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Frances Punter and Tracie Breslin: uplifters

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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 Travel in Light helping to reveal the way that the future isn’t ahead of you, it’s…

Shereener Browne: actor/producer

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Everyone has a story. PlayFight, which will soon be at the Pleasance Theatre (29, 31 May and 1-3 June) bills itself as ‘Intensely moving political theatre exploring the corrosive nature of racism in the school system’. Here the woman who inspired this play, Shereener Browne, talks about turning it into…

Victoria Jenkins: accessibility designer

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Everyone has a story. Pain and endless hospital visits led to designer Victoria Jenkins’s eureka entrepreneur moment – creating the adaptive fashion brand, Unhidden. Here she talks about her brand: award-winning universal designs for every body and also her love of Islington. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill…

Dorothy Boswell: green campaigner

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Everyone has a story. With Islington in Bloom competition marking its 20th year of gardening prizes in 2023, one of the judges, Dorothy Boswell, talks about the ways gardening can bring us together as we create even more wildlife-friendly and climate-aware gardens. If you love planted up tree pits or…

Anna Mason: Head of Heritage at St John’s Gate

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St John has dominated the southern tip of Clerkenwell for more than 900 years but may still be Islington’s best-kept secret. Here Head of Collections and Public Engagement, Anna Mason, shares the many wonderful offerings from its historic buildings and 100-year-old museum, to its community programmes. Interview by Nicola Baird.…

Company of Elders ready for Elixir Festival at Sadler’s Wells

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Everyone has a story. A special visit behind the scenes with the Company of Elders crew at Sadler’s Wells a week before they perform at the Elixir Festival on 16 and 18 June 2022. Interview by Nicola Baird The Elixir Festival at Sadler’s Wells celebrates creative ageing with films, workshops…

Talia Hussain: community champion

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Everyone has a story. Cycling across the borough to work and shops helped Talia Hussain find a flat and volunteer for Cycle Islington. Now she’s helping strengthen the Canonbury community vibe through street associations and of course a Jubilee street party. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill. As…

Lindsey Glen: Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

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Everyone has a story. The gallery that brought the first bit of destination culture to Kings Cross, the House of Illustration – which was on Granary Square for six years  – now has plans to restore and open up the derelict New River Head industrial site in Clerkenwell as the…

Jack & Verity: ready to open Christchurch Community Centre, Highbury N5

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Everyone has a story. For the past three years Verity Baldry has spent much of her time making the dream of a new Christchurch Community Centre actually happen – from funding to furnishing as one of the project managers for this new community building. While Jack Tomkins from Vent Coffee…

Lindy Sharpe: food and waste campaigner

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Everyone has a story. What if everything was 15 minutes from where you lived? Well for Lindy Sharpe who lives in Highbury and works near Angel that’s the reality. Here she talks about her food policy work and how volunteering for Transition Highbury and Islington Environmental Emergency Alliance (IEEA) is…