by Rob McGibbon | Jun 13, 2025 | Culture, shortz
The Chelsea Theatre is staging an operatic play based on the Anglo-Armenian children who inspired Arthur Ransom’e much-loved children’s novel Swallows and Amazons. ‘Swallows and Armenians’, by Iran-born playwright Dr Karen Babayan, will have...
by Rob McGibbon | Jun 4, 2025 | shortz
Squirrels have been spotted scaling the great heights of the World’s End Estate. In an astonishing photo taken by one resident and supplied to The Citizen a squirrel is seen happily scrambling past a flat on the 12th floor of Dartrey House. NUTCASE: Don’t...
by Rob McGibbon | May 25, 2025 | shortz
The on-going saga of the transformation of Hammersmith & Fulham Council’s old town hall at Fulham Broadway continues. According to the developers with planning permission in their hands, it is still on course to become a hotel and a co-working space. But why...
by Rob McGibbon | May 22, 2025 | shortz
The burglar who broke into and robbed one of Chelsea’s treasured churches has been hunted down and arrested after a stunning DNA breakthrough. The man has pleaded guilty and awaiting sentencing, but police are refusing to release any details. The Citizen is...
by Rob McGibbon | May 22, 2025 | shortz
Hogarth Road, the characterful side street off the ever-polluted Earl’s Court Road, has been given a major re-fit. RBKC has ripped up the old tarmac and added granite paving for the road that is believed to be named after iconic 18th century artist William...