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Sushila is the borough’s first lady 0
- News
- 21st May 2021
Berrylands ward councillor Sushila Abraham has been made the new mayor of Kingston. Sushila, who was deputy mayor last year, took over from Cllr Margaret Thompson at the annual council meeting on Tuesday. The borough’s 186th mayor is looking forward to her new role especially at a time when people are coming together again after
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Learn scything techniques at Fishponds Park this Saturday 0
- Environment, News
- 20th May 2021
Learn various scything techniques to help manage the meadow at Surbiton’s Fishponds Park. Kingston’s biodiversity officer Elliot Newton will be leading an introduction to scything at the park off Hollyfield Road from 10am on Saturday (22nd). This traditional way of cutting grass and managing hay meadows, minimises the impact on wildlife. Volunteers can also help
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International poetry reading features cornerHOUSE poet 0
- Arts, News
- 19th May 2021
Poet Hilary Walker will read her poem We Are One at an international book launch tomorrow (Thursday). Hilary, who is representing the UK, was one of only six poets to be chosen to read their poems at this prestigious online Montreal Poetry Prize Anthology 2020 event. We Are One is about being connected together as
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Stormy weather 0
- Environment, News
- 18th May 2021
Dramatic stormclouds over Victoria recreation ground in Surbiton suggest that after a dry April we’re about to get a drenching in May. There’s the ghost of a rainbow detectable in the distance… its end seemingly landing near St Mark’s church! It’s rare to see clouds quite so dark and threatening – Surbiton usually seems to
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It’s the blues for the Blues 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 16th May 2021
Chelsea Women are now coming to terms with being at the wrong end of the heaviest Champions League final defeat in history. One-nil down after half a minute in Gothenburg, they couldn’t contain a rampant, confident, bullish Barcelona side who settled instantly and turned in a majestic, dominant performance. The Blues seemed overawed by the
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Grass in nature reserve is cut using scythes to manage meadow 0
- Environment, News
- 16th May 2021
Scythers set to at Tolworth Court Farm Moated Manor, a nature reserve off Old Kingston Road. Twelve volunteers were given lessons in scything techniques and then worked their way across the 2.4 acre site, skirting around the yellow meadow ant hills which would have been destroyed if heavy machinery was used to mow the grass,
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