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Willesden, April 16: Charles Lambert announced the prize-winning stories in 2014 Willesden Herald short story competition.

1st prize goes to:
Ward by Nick Holdstock

Equal runners-up:
Postman's Knock by Angela Sherlock
Such is her Power by Joan Brennan

Thanks to all who came to BAR Gallery this evening and to everyone who helped out with the event. Read all the stories in New Short Stories 8.

Last night at Brent Artists Resource Gallery

Results event and book launch 2014

Willesden Herald best stories, 2014

Short stories by

Joan Brennan
Gina Challen
Nick Holdstock
CG Menon
Dan Powell
Jo Barker Scott
Angela Sherlock
Megan Taylor
Medina Tenour Whiteman
Lindsay Waller-Wilkinson

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Recent pictures

Event at Polish supermarket, Greenford Road, March 29

Funderpark XL, 3-21 April, Ruislip HA4 9PQ

Quote of the day and book exchange, Sudbury Hill station

£10 rail sale, vintage clothes shop, Queens Parade, Walm Lane, NW2

Where is everyone?

I think they've all buggered off to our Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr (Radio Shh) pages. It's just so much easier to post things there, mainly because they can all be posted simultaneously from Spotify to share music and in the same way all simultaneously from Spreaker for podcasts and so on. It is also very easy to share thoughts on items found around the web because most things have buttons you can click to share very quickly, albeit not simultaneously. On the other hand Blogger is laborious and does not automatically play linked items without having to use html, nor does it enable simultaneous posting to other social media. Lastly, most people are on Facebook and Twitter all day, it seems and not so many looking at Blogger.

Simon Moribund

Save Kensal Rise Library! | Agreement to be signed

This just in:

March Update - Agreement to be signed.

Hi Everyone,

At a Trustees’ meeting of the Friends of Kensal Rise Library, on Thursday 20th March, it was agreed to sign an agreement, in good faith, with both All Souls College, Oxford, and Andrew Gillick of Kensal Properties Ltd.

The agreement means that we will publicly support the D1 aspect of the proposed development of the library building: namely, the provision of the D1 space.

In return, we trust the agreement will ensure that we, as the named preferred tenants of both the College and the developer, will be the operators of a community library in the space.

This is the fourth year of the campaign to Save Kensal Rise Library. Our intention has always been to make sure there is a library in the Kensal Rise Library Building. In this, we have had the support of the community - and beyond.

We have greatly valued and respected this support over the years; we now ask that the community continues to maintain its faith and trust in FKRL.

For, having seriously considered alternatives, we have not taken lightly the decision to enter into the agreement.

However, we think it is the best chance we have of ensuring that a library continues to function in the building for the community of Kensal Rise and Kensal Green.

The Save Kensal Rise Library campaign will continue until this objective is achieved.

Regards,
Margaret Bailey

Save Kensal Rise Library! | Campaign to Save Kensal Rise Library

Tommy Maher's Irish bar

Greenford Road

Welcome in, have a skinful 

Gunga Din, it's not sinful, 

Take a drink and only think

That Jesus Christ's own advice

Was get more in, partying

With James & John, dusk till dawn

At Tommy Maher's Irish bar.

Ganache

Harrow is part of Willesden, y'know

St John's Road, Harrow

Even though we have moved HQ to Sudbury Hill, Harrow, we still can be called The Willesden Herald as this photo proves. It's a picture of St John the Baptist church, Harrow and on the sign outside it says "Diocese of London, Willesden Area". So there.

It's a miracle.

The open sandwich men of Sudbury Hill