Everyone has a story. The joy of teaching English language skills has taken Andy Ruiz Palma from youthful travel around Thailand to managing the Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants in Cross Street. Here…
Everyone has a story. Demolition, campaigns to bring in pedestrian crossings and a street party offering anaconda kebabs – this is just a fraction of the community building around the streets of Finsbury Park…
Everyone has a story. Former occupational health worker Margaret Deasy recalls her pet-filled early life off Essex Road in a home that “isn’t there anymore”. This interview was first published in ‘Elthorne Pride Lasting…
Everyone has a story. Social photographer and artist Julio CĂ©sar Osorio can take six months to produce his highly coloured canvases. Here he talks about how he got into art mid-career. Interview by Nicola…
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…
