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Finsbury Library: Borrowing books 21st century style
For our St John Street At Work series we visit Finsbury Library, which houses more than 40,000 items, from books to DVDs. We talked to its enthusiastic manager, Chris Millington, about
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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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A vintage world: Impressions from Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair
Since its premiere five years ago, Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair has become one of London’s most renowned events for lovers of second-hand and vintage clothing. As part of London Fashion Week, the
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Reel Islington: Q&A with director Sophie Ansell
Sophie Ansell is one of the directors that entered into this year’s Reel Islington Film Festival Short Film Awards under the theme ‘Home is where I want to be…’, screening this Friday
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Reel Islington: Q&A with director Dave Lojek
Dave Lojek is one of the directors that entered into this year’s Reel Islington Film Festival Short Film Awards under the theme ‘Home is where I want to be…’, screening this Friday
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Reel Islington: Q&A with director Matthew Barton
Matthew Barton is one of the directors that entered into this year’s Reel Islington Film Festival Short Film Awards under the theme ‘Home is where I want to be…’, screening this Friday
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Podcast: Independent cinema in Islington
Independent cinema isn’t just for hardcore movie buffs. We look at what’s on in Islington and find out why audiences are attracted to independent films
Podcast: Tattoo taboo? The role of religion in getting inked
Tattoos continue to be popular in the UK, especially among the young. How much does religion play a part in the decision to get ‘inked’?
From The Bronx to Brick Lane: The rise of street art tourism in Shoreditch
Bright neon colours, socio-political messages and complex paste-ups regularly draw visitors down the alleyways of the East End.
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Islington’s religious heritage featured at new exhibition in Holloway
Contemporary ideas of faith in the borough explored by young people’s arts project, reports Anjali Mandalia