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Tim Sayer & Annemarie Norton: art lovers

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Everyone has a story. One Highbury couple has such a passion for art that in their home even the loo is a gallery. Meet Tim Sayer, a recently retired BBC radio news journalist, and his wife Annemarie Norton – a former ballet dancer – who makes costumes for opera, ballet,…

Dan Spanner: Spanner Big Band at the Gunners pub

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Everyone has a story. Here’s one for your new year resolutions – go see a fabulous 16-piece big band at an Islington pub. The Spanner Big Band, set up by saxophone-playing, singer and compere Dan Spanner (who also masterminds Spanner Jazz Punks), is live at the Gunners pub on Blackstock…

Peter Theoklitou: owner Coffee Works Project

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Everyone has a story. “Islington was the only place I wanted to set up a business. It was like coming home,” says Coffee Works Project owner Peter Theoklitou, whose family have long worked in the borough. Interview by Nicola Baird  Peter Theoklitou was born in Islington and it’s here that…

Mark Kebble: editor of Angel magazine

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Everyone has a story. Mark Kebble was just 23 when he started editing the Angel Resident. Now that he’s in charge of a suite of Archant magazines how much does he love Angel Resident and Islington? Interview by Nicola Baird. “Journalists need to be a master of lots of different…

Garry Kennard: artist, writer and mountaineer

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Everyone has a story. Holloway-based artist Garry Kennard – the man who mixed up art and neuroscience for anyone to enjoy at the Winchester Festivals – was born in 1948 at home in a council flat off Upper Street. He’s spent years away from Islington but now he’s back painting,…
Tara Button: buy me once campaigner

Tara Button: buy me once campaigner

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Everyone has a story. Tara Button wants MPs to bring in a simple law that stops companies making products built to break – and she’s asking us to help her by signing a 38 Degrees petition that got 8,000 signatures within a fortnight of its launch.  Can she get 100,000…
Jeremy Corbyn, MP: a tribute to the brilliant Islington North MP

Jeremy Corbyn, MP: a tribute to the brilliant Islington North MP

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Everyone has a story. Jeremy Corbyn, 66, has been North Islington’s popular local MP since 1983. He lives in the borough – in Finsbury Park – and is hugely respected for the care he gives to us lot, his constituents. Here are some reasons Islington Faces Blog has found to love what…

Abu Mensah: Deputy Young Mayor of Islington

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Everyone has a story. Islington has 48 councillors elected by the people of Islington. In addition Islington’s young people are represented by an elected youth council, who serve a two-year term in office. All the youth councillors are aged 13-17. The youth councillors elect amongst themselves the Young Mayor and…

Ade Clarke: landlord at The Lamb Beer & Liquor

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Everyone has a story. The golden days of pubs may be over but Islington is lucky – some of the new landlords, like Ade Clarke at The Lamb Beer & Liquor know how to mix music, real ale and people to create pubs that make you feel just like a…
Stephanie Leonard: community organiser

Stephanie Leonard: community organiser

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Everyone has a story. Stephanie Leonard hopes to turn 50 young people into community organisers. Here’s how she’s doing it in Islington and Camden by empowering first-, second- and third-generation migrants’ knowledge of blood, sweat and tears. Interview by Nicola Baird. We meet in a sweet cafĂ© by Highbury & Islington tube, Sawyer &…