By way of background, the Paddington Waterways & Maida Vale Society – often shortened to Paddington & Maida Vale, – is the local, non-partisan community body that is charged by WCC with working to enhance the residential Amenity of an area that covers from Praed Street in the south, and so includes Paddington Central, to Kilburn Park Road in the North, and extends from the Harrow Road in the West to the Edgware Road in the East.
We see this Magazine as an extension of that. Celebrating and reflecting on our area so we neither take it for granted nor become too complacent with the current situation.
Maida Unveiled Autumn/Winter 2024
We welcome you to our 10th Issue!
We are thrilled to present our latest Autumn/Winter 2024 edition of Maida Unveiled. This time around, we’re delighted to reveal our festive cover, designed by the talented artist Liam O’Farrell. For more on his work, be sure to check out the inside pages.
Join us on a journey through history with Julien Futter, who talks us through the bombing of Warrington Crescent and a gripping murder mystery. Plus, Kate Saffin takes us back in time with a look at the canal’s past and what life was like for women.
As usual, we have updates from our chair, local council members, and MP Karen Buck. Jo is back with some heartwarming winter recipes, all presented in her signature fun style.
We hope you enjoy this holiday issue of Maida Unveiled, which can be found (while stocks last) at The Brimful store and Shivam convenience on Formosa Street, D1 Coffee shop and Thyme and Tahini on Aberdeen Place, and Planetis on Clifton Road… and other places locally!
Warm festive wishes from your Editors,
Alice Sinclair and Giulia Matteoni.
Please feel free to contact us about any content ideas, feedback, and volunteer opportunities to the email below:
We welcome you to the 9th issue of Maida Unveiled.
This issue is bursting with Spring life, we take a look at local hidden creatures, who work around our leafy, yet urban environment. We take a dive into the life of local Swifts and get stuck into some interesting facts about local bees! We also have a chat with Faiz Sara, we hear about his journey from Syria to Maida Vale. There is a special feature on DHIGS, for who have been the heart (and kidney) of the community, for forty three years. We also hear about Peter Brown, the RAF gentleman who will be dearly missed by his community family.
Our local MP and our councillors update us on what they have been up to and talk about their plans for the future.
We are graced with an exceptional food section, with food artist Johanna sharing some tasty Spring recipes, local coffee connoisseur Melbourne girl in London shares some local coffee hotspots… and we hear from Paddington Sports club with an article on the history of the club, and Dr Danial shares some valuable information on moles, not the muddy kind.
Last, but not least, the wonderful artwork of Eleanor Abou-Sakr on the front cover, to honour DHIGS, and if you look closely at the painting it also honours another member of our community, who some of you will have known.
We hope you enjoy this online issue,
The hard copy can be found (While stocks last) in DHIGS and the Brimful store on Formosa Street, D1 Coffee shop on Aberdeen place, Planitis on Clifton road.
The Paddington Waterways and Maida Vale Society would like to welcome you to the 8th issue of Maida Unveiled!
We have been very fortunate with the art content in this Autumn/Winter issue. Little Venice was visited by the London Plein Air painters, who have generously allow us to include many of their beautiful works. You can read about the front cover artist, Tushar Sabale, inside, and we will be including more in our 2023 Spring/Summer issue.
We are also very lucky to have another article from local journalist and committee member Robert Bruce. Robert has written three brilliant pieces with a focus on local art and history.
Our terrific Lord Mayor, Hamza Taouzzale, generously took some time from his busy schedule to be interviewed by our editor, Alice. Read all about Hamza and his role in the community in our 60 second interview.
We have the massive pleasure to interview local and renowned food sensationalist, Johanna Wikstedt. Johanna has shared some of her great recipes and tips on how to cut corners on the tricky bits!
Peter Cross, a retail and consumer expert, has given us his view on how to look after the high street, oh and we have a new doctor on board, who will be writing a regular column on health.
You can pick up your own ‘priceless’ copy from Dhigs on Formosa Street, Planetis on Clifton Road, or D1 Coffee shop on Aberdeen Place.
The Paddington Waterways and Maida Vale Society would like to Royally welcome you to the 7th issue of Maida Unveiled!
