Home Posts tagged cally road

cally road

Andy Harvey: life at Bonnington House in the 1970s

1064
Everyone has a story. Shared Lives community worker Andy Harvey recalls stories about growing up in the 1970s around King’s Cross plus his thoughts about estates, the old Islington slums, hobbies and moving on. Interview by Nicola Baird.  Islington Faces met Andy Harvey, who is 60 in September, paddling at…

Company of Elders ready for Elixir Festival at Sadler’s Wells

938
Everyone has a story. A special visit behind the scenes with the Company of Elders crew at Sadler’s Wells a week before they perform at the Elixir Festival on 16 and 18 June 2022. Interview by Nicola Baird The Elixir Festival at Sadler’s Wells celebrates creative ageing with films, workshops…

Madeleine Ladell: potter

2798
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…

Dr Michael Eades: Being Human Festival

2265 0
Everyone has a story. Meet Dr Michael Eades, the university researcher who helped set up, and still curates, the UK’s only festival of the humanities, Being Human (held in November). Interview by Nicola Baird Dr Michael Eades, 36, has the longest job title yet seen by Islington Faces. He’s Public Engagement…

Joe Hagland: remembers N7 in the 1950s

5271 0
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…
Louis Masai: artist

Louis Masai: artist

4909 0
Everyone on Islington Faces Blog has a story.  Artist Louis Masai spent five intense days up a cherry picker spray painting parrots on Tilloch Street, N1 for the 2011 Cally Festival. His brief was to be “colourful” but the task didn’t just brighten up the area, it also led to Louis focusing on raising…