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Nadine Mellor: Frock Up Friday highlights

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Everyone has a story. Dressing up one day a week since the start of the 2020 lockdown – and then for the next 100 weeks – has given Nadine Mellor the chance to review her life via the memories triggered by what she wore. Here she talks about the joys…

Rosemary Brown: activist and author

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A belief in humanity, heroines and community has led Rosemary Brown to volunteer with refugees, champion forgotten women in history – in particular the adventurous American traveller,  Nellie Bly – and also play an active part locally in the Canonbury Society. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill Although…

Nicky Ludgate: making us all good neighbours

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Nicky Ludgate is a pro at bringing neighbours together. Here she explains how this happens on the New River estate and across Canonbury at Yeate Street, Elmore Street, Elizabeth Avenue and Halliford Street. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill It takes a lot of courage to upturn your…

Nicola Branch: Energy Advice officer

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Everyone has an #energystory #12. Q: If I’m renting a place which leaks heat, how can I make the rooms warmer and the bills cheaper? Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling the climate crisis. For this interview our question…

Danai Davatzis: Rudy’s Vegan butcher

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Everyone has an #energystory #10 Q: What is a vegan butcher and how does that make a difference to cutting my carbon footprint? Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling climate change. For this interview our question is all about…

Amanda Gowing: volunteer chef

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Everyone has an #energystory 7. Q: How can I help people who need help and not waste resources or food while I do it? Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling climate change. For this interview our question again considers…

The People’s Army: no waste kitchen

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  Everyone has an #energystory 6. Q: How can I help people who need help and not waste resources  or food while I do it? Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling climate change. For this interview our question considers…

Jeane Trend-Hill: back to Islington

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Everyone has an #energystory 5. Q: How do I find out more about climate change from a health perspective? Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling climate change. For this interview our Q considers how climate change is disrupting health…

Tessa Shaw: ink@84 bookshop owner

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Everyone has an #energystory 3. Q: How do I find out more about climate change? What books could I read? Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling climate change. For this interview our Q aims to find out which books…

Q: What would make you cycle?

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Everyone has an energy story #1. For our first Energy Story we’ve borrowed this interview which uses FAQ to answer Merium Bhuiyan’s cycle concerns. It was originally published on Finsbury Park Neighbourhood (August 2020) with some answers from Adam Hardy & Islington Faces’ Nicola.  Each Energy Story interview is triggered…