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Everyone has a story. For the past 30 years the Sylvanian Families Shop on Mountgrove Road has been the only independent specialist Sylvanian store. It’s a magical world of little furry families, popular with primary school children keen to spend their pocket money, or find a big gift, and has…
Let’s chat: ideas to beat loneliness and get local people talking Sharing our learning from the Let’s Chat project with ideas to beat loneliness and get local people chatting. We found writing questions on big bits of woods helped inspire chat. Try it and see if it works for your…
    Everyone has an energy story #9 Q: What’s something easy that I can do that will make a big difference? You can switch your electricity supply to a 100% renewable energy supplier. There are a range of suppliers, such as Bulb, Ecotricity, Good Energy, Octopus and others, the…
Everybody has a story. Meet Elizabeth House trustee Valerie Bossman-Quarshie who’s making Islington better for us all. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill Valerie Bossman-Quarshie is a force of energy in Islington as you may already know if you read the local newspapers. For some years she’s often featured…
Everybody has a story. After a month of lockdown spent looking out of the flat window six-year-old Daisy asked her Mum, Vicky Lawson, how she could cheer people up. The answer was to decorate their nearest street tree. Soon everyone was joining in. Interview by Nicola Baird Over the phone…
Everybody has a story. New Islington Faces trustee Michael Keshani shares the places he loves in the borough. Q&A with Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill. Q: What’s your connection to Islington? I was born and raised here and am deeply attached to the place, particularly Highbury (helped by being…
Everybody has a story. Turnpike Lane-raised Rohan Naik, who runs Blackstock Kitchen, found his childhood eating choices – Dad’s Mauritus dishes, Mum’s Irish meals and after school snacks from Green Lanes – led him naturally towards the path of running a cafĂ©. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill Just…
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. You are invited to share ideas about how to make Islington Faces’ upcoming exhibition at Islington Museum in 2019 successful. Meetings are on Thursdays at the Blackstock Kitchen, 136 Blackstock Road (Sep 25, Oct 4, 11, 18 & 25). First meeting is this Thursday, 25 September, 11am-12noon. Islington…
Everyone has a story. Meet Highbury local Robert Marco who runs the shabby-chic T-Bird bar on Blackstock Road, which is famous for its juke box and the times a less-well known Ed Sheeran did acoustic sessions in the downstairs bar. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill. Robert Marco,…