Monthly Archives: March 2014
Video: The homeless guide to London
A London-based social enterprise is offering tours of the city “as perceived through the lens of homelessness”, led by homeless or formerly homeless guides. Unseen Tours incorporate homeless guides’ own
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Islington crime and safety summit: Role for ‘active participation’ of community, says council
Islington Council and the local police led a crime and safety summit at Islington Town Hall last Saturday [22 March], encouraging the community to take action in preventing and reducing crime
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The Blacksmith & The Toffeemaker: Tradition with a makeover
Next in our St John Street At Work series is The Blacksmith & The Toffeemaker. We talked to B&T’s Brooke Streatfield who has lived in the area all her life
Video: A vintage experience in Clerkenwell
Since its birth in 2009, Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair has become one of London’s biggest fairs for second hand clothing. We visited the fair at Old Finsbury Town Hall to
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Clerkenwell cafés unflapped by Waitrose coffee offer
Despite concern elsewhere, local shops are not worried by supermarket giving out free hot drinks
The Peasant: Weddings and historical mosaics
As part of our series St John Street At Work, we talk to Joel Burns, bartender at The Peasant, who has been working at the pub for about five months
Islington Idol: The borough’s famous past residents
The borough of Islington is known to be home to many celebrities. That’s nothing new: its history boasts an array of famous and important figures…
Old Red Lion: Theatre and an ‘old-style English boozer’
Next in our St John Street At Work series: The Old Red Lion Theatre at the top end of St John Street has enriched Islington culture since the early 70s, while the
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Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Coffee
For the first part of our St John Street At Work series we visit recent arrival Jeff & George, a cafe with Belgian roots and musical ambition
Flashback: Selling vinyl in the digital age
Despite the rise of online downloading, there is still demand for a physical product, says Mark Burgess, founder of Essex Road’s Flashback Records