Couples

Everyone has a story. What’s it like to be an artist’s muse? Renske Mann reflects on life with the artist Cyril Mann – including their time at Bevin Court – in her new book. Review by Nicola Baird In 2014 Renske Mann contacted Islington Faces about a new people’s plaque…
Everyone has a story. The Amin family running Shriji News are the heart of Canonbury. It’s at their busy corner shop in Canonbury that you’ll swap news, make friends and meet neighbours. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill. Shriji is a Gujarati pet name for Lord Krishna –…
Everybody has a story. Here’s how a couple from Eritrea have set up a cafĂ© in homage to their home city, Asmara. Their CafĂ© Asmarino serves delicious breakfast and lunch on Seven Sisters Road. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill “Nowhere smells like the air in Eritrea,” says…
Everyone has a story. Goodbye to artist, thinker and champion allotment gardener Jack Rickards who is moving with his wife Lucy, also a painter and skilled potter, to Cornwall. Interview by Nicola Baird “It will be lovely for drawing and painting and Lucy is going to be working with a…
Everyone has a story. Celebrities have all the fun – or do they? Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts and her girlfriend, Kate Holderness, talk about why they were willing to do a massive abseil for the children’s charity Barnado’s. Plus ideas for fun outings around Islington. Interview by Nicola Baird.…
Everyone has a story. Expect comic action in The Journey – a play written by a standup that takes us into space. The actors are locals, comedian Gabby Best and Will Brown, so what’s it like performing so close to home? Interview by Nicola Baird The Journey is a new…
Everyone has a story. For most kids running an ice cream shop would be a dream come true. So what’s it like when you do it for real? The grown-up pair who run Udderlicious, Raj and Raj Kotecha, clearly love the job. Raj (Mr) explains more to Nicola Baird. Photos…
Everyone has a story. It was Drovers Centre regular Sheona Josiah’s colourful clothes that made Central St Martin’s art student Zi Liang want to join forces on a new artistic project. Here’s what happened. This interview, by Nicola Baird, was originally published in Get Together magazine. On paper Sheona Josiah,…
Everyone has a story. Not a lot of people know that during World War Two Arsenal was used as an ARP centre and underneath the West Stand local residents had a safe shelter. That’s where Gladys Muchamore (nee Newman) and her family spent most nights during the war. Gladys’ family have always…
Everyone has a story. One Highbury couple has such a passion for art that in their home even the loo is a gallery. Meet Tim Sayer, a recently retired BBC radio news journalist, and his wife Annemarie Norton – a former ballet dancer – who makes costumes for opera, ballet,…