The yellow arrows show the route taken What is it? Beating the Bounds is a tradition peculiar to England and Wales that dates back to Anglo-Saxon times. Every once in a while, a group of locals wou…

The Living Chimney peeps up from behind the trees at the bottom of Humes Avenue and it feels like a bit of old red-brick northern England industrial has been transported to South Hanwell. It was th…

A planning application has been submitted to build three tower blocks on Trumpers Way, containing 287 apartments. The tallest block will be 15 storeys high. According to the developers, it would ad…

Part 2 – West Ealing Broadway from Grosvenor Road to Dean Gardens You’ll find no checkpoint at the border between Hanwell and West Ealing, where the Uxbridge Road meets Grosvenor Road. But you migh…

Hanwell – the dotted red line shows the route of the walk What is it? Beating the Bounds is a tradition peculiar to England and Wales that dates back to Anglo-Saxon times. Every once in a while, a …

Do you notice more runners on the nation’s streets from January to April? It’s likely they’re training for the London Marathon, which usually takes place towards the end of April. You are witnessin…

In 1972, Hawkwind’s Silver Machine was aired on TOTP. Or blasted, more like. It sounded like nothing else I’d ever heard. A driving rock riff emerging through the swirling aural mist of the intro a…