On The Hill is five years old this month… Happy birthday to On The Hill! Your local magazine has been running for five years. I like to think that David Bowie would have sung ‘Five Years’ to us if he […]
Five Years
Mine’s a Pint
Mick and I from were going through some papers in the office the other day and found a very old programme of events for the Primrose Hill Community Centre. There used to be a bar in the Lower Hall every Friday, Saturday and Sunday! That’s a lot of […]
The Colourful Life and Death of José Rizal
By Maggie Chambers. José Rizal, former resident of 37 Chalcot Crescent, was a doctor, writer and national hero of the Philippines. An English Heritage blue plaque was erected to him in 1983, and there has long been a statue of […]
Beyond Brexit – Interview with Sir Keir Starmer
Our local MP Sir Keir Starmer has had a busy couple of years, with much of his focus on Brexit. In an exclusive interview for On The Hill, he talks to Micael Johnstone about some of the key issues that […]
Primrose Hill Entrepreneurs: Jasmin Thomas Ohana
Local entrepreneur Petar Savic talks to some of the start-ups and small businesses running from Primrose Hill. This month he meets Jasmin Thomas Ohana. How did you decide to become an entrepreneur? I always knew I wanted to have a […]
Cities of the Future
By Ylwa Warghusen. I must admit I am a little intimidated as I prepare to interview local architect Ricky Sandhu for On The Hill. A quick Google search reveals something of a wunderkind: a stellar career at Foster + Partners […]
Tearooms and Rockets
By Martin Sheppard. Primrose Hill has no tearoom, although Regent’s Park has five. But a new tearoom is now being built next to the playground… This is not the first tearoom on Primrose Hill since it became a public park […]
Environmental Emergency – our Planet in Crisis
By Micael Johnstone. With its tranquil streets and beautiful green spaces, Primrose Hill can seem like a bubble, shut off from the outside world; people love the area because of its parks and tree-lined roads. But with climate change and […]
Extinction Rebellion Experiences
By Doro Marden. Do you think that the ‘extinction’ in Extinction Rebellion refers to the 1 in 5 British mammals under threat? Are you a mammal? I am afraid – and by that I mean that I really feel terror […]
The Early Days of Lemonia
By Doro Marden. Tony Evangelou’s parents wanted him to be a doctor or a lawyer – what luck for us in Primrose Hill that he became a restaurateur instead! “I had the urge to create, to move, not do something […]