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Ursula Arens: nutrition writer
Everybody has a story. Ursula Arens was inspired by a school project long ago to imaginatively map out a career as a dietitian. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill From a neat pink folder Canonbury-based Ursula Arens draws out a very special document. Inside is a photocopy of…
Freweeini Tesfazghi & Melake Fessehazion: café owners
Everybody has a story. Here’s how a couple from Eritrea have set up a café in homage to their home city, Asmara. Their Café 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…
Gary Power: Canonbury artist
Everybody has a story. Why artist Gary Power never tires of painting the same Canonbury streets. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill “All right Vincent!” is just one of the wisecracks Gary Power hears from passers-by as he paints street views around Canonbury, N1. Other people walk by…
Rohan Naik: café owner
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 café. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill Just…
Writers’ workshop during Inspiring Islington
Everyone has a story – but sometimes it’s hard to move it on to paper. During the Inspiring Islington photo exhibition at Islington Museum (which you can still catch, it ends 3 June) six brave people came to share their stories and hone their interviewing technique with Nicola Baird. This…
Pawel Ryczan: food waste campaign
Everybodyhas a story. Londoners waste over 910,000 tonnes of food a year but we don’t have to. Here’s how Pawel Rycza, Recycling & Waste Minimisation Officer at Islington Council, is helping young people make small changes to their kitchen habits – from learning to freeze eggs to reviving stale bread…
Anita Grant: joint founder Islington4women
Everybody has a story. Play guru Anita Grant is also the joint founder of Islington4women – a group of voluntary sector leaders, council officers and local councillors who champion the view that Islington is a good place to be a woman. Q&A with Nicola Baird. You can join the discussion…
Phillip Hatton: store manager
Everybody has a story. What’s behind the shopper-stopping wall designs saying ‘With love from Paris’ by a little Cross Street clothes shop? Store manager Phillip Hatton explains more about Etre Cecile’s mix of fashion and fundraising. Interview by Nicola Baird. Etre Cecile, set up by Yasmin Sewell and Kyle Robinson,…
Links to Inspiring Islington photo show
Everyone has a story. You can read more about the people photographed by Kimi Gill in the Inspiring Islington free photo exhibition from 5 April – 3 June 2019 using these links to the original interviews by Nicola Baird. A special welcome to anyone who reached this page via a…
Natalie Appiah: hair stylist
Everyone has a story. Apprentice hair stylist Natalie Appiah reflects on her life in care. Interview by Nicola Baird. “I’m a care leaver,” says Natalie Appiah as we start this interview. This confident young woman had already impressed Islington Faces at the hair salon where she works. Now 24, she’s…
