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Flash Bristow »
Faith Hope and Charity
Posted on 9:41am Monday 19th April 2010
With Easter just past and spring setting in, I have been looking for signs of optimism on the High Street – and been left wanting.
Author Unknown »
Messi and Barcelona: a match made in heaven
Posted on 3:21pm Thursday 8th April 2010
SPORTS writers and pundits alike appear to be running out of superlatives for Barcelona’s little genius, Lionel Messi, following the Argentine’s stunning four-goal display to dump Arsenal out of the Champions League this week.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Lots of open mic-ing this week
Posted on 3:39pm Tuesday 30th March 2010
Tina T's Soul and Funk Jam hits the Plough Inn, Walthamstow, this Thursday (April 1).
Ross Davies »
The sports desk go head-to-head on who they think will win the most exciting Premier League title race in years
Posted on 6:02pm Friday 26th March 2010
NOT IN over ten years have we witnessed a race for the Premier League title as exciting as the one that we are in the midst of this season.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Mucho music this week
Posted on 4:06pm Monday 22nd March 2010
A TRIO of eager young bands play The Square in Harlow this Thursday (March 25) as part of its annual rock contest.
Ross Davies »
Why we haven't seen the end of Beckham... not by a long chalk
Posted on 10:10am Thursday 18th March 2010
PEOPLE seem to be queuing up to write off David Beckham's career as over after the England midfielder tore his Achilles tendon playing for AC Milan on Sunday.
Ross Davies »
Wolves and Hull to join Pompey in thrilling battle royale for survival
Posted on 12:04pm Thursday 11th March 2010
AS WE enter the final ten games of the Premier League season there is excitement at both ends of the table.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: A week of juicy gigs
Posted on 5:20pm Tuesday 9th March 2010
The “outstanding” four piece The Woody Pines play the Sheepwalk in Leytonstone next Wednesday (March 17).
Flash Bristow »
Argos Envy?
Posted on 9:48am Monday 8th March 2010
After a year of waiting the vacant Leytonstone Woolworths has a new tenant. It’s Argos. And would you believe many of my friends are jealous?
Author Unknown »
Let's stamp these tackles out of football...for good
Posted on 11:53am Thursday 4th March 2010
AARON RAMSEY’S horrific leg break suffered during Arsenal’s win over Stoke last week under a challenge from Ryan Shawcross has ignited a nationwide debate about the state of tackling in the modern game.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Saving puppies and kittens via the incredible power of music
Posted on 4:41pm Monday 22nd February 2010
WALTHAMSTOW'S Plough Inn is hosting a big variety night this week to raise some cash for the Wood Green Animal Shelter, with a DAZZLING array of talented locals set to appear.
Author Unknown »
Champions League play-off buffet doesn't whet the appetite
Posted on 3:58pm Friday 19th February 2010
The Premier League’s first money-spinning idea was the proposal of a 39th game in far-flung Asia. That was widely ridiculed and given short shrift by fans and managers alike. But, undeterred, English football’s top league body has concocted another masterplan. This time a lucrative Champions League play-off has been wheeled out in an attempt to entice those teams on the fringes of the European places.
Claire Hack »
Safe as houses?
Posted on 11:16am Wednesday 17th February 2010
Having just written a short article about rough sleepers using an Ilford bus route as a place to sleep, a thought occurs.
Ross Davies »
Owners must take a back seat if Zola is to guide West Ham out of the woods
Posted on 1:58pm Thursday 11th February 2010
GIVEN the doomsday prophecies that provided the depressing backdrop to West Ham’s match against Birmingham City on Wednesday, it is a miracle the players in claret and blue managed to drag themselves onto the pitch, let alone produce one of their best performances of the season to record a victory that may be the turning point in a so far disastrous campaign.
Flash Bristow »
What do you foresee for Waltham Forest in 2026?
Posted on 10:15am Friday 22nd January 2010
The council have released their Preferred Options Core Strategy, a public consultation which runs until 19 February.
Claire Hack »
The new era continues...
Posted on 11:03am Monday 18th January 2010
As my first full week on the Wanstead and Woodford Guardian draws to a close and the second begins, there are two things I have found particularly striking about the area.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: It's a family affair with the Wilsons
Posted on 10:39am Monday 18th January 2010
Singing relatives The Wilson Family take to the stage on Sunday (January 24) at Walthamstow Folk Club's weekly night at the Plough Inn on Wood Street.
Janet Wright »
Snow joke, skidding on ice
Posted on 8:53am Monday 11th January 2010
I’ve just discovered a form of exercise that makes you look good as well as feeling good: shovelling snow from in front of your house. It’s surprising how long the pavement stays clear once you’ve done it. And it promotes that elusive benefit, community spirit.
Claire Hack »
The end of one era, and the heralding of another
Posted on 4:01pm Tuesday 5th January 2010
A new era has dawned for Waltham Forest's erstwhile 'newbie in the newsroom'.
Daniel Binns »
Sound Advice: Lovely xmas nights a go-go this week
Posted on 3:41pm Tuesday 8th December 2009
THERE'S a big night at the Standard Music Venue in Walthamstow this Friday (December 11) with a Christmas performance from Guardian favourites Ken Dodd's Dad's Dog's Dead.
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