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Bunmi Otubushin: trustee at Graham Street Park

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Everyone has a story. Secondary school teacher Bunmi Otubushin has found a community of plant lovers in Graham Street Park and is learning more about growing food online. Here Bunmi explains how growing is giving her back her zest for life after her Mother passed. Interview by Nicola Baird It’s…

Berrin Bates: art teacher & therapist

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Everyone has a story. Making art isn’t just creative, it is a great tool for building confidence and problem solving says art teacher, art therapist and maker, Berrin Bates. Interview by Nicola Baird What’s your connection to Islington? “I live in Muswell Hill but when I came to London my…

Netta Hakak: 6th form college student

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Everybody has a story. Islington Faces’ Youth Ambassador Netta Hakak, talks about her experiences as a Year 12 during lockdown & how difficult studying for exams has been. The current Year 11s and 13s in Islington (England) will sit exams 3 weeks later than usual, to allow them to “catch…

Floree Zama-Neagra: London National Park City Ranger Co-ordinator

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Everybody has a story. Islington famously has the least green space of any London boroughs but it’s still part of London National Park City. Here Ranger Coordinator Floree Zama-Neagra, who is based in Old Street, talks about how she gets her nature fix. Interview by Nicola Baird Islington Faces met…

Valerie Bossman-Quarshie: community activist

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Everybody has a story. Meet Elizabeth House trustee Valerie Bossman-Quarshie who’s making Islington better for us all. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill Valerie Bossman-Quarshie is a force of energy in Islington as you may already know if you read the local newspapers. For some years she’s often featured…

Vicky Lawson & Daisy: the Positivitree

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Everybody has a story. After a month of lockdown spent looking out of the flat window six-year-old Daisy asked her Mum, Vicky Lawson, how she could cheer people up. The answer was to decorate their nearest street tree. Soon everyone was joining in. Interview by Nicola Baird Over the phone…

Natalie Dinning: Lesley’s Sauces

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Everybody has a story. The Jerk Kitchen is a real Islington family business. Here Natalie Dinning the new owner explains the move from a match-day Caribbean food stall, set up and run by her Dad, to focusing on selling their range of sauces, including their Jerk Sauce which was originally…

Sara Mclaughlin: artist

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Everybody has a story. In her kitchen over mint tea, sweetened with honey from the bees living at the end of her garden, Sara Mclaughlin discusses the Islington places that inspire her art. Interview by Nicola Baird & photos by Kimi Gill taken before the Covid-19 lockdown “I’d always done…

Madeleine Ladell: potter

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Everybody has a story. Before lockdown if you wanted to make your own mug or were inspired to try working with clay after watching TV’s Great Pottery Throwdown, you’d have headed to Phoenix Pottery on Caledonian Road, run by Madeleine Ladell. Over the past few strange months Madeleine’s studio has…

Lucy Facer: Islington Clean Air Parents

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Everybody has a story. Have you seen the ‘I love clean air’ blue hearts from Islington Clean Air Parents which have been spreading around our streets during the Covid-19 lockdown? Find out more about this new campaigning group set up by Lucy Facer and friends. Interview with Nicola Baird Lucy…