Wansteadium

A weird pseudo-Wanstead in which the fishmonger is called Jenny, la Bakerie is called La Bakery and the BHF shop is a fake newsagent is being seen on tv in a new advert.

The ad, for Sage Accounting, flashes the doctored view of Wanstead High Street briefly (and was spotted by sharp-eyed Wansteadium reader Ruban Kumarachandran).

It’s not the first time Wanstead High Street’s picturesque attractions have featured in adverts. Who can forget the old laundrette (now Bare Brew) becoming a flowing meadow in a bottled water ad? Or Wanstead Barbers in a bookie’s advert?

Polling takes place for councillors to sit on Redbridge Borough Council on Thursday 5 May from 7am to 10pm. These are the candidates for the two Wanstead wards.

Wanstead Village Ward

• Crispin Acton Liberal Democrats
• Jo Blackman Labour Party
• Gavin Chambers Conservative and Unionist Party
• Paul Donovan Labour Party
• Neil Hepworth Liberal Democrats
• Fatema Hussain Conservative and Unionist Party
• Sharn Kalsi Conservative and Unionist Party
• Richard William Lafferty Green Party
• Susanne Marshall Green Party
• Daniel Morgan-Thomas Labour Party
• John Herbert Rowlands Green Party
• Scott Wilding Liberal Democrats

Wanstead Park Ward

• Bayo Alaba Labour Party
• Sheila Bain Labour Party
• David Bruck Liberal Democrats
• Janet May Cornish Liberal Democrats
• Ashley Gunstock Green Party
• Duncan McWatt Conservative and Unionist Party
• Zak Vora Conservative and Unionist Party

There is a list of polling stations with addresses here.

Great reviews from the opening night of Wanstead’s new professional theatre company’s first production. Congratulations to all concerned – tickets are still available for some performances.

Interesting to hear Wes Streeting, MP for part of Wansteadium’s zone, telling the BBC about his religion and politics.

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting spoke to #BBCNewscast about his Christian faith and politics.

Hear more on BBC Sounds 🎧 https://t.co/nSvnvwn3Nw pic.twitter.com/TLhZQFJXZh

— BBC Sounds (@BBCSounds) April 21, 2022

A.K. Turner’s new crime novel, which is being was to have been launched in Wanstead on Wednesday, has had a major boost from the Sunday Times books review, with this glowing write-up:

There are still tickets available for the launch which is taking place upstairs at the Bull at 6.30 on Wednesday. (Tickets are £3 and will count towards a copy of the book.) UPDATE: The event has now been postponed and will be rescheduled for an evening during the Fringe, which is taking place between 10 and 25 September.

POSTPONED – Book launch for Life Sentence by A. K. Turner