Get your fashion fix in Clarendon Park
Fancy supplementing your wardrobe with a bit of old-fashioned vintage glamour? Looking for some great quality, great value clobber for the kids? Hankering after a cosy…
Review: Barceloneta
The colourful exteriors of Barceloneta and its neighbours, Salvador Deli and Bar Dos Hermanos, have over the years become synonymous with Queens Road itself. The three…
30 for 30: Happy Birthday LOROS
I’m sure many of you are already aware of LOROS, and the wonderful work that this charity does in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. For 30 years LOROS…
A Clarendon Park Wedding
Clarendon Park locals Helen and Geoff tied the knot at the end of May this year, and they kept the planning of their big day very…
Review: Cats, Cakes & Coffee
Yesterday saw the opening of Cats, Cakes and Coffee on Francis Street – and I was one of the first though the door. Keep reading for the…
6 Postcards from Clarendon Park’s Past
Over the last few months I’ve got together a small collection of postcards. Some have been donated to me by readers of my earlier history articles…
Art House 2015: The Art of the Extraordinary
Six white swans glide across an azure lake. A sinister reptile wearing religious vestments watches me, unblinkingly. In my hand is a pearl, as heavy and…
Then & Now II: Clarendon Park’s History
I’m taking you back in time again with this post for another look at Clarendon Park’s past. This article follows on from my earlier Then &…
Review: Don Leone
I visited DON LEONE last week, for the first time since it relocated from its previous home further up Queens Road, in the building currently occupied by Cultura.…
Clarendon Park: Then & Now
In this post I’ll be sharing with you some photos of Clarendon Park taken in the 1980s and 1990s. I’ll also be asking for your help…