Local theatre director: Madani Younis
Madani Younis, artistic director of the Bush Theatre since 2012, tells Jo Reynolds about the theatre’s new home in the old Shepherd’s Bush Library. What brought you to this neighbourhood? I’ve known the Bush (theatre) all my professional life. I knew it when it was above the pub (in Goldhawk…
Local pet: Darjeeling, cat burglar
Jo Reynolds questions local cat burglar, Darjeeling, a real cat – who burgles – for real. What’s your name? Darjeeling. You know, as in the tea grown in the mountains of Northern India. What breed are you? Bengal. My owner, bless him, likes to say I’m one-fifth cat, one-fifth squirrel,…
Local photographer: John Garrett
Celebrity photographer John Garrett (above) talks to Jo Reynolds about clicking with the Dalai Lama and other stars. How long have you lived in the village? 12 years. What brought you to the area? Divorce. What are your favourite places? Every day I have breakfast in Bertotti’s on Hammersmith Grove…
Local artist: Jayne Hepsibah Sullivan
Jayne Hepsibah tells Jo Reynolds about faking it. When did you move to the area? About 24 years ago. Why here? My sister lived here. Because I’m Welsh, when you come off the M4, you get to Hammersmith and think it’s London. The aim was always to go in, in,…
Local butcher: John Stenton
Master butcher John Stenton chews the fat with Jo Reynolds. Where are you from originally? South Shields, Tyne and Wear. How long have you been here? I came to London over 40 years ago and have lived in Hammersmith ever since. What brought you here? There wasn’t any work at…
Local Aston Martin man: Nicholas Mee
Aston Martin man Nicholas Mee tells Jo Reynolds about Goldfinger and Goldhawk Road. How long have you been in the area? Personally, forty years, but we’ve had the business in the area since 2000 when we took over the garage in Wellesley Avenue. It was built as the village garage…
Local casting agent: Priscilla John
Jo Reynolds talks to Local casting agent Priscilla John. How long have you lived in the area? Since February 1987. I’d just bought a house in Cardross Street. Do you want to know what I paid for it? £103,000. That was a huge amount of money then. And it needed…
Local web designer: Annie Pennington
Annie Pennington tells Jo Reynolds about her rescue cat Robbie. Were you born in the area? No, I was born in Germany. My father was in the Control Commission, which governed Germany after the war (WW2). Is he German? No, he was English and based there. I was there maybe…
Local broadcaster: Jonathan Maitland
TV presenter slash reporter Jonny Maitland tells Jo Reynolds why he can’t stop taking the p***. How long have you lived in the area? Since 2002, but my connection to the area goes back much further. I’ve worked at the BBC since 1995. My father grew up in Acton so…
Local haute couturiere: Antonia Pugh-Thomas
Antonia Pugh-Thomas tells Jo Reynolds that pigs are easier than kids. How long have you lived in the area? Since the 12th of September, 2011. When we moved into the house we didn’t have any running water or electricity but the pig area was beautiful. How long have you kept…