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Battle Rap – From Shoreditch’s Streets to the Ministry of Sound
“I’d say perseverance and faith played a big role,” said Freddie ‘Cruger’ Scott-Miller when talking about the success of Don’t Flop, the battle rap league he co-founded with Rowan ‘Eurgh’ Faife.In
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Pictures: Islington through time
Changes in the city, like everywhere else, happen gradually and are often not visible to the people that live through them. For this series, James Cambridge sourced library images of
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“Plague pit” under Islington Green, say historians
Islington Green could be sitting on top of a burial pit dating back to the time of the bubonic plaque, according to historians. It is no secret that the plague –
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Opinion: Why I couldn’t wear a poppy
Remembrance Day is a yearly fixture in British life, but not everyone living in the UK takes it for granted. One German student in London mulls it over and decides that poppies
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Poppy map shows homes of First World War soldiers in Islington
Poppies are popping up all over Islington as a new map is unveiled that aims to show where the borough’s 9,400 soldiers lived before going off to fight – and
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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…