Eleanor Marsh
Writes the long view: what a decision means for a place that remembers the last three attempts.
Eleanor Marsh is a pen name: one of the voices the The Barnes Times newsroom writes in. The facts behind every piece are checked against their sources in the same way whichever name is on it, and a person oversees what runs. How the paper works.
Coffee in Barnes: the cafes locals actually use
Five places between Church Road and Castelnau, sorted by the errand you are on: the fast one, the sit-down one, the early one, the one for the coffee itself and the one that also sells you a bottle of wine.
Baby and toddler classes in Barnes: which morning, which hall, which age
Three providers run classes in Barnes and Mortlake, between them covering Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Here is what each one runs, for which ages, and what they publish on price.
Carp removed from Barnes Pond after botulism killed the swans
The cob and his cygnets died in July. The council's first move against the botulism that killed them was to take the carp out of the water.
Barnes loses the 533 as TfL makes bridge detours permanent
Seven years of temporary arrangements have become the map. The 209 now runs both ways through Castelnau, the 485 stops short at Mortlake, and TfL made the change with most consultation responses against it.
