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    Tim Harrison

    Tim has been a journalist for more than 40 years covering local and national news. Having lived and worked all his life in the Surbiton/Kingston/Long Ditton area, he set up The Good Life with like-minded souls who care about local newspapers and feel they are a vital part of the community. He hopes to entertain and inform, with a smile whenever possible. Tim focuses on news, sport, history and food. He especially likes food!

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  • Fancy making a film?

    Fancy making a film?0

    • Arts
    • 24th January 2022

    Chris Haydon – artistic director at Kingston’s Rose Theatre – has urged young Surbiton film-makers to be part of a new silver-screen festival this summer. Pictured on the left of this triumvirate of worthies, Chris said that the line between theatre and cinema had blurred in lockdown, opening up extra avenues to success for anyone

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  • Carly jets off

    Carly jets off0

    Farewell, Carly. Chelsea’s long-serving goalie is leaving Kingsmeadow to fly to California to join San Diego Wave. Carly Telford’s last listing on a Chelsea teamsheet came as an unused sub against Brighton in the weekend’s disappointing draw. The 34-year-old, who made 76 appearances and won four league titles with Chelsea, had started to get into

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  • Lopped fir adds Alpine look

    Lopped fir adds Alpine look0

    Shorn of its lower branches, Surbiton’s Christmas tree creates a curiously Alpine mood on the roundabout outside the station. Workmen lopped off the lower branches of the bushy seasonal specimen on Monday… then presumably knocked off for a languid lunch at the Coronation, leaving the town’s arboreal totem looking more like something David Attenborough would

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  • Hail the young shaver!

    Hail the young shaver!0

    He’s barely old enough to shave, and he’d have broken the law if he’d celebrated with a beer after the game, but Lewis Hall – given his debut for Chelsea in the FA Cup 3rd Round against Chesterfield – made a dazzling first appearance in the senior team. Tom Tuchel, Blues manager, did his best

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