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Anjna Khurana: Mayor of Islington 2024-25

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Everyone has a story. In this on-stage interview at Islington Faces’ 365 celebration Islington Mayor, Anjna Khurana, talks about being a role model. She also revealed to a roomful of Islington fans that she loves cake, raspberry is her favourite fruit and she adores fried ravioli. Interview by Nicola Baird.…

Hasan Al-Islam: nature apprentice

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Everyone has an #energystory #14. Q: How can I connect with nature in Islington, the London borough with the least green space? And how does that help tackle climate change? Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling the climate crisis.…

Alison Marshall: Women’s Equality Party activist

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Everyone has a story – especially new political parties. In the recent elections in London, Wales and Scotland 350,000 people voted for the newly formed Women’s Equality Party, while in London 1 in 20 voted for a WEP mayor (May 2016). Highbury’s Alison Marshall, a founding member of the Women’s…

Richard Greening: Mayor of Islington 2015-16

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Since 2002 Richard Green, has been one of three councillors representing Highbury West ward. For much of that time he’s also been working in local government. And now he’s also Islington’s Mayor – what’s motivating him? Interview by Nicola Baird Richard Greening may not play an instrument but music has had a…
Matthew Sherwood: fisherman

Matthew Sherwood: fisherman

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Everyone has a story. Goldfish may look beautiful in ornamental ponds. But in a wildlife reserve they are surprisingly deadly predators – leading to big drops in dragonfly, water boatmen, water snail and frog numbers. Step forward Matthew Sherwood, the man with the painstaking task of fishing Gillespie Park’s pond…
Hedera Vetch: wildlife gardener

Hedera Vetch: wildlife gardener

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Everyone has a story. Take a photo journey around Hedera Vetch’s tiny shared N5 garden to gain an understanding of life in Islington from the wildlife’s point of view. This post also has a request to stop a magnificent ash tree being felled on a slither of land off Elwood…
Diane Burridge: local activist

Diane Burridge: local activist

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Everyone has a story on the Islington Faces Blog.  Diane Burridge grew up in the Australian outback. She arrived in Britain in 1975, first living and teaching science at a secondary school in Brixton, before settling in Islington in 1981 with partner David Braine. Interview by Nicola Baird Nothing seems to stop Diane…