Local artists: Kate Fishenden & Jonathan Mercer
Kate Fishenden & Jonathan Mercer tell Jo Reynolds you should never turn your hobby into your job. How long have you been in the area? Jonathan: Since 1985. We moved here from Belsize Park, which sounds very smart but we were in an attic. Kate: We bought a friend’s flat…
Local historian: Caroline MacMillan
Caroline MacMillan tells Jo Reynolds why she loves Askew Road. How long have you lived here? Over 30 years. What brought you here? My husband and I ran a book distribution company, and when we moved it to Park Royal we needed something this end of London. We lived in…
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 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…
Local TV director: Tim Dunn
Tim Dunn tells Jo Reynolds that he wears two hats in the BBC but would doff his cap to the Queen and armed guerillas. Did you study history at Oxford in order to make historical programmes for the BBC? There was no master plan. I got into Oxford, I felt,…
Local theatre producer: Denise Silvey
Will actor manager Denise Silvey tell all about getting the elbow from ‘The Archers’? Will she keep the cat in the bag about ‘The Mousetrap’? Jo Reynolds keeps his ear to the ground. How long have you lived in the area? Since 2007. We’ve been in this house since 2008….