Inspirational People & Lovely Places

Belsize Community Library on Antrim Road is stronger than ever as it looks ahead to its ninetieth birthday next spring. For the past fourteen years, neighbourhood organisation The Winch has...

Curator, illustrator and photographer Coral Nathan has been steadfast in her determination to find her own way as an artist. And the path she has chosen reconnects us to nature’s indomitable essence...

I discovered local artist Rachel Carter when I was brunching at the Brad & Dills restaurant-cafe on Rowland Hill Street. Rachel’s framed artworks of Still Life With Flowers, bring charm and...

I recently visited one of two National Trust houses close to Belsize Park. From 1937-1939 Hungarian-British architect Ernö Goldfinger built his family home at 2 Willow Road and lived there until...

On 28 July, admission tickets to the Freud Museum London at 20 Maresfield Gardens included a celebration of 40 years to the day since the Freud Museum opened to the public in 1986. During the...

Award winning film director Charles Harris has published his third novel – Play Me! Earlier this month, I went to his Hampstead home to meet the author who describes his latest fiction as comedy...

Belsize resident Peter Ayres has a lifelong passion for making art with paper and in recent years his unique paper sculptures have gained recognition. When his wall-mounted Sine Wave was chosen to...