This is a particularly special issue as it is in honour of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we are very excited about the front cover, designed especially for this issue by local artist Samatha Morris.
We have been very lucky to have another article from local journalist and committee member Robert Bruce. Robert has written the feature article on our local Maida Vale Studios, of which some of the committee rallied together on Delaware Road to recreate a Beatle’s picture for, much to the horror of people passing by!
PUNK ROCKER Glen Matlock, from the Sex Pistols was very generous to spare some moments from his LA tour with Blondie be interviewed by editor Alice, read all about Glen’s view of our local area in the 60 second interview.
Finally we have the massive pleasure to interview local and renowned chef Pierre Koffmann, one of a handful of chefs in the United Kingdom to have been awarded the coveted three Michelin stars. Pierre was very generous to share a recipe suggestion fit for a Royal Jubilee garden celebration.FINALLY look out for a (naughty) Royal Corgi looking for love in the lonely pet column.
Warmest wishes, Editors, Alice Sinclair and Julia Wilson
A note from the editors Welcome to the 6th issue of Maida Unveiled. We have been very lucky to have another article from local journalist and committee member Robert Bruce. Robert has written the feature on artist Lucian Freud, and was very kind to procure the rights to the paintings shown both of the front cover and within the article.
Ben Okri OBE was very kind to agree to be interviewed by editor Alice, read all about Ben’s view of our local area in the 60 second interview.
Finally we have some amazing recipesprovided to us by local Chef Jen and an interesting reptile looking for love in the lonely pet column.
If you would like a hard copy of our issue, please pop over to DHIGS on formosa street to pick up a ‘priceless’ copy.
Warmest wishes, Editors: Alice Sinclair and Julia Wilson
A note from the editors We are proud to present the 5th version of Maida Unveiled, this is a special issue, focussing on a range of different local topics. In particular the artist Edward Ardizzone, we were fortunate to be granted the photo copy write to use some of his beautiful illustrations in our magazine.
We also have ‘ priceless’ copies of Maida Unveiled in hard print. These can be collected from the magazine rack in DHIGS (on Formosa street), or just ask over the counter.
PWMVS hopes to continue to build the level of appreciation for the things that make our area special and also some of the opportunities we have to make the area even more varied and welcoming to a wide range of residents, visitors and businesses. We hope you enjoy this very special publication.
Best Wishes, Editors Alice Sinclair and Julia Wilson.
A note from the editors Welcome to our 2020 Autumn Winter edition of Maida Unveiled. It is a special issue as we have held a particular focus on small local businesses. We have chosen to stray from the usual front cover and have created a mosaic of local small business logos! It is so important to support them during these times, so we will be able to continue to enjoy their services once normal life resumes! We have also included a section on anniversaries as it the 200th year since the Regents canal was built and the 125th year of Paddington Recreation ground. We have updates on the latest from the local W9W2 covid response and we are delighted to hear from the Mosaic community trust and the paddington food bank.We will be printing a hard copy as soon as the print shop re-opens. The best place to pick one up if you don’t receive one is Dhigs on Formosa street,
A note from the editors We are delighted to bring you our third issue of Maida Unveiled. It is a special online issue- much larger than the first two editions. Given the unprecedented circumstances; it is (almost) entirely focused on the community response to COVID-19.We have included, information on what our volunteers have been achieving. Inside is official commendation by HM Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London. We also took a look at some of our celebrated local artists. Finally there are updates from The Chair Of the Society, and our local MP and Little Venice councillors. A special thanks to all our contributors, we hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed the preparation.
A note from the editors, Alice and Julia. We are really very excited to have finally brought to print the Autumn/Winter version of Maida Unveiled. In particular the topical and feminist theme of ‘The Women of Maida, past and present’. Please do reach out to us (soon) for the Spring/Summer issue if you would like to write a contributing article, or provide a photo or two to feature. Email: [email protected]
A note from the editors, Alice and Julia. We are very excited to introduce Maida Unveiled, the first edition of the magazine which takes a look at local history, meets some of our well known residents, withupdates from ourlocal Councillors, plus some cooking inspiration.
For Maida Unveiled to fully reflect the demographic of the area, we invite any local contributions for our Autumn/Winter edition. Email: [email protected]
