrga, his partner, Goska, and their son, Julian, are a family that has fallen in love with Hammersmith and the English countryside. Q. When did you move to the UK? I came…