Updated 12:32pm 20 May 2013

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Rupert Basham

Rupert Basham

Food Review: El Piratas Detapas is a magnificent culinary experience

IN 2010, rambunctious celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay named El Pirata Detapas the best Spanish restaurant in the country.Read

Tour will explore Hammersmith's rich vein of black history

From the literary classic King Solomon’s Mines - written in Hammersmith - to political activist Marcus Garvey, a tour this weekend will explore the borough's black history.Read

Elderly lady dies after blaze at Stamford Brook flat

AN elderly woman has died following an early morning fire in Stamford Brook Avenue.Read

Food Review: A really retro experience at The Cock Tavern

I look at the retro dial phone in front of us as we sit on comfortable leather seats and, dismissing it as a prop, I pick up the receiver and roll the beginning of a telephone number. Seconds later the phone behind the bar rings and I’m confused. I’m not actually calling the bar, am I?Read

Author Profile

I am the Walton/Weybridge & Hersham reporter. I studied American Studies at Portsmouth University, which was very interesting but left me with two options; to go into teaching or journalism. I figured with a name like Rupert, journalism was probably a safer bet (kids are cruel). Please call me on 01932 561111.