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Margaret Deasy: retired occupational health worker

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Everyone has a story. Former occupational health worker Margaret Deasy recalls her pet-filled early life off Essex Road in a home that “isn’t there anymore”. This interview was first published in ‘Elthorne Pride Lasting Legacy’. Interview by Nicola Baird, photos by Kimi Gill. Margaret Deasy was brought up off Essex…

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…

Ant O’Neill: Moomin translator

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Everybody has a story. Here’s how wordsmith Ant O’Neill from Archway turned an interest in Tove Jansson into a professional passion for this Finnish writer who created satirical wartime cartoons, birthed the Moomins and wrote autobiographical best-sellers like the ‘Summer Book’. Interview by Nicola Baird over Zoom. Photos by Kimi…

Eddie K: security team leader

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Everybody has a story. Meet Eddie K from Whittington Hospital who is the force behind the annual get-together celebration event – mixing music, inspirational talks and the best Afro-Caribbean food – run during Black History Month. Interview by Nicola Baird Walking from reception past the cafĂ© at Whittington Hospital can…

Merium Bhuiyan: CakeFace make-up

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Everyone has a story. Here’s how Merium Bhuiyan turned her childhood passion for make-up into a business that mixes education, community work and confidence coaching.  Interview by Nicola Baird “I’m north London through and through. I’ve lived here all my life. I’m self-employed. I teach English and maths and I’m…

Andy Grieve: air quality analyst

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Everyone has a story. For the past few years, air pollution has stopped being London’s dirty secret. That’s in no small part due to the work of scientists at King’s College London such as Archway-based Andrew Grieve. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill It’s more than 50 years…

Roshni Shah: 8 Plates supper club

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Everyone has a story. Five courses and a cocktail are the supper club treat offered each month by passionate cook Roshni Shah, who loves to blend Indian and Middle Eastern flavours. And now she’s celebrating a year of her 8 Plates supper club. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi…

Paul Wood: London street tree author

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Everyone has a story. Paul Wood – by profession a web designer, by passion a dendrologist – doesn’t just love trees he’s also written a fascinating book about London’s Street Trees. Read on to find out which Islington trees he loves and even join him for an Islington Faces tree…

Mikhail Braunhofer: Pop Coffee at the Whittington

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If you believe that good food is a key part of good health then meet gardener and chef, Mikhail Braunhofer, who runs the coffee and hot meal spot, Pop Coffee, by the Whittington Hospital. Interview by Nicola Baird It’s clear that Mikhail Braunhofer, who is just finishing his second winter running Pop…

Gladys Muchamore: Arsenal WW2 memories under the West Stand

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Everyone has a story. Not a lot of people know that during World War Two Arsenal was used as an ARP centre and underneath the West Stand local residents had a safe shelter. That’s where Gladys Muchamore (nee Newman) and her family spent most nights during the war. Gladys’ family have always…