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5 Jan 2026

Sir David, wildlife and Kate Winslet…

Welcome back to Reel Life. If you’ve been watching commercial breaks over Christmas and seen any ads for Next, Google, Vodafone, Primark, Boots, B&Q, …

11 Feb 2025

Gingerbread streets, an Oscar winner and more

If the beginning of 2025 has you feeling a little flat; this instalment of Reel Life could be just the tonic to lift your …

7 Oct 2024

Footie, films and tales off the telly

In the 17th instalment of Reel Life blog, we take a look at what the glamorous world of telly, showbiz and movies has been …

16 Jan 2024

Reel Life is back to tell you about telly and film

So, 2023 has been and gone. It was a tumultuous year for the film industry, with screenwriters in the United States starting their strike …

25 Oct 2023

A new cinema for Ealing – and culture bid

Last week, I was delighted to join the opening of the new Picturehouse Cinema at Filmworks in central Ealing. Fifteen years after the Empire …

1 Aug 2023

Get inspired, get creative: ‘Ask questions and be yourself’

Earlier this year, to build on the borough’s distinguished heritage in arts and culture, Ealing Council published a cultural manifesto and action plan for …

2 Aug 2022

Ealing Project swaps nightclubs for a hit of culture

Ealing Project is on the ground floor of the Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre – transforming the dark basement area that used to house Club …

21 Apr 2022

A green plan for TV lights the way for local pioneers

In this new series, we will introduce you to the innovation pioneers of Ealing – small businesses with big dreams of doing new or …

23 Nov 2021

Wide-ranging exhibition asks Who Are We?

A new exhibition promises to offer insights into hundreds of young people’s experiences of race, identity and inequality in society today. Who Are We? …

19 Nov 2021

An island of filmmaking history in our midst

In North Acton lies a small neighbourhood that you have probably seen before, even if you have never visited it. That is because its …

1 Oct 2021

Black actors in early Ealing films

Ealing Film Studios became world famous last century, not least for its production line of movies that came to be known as Ealing Comedy. …

5 Aug 2021

Free film screenings come to Ealing Green

Marking the end of summer, Ealing’s High Streets Task Force is bringing a free pop-up outdoor cinema to Ealing Green for the August bank …

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Spotlight: the next generation

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