Figures released yesterday from the National Association of Estate Agents reveal only 3% of homes sold in June were to buyers aged 18-30, research from Experian, the global information services company, suggest this could be due to young homebuyers severely overestimating the affordability of mortgages. The NAEA figures mark a steep fall from last August, [...]
Congratulations to our winner, 2013, for the Brunel Creative Writing Prize sponsored by Living Along The Thames magazines, Geeta Edwards. We really enjoyed this short story and hope you do as well. The last, sun kissed Saturday of August, twenty five years ago. Sultry air, red sky and three hot girls out on a hot [...]
Congratulations to one of our Runners Up: Richard Gilbert-Cross. We hope you enjoy reading this as much as we did With human habitation on the banks of the Thames dating back to Neolithic times, as you can imagine there have been a multitude of changes over the years. Buildings have developed and evolved, advanced technology [...]
Charlotte Allenby is the first winner of the Along The Thames Creative Writing Prize at Brunel University. From high brow Oscar winners such as The King’s Speech to the more coarse comedy of The Inbetweeners Movie, British film has something to offer everyone. Over the past few years the British film industry has witnessed success [...]
Kieran is one of our runners up in this years Along The Thames Creative Wrting Prize at Brunel University Mrs Jones Stylist and designer Fee Doran is better known by her alter-ego (and fashion label) Mrs Jones, dressing the likes of The Scissor Sisters, Florence and the Machine, Cheryl Cole and Paloma Faith. Her [...]
Nuruz Zaman is also a runner up in this year's AlongTheThames Creative Writing Prize at Brunel University Football’s coming home…Well, not quite the world cup we all hope and dream for, instead, the Olympic football finals will be played in England and our beloved national stadium (local for some of us), will be hosting a [...]