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Cat Webb: writer, lighting engineer, fixer

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Everyone has a story. Cat Webb – author, lighting engineer, repair cafĂ© fixer – talks about their Islington life. Interview by Nicola Baird They may have just moved to Kennington, but Cat Webb, 40, has a very close connection to Islington. For starters they were born and raised in Newington…

Julio CĂ©sartist: visual artist

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Everyone has a story. Social photographer and artist Julio CĂ©sar Osorio can take six months to produce his highly coloured canvases. Here he talks about how he got into art mid-career. Interview by Nicola Baird If it wasn’t raining so much in early summer 2024 I’d have met Julio CĂ©sar…

John Burton: lighthouse keeper

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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.…

Adam Wilson: nature and art at Stuart Low Trust

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Everyone has a story. Living, working, volunteering and creating in Islington, Adam Wilson talks about music, nature and working online with the Stuart Low Trust and Healthy Generations. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill It’s hard to condense all Adam Wilson’s skills. He’s a Law graduate, photographer, published…

Danai Davatzis: Rudy’s Vegan butcher

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Everyone has an #energystory #10 Q: What is a vegan butcher and how does that make a difference to cutting my carbon footprint? 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 is all about…

Sara Mclaughlin: artist

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Everybody has a story. In her kitchen over mint tea, sweetened with honey from the bees living at the end of her garden, Sara Mclaughlin discusses the Islington places that inspire her art. Interview by Nicola Baird & photos by Kimi Gill taken before the Covid-19 lockdown “I’d always done…

Bill Freedman: theatre history & Pilates Central

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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…

Eddie K: security team leader

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Everybody has a story. Meet Eddie K from Whittington Hospital who is the force behind the annual get-together celebration event – mixing music, inspirational talks and the best Afro-Caribbean food – run during Black History Month. Interview by Nicola Baird Walking from reception past the cafĂ© at Whittington Hospital can…

Joan Williams: chiropodist

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Everyone has a story. Chiropodist Joan Williams began her career looking at teeth but yearning for the bright lights of the stage. But for the past five years this funny, caring woman has switched her attention to full time foot care. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill Joan…

James Wren: film festival director

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Everyone has a story. From 23-29 April Islington could perhaps be mistaken for Cannes as the Unrestricted View Film Festival showcases documentaries, comedies and shorts at three local venues. Here film festival director James Wren introduces the 2018 line up. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill. “There are…