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Lindsey Glen: Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
Everyone has a story. The gallery that brought the first bit of destination culture to Kings Cross, the House of Illustration – which was on Granary Square for six years – now has plans to restore and...
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Talia Hussain: community champion
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...
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Company of Elders ready for Elixir Festival at Sadler’s Wells
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...
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Anna Mason: Head of Heritage at St John’s Gate
St John has dominated the southern tip of Clerkenwell for more than 900 years but may still be Islington’s best-kept secret. Here Head of Collections and Public Engagement, Anna Mason, shares the many...
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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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Victoria Jenkins: accessibility designer
Everyone has a story. Pain and endless hospital visits led to designer Victoria Jenkins’s eureka entrepreneur moment – creating the adaptive fashion brand, Unhidden. Here she talks about her brand:...
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Shereener Browne: actor/producer
Everyone has a story. PlayFight, which will soon be at the Pleasance Theatre (29, 31 May and 1-3 June) bills itself as ‘Intensely moving political theatre exploring the corrosive nature of racism in...
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Frances Punter and Tracie Breslin: uplifters
Everyone has a story. Every morning Islington Faces clicks on an inspirational WhatsApp, and often shares the uplifting message too. Here we meet Frances Punter (who sources the WhatsApp messages) and...
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Anna Hyde: climate activist
Anna Hyde runs Islington Climate Centre as a volunteer. The pop up centre is for local environmental and community groups, residents and businesses. © Kimi Gill for Islington Faces Everyone has a...
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Anna Stishova: Instagram’s hijabi kayaker
Anna Stishova: “I don’t care about cold water, or cold weather as long as I dress warm.” © AS for KayakingHijabi Everyone has a story. Meet Anna Stishova whose teenage love of kayaking in Siberia...
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