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Amy Daniels: Canonbury Mutual Aid volunteer

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Everybody has a story. Theatre technician Amy Daniels, 26, helps co-ordinate Canonbury Mutual Aid. All Islington’s Mutual Aid groups during the Covid-19 pandemic are listed at the end of this interview. Q&A with Nicola Baird What’s your job pre Covid-19? I’m a theatre technician, lighting designer and production manager in Camden.…

Melissa Scott-Miller: artist

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Everybody has a story. Artist Melissa Scott-Miller paints her detailed canvases around the borough, so you may have spotted her at work in Islington. Or perhaps you recognise her Islington paintings when they star in the RA’s summer exhibitions? Interview with Nicola Baird Melissa Scott-Miller paints Islington scenes – houses, back…

Hannah Staab and Jen Cronin: climate change campaigners

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Everybody has a story. Although Hannah Staab and Jen Cronin now live in Haringey their campaigning work with Fossil Free Islington has had a massive impact on changing council policy – and led to the council divesting its pension fund. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill  Hannah Staab…

Ursula Arens: nutrition writer

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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…

Writers’ workshop during Inspiring Islington

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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…

Anita Grant: joint founder Islington4women

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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…

Natalie Appiah: hair stylist

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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…

Tamsen Courtenay: homeless stories

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Everyone has a story. Tamsen Courtenay spent months listening to the stories of homeless people living on the streets of central London during winter 2016. Interview by Nicola Baird “I’m a chronicler, not a campaigner,” explains Tamsen Courtenay when we meet who has a way of making you feel like…

Joan Williams: chiropodist

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Everyone has a story. Chiropodist Joan Williams began her career looking at teeth but yearning for the bright lights of the stage. But for the past five years this funny, caring woman has switched her attention to full time foot care. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill Joan…

Home is Islington

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Home means so many different things to us all. It can be a place of safety or a fuzzy childhood memory. The strangest triggers can bring memories of our first homes flooding back.  Here six Islington residents talk about settling down. These interviews by Nicola Baird were originally written in…