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3 book jackets with novels that have come out in spring 2024 and feature Islington, London.

Let’s read about Islington

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Every bit of Islington has a story. Three new books published in spring 2024 use Islington as the backdrop for the action including Caledonian Road, Old Street (Hoxton) and Regent’s Canal. Reviews by Nicola Baird (in a shameless plug for her own funny novel, Not That Deep, which is centred…

Savvas Panas & the Ringcross Community Centre: food bank

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Everybody has a story. Here’s how the food bank at Ringcross Community Centre offers food, advice and company during the Covid-19 pandemic for hungry Islington people. Interview with centre manager Savvas Panas, volunteers and food bank users by Nicola Baird. A recent, chilling New Yorker piece (12 May 2020) reveals that…

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…

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…

Matthew Wang: art student

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Everyone has a story. What shall we do to this wall? That was the question at the heart of a collaboration between art student Matthew Wang and a dozen members of Islington Age UK’s art group. The answer led to the creation of a striking photo mural at Market Road.…

Giselle Green: editor Constructive Voices

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Everyone has a story. Are things getting better? Or is the world a much worse place? Here’s how NCVO-based Giselle Green is helping charities and social enterprises find Constructive Voices to share their solutions. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill Anyone working in NCVO’s building by Regents Canal,…

Yemi Hailemariam: #freeandytsege

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Everyone has a story. When the worst happens – your partner is kidnapped at an international airport and put on death row – what can you do? Meet Yemi Hailemariam who is making sure the plight of Andy Tsege is not forgotten. Interview by Nicola Baird Photos by Kimi Gill NEWS…

Holly Peterson: Gothic Valley WI

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Everyone has a story. “Imagine Holloway Road is a river and the roads that feed into it are tributaries. That’s Gothic Valley,” says Holly Peterson, founding President of the newest branch of the Women’s Institute in Islington, Gothic Valley WI. Interview by Nicola Baird “I’d been in the WI when I…

Joe Hagland: remembers N7 in the 1950s

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Everyone has a story. Here longtime Islington resident, Joe Hagland talks about pubs, railways, film stars and family life on Caledonian Road back in the 1950s. Interview by Nicola Baird Joe Hagland has been a regular at Age UK Islington events for years initially as a volunteer. The Hagland family…

Kass Man: musical poet & event organiser

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Everyone has a story. On Saturday 24 September you are invited to join a fundraising event to assist with raising funds for Da Global Link Up host, Kass Man, so he can have revolutionary stem cell therapy that could help improve his health. Interview by Nicola Baird Kass Man is an Islington-based performer and…