The Primrose Hill Magazine
Article by Katy Taylor. Local resident William Miller invited me to join him for lunch in Primrose Hill to talk about his new book, Gloucester Crescent: Me, My Dad and Other Grown-Ups. We meet at one of his favourite local […]
Councillor Richard Cotton was Mayor of Camden from 17 May 2017 to 23 May 2018 and is a councillor for the Camden Town with Primrose Hill ward. The Mayor – the ‘First Citizen of the Borough’ – is an elected […]
By The Mole on the Hill. The old granddad was talking. “One day I saw Queen go into that house down there at the bottom of the hill.” “What was she doing there?” “Not the Queen. Queen. ‘We are the […]
By Tracey Mitchell. “I’ve been incredibly lucky with a marriage to the right man, two super sons and really agreeable work,” says Katharine Whitehorn over coffee in her Primrose Hill home. We’re talking about her time on Picture Post, Paris Match […]
This is the mantra of Anna Dé, inspired by the track of one of her favourite musicians, Jamie Lidell. She recently launched her event business, Anna Dé Dreams (pun intended), that specialises in wedding and party planning. Anna is inspired […]
It is not the accuracy of Jennifer Louise Martin’s portrait paintings that make them remarkable, but her ability to evoke the personality and the mood of her subjects. Recently discovered by the model and writer Laura Bailey on Instagram, Jennifer […]
David Holmes’ book, A Brush with the Music of Time, about his life as an art student, advertising junior, art director, creative director, designer, ad agency proprietor, painter and illustrator is bursting with luscious images. And if you want to […]
Primrose Hill locals Karmen Alcala from Hackett’s hairdressers and JC from L’Absinthe recently got married. We sent Holly Collis to ask the questions we many locals wished we could ask them. To Karmen Holly: How did you react when JC […]
The demented domestic Magenta from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the cult musical to end all cult musicals, lives in a quiet street overlooking Primrose Hill. There is nothing quiet about Magenta’s progenitor, the exuberant Patricia Quinn, one of the […]
Local broadcaster Jon Snow has a thing about ties. He’s known for the colourful, patterned ties he wears on air. Each morning he selects his tie depending on his mood, although being conscious that it shouldn’t ‘distract from the news’. Now […]