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 […]
Cities of the Future
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 […]
It’s Been A Long Dry Spell… The Albert Returns!
By Phil Cowan. “The local” is an interesting concept. The term has connotations of community, convenience, conversation and camaraderie. “I’m off down the local” is a phrase embedded in British tradition that puts a smile on many faces and can […]
Train Like a Boxer
MOVIN london Boxing creates extra-fit athletes, as they have to be coordinated, strong and fast. Craig Eleftheriou, co-founder of MOVIN london, always wanted to be a boxer as a child. Craig grew up in South End Green, a pupil at […]
Cat Dal – Interior Trends
Cat Dal shares her Interior Trends for 2019. Given Cat Dal Interiors’ location in Primrose Hill, current trends necessarily play a big part in the design process. However, as each project is client-driven – starting with a story or narrative […]
Christina Jansen: She Suffers from her Imagination
By The Mole on the Hill. There was this woman a bit back and she took a photograph of a little girl with a backpack walking up the hill on a grassy track. Black and white. Could have been anywhere. […]
Primrose Hill in the 1940s‒1950s
by David Edwards. I remember the 1940s in Regent’s Park Road when all the shops had big blinds fitted. Most were sign-written with the name of the shop, and their purpose was to keep the shop cool in summer. If […]