Second World War

12 Feb 2018

Holocaust: Survivors share wartime experiences

Each year, Holocaust Memorial Day is marked in the borough in late January, as it is around the world. Last week, as Melanie Silver …

8 Nov 2017

Silence, remembrance and revisiting stories

A two-minute silence will, as ever, take place on Armistice Day at 11am this Saturday (11 November) – echoing the so-called ‘eleventh hour of …

6 Jun 2017

Spies: The real ‘M’ and his near undoing in Ealing

Maxwell Knight was a paradox, writes Henry Hemming. A jazz obsessive and nature enthusiast (he is the author of the definitive work on how …

21 Nov 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 48

Goodlet takes a stroll to Kew Bridge (pictured) in week 48 while the march to war speeds up a notch with developments like the …

14 Nov 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 47

Week 47 of Goodlet’s diary is one of contrasts: Admiring the new trolley buses along the Uxbridge Road (pictured) while lamenting the fact that …

7 Nov 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 46

Week 46 sees Armistice Day being commemorated and Goodlet remembers the day itself when the First World War ended and he, as a teenager, …

1 Nov 2016

Time to remember

On Armistice Day (11 November), and on Remembrance Sunday (13 November) the country will stop to commemorate the sacrifice of our armed forces, past …

31 Oct 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 45

‘Things are very difficult at home these days’, writes Goodlet in week 45 of the serialisation of his diaries from 1936. Meanwhile, Mussolini is …

24 Oct 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 44

Week 44 rather bizarrely sees Goodlet registering his regret over the abolishing of the cutlass. A haircut, not with a cutlass one would assume, …

17 Oct 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 43

Week 43. Cashing a cheque at a bank in Acton (pictured) brought a bit of relief to a week tarnished by financial worries and a flood …

10 Oct 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 42

Week 42 sees Goodlet lament the state of world affairs as war creeps ever closer: ‘What a world. Really, it is just bedlam compared …

3 Oct 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 41

Visits to the library (pictured) provide some respite in week 41 from the misery of a bad cold and constant stream of bad news …

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Eat, shop and be safe

Festive gatherings, family meals and other seasonal opportunities for people to feast out might suggest that the borough’s restaurants can expect to do a …

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