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The first concert of the All Saints Concert Series will be on Saturday, 7 March at 7:00pm.

The concert will feature YCAT Grand Prize winning pianist, Amiri Harewood performing music by Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich and Bach.

Tickets are £17 and available at All Saints Church on the door on the night. Students and children are free.

Imogen Baker and Friends

Piano, Trombone and Voice

Tickets £15

One thing’s for sure. The police will not intervene. So maybe it is up to social action to reverse the lawlessness.

Times Magazine 27 February 2026

Local resident Richard Barfield has this week published his Brexit FactBase. See https://brexitfactbase.com

The site provides Brexit facts free from political spin with reputable evidence to dispel myths. It is easy to navigate. There is an introduction which gives you an overview of the website, which is a fully sourced guide to Brexit. It brings together comprehensive evidence on every major aspect of Brexit, from the basics of how the EU works to the long‑term economic impacts.

Brexit FactBase has 17 topic areas, each with a concise bullet‑point summary and links to deeper explanations and expert resources.

• What is the EU? – covering EU history, institutions, the four freedoms and the UK’s influence as a member.
• Sovereignty and law – explaining the sharing of powers between the UK and the EU, veto rights, and the context of the Cameron renegotiation.
• Budget and contributions – detailing what the UK paid, what it received back, and the economic benefits of membership.
• Trade – analysing UK‑EU trade, global trade arrangements, and Brexit impacts.
• Economic impact – including sector-specific effects, the impact on SMEs and investment trends.
• Immigration – evidence‑based analysis of migration patterns and policy changes.
• The Trade & Cooperation Agreement (TCA) – outlining the post‑Brexit UK‑EU relationship and its implications, including Labour’s ‘reset’.
• Current opinions of Brexit – recent polls on the reality of leaving and the desire to rejoin.
• In addition, you’ll find sections on wider considerations: education, science, healthcare, defence and security and Euratom. Others cover the Brexit negotiations, transition period negotiations, ‘no deal’ planning.
• Appendices include referendum data, key agreements, and case studies.

If you are looking for more detail, the publications area includes articles, briefing papers and media contributions analysing the evolving UK‑EU relationship.

EastSheenMatters reported on 1 February 2026 that the Council had written to the Department for Education asking for the decision to cancel funding for Livingstone Academy. to be reversed. This was admitted at the Education Committee Meeting on 29 January. A request was made to see the letter. Four weeks later it has been placed on the Council website. It could and should have been made available at least no later than the Committee Meeting. Instead there was obfuscation and denial, and Council officers were placed in an invidious position.

https://www.richmond.gov.uk/news/news_january_2026/axing_livingstone_academy_pressure and see text below.

Sarah Olney, MP reports:

Pretty cautious, then.

It’s back to 1926!

The speed limit on Roehampton Lane drops to 20mph this Saturday, 28 February 2026 under a Transport for London Order signed last week. The change affects the entire A306 red route between Upper Richmond Road and Kingston Road (A3), plus all side roads connecting to it.

Presumably in an effort to catch drivers and raise some revenue TfL published the formal order on Thursday giving 48 hours’ notice before implementation.

Thursday 19 March 2026 8pm at All Saints Church

Richard White is giving a talk on Sheen House and the Barnes Home Guard Club to the Barnes and Mortlake History Society at All Saints Church East Sheen at 8.00pm. £5 for non-members.

The first Sheen House was built in 1617. It was said to have been rebuilt in 1786 but some doubt this date. It housed many eminent local residents during the 19th century, including French Royalty, bankers, politicians and philanthropists. From about 1830 to 1833 it was the home of the Prime Minister Earl Grey at the time of the Great Reform Bill, Poor Law and Abolition of Slavery.

Hear more about the Bicycle Polo Club and Sheen House Ltd.

The House was demolished in 1907 to be replaced by existing homes in Sheen Lane and the grounds extended to build Richmond Park Road, Muirdown Avenue and Shrewsbury Avenue. The coach houses still exist in the last mentioned road though substantially modified. They survived a demolition battle in 2002.

The Barnes Home Guard Club at 76a Richmond Park Road was founded in 1944 as a social club within the grounds of the former Sheen House for members of ‘B’ Company of the 27th County of London Battalion Home Guard. Its headquarters were then in the Larches in Sheen Lane. Today it is a thriving social club with some 800 members and provides a regular programme of entertainment open to members and non-members.