The earthquake in Turkey and Syria may have dropped off the front pages of the newspapers, but the victims of the disaster still badly need our help. 50,000 have died and many thousands are injured. 18 million live in the […]
A remarkable but forgotten stables complex in Primrose Hill By Peter Darley Walking along Gloucester Avenue and over Fitzroy Bridge in early October, you would have found the road closed. Foundations were being placed for the crane that will lift […]
On the last Friday of every month, the Primrose Hill Community Centre runs a bar – occasionally with themes such as a curry night or live music. The March bar – Friday 31 March – will feature local singer Bob […]
By The Mole on the Hill Grandad, why are there three fruit and veg shops all on one road? I don’t know the answer to that, Lass. There’ve always been three. The people must be very healthy. Aye and rich. […]
Primrose Hill park at night has always been a good place for sky-gazers to congregate. But in recent weeks, more people than usual have climbed the hill to investigate UFOs. There has been an uncanny increase of unexplained global activity […]
Local resident Roger Hyams is a local writer, film maker and script editor who has recently published a novel, The Lightman System. The book is set in 1974. Teenage siblings Ellie and Colin are on holiday when they fall for […]
“When I came to my beloved Primrose Hill, with the golden leaves, I was full of such joy.” This week marks the 60th anniversary of the death of Sylvia Plath, here in Primrose Hill. Sylvia and her husband, the poet […]
Local resident, award-winning photo-journalist Carol Allen-Storey, specialises in chronicling complex humanitarian and social issues. She has initiated a new project featuring informal portraits of dual income families in Primrose Hill from all backgrounds and cultures, of every age and gender. […]
Artist in Residence at Sam’s Café Drop into Sam’s Café to see the vibrant paintings which have recently been hung on the wall. Ed Sumner is exhibiting there as Artist in Residence until the end of March. His Big Skies […]
By Peter Darley We had a close friendship with the artist John Castle through the late 1980s and 1990s. He lived for much of this time next door at 20 Oppidans Road, and would drop over frequently, white wine bottle […]
