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2 Jun 2016

Conservation classroom success

Being able to educate young people and local residents about nature and conservation has been a priority for the team at the Litten Nature …

25 May 2016

Watch out for these caterpillars

With the weather warming up and the days getting longer, it is the time of year when most of us get outdoors to enjoy …

11 Feb 2016

Larger than life art in the park

The snipe, barn owl and great bustard have appeared as larger than life art on walls around the capital, including the animal centre in …

18 Jan 2016

Project proves river love runs deep

A group of volunteers slipped on their wellies and got their hands dirty to help clean up an area of the River Brent – …

15 Jan 2016

Soane’s Ealing legacy

Pitzhanger Manor has been closed as part of a large project to restore it to its former Regency-era glories – inspired by its most …

26 Nov 2015

Litten: Nature’s gift

It feels like you are being transported into a secret garden when you walk through the gate of the Litten Nature Reserve, reports Neelum …

16 Nov 2015

Who was Susan Smee?

Well, she was a rather unusual and special woman for her time: Acton’s first female councillor – and first woman mayor. Yet, there is …

9 Nov 2015

Ealing’s strange fair

Since at least the 18th Century there had been an annual fair on Ealing Green. It was a three-day event in June with everything …

2 Nov 2015

Singer honoured in Acton

A plaque has been unveiled in Acton on the site of the former house of the late singer and actor Adam Faith. Deputy mayor …

1 Nov 2015

Gunnersbury’s past glories

We have reported in Around Ealing about the restoration project for Gunnersbury Park and its listed buildings. They have had an illustrious past. In …

1 Nov 2015

An obscure little river?

Is that what you think of Ealing’s river, the River Brent, asks borough archivist Dr Jonathan Oates? It flows through Greenford and Hanwell before …

30 Oct 2015

How the council spent your money 100 years ago

From horses to hot baths, council budgets were a bit different a century ago, as Richard Nadal discovered in a 1902 account book from …

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Conservation classroom success

Watch out for these caterpillars

Larger than life art in the park

Project proves river love runs deep

Soane’s Ealing legacy

Litten: Nature’s gift

Who was Susan Smee?

Ealing’s strange fair

Singer honoured in Acton

Gunnersbury’s past glories

An obscure little river?

How the council spent your money 100 years ago

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