The COP26 summit is currently being held in Glasgow with the aim to ‘recover cleaner, rebuild greener, and restore our planet’ in the words of Boris Johnson. The Primrose Hill Community Association is doing its bit to support this agenda,…
Do you want to find somewhere in Primrose Hill which offers affordable drinks, gives discounts on ticket prices and lets you know what’s going on in the area? Then why not become a member of the Primrose Hill Community Association?…
It’s hard to imagine, but Primrose Hill was once the proposed site for a necropolis. In the middle of the nineteenth century, the city’s graveyards were overflowing due to the burgeoning population as a result of the industrial revolution. With…
Then look no further than some of the finest establishments in London, right here on our doorstep in Primrose Hill. The six venues we still enjoy ‒ The Albert, The Queen’s, The Princess, The Engineer, The Lansdowne and The Pembroke…
Europe’s cathedrals are magnificent edifices, and, in general, grander than most castles and palaces. Simon Jenkins will be giving a talk at St Mary’s on 10 November where he plans to speak about his latest book, Europe’s 100 Best Cathedrals.…
By John Emanuel Swarms of locusts regularly sweep across north-east Africa. Billions of the creatures descend on farmland and eat. The juicy green parts are stripped away, the nutrition gone, leaving little more than plant skeletons behind in the devastated…
Arthur Rackham was a well-known figure in Primrose Hill, working from Primrose Hill Studios, off Fitzroy Road. In our June issue of On The Hill we ran an article about a 1929 copy of A Midsummer Night’s Dream which Arthur…
HS2 is due to begin work on Adelaide Road in the next couple of years, starting on the ventilation shaft from 2023 and the headhouse from 2024. They are currently seeking feedback on the design of the headhouse and compound.…
When the pandemic began, Kate Bingham was just as at sea as everyone else in respect to vaccines. She is a managing partner at SV Health Investors and worked on medicines for inflammation, cancer and dementia. At weekends she spent…
Zoë Chapman demonstrates what can be achieved with a bit of imagination and tenacity. Earlier this year, Camden resident Zoë Chapman launched her innovative invention, the Whizzer, to glowing reviews and parental relief. Her product is a unisex hand-held portable…