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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…

Anna Hyde: climate activist

8th November 2023
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Everyone has a story. Meet Anna Hyde, the climate activist who’s inspired by her young son and her Islington life to put huge amounts of time and skill into turning the Islington Climate Centre pop-up into a proper community hub where people can ask questions about the climate crisis, learn…

For one day only: Wed 18 Oct 2023

17th October 2023
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Come & see the Inspiring Islington photo exhibition by photographer Kimi Gill at Angel Central. Find Kimi Gill & Islington Faces’ Nicola Baird in the Islington Climate Centre unit (ground floor) from 1-4pm Come and see these lovely photos of some Inspiring Islington people and meet the photographer Kimi on…

John Burton: lighthouse keeper

7th August 2023
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Everyone has a story. Over the years Islington Faces has interviewed a crocodile tamer, clown and even a Death CafĂ© coordinator. Turns out that it was even more exciting to discover there’s a London lighthouse keeper with links to the borough. Meet John Burton who works at Trinity Buoy Wharf.…

Dr Charles Goodson-Wickes: retired Deputy Lieutenant (DL)

9th July 2023
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Everyone has a story. Between 2011 until he retired in November 2020 the representative Deputy Lieutenant of Islington was Dr Charles Goodson-Wickes. Here Islington Faces finds out more about the work of a DL. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill. The honorific Deputy Lieutenant (DL) role is simultaneously…

Andy Harvey: life at Bonnington House in the 1970s

27th June 2022
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Everyone has a story. Shared Lives community worker Andy Harvey recalls stories about growing up in the 1970s around King’s Cross plus his thoughts about estates, the old Islington slums, hobbies and moving on. Interview by Nicola Baird.  Islington Faces met Andy Harvey, who is 60 in September, paddling at…

Company of Elders ready for Elixir Festival at Sadler’s Wells

13th June 2022
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Everyone has a story. A special visit behind the scenes with the Company of Elders crew at Sadler’s Wells a week before they perform at the Elixir Festival on 16 and 18 June 2022. Interview by Nicola Baird The Elixir Festival at Sadler’s Wells celebrates creative ageing with films, workshops…

Talia Hussain: community champion

30th May 2022
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Everyone has a story. Cycling across the borough to work and shops helped Talia Hussain find a flat and volunteer for Cycle Islington. Now she’s helping strengthen the Canonbury community vibe through street associations and of course a Jubilee street party. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill. As…

The Amin family: running Shriji News

28th February 2022
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Everyone has a story. The Amin family running Shriji News are the heart of Canonbury. It’s at their busy corner shop in Canonbury that you’ll swap news, make friends and meet neighbours. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill. Shriji is a Gujarati pet name for Lord Krishna –…

Hasan Al-Islam: nature apprentice

14th January 2022
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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.…