16 Mar 2020 Reel Life Gentlemen, gangs and an Anglo-Saxon burial site Reel Life is back after what was another bumper year in filmy world across London. And Ealing managed to get in on a fair …
3 Mar 2020 Leisure & culture | News You can get in with the movies and shakers, too You may have seen the latest Guy Ritchie film, The Gentlemen? But did you know some of it was filmed in our borough? Or …
14 Jan 2020 Leisure & culture | News Win tickets to concerts as February festival returns The Ealing Music and Film Festival is back in February for its eighth year of concerts, movie screenings and creative workshops. And, like last …
30 Jul 2019 Local history | News Help film to rock all over the world The people behind an acclaimed film about how a small club in Ealing helped shape early rock music into a global phenomenon are hoping …
4 Jan 2019 News How you can brighten February with music and film The Ealing Music and Film Festival is back soon for its seventh year of live performances, talks and screenings. And we have teamed up with …
3 Jan 2019 News Ealing is a giant film set What do Brad Pitt, Idris Elba, Sandra Oh, Guy Ritchie, Holly Willoughby, Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine all have in common? They have all …
11 Dec 2018 News | Reel Life Reel Life is back: TV and film, from Gomorrah to Guy Ritchie Hello again film buffs. I’m very sorry for the year-long hiatus. Ealing has been brimming with filming for TV and film this year, so here’s …
8 Nov 2017 Reel Life Idris is back and jewel thieves were here too Idris Elba, diamond geezer that he is, makes his second appearance in the illustrious pages of Reel Life. I doubt anyone will object to …
27 Oct 2017 Local history | News Film tells how Ealing was ‘cradle of British rock’ A new movie is being premiered in November that tells the tale of how 1960s Ealing earned the label ‘the cradle of British rock …
13 Oct 2017 Local history Sir Michael Balcon and the Ealing Studios This year marks the 40th anniversary of the death of the man who was the head of production at Ealing Studios during its greatest …
30 Jun 2017 Reel Life Interview: How staying Kurupt Beats the daily Grindah One of the West London Film Office’s proudest moments was finding an empty flat for People Just Do Nothing’s Kurupt FM pirate radio station …
1 Mar 2017 Local history Horsenden Hill: Saxons, spies and the odd surprise Horsenden Hill stands tall at the heart of our borough – our largest open space and a part of life, but it is also …
17 Jun 2025 Leader's Notes Tributes to generational legacy on Windrush Day Sunday is national Windrush Day (22 June). It is an annual opportunity to pay tribute, and express our heartfelt gratitude, to those who answered …