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JK: from Accra to Archway
Everyone has a story on the Islington Faces Blog. JK spent his very early years in Ghana but came “very excitedly” to Islington aged seven and a half. Here he shares a little of what it was like...
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Piers Torday: children’s novelist
Everyone on Islington Faces Blog has a story. TV writer and theatre fan Piers Torday has just had his first novel published – The Last Wild. It’s an animal adventure set in a very empty, futuristic...
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Ian Morris: Map gift shop co-owner
Everyone has a story. Archway is due a complete makeover by 2016 – but already Junction Road, N19 is a surprisingly good place to go for gifts, food, pet supplies and pubs. Here’s how Ian Morris,...
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Carlos Torres: film maker & photographer
Everyone has a story. Film maker Carlos Torres reckons living in Islington will give him the film making opportunities he needs to develop his career. Interview by Nicola Baird. Carlos Torres:...
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JK: from Accra to Archway
Everyone has a story on the Islington Faces Blog. JK spent his very early years in Ghana but came “very excitedly” to Islington aged seven and a half. Here he shares a little of what it was like...
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Piers Torday: children’s novelist
Everyone on Islington Faces Blog has a story. TV writer and theatre fan Piers Torday has just had his first novel published – The Last Wild. It’s an animal adventure set in a very empty, futuristic...
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Ian Morris: Map gift shop co-owner
Everyone has a story. Archway is due a complete makeover by 2016 – but already Junction Road, N19 is a surprisingly good place to go for gifts, food, pet supplies and pubs. Here’s how Ian Morris,...
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Carlos Torres: film maker & photographer
Everyone has a story. Film maker Carlos Torres reckons living in Islington will give him the film making opportunities he needs to develop his career. Interview by Nicola Baird. Carlos Torres:...
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Elizabeth Jones: Talking News Islington
Everyone has a story. In May 2016 Elizabeth Jones, 88, and her volunteers celebrated sending out the 100th issue of Talking News Islington – an audio magazine for the visually impaired. As if that...
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Mikhail Braunhofer: Pop Coffee at the Whittington
If you believe that good food is a key part of good health then meet gardener and chef, Mikhail Braunhofer, who runs the coffee and hot meal spot, Pop Coffee, by the Whittington Hospital. Interview by...
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Andy Grieve: air quality analyst
Everyone has a story. For the past few years, air pollution has stopped being London’s dirty secret. That’s in no small part due to the work of scientists at King’s College London such as Archway-based...
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JK: from Accra to Archway
Everyone has a story on the Islington Faces Blog. JK spent his very early years in Ghana but came “very excitedly” to Islington aged seven and a half. Here he shares a little of what it was like...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Piers Torday: children’s novelist
Everyone on Islington Faces Blog has a story. TV writer and theatre fan Piers Torday has just had his first novel published – The Last Wild. It’s an animal adventure set in a very empty, futuristic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ian Morris: Map gift shop co-owner
Everyone has a story. Archway is due a complete makeover by 2016 – but already Junction Road, N19 is a surprisingly good place to go for gifts, food, pet supplies and pubs. Here’s how Ian Morris,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Carlos Torres: film maker & photographer
Everyone has a story. Film maker Carlos Torres reckons living in Islington will give him the film making opportunities he needs to develop his career. Interview by Nicola Baird. Carlos Torres:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Elizabeth Jones: Talking News Islington
Everyone has a story. In May 2016 Elizabeth Jones, 88, and her volunteers celebrated sending out the 100th issue of Talking News Islington – an audio magazine for the visually impaired. As if that...
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Mikhail Braunhofer: Pop Coffee at the Whittington
If you believe that good food is a key part of good health then meet gardener and chef, Mikhail Braunhofer, who runs the coffee and hot meal spot, Pop Coffee, by the Whittington Hospital. Interview by...
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Eddie K: security team leader
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 –...
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Andrew Wilson: songs of place
Everybody has a story. A professional writer, editor and translator, Andrew Wilson – originally from Canada – has settled in N19. In between work gigs he is sharing his love of history and theatre with...
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Dorothy Boswell: green campaigner
Everyone has a story. With Islington in Bloom competition marking its 20th year of gardening prizes in 2023, one of the judges, Dorothy Boswell, talks about the ways gardening can bring us together as...
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