Lenin’s Clerkenwell: “From a spark a fire will flare up”
The year is 1903, Tsarist Russia is in political turmoil and in a small office in Clerkenwell a man called Vladimir Ulyanov is scribbling...
McGrigor Samsa: Isobel McGrigor lives the coronavirus nightmare
I awoke on Monday morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed in my bed into a monstrous vermin. My sore throat, slight cough...
Gunners, greengrocers and Facebook groups: Ruth Beck discusses her Islington themed art
Ruth Beck thought she would never paint again when doctors told her they would have to operate on her thumb due to osteoarthritis. Two...
Foreign students are fleeing the UK amid coronavirus crisis
Foreign students in the UK are fleeing the country because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many are disappointed by the British government's response to the...
“It’s a nightmare”: How Islington’s bookshops are coping with coronavirus
Housmans bookshop in Islington has been open since the end of the Second World War. Last month, the radical booksellers were celebrating being shortlisted...
The Islington pub where Joy Division played for 75p to host 1970s punk and rock stars
This week 41 years ago, Joy Division played an iconic Islington pub for 75p.
Now the Hope and Anchor are hoping to reignite their...