The Friends of Richmond Park run frequent guided walks and courses, all of which are free of charge. Some are for Members only (membership from £10 per year), others are open to everyone. Here’s a list of upcoming evebts and courses. 24 October, 2014: Informal birdwatching walk (open to everyone) (**) 25 October, 2014: Course…
Win a proper Sunday lunch with drinks at the Hare and Hounds! The essential lie in, a long shower, family, Sunday papers, friends, decent coffee, a Bloody Mary… Then allotment-style vegetables, goose-fat roast potatoes, homemade double egg Yorkshire puddings, pink juicy sirloins of beef, herb studded Dingley Dell pork ribs, slow roasted shoulders of lamb…
The Richmond Literature Festival is filling the whole month of November with a host of literary delights, from panel discussions to workshops, dance to theatre, music, and poetry! This year’s festival welcomes a whole range of literary figures and well known personalities to the borough, including Sheila Hancock, who will be talking about writing her…
Interested in the future of East Sheen and Mortlake? Come and have your say on Wednesday 15 October (Mortlake) & Thursday 23 October (East Sheen) Do you want to help shape what happens in SW14? Are you interested in protecting the area’s character? What would you like to see protected and what would you like…
Since our last shops roundup quite a lot has been happening in Sheen! We were very sad to see the Milestone Café go – it was a much loved institution. Hopefully another café will take its place soon on Milestone Green. Something similar has happened at Ray’s Café opposite Waitrose, which was recently renamed The…
Today, the first anniversary of local resident two-year-old Margot Martini being diagnosed with leukaemia, sees her family announce the launch of the “Team Margot Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Awareness Day”. The day is designed to promote awareness around the need for more potential stem cell donors to join the UK & worldwide registries. The…
If you can spare a little time to spend outside helping to enhance and keep EAST SHEEN COMMON as lovely as ever for all to enjoy, this is a great chance to contribute to a local project. Improve your health and wellbeing by taking part in conservation activities in nature reserves, parks and green spaces…
It is said that everyone has a book in them. But not everyone gets beyond their dream of writing one, let alone having it published. Local resident Peter Udell is one of those rare people who has realised his ambition and his novel, Just Now And Then, is now available for all to enjoy. You can…
Disco Dance with The Sheen Resistance – for those old enough to know better but doing it anyway… Still up for a big night out and throwing some shapes? The Sheen Resistance are putting on a night of classic 70s and 80s disco on 11 October at The Lofty Turtle. They bring the vibe of…
We got a sneak peek yesterday at the sparkling new rooms of the Orange Tree Hotel in Richmond at the official opening party. The new 13-room establishment is a boutique hotel, or in other words, rooms above the pub. All of the rooms are air conditioned and have ensuite bathrooms, while some feature rooms even…
