Ladbroke

She grew up in Ladbroke Grove, west London, with her mother, Allison, who is a "motivational speaker" (her father left when she was two).

Hayley Atwell: 'The real me is a loner, a nerd and a bit overweight' Kate Kellaway 2010

Maxwell Fry saw reinforced concrete as "the revolutionary material par excellence" and put it to use in a 1937 Ladbroke Grove housing scheme, Kensal House, intended to be "no ordinary block of flats but a community in action".

British architecture: modernism 2011

In more recent decades, musical wizards like Brian Eno and Damon Albarn set up shop with studios in Ladbroke Grove and Westbourne Grove, respectively.

Shana Ting Lipton: Rock, Riots, Rebellion and the Real Notting Hill Shana Ting Lipton 2011

Could it be that this alleged Londoner had never encountered or been remotely curious about the rich, deep music and counter-culture history of Notting Hill and its Westbourne Grove and Ladbroke Grove sections?

Shana Ting Lipton: Rock, Riots, Rebellion and the Real Notting Hill Shana Ting Lipton 2011

The Portuguese woman who owns a cafe in Ladbroke Grove proudly described how she bakes her own organic, fruit-juice sweetened, wheat-free pastries.

Shana Ting Lipton: Rock, Riots, Rebellion and the Real Notting Hill Shana Ting Lipton 2011

At the time of writing Ladbroke's makes it 13/8 and William Hill 6/4.

Time, Again, for Posh Bingo Paul Levy 2011

But a man thought to be in his twenties was in a serious condition in hospital last night after being found with stab wounds to the abdomen in nearby Ladbroke Grove.

Notting Hill carnival draws hundreds of thousands of revellers and 6,500 police 2011

The Portuguese woman who owns a cafe in Ladbroke Grove proudly described how she bakes her own organic, fruit-juice sweetened, wheat-free pastries.

Shana Ting Lipton: Rock, Riots, Rebellion and the Real Notting Hill Shana Ting Lipton 2011

Ladbroke's makes "Pigeon English" 7/1 WH 8/1, just after Carol Birch's "Jamrach's Menagerie," another historical novel set in the Victorian era.

Time, Again, for Posh Bingo Paul Levy 2011

The Portuguese woman who owns a cafe in Ladbroke Grove proudly described how she bakes her own organic, fruit-juice sweetened, wheat-free pastries.

Shana Ting Lipton: Rock, Riots, Rebellion and the Real Notting Hill Shana Ting Lipton 2011