Kensal Flea supports Trekstock, helping young people with cancer

March 14, 2012

Kensal Flea returns to the Paradise Saturday 24 March – and its £1 entry fee will be supporting two brilliant local charities: the Mayhew Animal Home and Trekstock. We’re thrilled to support Trekstock at Kensal Flea next Saturday. Your £1 entry at the door will go towards supporting this uber-cool charity which raises funds for cancer [...]

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Sweetest baker: Local Sugar

March 11, 2012

Boutique bake shop Local Sugar is known for its artisanal cakes and cupcakes, handcrafted in small batches. They bake the old-fashioned way, without preservatives or stabilisers. Each made-to-order cake is created using organic British butter, milk and eggs, Madagascar bourbon vanilla, fairtrade cocoa and locally sourced jams. Melissa Riddington and her sweet treats are at [...]

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Mark Rae’s back in Paradise

March 2, 2012

Catch legendary Manchester DJ, music producer and keen fisher Mark Rae alongside Adrian Rebello on the decks at the Paradise for the next Kensal Flea, Saturday 24 March… The NW6-dwelling half of Rae & Christian (albums include the seminal Sleepwalking), recently ditched life in LA to move back to QP with his gorgeous Californian wife, [...]

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Humphries and Begg at the spring Kensal Flea

March 1, 2012

Humphries and Begg’s modern vintage threads will be back at the next Kensal Flea on Saturday 24 March at the Paradise… After selling their clothing for the first time at last summer’s Kensal Flea, the duo is back with their latest collection of shirts, men’s velvet jackets and ladies dresses. ‘We aimed to create clothes [...]

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Leap Year: the movie

February 29, 2012

 LEAP YEAR, a mini-movie filmed locally, and starring Park Life contributor Alix Wilton Regan. Available for your viewing only today to coincide with 29 February 2012 –  the very first leap year in four years! And the day that women can propose to men…

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Yogaloft – a new space for yoga in Queens Park

February 23, 2012

Yogaloft, a new space in Queens Park, wants you to decide which yoga style is best for you. Be quick to sign up for the introductory £30 for 30 days offer and get access to unlimited classes… Yogaloft is an airy studio, as the name suggests, on Queens Park’s Lonsdale Road. Within minutes, my shoes [...]

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Kensal Rise acupuncture

February 20, 2012

Local acupuncturist Mary Dohnal performs acupuncture in her Kensal Rise home clinic, working to heal a variety of conditions from aches and pains to treating infertility.   Blogging for Park Life has had me trying out a range of alternative therapies – reflexology, yoga, cupcakes (they count) – and now, after listing to friends sing [...]

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Local charity Mayhew Animal Home supported by March Kensal Flea

February 14, 2012

Kensal Flea returns to the Paradise Saturday 24 March – and its £1 entry fee will be supporting two brilliant local charities: Trekstock and the Mayhew Animal Home I popped down to the Mayhew Animal Home to meet some of its furry tenants and discover the work the team does. In a playpen, two Saluki [...]

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Anarchy in the cupcake class

February 6, 2012

This month, our resident Crasher hits a two-hour Cookie Girl cupcake decorating class… A Saturday afternoon in a pub with 20 girls? To understand the C-word that is gripping the world’s middle classes, I needed to risk it at the frontline. No, not an afternoon with Caitlan Moran: a Cookie Girl cupcake decorating session. With [...]

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Locomotive – personal training with a smile

February 1, 2012

Maciej – pronounced Mah-cheh – keeps it simple, makes it fun and laces sessions with health and nutrition tips, while keeping your programme results driven. Plus Locomotive offers small group training at a fraction of the cost of one-to-one coaching. Find him at Kensal Flea tomorrow for a FREE FITNESS CONSULTATION… Signed up for gym [...]

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