Fuller’s Brewery: Discover how the Magic Happens
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Christine Hooper, the Hock Cellar and Brewery Tour administrator at Fuller’s, has worked at the Griffin Brewery for 43 years. Born and raised in Devonshire Road, she joined Fuller’s as the Beer Order Office Junior. Not surprisingly, Christine has a few interesting stories to tell.
Wyndham House: Easter Feast
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With Easter on the horizon, another busy period is looming – and Easter at Wyndham House means the arrival of both new season lamb and Salt Marsh lamb. ‘Salt Marsh is special,’ says Rod. ‘We source it from Foulness Island in Essex; the sheep graze on the lush grass of the estuary strip, hence the name. You don’t taste the salt, but the meat has a wonderful, diferent favour.’ The other Easter favourite is Beef Wellington.
Top Hat Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary – Mike Moran
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Mike Moran Mike Moran’s family business delivers high-quality laundry and dry cleaning services You could say that Mike Moran was born into the world of dry cleaning. He was just two when his parents, Mike Snr and Pat, opened the first Top Hat in Kingsley Road, Hounslow in 1967. Most…
Carrie Reichardt: Home Is Where The Art Is
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Carrie Reichardt, internationally renowned mosaic artist and co-author of Mad in Chiswick, lives in her own unique public artwork. You certainly can’t miss it… I’d be surprised if there’s a more gloriously distinctive property in Chiswick. Friends always fondly refer to it as the ‘crazy mosaic place’ – and that pretty much says it all.
St Michael and All Angels: We Need To Talk About Kevin
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Father Kevin Morris This year Father Kevin Morris is celebrating 21 years of dedicated service at St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park This Christmas Day it won’t necessarily come as a surprise to the congregation of St Michael and All Angels in Bedford Park to see their vicar taking…
Fuller’s Brewery Shop: Chiswick’s Best-Kept Secret?
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Fuller’s Brewery Shop Fuller’s Brewery Shop is a treasure trove of excellent ales, vintage brews, stylish merchandise and exclusive seasonal gifts I was browsing for birthday gifts in Fuller’s Brewery Shop when a dozen or so excited American ale aficionados arrived, fresh from the tasting session in the Hock Cellar…
James Matthews: The Home Front
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James Matthews Rightmove ranks Whitman & Co as W4’s leading estate agent. James Matthews reveals the secrets of success Talking to James Matthews, co-owner of Whitman & Co, it struck me just how Chiswick has changed. When James started at Tyser Greenwood (in itself, a name from the past) in…
White Dental and Cosmetic Rooms: The Gentle Touch
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Dr Raffaella Gabassi For Dr Raffaella Gabassi and her friendly, welcoming team, the patient always comes first ‘On occasion we’ve had clients standing on the High Road too nervous to come through the door. I’ve had to nip out, take them gently by the hand and bring them in for…
Hugo Ceramicas: The Tile Style Experts
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Peter Hughes Recently opened tile showroom Hugo Ceramicas stocks an exquisite range of inspirational international designs to suit all decorative and practical tastes When someone casually reveals in conversation that they ‘fell into tiles by complete accident’ you really have to ask – how? The person in question is Peter…
HYPOXI-Studio Chiswick: The shape of things to come
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Dorota Zelazny When intense exercise and strict dieting isn’t shifting fat or banishing cellulite, the HYPOXI method can help reclaim your body shape There used to be a TV advert for Remington Shavers in which the US entrepreneur Victor Kiam declared, ‘I liked the shaver so much, I bought the…