“Clean” by Michele Kirsch
Clean: here’s a good book to take with you into the business end of Lent – a story of “addiction, recovery,...
Parish
up and down the Kingsland Road
six billboards on clapton common, hackney
A mayor, a bishop and a rabbi walk onto the site of the abandoned toilet block on Clapton Common ....
Keep Taking the Juice
Richard is what you could call an “artisan Hackney juicer” – and the humble cucumber is his fruit of choice....
Mother of all Ceilidhs
Mothering Sunday: it’s also called Laetare Sunday which means Rejoice! in Latin. That’s obviously not our habitual reflex for Lent (more...
To Romania with Van
This is Vishinel. He is a Romanian man in his late 30s who has been coming (and going) to the...
Monica Stewart – the call of the midwife
You may not know Monica Stewart but it’s entirely possible that if you were born in or around London’s Paddington...
reclaiming the street (stoke newington style)
It being a normal Friday afternoon, just like any other, I’d been to the fishmonger on Stoke Newington High Street...
Archie Proudfoot – hackney sign writer
What vicar doesn’t like a spot of gilding on his front door? Here Archie Proudfoot, Hackney sign writer and “gold...
EDL demo at the roundabout
“Are you fash or anti-fash?” asks a reporter from a local newspaper. The policeman puts it slightly differently: “in favour...
Big Potatoes, Small Patch #goodfriday
Potatoes should be planted on Good Friday? That’s what they say. But that’s not all they say: they also say...