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Daisy: pawthress (paw+author)

21st January 2024
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Everyone has a story. The Dogs of Highbury Fields is narrated by Daisy a huge Bernese Mountain Dog who often visits this fabulous green space. After meeting Daisy at a book signing in Highbury bookshop Ink@84, we couldn’t resist a Q&A with Daisy, and this is the result. Interview by…

Ursula Arens: nutrition writer

26th June 2019
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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…

Natalie Appiah: hair stylist

20th March 2019
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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…

Kimi Gill: photographer

26th April 2017
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Everyone has a story. Kimi Gill has both lived and worked in Islington and now she’s offered to use her brilliant photography skills to pep up the photos on Islington Faces. Please enjoy this interview and here’s looking forward to a fab collaboration. Interview by Nicola Baird “Because I move…

Heidi Rice: romantic novelist

14th February 2017
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Everyone has a story. In February everyone’s thoughts turn to love… but for best-selling novelist Heidi Rice, every day has romantic power. Enjoy a special Valentine’s Day Q&A with the author of ‘Bedding Bad Boys’, ‘The Mile High Club’ and ‘So Now You’re Back’. Interview by Nicola Baird Long time Highbury…

Clarissa Hulse: textile designer

11th January 2017
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Everyone has a story. Textile designer Clarissa Hulse explains how Islington’s plants and trees inspire her best selling lines of bedlinen, cushion covers, bags and scarves, from the studio where they are created, just off Highbury Fields, N5. Interview by Nicola Baird “If I’m filling the world with stuff I want…

Jack Tomkins – The Daily Grind barista

26th October 2016
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Everyone has a story. Have you seen the little tuk tuk tucked into the corner of Christchurch Vicarage by Church Path on Highbury Fields? If not you have a treat in store – The Daily Grind’s artisan coffee made by former Highbury Grove student Jack Tomkins. Interview by Nicola Baird…

Mavis Ring: the day the V1 bomb fell on Highbury Corner

23rd June 2016
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Everyone has a story. Mavis Ring (nee Devine) who was at home having lunch before afternoon classes at Laycock Primary School when the V1 bomb fell on Highbury Corner (27 June 1944) killing 26 people and injuring 150. Here Mavis, now 80 and living in Essex, shares many other memories about growing…
Michael & Sam Smith: dad and son at Parkrun

Michael & Sam Smith: dad and son at Parkrun

4th November 2015
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Everyone has a story. Hackney’s Pressure Drop brewer Sam Smith and his oldest son, 10-year-old Michael, have just completed a running milestone – their 30th Parkrun round Highbury Fields. Parkrun is a British idea – regular free timed runs – which has spread around the world. So what’s motivating this dad and…
Joseph Chamberlain, George Orwell & Horace Warner: grave voices

Joseph Chamberlain, George Orwell & Horace Warner: grave voices

12th August 2015
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Everyone has a story, but in this EXCLUSIVE SUMMER HOLIDAY discovery, Islington Faces blog can reveal the secrets and sentimentality of famous Islington residents – politician Joseph Chamberlain, critic/writer George Orwell and photographer Horace Warner. Prepare to be amazed by these men’s frank revelations about their time in Islington – and…