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Jack & Verity: ready to open Christchurch Community Centre, Highbury N5

14th April 2022
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Everyone has a story. For the past three years Verity Baldry has spent much of her time making the dream of a new Christchurch Community Centre actually happen – from funding to furnishing as one of the project managers for this new community building. While Jack Tomkins from Vent Coffee…

The People’s Army: no waste kitchen

18th May 2021
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  Everyone has an #energystory 6. Q: How can I help people who need help and not waste resources  or food while I do it? Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling climate change. For this interview our question considers…

Tessa Shaw: ink@84 bookshop owner

13th April 2021
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Everyone has an #energystory 3. Q: How do I find out more about climate change? What books could I read? Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling climate change. For this interview our Q aims to find out which books…

Berrin Bates: art teacher & therapist

26th November 2020
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Everyone has a story. Making art isn’t just creative, it is a great tool for building confidence and problem solving says art teacher, art therapist and maker, Berrin Bates. Interview by Nicola Baird What’s your connection to Islington? “I live in Muswell Hill but when I came to London my…

Lucy Facer: Islington Clean Air Parents

6th May 2020
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Everybody has a story. Have you seen the ‘I love clean air’ blue hearts from Islington Clean Air Parents which have been spreading around our streets during the Covid-19 lockdown? Find out more about this new campaigning group set up by Lucy Facer and friends. Interview with Nicola Baird Lucy…

Amy Daniels: Canonbury Mutual Aid volunteer

29th April 2020
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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.…

Bill Freedman: theatre history & Pilates Central

15th April 2020
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Everybody has a story. Britain’s oldest theatre producer Bill Freedman was so impressed by the positive benefits of pilates that he opened Pilates Central studio near Angel in 2004. Now 90 – and in lockdown – he still does pilates every day. Interview by Nicola Baird “I was 90 last…

Bob Collins: Islington Pensioners Forum

6th April 2020
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Everybody has a story. In the first week of the coronavirus lockdown, Islington Faces began trialling on line interviews. First up is Bob Collins who runs Islington Pensioners Forum. Interview by Nicola Baird Bob Collins is a retired postal worker from the Mount Pleasant mail sorting office who is still…

Michael Keshani: Islington Faces trustee

12th February 2020
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Everybody has a story. New Islington Faces trustee Michael Keshani shares the places he loves in the borough. Q&A with Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill. Q: What’s your connection to Islington? I was born and raised here and am deeply attached to the place, particularly Highbury (helped by being…

Richard Smith: 70-year-old author

22nd January 2020
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Everybody has a story. Are you determined to have a more purposeful new year? For Richard Smith, January 2020 sees the launch of his first novel, Homeward Bound, which has been living in his head for more than 20 years. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill Richard Smith…