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New Pitzhanger exhibition explores Ealing young people's experiences of race, identity and inequality

By Hannah Davenport

25th Nov 2021 | Local News

Images: Who Are We? Clockwise from top left: Acton Mosaic, The Lightboxes, still from Bando, West London Boys by Em Cole.

A new exhibition is coming to Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery this Friday offering an insight into hundreds of young people's experiences of race, identity and inequality in society today.

The radical exhibition 'Who Are We? Navigating Race, Class and the City' was curated and created by young people from Bollo Studios, the creative arm of Bollo Brook Youth Centre, in South Acton.

REVEALED: The story behind a rare spider spotting in Ealing's Warren Farm

By Hannah Davenport

25th Nov 2021 | Local News

The photo by Julian Oliver came first-place in the Ealing Wildlife Photography exhibition, on display in Walpole Park. (Image: Hannah Davenport)

A hairy seven-legged arachnid featured in first-place as the overall winner at this year's Ealing Wildlife Photography competition.

Snapped in Warren Farm by amateur photographer and nature enthusiast, Julian Oliver, the spider, which had lost a leg, turned out to be a pretty special spotting.

Gunnersbury receives vital grant from latest Culture Recovery Fund

By Hannah Davenport

25th Nov 2021 | Local News

Gunnersbury Estate has received £187,795 from the government's Culture Recovery Fund. (Image: Tina Moran)

Gunnersbury Estate has received £187,795 in the latest round of the government's Culture Recovery Fund, administered by Arts Council England.

Following on from their success in a previous round of the Culture Recovery Fund, Gunnersbury said this new grant is a 'vital boost' to their long term commercial recovery after the 'devastating impact' of the pandemic.

Independent Ealing houseplant business outgrows shop as they move to new pastures

By Hannah Davenport

25th Nov 2021 | Local News

Founders of Greenka, Katy and Aysha are excited for the move. (Image: Greenka)

Ealing's first indoor houseplant shop is on the move! But don't worry, they're not going far.

The independent houseplant provider has outgrown its currently location in the basement of Kanenas Coffee on The Grove.

Ealing Breakfast Briefing: Weather, traffic and updates this Friday

By Hannah Davenport

25th Nov 2021 | Local News

Pitzhanger Manor peeking through the autumn trees. (Image: Hannah Davenport)

Welcome to our Ealing Breakfast Briefing!

Look out for our morning briefing on weekdays with all the essentials of our town.

Ealing: New vegan pizza pop-up opposite Ealing Broadway station

By Hannah Davenport

25th Nov 2021 | Local News

Based indefinitely at the BeerKat opposite Ealing Broadway station. (Image: QuirkyDough)

An exciting new vegan pizza pop-up has set-up shop in a bar opposite Ealing Broadway station.

Based in the taproom and bottle shop BeerKat, which opened on The Broadway in January 2020 after taking over from an estate agents, customers can find 100 per cent plant-based deep-pan pizzas.

Campaigners disappointed as Mayor of London stops short of full support for Warren Farm petition

By Hannah Davenport

25th Nov 2021 | Local News

Katie Boyles, Brent River & Canal Society Trustee; Caroline Pidgeon, London Assembly Member; Kabir Kaul, young conservationist and wildlife writer; Alice Roberts, Head of Green Space Campaigns, CPRE London. (Image: Paul Clarke)

Ealing campaigners have been left disappointed after the Mayor of London fell short of giving Warren Farm's nature conservation petition his full support.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has said that any decision about the future of Warren Farm in Ealing must take into account the site's distinctive value for nature conservation.

What's On in Ealing this weekend

By Hannah Davenport

25th Nov 2021 | Local News