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The People’s Army: no waste kitchen
Everyone has an energy story – this is a 2021 Islington Faces project which will see locals asked what puzzles them about trying to change our carbon hungry habits & find and share solutions from...
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Amanda Gowing: volunteer chef
Everyone has an energy story – this is a 2021 Islington Faces project which will see locals asked what puzzles them about trying to change our carbon hungry habits & find and share solutions from...
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Danai Davatzis: Rudy’s Vegan butcher
Everyone has an energy story – this is a 2021 Islington Faces project which will see locals asked what puzzles them about trying to change our carbon hungry habits & find and share solutions from...
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Nicola Branch: Energy Advice officer
Everyone has an energy story – this is a 2021 Islington Faces project which will see locals asked what puzzles them about trying to change our carbon hungry habits & find and share solutions from...
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Nicky Ludgate: making us all good neighbours
Nicky Ludgate is a pro at bringing neighbours together. Here she explains how this happens on the New River estate and across Canonbury at Yeate Street, Elmore Street, Elizabeth Avenue and Halliford...
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Rosemary Brown: activist and author
A belief in humanity, heroines and community has led Rosemary Brown to volunteer with refugees, champion forgotten women in history – in particular the adventurous American traveller, Nellie Bly – and...
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Nadine Mellor: Frock Up Friday highlights
Everyone has a story. Dressing up one day a week since the start of the 2020 lockdown – and then for the next 100 weeks – has given Nadine Mellor the chance to review her life via the memories...
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Lindy Sharpe: food and waste campaigner
Everyone has a story. What if everything was 15 minutes from where you lived? Well for Lindy Sharpe who lives in Highbury and works near Angel that’s the reality. Here she talks about her food policy...
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Jack & Verity: ready to open Christchurch Community Centre, Highbury N5
Everyone has a story. For the past three years Verity Baldry has spent much of her time making the dream of a new Christchurch Community Centre actually happen – from funding to furnishing as one of...
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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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