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Gail & Barry: Cally Park Pet Memorial Wall
Gail at the Cally Park pet memorial wall. This simple idea gives many people, and especially dog walkers, a special way to remember their dogs and cats. It’s still unusual to find a pet memorial wall...
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Kevan Tomlin: creative recovery worker
Creative recovery worker Kevan Tomlin in the Recycle & Stitch Studio at Caxton House. (c) KT Everyone has a story. Creative recovery worker Kevan Tomlin explains why he loves working on community...
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Cat Webb: writer, lighting engineer, fixer
Everyone has a story. Cat Webb – author, lighting engineer, repair café fixer – talks about their Islington life. Interview by Nicola Baird Catt Webb posing for Claire North (their pseudonym) publicity...
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Martha Dillon & Nina Carter: collecting London’s climate stories
Everyone has a story. Friends Martha Dillon and Nina Carter have an ambitious plan to collect climate stories from Londoners and excitingly are trialling their first 2026 workshop in Islington, this...
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Toby Mitchell: Tall Stories theatre
Everyone has a story, but not everyone has such a close connection with the amazing Gruffalo, that wonderful creation protecting a resourceful mouse. Thanks to a theatre company based in Highbury The...
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Elaine Maffrett: community outreach
Everyone has a story. Here Elaine Maffrett, shares how Islington community centres have shaped her life. Interview by Nicola Baird. Elaine Maffrett won the Islington Mayor’s Civic Award in 2021. (c) EM...
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Zoe Pearson: Islington Faces trustee
Meet Zoe Pearson who is joining Islington Faces as a trustee. (c) ZP Everyone has a story. Introducing our newest Islington Faces trustee, Zoe Pearson, 28, who brings creative energy to our board....
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Twixmas special: what do you love to do in Islington?
What do you like doing in Islington? Here’s a lovely spot to catch up with friends, find a new book or chill in a quiet space off Islington Green. © Nicola for Islington Faces Everyone has a story....
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Steve Platt: squatting memories
Everyone has a story. In the 1970s and early 1980s Islington was famous for its squat culture. Back then politicians from Labour, and even the Tories, were forced to accept squatting as a way to bring...
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Litterpicking on Regent’s Canal
Everyone has a story. On the canal near Old Street, City Road and Angel, Islington Faces is helping paddleboarders collect up rubbish from the water thanks to a grant from Cripplegate that’s getting...
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Charles Costa: singer songwriter
Charles Costa starts the Knock Knock tour for his new album in a Finsbury Park garden. (c) Nicolette Jones Everyone has a story. The singer who was King Charles, now known as Charles Costa, began his...
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Rhianna Ilube: playwright/co-creator
Everyone has a story. This summer three community groups, fizzing with ideas, take over the Almeida with a new play, 81 (Life). Here we meet the playwright and co-creator, Rhianna Ilube about working...
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Darren Greenwood: Islington Boat Club
Everyone has a story. Water sports expert Darren Greenwood is the chief operating officer at Islington Boat Club, running the day-to-day business of this community hub at Angel which gives so many...
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Andy Ruiz Palma: Chief Exec for Islington Centre for Refugees & Migrants
Everyone has a story. The joy of teaching English language skills has taken Andy Ruiz Palma from youthful travel around Thailand to managing the Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants in Cross...
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The 7 wonders of Islington
Everyone has a story. This post picks out the very best of Islington’s unique heritage. Photos and words by Nicola Baird Surely big enough to be awarded one of islington’s seven wonders? What do you...
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Ann Green: retired Whittington Hospital nurse
Everyone has a story. Long-time Whittington nurse Ann Green, part of the Windrush generation, shares her thoughts about celebration cakes, Jeremy Corbyn, living in N19 and coping with racism. This...
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John Mackie: fruit and veg shop owner
Everyone has a story. Here John Mackie talks about growing up in Islington, early starts and how he became a professional footballer. Plus, insight into his day-to-day life running a fabulous...
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Tales from the Finsbury Parker newsletter 1975-2001
Everyone has a story. Demolition, campaigns to bring in pedestrian crossings and a street party offering anaconda kebabs – this is just a fraction of the community building around the streets of...
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Margaret Deasy: retired occupational health worker
Everyone has a story. Former occupational health worker Margaret Deasy recalls her pet-filled early life off Essex Road in a home that “isn’t there anymore”. This interview was first published in...
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Celebrating 365 published posts
Everyone has a story – many interviewees, friends of the blog and readers met for a party to celebrate our 365 published interviews. It was so lovely to have the Islington Faces “family” all together...
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