Everyone has a story. Meet Anna Stishova whose teenage love of kayaking in Siberia helped her seek out paddle opportunities in the UK. Now she’s a kayaking instructor and a paddlesports leader taking…
Everyone has a story. Between 2011 until he retired in November 2020 the representative Deputy Lieutenant of Islington was Dr Charles Goodson-Wickes. Here Islington Faces finds out more about the work of a DL.…
Everyone has a story. Over the years Islington Faces has interviewed a crocodile tamer, clown and even a Death CafĂ© coordinator. Turns out that it was even more exciting to discover there’s a London…
Everyone has a story. Every morning Islington Faces clicks on an inspirational WhatsApp, and often shares the uplifting message too. Here we meet Frances Punter (who sources the WhatsApp messages) and Tracie Breslin from…
Everyone has a story. Mick Fitzgerald was just five-years-old when he was sent from Limerick to join his parents in London. His new home was 34 White Lion Street and he wasn’t impressed. Now 66, and…
Everyone has a story. The relaunch of the iconic Chung Kuo science fiction series takes place in June at Waterstone’s in Islington. Here author David Wingrove talks influences and Islington. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by…
Everyone has a story. Perhaps it is because Ivy Allan Freeman has been living in the US for nearly 50 years that her memories of growing up near King’s Cross – with the sound of horses’ hooves on…
Everyone on Islington Faces Blog has a story. Founder and director of Zippos Circus, Martin Burton, sprinkles his fabulous tales of big top life with some tidbits about Islington clowns. Interview by Nicola Baird. “I spent a year in…