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Rohan Naik: café owner

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Everybody has a story. Turnpike Lane-raised Rohan Naik, who runs Blackstock Kitchen, found his childhood eating choices – Dad’s Mauritus dishes, Mum’s Irish meals and after school snacks from Green Lanes – led him naturally towards the path of running a café. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill Just…

Pawel Ryczan: food waste campaign

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Everybodyhas a story. Londoners waste over 910,000 tonnes of food a year but we don’t have to. Here’s how Pawel Rycza, Recycling & Waste Minimisation Officer at Islington Council, is helping young people make small changes to their kitchen habits – from learning to freeze eggs to reviving stale bread…

Anita Grant: joint founder Islington4women

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Everybody has a story. Play guru Anita Grant is also the joint founder of Islington4women – a group of voluntary sector leaders, council officers and local councillors who champion the view that Islington is a good place to be a woman. Q&A with Nicola Baird. You can join the discussion…

Phillip Hatton: store manager

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Everybody has a story. What’s behind the shopper-stopping wall designs saying ‘With love from Paris’ by a little Cross Street clothes shop? Store manager Phillip Hatton explains more about Etre Cecile’s mix of fashion and fundraising. Interview by Nicola Baird.  Etre Cecile, set up by Yasmin Sewell and Kyle Robinson,…

Dave Poyser: Mayor of Islington 2018-19

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Everyone has a story. What’s it like being Mayor of Islington? Our current Mayor, real name Dave Poyser, explains how the role makes people happy and why he’s raising money for homeless people in the borough and Freightliners Farm. Q&A with Nicola Baird Q: What’s your connection to Islington? I came…

Home is Islington

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Home means so many different things to us all. It can be a place of safety or a fuzzy childhood memory. The strangest triggers can bring memories of our first homes flooding back.  Here six Islington residents talk about settling down. These interviews by Nicola Baird were originally written in…

Suad Ahmed: Health Improvement officer

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Everyone has a story. Health Improvement Officer Suad Ahmed moved from Somalia to the UK aged four and has spent her adult life in Islington. Here she discusses ways to make healthy eating as fun – and beneficial – as child’s play for Islington families. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos…

INVITATION to plan an Islington Faces exhibition 2019

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Everyone has a story. You are invited to share ideas about how to make Islington Faces’ upcoming exhibition at Islington Museum in 2019 successful. Meetings are on Thursdays at the Blackstock Kitchen, 136 Blackstock Road (Sep 25, Oct 4, 11, 18 & 25). First meeting is this Thursday, 25 September, 11am-12noon. Islington…

Liz McAllister: farm manager

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Everyone has a story. Here’s hoping you already know that Islington has its very own farm, Freightliners Farm. It’s a place for city people to get up close and personal with animals, and come to terms with anxiety and loneliness. Find out more from farm manager Liz McAllister. Interview by…

Mohammed Kozbar: chairman Finsbury Park mosque

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Everyone has a story. Chairman of the trustees of Finsbury Park mosque, Mohammed Kozbar, discusses the many ways the mosque interacts with the local community and the Muslims who worship there. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill. Come out of Finsbury Park tube and the first significant landmark…